Michael Shannon

Birthday: Aug 7, 1974
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Bio: Michael Shannon grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and began his professional stage career in Chicago. His first acting role was in "Winterset" at the Illinois Theatre Center. Over the next several years he continued working on the stage with such companies as Steppenwolf, The Next Lab and the Red Orchid Theatre. He subsequently relocated to London for a year, and… More Bio: Michael Shannon grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and began his professional stage career in Chicago. His first acting role was in "Winterset" at the Illinois Theatre Center. Over the next several years he continued working on the stage with such companies as Steppenwolf, The Next Lab and the Red Orchid Theatre. He subsequently relocated to London for a year, and performed on stage in London's West End in such productions as "Woyzeck", "Killer Joe" and "Bug".

While in Chicago Shannon also kept busy in front of movie and television cameras, most notably in the big screen project Chicago Cab (1998), based on the long-running stage play "Hellcab". Kangaroo Jack (2003) marked the third Jerry Bruckheimer production in which Shannon has appeared. He also appeared in Bad Boys II (2003), directed by Michael Bay and starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, and in Grand Theft Parsons (2003), with Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate.

In addition, Shannon appeared in Pearl Harbor (2001), also directed by Bay. His other film credits also include Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile (2002); Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) with Tom Cruise; Carl Franklin's High Crimes (2002) with Morgan Freeman; John Waters' Cecil B. DeMented (2000), and Joel Schumacher's war drama Tigerland (2000).

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Mud

Groundhog Day

Take Shelter

Shotgun Stories

Filmography

Man of Steel (2013)
- General Zod
- 56%
The Iceman (2013)
- Richard Kuklinski
- 68%
Mud (2013)
- Actor
- 99%
Premium Rush (2012)
- Bobby Monday
- 76%
The Raven (2012)
- Dr. Morgan
- 23%
Return (2012)
- Actor
- 83%
Broken Tower (2011)
- Emile
- 20%
13 (2011)
- Henry
- 8%
Take Shelter (2011)
- Curtis
- 93%
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
- Donnie
- 29%
Return (2011)
- Mike
- 80%
Jonah Hex (2010)
- Doc Cross Williams
- 12%
The Runaways (2010)
- Kim Fowley
- 69%
The Greatest (2009)
- Jordan Walker
- 52%
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
- Brad McCullum
- 50%
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
- Mundt
- 88%
The Missing Person (2009)
- John Rosow
- 64%
Revolutionary Road (2008)
- John Givings
- 68%
Crowley (2007)
- Actor
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
- Dex
- 88%
Shotgun Stories (2007)
- Son Hayes
- 91%
Lucky You (2007)
- Ray Zumbro
- 29%
Let's Go To Prison (2006)
- Lynard
- 12%
Bug (2006)
- Peter Evans
- 61%
World Trade Center (2006)
- Dave Karnes
- 68%
Marvelous (2006)
- Actor
The Woodsman (2004)
- Rosen
- 88%
Criminal (2004)
- Gene
- 70%
Dead Birds (2004)
- Actor
- 50%
Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
- Larry Oster-Berg
- 44%
Bad Boys II (2003)
- Floyd Poteet
- 23%
Kangaroo Jack (2003)
- Frankie
- 8%
8 Mile (2002)
- Greg Buehl
- 76%
High Crimes (2002)
- Abbott
- 31%
Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Aaron
- 40%
Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Gooz
- 25%
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
- Petie
- 52%
Jesus' Son (1999)
- Dundun
- 81%
Chain Reaction (1996)
- D.C. Flower Delivery Man
- 16%
Groundhog Day (1993)
- Fred
- 97%
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Michael Shannon Videos
                        
Jonah Hex3 minutes 32 seconds

Man Of Steel2 minutes 53 seconds

The Raven1 minutes 16 seconds

Machine Gun Preacher3 minutes 34 seconds

The Iceman2 minutes 28 seconds

Mud2 minutes 30 seconds

Premium Rush2 minutes 31 seconds

Return1 minutes 25 seconds

132 minutes 49 seconds

Take Shelter2 minutes 12 seconds

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