Michael Shannon is an American actor born on August 7, 1974 in Lexington, Kentucky, who spent much of his youth in Chicago. Known for a forceful and intense style, he made his film debut in Groundhog Day in 1993 and appeared in Pearl Harbor, Revolutionary Road, The Shape of Water, Knives Out and Bullet Train. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Revolutionary Road and Nocturnal Animals. He is a frequent collaborator of the director Jeff Nichols, including Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special and Loving, and played General Zod in Man of Steel. On television he played Nelson Van Alden in Boardwalk Empire, and on Broadway he made his debut in Grace in 2012 and earned a Tony Award nomination for Long Day's Journey into Night.
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is an American actor
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Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974)
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Known for his forceful and intense style of acting
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he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor
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and a Saturn Award for Best Actor
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is an American actor
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Shannon's film debut was in Groundhog Day (1993)
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His television roles include a role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire
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