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Starring:

Michael Shannon

  • First Movie - That Lucky Touch 1975
  • Last Movie - The End 2024
  • Total Movies - 85
  • Future Movies -
    • Nuremberg (6th November 2025)
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - £36,495,828
    • US: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - $330,360,194
    • World: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - $873,634,919
  • Combined grosses
    • UK - £194.7 Million
    • US - $2.3 Billion
    • Global - $4.1 Billion
  • Highest Rated Movie - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Pearl Harbor (2001) - 25%

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Year

Nuremberg

(Michael Shannon plays Robert H. Jackson)

Director(s):
James Vanderbilt

Starring:
Russell Crowe • Rami Malek • Leo Woodall • John Slattery • Mark O'Brien

2025

The End

(Michael Shannon plays Father)

Director(s):
Joshua Oppenheimer

Starring:
Tilda Swinton • George MacKay • Moses Ingram • Michael Shannon • Bronagh Gallagher

2024

The Bikeriders

(Michael Shannon plays Zipco)

Director(s):
Jeff Nichols

Starring:
Jodie Comer • Austin Butler • Tom Hardy • Michael Shannon • Mike Faist
2024

The Flash

(Michael Shannon plays General Zod)

Director(s):
Andy Muschietti

Starring:
Ezra Miller • Michael Keaton • Ben Affleck • Sasha Calle • Antje Traue
2023

A Little White Lie

(Michael Shannon plays Shriver)

Director(s):
Michael Maren

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Kate Hudson • Don Johnson • Peyton List • Zach Braff

2023

Amsterdam

(Michael Shannon plays Henry Norcross)

Director(s):
David O. Russell

Starring:
Christian Bale • Margot Robbie • John David Washington • Alessandro Nivola • Andrea Riseborough

2022

Bullet Train

(Michael Shannon plays White Death)

Director(s):
David Leitch

Starring:
Brad Pitt • Joey King • Aaron Taylor-Johnson • Brian Tyree Henry • Andrew Koji
2022

The Quarry

(Michael Shannon plays Chief John Moore)

Director(s):
Scott Teems

Starring:
Bruno Bichir • Shea Whigham • Catalina Sandino Moreno • Anna Watt • Alvaro Martinez

2020

Knives Out

(Michael Shannon plays Walt Thrombey)

Director(s):
Rian Johnson

Starring:
Daniel Craig • Chris Evans • Ana de Armas • Jamie Lee Curtis • Michael Shannon
2019

What They Had

Director(s):
Elizabeth Chomko

Starring:
Hilary Swank • Michael Shannon • Robert Forster • Blythe Danner • Taissa Farmiga

2019

The Investigation: A Search For the Truth In Ten Acts

(Michael Shannon plays Michael Cohen)

Director(s):
Scott Ellis

Starring:
Annette Bening • John Lithgow • Kevin Kline • Jason Alexander • Wilson Cruz

2019

The Investigation: A Search For the Truth In Ten Acts

(Michael Shannon plays Michael Cohen)

Director(s):
Scott Ellis

Starring:
Annette Bening • John Lithgow • Kevin Kline • Jason Alexander • Wilson Cruz

2019

The Current War

(Michael Shannon plays George Westinghouse)

Director(s):
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch • Oliver Powell • Sophia Ally • Tuppence Middleton • Woody Norman

2018

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof: NT Live 2018

Director(s):
Benedict Andrews • Tim Van Someren

Starring:
Artinis Aliaj • Nya Berg • Max Bloom • Yasmin Boys • Tabitha Byron

2018

The Shape of Water

Director(s):
Guillermo del Toro

Starring:
Sally Hawkins • Michael Shannon • Richard Jenkins • Octavia Spencer • Michael Stuhlbarg
2018

12 Strong

Director(s):
Nicolai Fuglsig

Starring:
Chris Hemsworth • Michael Shannon • Michael Peña • Navid Negahban • Trevante Rhodes
2018

State Like Sleep

(Michael Shannon plays Edward)

Director(s):
Meredith Danluck

Starring:
Katherine Waterston • Michael Shannon • Luke Evans • Michiel Huisman • Mary Kay Place

2018

Pottersville

(Michael Shannon plays Maynard Greiger)

Director(s):
Seth Henrikson

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Judy Greer • Ron Perlman • Christina Hendricks • Thomas Lennon

2017

Frank and Lola

(Michael Shannon plays Frank)

Director(s):
Matthew Ross

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Imogen Poots • Rosanna Arquette • Justin Long • Michael Nyqvist

2016

Loving

(Michael Shannon plays Grey Villet)

Director(s):
Jeff Nichols

Starring:
Ruth Negga • Joel Edgerton • Will Dalton • Dean Mumford • Terri Abney

2016

Nocturnal Animals

Director(s):
Tom Ford

Starring:
Amy Adams • Jake Gyllenhaal • Michael Shannon • Aaron Taylor-Johnson • Isla Fisher

2016

Elvis & Nixon

(Michael Shannon plays Elvis)

Director(s):
Liza Johnson

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Kevin Spacey • Alex Pettyfer • Johnny Knoxville • Colin Hanks

2016

Midnight Special

Director(s):
Jeff Nichols

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Joel Edgerton • Kirsten Dunst • Jaeden Lieberher • Adam Driver

2016

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

(Michael Shannon plays Zod)

Director(s):
Zack Snyder

Starring:
Ben Affleck • Henry Cavill • Amy Adams • Jesse Eisenberg • Diane Lane
2016

Freeheld

Director(s):
Peter Sollett

Starring:
Julianne Moore • Elliot Page • Michael Shannon • Steve Carell • Luke Grimes

2016

Wolves

(Michael Shannon plays Lee Keller)

Director(s):
Bart Freundlich

Starring:
Zazie Beetz • Carla Gugino • Taylor John Smith • Michael Shannon • Chris Bauer

2016

Poor Boy

(Michael Shannon plays Blayde Griggs)

Director(s):
Robert Scott Wildes

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Amanda Crew • Justin Chatwin • Dale Dickey • Lou Taylor Pucci

2016

The Night Before

(Michael Shannon plays Mr. Green)

Director(s):
Jonathan Levine

Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Seth Rogen • Anthony Mackie • Jillian Bell • Lizzy Caplan

2015

99 Homes

Director(s):
Ramin Bahrani

Starring:
Andrew Garfield • Michael Shannon • Laura Dern • Clancy Brown • Tim Guinee

2015

She's Funny That Way

Director(s):
Peter Bogdanovich

Starring:
Imogen Poots • Illeana Douglas • Graydon Carter • Owen Wilson • Scott Campbell

2015

Bad Land: Road to Fury

(Michael Shannon plays Ernest Holm)

Director(s):
Jake Paltrow

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Nicholas Hoult • Elle Fanning • Kodi Smit-McPhee • Robert Hobbs

2014

They Came Together

(Michael Shannon plays Spike)

Director(s):
David Wain

Starring:
Paul Rudd • Amy Poehler • Cobie Smulders • Christopher Meloni • Max Greenfield

2014

Man of Steel

(Michael Shannon plays General Zod)

Director(s):
Zack Snyder

Starring:
Henry Cavill • Amy Adams • Michael Shannon • Diane Lane • Russell Crowe
2013

The Iceman

Director(s):
Ariel Vromen

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Winona Ryder • Chris Evans • Ray Liotta • David Schwimmer

2013

Mud

Director(s):
Jeff Nichols

Starring:
Matthew McConaughey • Reese Witherspoon • Tye Sheridan • Jacob Lofland • Sarah Paulson

2013

Premium Rush

Director(s):
David Koepp

Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Dania Ramirez • Sean Kennedy • Kym Perfetto • Anthony Chisholm

2012

Dark Shadows

Director(s):
Tim Burton

Starring:
Johnny Depp • Michelle Pfeiffer • Helena Bonham Carter • Eva Green • Jackie Earle Haley

2012

Return

Director(s):
Liza Johnson

Starring:
Linda Cardellini • Michael Shannon • John Slattery • Talia Balsam • Emma Rayne Lyle

2012

The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich

(Michael Shannon plays Judge Clifford)

Director(s):
Antonin Svoboda

Starring:
Klaus Maria Brandauer • Julia Jentsch • Jeanette Hain • Jamie Sives • Birgit Minichmayr

2012

Take Shelter

Director(s):
Jeff Nichols

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Jessica Chastain • Tova Stewart • Shea Whigham • Katy Mixon

2011

Machine Gun Preacher

Director(s):
Marc Forster

Starring:
Gerard Butler • Michelle Monaghan • Kathy Baker • Michael Shannon • Madeline Carroll

2011

The Broken Tower

(Michael Shannon plays Emile)

Director(s):
James Franco

Starring:
James Franco • Michael Shannon • Richard Abate • Betsy Franco • Paul Mariani

2011

13

(Michael Shannon plays Henry)

Director(s):
Gela Babluani

Starring:
Sam Riley • Ray Winstone • Alexander Skarsgård • 50 Cent • Mickey Rourke

2010

The Runaways

(Michael Shannon plays Kim Fowley)

Director(s):
Floria Sigismondi

Starring:
Kristen Stewart • Dakota Fanning • Michael Shannon • Stella Maeve • Scout Taylor-Compton

2010

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

(Michael Shannon plays Brad Macallam)

Director(s):
Werner Herzog

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Willem Dafoe • Chloe Sevigny • Udo Kier • Michael Peña

2010

Jonah Hex

Director(s):
Jimmy Hayward

Starring:
Josh Brolin • John Malkovich • Megan Fox • Michael Fassbender • Will Arnett

2010

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

(Michael Shannon plays Mundt)

Director(s):
Werner Herzog

Starring:
Nicolas Cage • Eva Mendes • Val Kilmer • Xzibit • Fairuza Balk

2009

The Greatest

(Michael Shannon plays Jordan Walker)

Director(s):
Shana Feste

Starring:
Pierce Brosnan • Susan Sarandon • Carey Mulligan • Aaron Taylor-Johnson • Johnny Simmons

2009

Revolutionary Road

(Michael Shannon plays John Givings)

Director(s):
Sam Mendes

Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio • Kate Winslet • Michael Shannon • Kathryn Hahn • David Harbour
2008

Shotgun Stories

Director(s):
Jeff Nichols

Starring:
Michael Shannon • Douglas Ligon • Barlow Jacobs • Natalie Canerday • Glenda Pannel

2008

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

(Michael Shannon plays Dex)

Director(s):
Sidney Lumet

Starring:
Philip Seymour Hoffman • Ethan Hawke • Albert Finney • Marisa Tomei • Aleksa Palladino
2007

Bug

Director(s):
William Friedkin

Starring:
Ashley Judd • Michael Shannon • Harry Connick Jr. • Lynn Collins • Brian F. O'Byrne

2007

Lucky You

(Michael Shannon plays Ray Zumbro)

Director(s):
Curtis Hanson

Starring:
Phyllis Somerville • Eric Bana • Horatio Sanz • Drew Barrymore • Joey Kern

2007

Blackbird

(Michael Shannon plays Murl)

Director(s):
Adam Rapp

Starring:
Paul Sparks • Gillian Jacobs • Michael Shannon • Annie Parisse • Danny Hoch

2007

World Trade Center

(Michael Shannon plays Dave Karnes)

Director(s):
Oliver Stone

Starring:
Nicolas Cage • Maria Bello • Connor Paolo • Anthony Piccininni • Alexa Gerasimovich
2006

Lets Go to Prison

Director(s):
Bob Odenkirk

Starring:
Dax Shepard • Will Arnett • Chi McBride • David Koechner • Dylan Baker

2006

American Gun

Director(s):
Aric Avelino

Starring:
Marcia Gay Harden • Forest Whitaker • Donald Sutherland • Lisa Long • Chris Warren

2005

The Woodsman

(Michael Shannon plays Rosen)

Director(s):
Nicole Kassell

Starring:
Kevin Bacon • David Alan Grier • Eve • Kyra Sedgwick • Benjamin Bratt

2004

Water

(Michael Shannon plays Bobby Matherson)

Director(s):
Jennifer Houlton

Starring:
Johnny Davidson • Googy Gress • Savannah Haske • Jayne Haynes • Betsy Houlton

2004

Kangaroo Jack

(Michael Shannon plays Frankie Lombardo)

Director(s):
David McNally

Starring:
Jerry O'Connell • Anthony Anderson • Estella Warren • Christopher Walken • Marton Csokas
2003

8 Mile

(Michael Shannon plays Greg Buehl)

Director(s):
Curtis Hanson

Starring:
Eminem • Kim Basinger • Mekhi Phifer • Brittany Murphy • Evan Jones
2002

High Crimes

Director(s):
Carl Franklin

Starring:
Ashley Judd • Morgan Freeman • Jim Caviezel • Adam Scott • Amanda Peet

2002

Vanilla Sky

(Michael Shannon plays Aaron)

Director(s):
Cameron Crowe

Starring:
Tom Cruise • Penélope Cruz • Cameron Diaz • Kurt Russell • Jason Lee
2001

Pearl Harbor

(Michael Shannon plays Gooz)

Director(s):
Michael Bay

Starring:
Ben Affleck • Josh Hartnett • Kate Beckinsale • William Lee Scott • Greg Zola
2001

Cecil B Demented

Director(s):
John Waters

Starring:
Melanie Griffith • Stephen Dorff • Alicia Witt • Adrian Grenier • Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

2000

Jesus' Son

(Michael Shannon plays Dundun)

Director(s):
Alison Maclean

Starring:
Billy Crudup • Robert Michael Kelly • Torben Brooks • Dierdre Lewis • Jimmy Moffit

1999

30 Years to Life

(Michael Shannon plays Graham)

Director(s):
Michael Tuchner

Starring:
Robert Hays • Hugh OConor • Amy Robbins • Mirabelle Kirkland • Christien Anholt

1998

Only Love

(Michael Shannon plays Dr. Duncan)

Director(s):
John Erman

Starring:
Marisa Tomei • Rob Morrow • Mathilda May • Jeroen Krabbé • Georges Corraface

1998

Chain Reaction

(Michael Shannon plays D.C. Flower Delivery Man)

Director(s):
Andrew Davis

Starring:
Keanu Reeves • Morgan Freeman • Rachel Weisz • Fred Ward • Kevin Dunn
1996

Balto

Director(s):
Simon Wells

Starring:
Kevin Bacon • Bob Hoskins • Bridget Fonda • Jim Cummings • Phil Collins

1995

Night Watch

(Michael Shannon plays Martin Schraeder)

Director(s):
David Jackson

Starring:
Pierce Brosnan • Alexandra Paul • William Devane • Michael Shannon • Kay Siu Lim

1995

The Affair

(Michael Shannon plays Capt. Ford)

Director(s):
Paul Seed

Starring:
Courtney B. Vance • Kerry Fox • Leland Gantt • Ned Beatty • Bill Nunn

1995

Nervous Energy

Director(s):
Jean Stewart

Starring:
Alfred Molina • Cal Macaninch • John McGlynn • Siobhan Redmond • Annette Crosbie

1995

Royce

(Michael Shannon plays Senator Scanlon)

Director(s):
Rod Holcomb

Starring:
Jim Belushi • Miguel Ferrer • Peter Boyle • Chelsea Field • Anthony Head

1994

Groundhog Day

(Michael Shannon plays Fred)

Director(s):
Harold Ramis

Starring:
Bill Murray • Andie MacDowell • Chris Elliott • Stephen Tobolowsky • Brian Doyle-Murray
1993

Coded Hostile

(Michael Shannon plays Grover)

Director(s):
David Darlow

Starring:
Michael Murphy • Michael Moriarty • Chris Sarandon • Harris Yulin • Richard Holmes

1989

Murder On the Moon

(Michael Shannon plays Ivanov)

Director(s):
Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Starring:
Brigitte Nielsen • Julian Sands • Gerald McRaney • Jane Lapotaire • Brian Cox

1989

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

(Michael Shannon plays Morley Kennerly (parts 1,4-6))

Director(s):
Charles Jarrott

Starring:
Farrah Fawcett • David Ackroyd • Stephane Audran • Amadeus August • Nicholas Clay

1987

Little Shop of Horrors

(Michael Shannon plays Television Reporter)

Director(s):
Frank Oz

Starring:
Levi Stubbs • Rick Moranis • Ellen Greene • Vincent Gardenia • Steve Martin

1986

Death of An Angel

(Michael Shannon plays Bishop Holmes)

Director(s):
Petru Popescu

Starring:
Bonnie Bedelia • Nick Mancuso • Pamela Ludwig • Alex Colon • Irma Garcia

1985

Making Love

(Michael Shannon plays Marty)

Director(s):
Arthur Hiller

Starring:
Michael Ontkean • Kate Jackson • Harry Hamlin • Wendy Hiller • Arthur Hill

1982

Superman II

(Michael Shannon plays President's Aide)

Director(s):
Richard Lester • Richard Donner

Starring:
Gene Hackman • Christopher Reeve • Ned Beatty • Jackie Cooper • Sarah Douglas
1980

Never Never Land

(Michael Shannon plays Peter)

Director(s):
Paul Annett

Starring:
Petula Clark • Cathleen Nesbitt • Anne Seymour • Michael Shannon • Harry Andrews

1980

That Lucky Touch

Director(s):
Christopher Miles

Starring:
Roger Moore • Susannah York • Shelley Winters • Lee J. Cobb • Jean-Pierre Cassel

1975
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