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Michael Shannon(V)

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Michael Shannon at an event for 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2016)
When a handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer, he's brought to a university where he to deliver a keynote address to save the school's literary festival.
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A Little White Lie (2023)
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Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.

Shannon 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 (1997), 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).
BornAugust 7, 1974
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BornAugust 7, 1974
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in Justified & Ancient (2023)
Michael Shannon in Two Story House (2023)
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in The Grand Tour (2022)
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in The Race Is On (2022)
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in The Race Is On (2022)
Pat Healy, Michael Shannon, and David Wilson Barnes in The Race Is On (2022)
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in The Race Is On (2022)
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in The Race Is On (2022)
Michael Shannon in The Race Is On (2022)
Michael Shannon in The Race Is On (2022)
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in The Race Is On (2022)
Michael Shannon in The Race Is On (2022)

Known for

Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
Take Shelter
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  • Curtis
  • 2011
Michael Shannon and Andrew Garfield in 99 Homes (2014)
99 Homes
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  • Rick Carver
  • 2014
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road (2008)
Revolutionary Road
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  • John Givings
  • 2008
Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal in Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Nocturnal Animals
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  • Bobby Andes
  • 2016

Credits

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Actor

  • A Little White Lie
    • Completed
  • The Flash
    • Post-production
  • American Tragedies: Waco - The Trials
    • Pre-production
  • McCarthy
    • Pre-production
  • The Bikeriders
    • Post-production
  • The Young King
    • Pre-production
  • Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in George & Tammy (2022)
    George & Tammy
  • Little Demon (2022)
    Little Demon
    • (voice)
  • Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie in Amsterdam (2022)
    Amsterdam
  • Brad Pitt, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, and Bad Bunny in Bullet Train (2022)
    Bullet Train
  • Emma Roberts in Abandoned (2022)
    Abandoned
  • Night's End (2022)
    Night's End
  • The Playboy Interview
  • Nicole Kidman, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Asher Keddie, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Tiffany Boone, Grace Van Patten, Samara Weaving, Manny Jacinto, and Melvin Gregg in Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)
    Nine Perfect Strangers
  • Heart of Champions (2021)
    Heart of Champions
  • Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, and Patrick Schwarzenegger in Echo Boomers (2020)
    Echo Boomers
  • Hank the Cowdog (2020)
    Hank the Cowdog
  • At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017)
    At Home with Amy Sedaris
  • Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Bobby Soto in The Quarry (2020)
    The Quarry
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Ana de Armas, LaKeith Stanfield, Jaeden Martell, and Katherine Langford in Knives Out (2019)
    Knives Out
  • The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019)
    The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Producer

  • American Tragedies: Waco - The Trials
    • Pre-production
  • Heart of Champions (2021)
    Heart of Champions
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  • Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Bobby Soto in The Quarry (2020)
    The Quarry
  • Waco (2018)
    Waco
  • Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, and Taissa Farmiga in What They Had (2018)
    What They Had
  • Fawzia Mirza and Sari Sanchez in Signature Move (2017)
    Signature Move
  • Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon in Elvis & Nixon (2016)
    Elvis & Nixon

Director

  • Eric Larue
    • Post-production

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Personal details

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    • A Red Orchid Theatre
    • Blog
    • August 7, 1974
    • Lexington, Kentucky, USA
    • Kate ArringtonAugust 31, 2019 - present (2 children)
    • (Grandparent)
  • Other works
    Starred in Martin McDonagh's play "The Pillowman" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Articles

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    His favorite films are Alphaville (1965), The King of Comedy (1982), Dekalog (1989), Crumb (1994) and I Stand Alone (1998).
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    [on his early acting days] I would work at Chicago store-front theaters that were little rooms with folding chairs. I did it for free and never really had the ambition to become a movie actor. I just loved acting and never had a desire to move to L.A. But I was fortunate to tell some great stories and I wound up taking shows on the road to London and New York.
    • Often plays crazed characters

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