Michael Shannon is an American actor, producer, musician, and theatre director. He was born on August 7, 1974 in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the Sam Mendes period drama Revolutionary Road (2008) and the Tom Ford psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016).

He earned Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014), and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night (2016).

Shannon’s first film role was as the main character in the music video for the Every Mother’s Nightmare song “House of Pain”, in which he played a troubled teenager who was running away from his abusive home.

He later became a stage actor in Chicago. He helped fund A Red Orchid Theatre, where he still regularly performs. He has since worked with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre, and other acting companies.

Shannon originated the role of Peter Evans in Bug in 1996 and also starred in the 2006 film adaptation with Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr., directed by William Friedkin. His roles in Bug and Killer Joe were written by Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts.

In 2006, he played Lynard, the leader of a prison white supremacist group, in Let’s Go to Prison. Shannon has appeared in several shows in the West End in London, including a production of Woyzeck directed by Sarah Kane.

In 2008, Shannon was featured in the off-Broadway production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Little Flower of East Orange, presented by LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and also featuring Ellen Burstyn.

In 2008, he starred in the romantic drama film Revolutionary Road, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. His performance as the clinically insane son earned him universal acclaim, and won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2010, he portrayed Doc Cross Williams in the film adaptation of Jonah Hex. Shannon played Federal Prohibition agent Nelson Van Alden in the HBO television show Boardwalk Empire, which began in 2010.

In 2019, Shannon portrayed Walt Thrombey in Rian Johnson’s mystery film Knives Out, which featured an ensemble cast starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer.

In December 2021, Warner Bros. announced that Shannon would be reprising his role as General Zod in the upcoming 2022 Flash film. Shannon portrayed Zod in the first DCEU film Man of Steel in 2013.

And although Shannon’s likeness was used for Zod in the 2016 follow-up Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice despite not filming any scenes, The Flash will mark Shannon’s official return as General Zod to the DC Extended Universe after nine years.

Michael Shannon Age

He was born on August 7, 1974 in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. His age is 47 Years old.

Education

Shannon attended New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois for two years, then moved back to Kentucky his junior year, then back to Chicago for his senior year, attending Evanston Township High School for a semester before dropping out.

Michael Shannon Family, Wife

Shannon was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a grandson of entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon. His father, Donald Sutherlin Shannon, was an accounting professor at DePaul University, and his mother, Geraldine Hine, is a lawyer. He was raised by his divorced parents in both Lexington, Kentucky, and Chicago, Illinois.

Shannon married actress Kate Arrington in 2018, whom he has dated since 2002. They have two daughters, Sylvie (born 2008)and Marion (born 2011). They live in the neighborhood of Red Hook located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Net Worth

Shannon estimated net worth is USD $2 Million.

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