Join us for a 90-minute Career Retrospective with actor Michael Shannon.
Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, Emmy®, and Tony Award® nominated actor Michael Shannon continues to make his mark in entertainment, working with the industry's most respected talent and treading the boards in notable theaters around the world.
This Fall, Shannon will be seen in James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg opposite Russell Crowe and Rami Malek. The historical drama will tell the story of American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Malek), who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes and finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Hermann Göring (Crowe), Hitler’s right-hand man. Shannon will play Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, the chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials. Sony Pictures Classics is slated to release the film on November 7, 2025. Shannon will also be seen opposite Matthew Macfadyen in Netflix’s Death by Lighting series this Fall. The drama tells the true history of President James Garfield (Shannon) and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau (Macfadyen), the man who would come to kill him.
Most notably, Shannon garnered critical acclaim for his Academy Award® nominated supporting role in Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road, playing ‘John Givings,’ the psychologically troubled neighbor's son opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates. He went on to be nominated for a Golden Globe®, Screen Actors Guild®, Critics Choice®, Gotham Award® and Film Independent Spirit Award for his role in Ramin Bahrani’s timely drama 99 Homes, co-starring opposite Andrew Garfield. Set against the backdrop of the economic crisis, Shannon portrayed ‘Rick Carver,’ a charismatic and ruthless real estate tycoon gaming the market and home banking system. Additional accolades include an Academy Award® and Critics Choice® nomination in Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams and Aaron Taylor Johnson; as well as Guillermo del Toro's critically acclaimed drama, The Shape of Water, alongside Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Octavia Spencer which won the 2018 Academy Award® for Best Picture.
With nearly one hundred roles in film, Shannon's credits include Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End; Andrés Muschietti’s The Flash; Michael Maren’s A Little White Lie; David O. Russell’s Amsterdam; David Leitch’s action thriller Bullet Train; Spencer Squire’s thriller, Abandoned; Jennifer Reeder ‘s Night’s Out; Michael Mailer’s Heart of a Champion; Seth Savoy’s Echo Boomers; Scott Teems’ The Quarry; Rian Johnson’s Knives Out; Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s The Current War; Meredith Danluck's State Like Sleep; Elizabeth Chomko’s, What They Had; Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong; Werner Herzog’s Salt and Fire; Bart Freundlich’s Wolves; Matthew M. Ross’ Frank & Lola; Joshua Marston’s Complete Unknown; Liza Johnson’s Elvis & Nixon; Jonathan Levine’s The Night Before; Peter Sollett’s Freeheld; John McNaughton's The Harvest; Jake Paltrow’s The Young Ones; Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel; Ariel Vromen's The Iceman; David Koepp's Premium Rush; Liza Johnson's Return; Marc Forster's Machine Gun Preacher; Floria Sigismondi's The Runaways; Werner Herzog's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done and Bad Lieutenant; Sydney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead; Oliver Stone's World Trade Center; William Friedkin's Bug; Curtis Hanson's Lucky You; Michael Bay's Bad Boys II; Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile; David McNally's Kangaroo Jack; Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky; Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor; John Waters' Cecil B. DeMented; Noah Buschel's The Missing Person and Shana Feste's The Greatest.
His television credits include Showtime’s limited series, George & Tammy for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie; John Erick Dowdle’s Showtime series Waco: The Aftermath; Hulu’s drama series, Nine Perfect Strangers; Chan-wook Park’s AMC mini-series, The Little Drummer Girl; Jay and Mark Duplass’ HBO anthology series Room 104; Ramin Bahrani’s HBO film Fahrenheit 451; as well as Martin Scorsese's HBO series, Boardwalk Empire.
Outside of his roles on screen, Shannon maintains a strong connection to theater. This past summer, he starred in Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten opposite Ruth Wilson at the Almeida Theater in London. In 2018, he directed the world premiere of Traitor, Brett Neveu's adaption of Henrik Ibsen's Enemy of the People, for which he won a Jeff Award in the category of Best Director in a Midsize Play. He was also seen on stage starring in Terrence McNally’s final production, the Broadway revival of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, which was nominated for a Tony® nomination in the category for Best Revival of a Play. Also on Broadway, Shannon co-starred alongside Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne, and John Gallagher Jr. in Jonathan Kent’s Long Day’s Journey into Night for the Roundabout Theater Company. The revival of Eugene O’Neill’s drama led Shannon to a 2016 Tony® nomination for ‘Supporting Actor’ as well as 2016 Drama Desk Award for ‘Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.’ Additional Broadway credits include Grace (Cort Theatre) for which he was nominated for a 2013 Distinguished Performance Drama League Award.
Additional theater credits include Waiting for Godot (Theatre for a New Audience); Des Moines (Theatre for a New Audience); Turret (A Red Orchid Theatre); Simpatico (McCarter Theatre Center); Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep Theatre); Mistakes Were Made (Barrow Street Theater and A Red Orchid Theatre) for which he earned an Outstanding Lead Actor Lortel Award nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Play Drama Desk Award nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance Outer Critics Award nomination, and a Distinguished Performance Drama League Award nomination; Our Town (Barrow Street Theater); Lady (Rattlestick Theatre); The Metal Children (Vineyard Theatre); The Little Flower of East Orange (Public Theatre); The Pillowman (Steppenwolf Theatre); Bug (Barrow Street Theatre, Red Orchid Theatre and Gate Theatre); Man From Nebraska (Steppenwolf Theatre); Killer Joe (SoHo Playhouse, Next Lab Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre); The Idiot (Lookingglass Theatre); and Woyzeck (Gate Theatre). Shannon is a founder of A Red Orchid Theater in Chicago and was also seen in productions on that stage inclusive of Victims of Duty; Pilgrim’s Progress; Mr. Kolpert; and The Killer. He also was a Co Producer on Brett Neveu’s Revolution at The Flea Theatre.
Michael Shannon grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and began his professional stage career in Chicago, Illinois.
Run time: 90 minutes
