Two-time Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon is making his mark working with many of the industry's most honored talents and treading the boards in the world's most respected theatres. Recently, Shannon starred in the Academy Award-winning Shape of Water. He has appeared opposite Andrew Garfield in 99 Homes, and co-starred with Julianne Moore and Ellen Page in Freeheld. Shannon has also starred in The Night Before opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Lizzy Caplan, and Jeff Nichol's Midnight Special opposite Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Joel Edgerton and Sam Shepard. Shannon's previous collaborations with Nichols include Take Shelter, for which he received a 2011 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor; as well as the films Mud and Shotgun Stories. Shannon has also starred in Siofra Campbell's The Price opposite Noomi Rapace, Werner Herzog's Salt and Fire, Liza Johnson's Elvis & Nixon, Matthew M. Ross' Frank and Lola opposite Imogen Poots, and Untitled Joshua Marston Project, co-starring opposite Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates and Danny Glover. Most notably, Shannon made his mark in an Oscar-nominated supporting role in Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates. With over forty roles in film, Shannon's credits include 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. For all his roles on screen, Shannon maintains a connection to theatre. In 2012, Shannon appeared opposite Paul Rudd, Ed Asner, and Kate Arrington in Grace at the Cort Theatre, for which he was nominated for a 2013 Distinguished Performance Drama League Award. In 2010, he led Craig Wright's Off-Broadway play, Mistakes Were Made, at the Barrow Street Theater, which earned him an Outstanding Lead Actor Lortel Award nomination, an Outstanding Actor in a Play Drama Desk Award nomination, an Outstanding Solo Performance Outer Critics Award nomination, and a Distinguished Performance Drama League Award nomination. Shannon also starred in Roundabout Theatre Company's Long Day's Journey Into Night, earning a Tony Award nomination. Additional theatre credits include Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep Theatre), Our Town(Barrow Street Theatre), Lady (Rattlestick Theatre), The Metal Children (Vineyard Theatre), The Little Flower of East Orange (Public Theatre), The Pillowman and Man From Nebraska (Steppenwolf Theatre), Bug (Barrow Street Theatre, Red Orchid Theatre and Gate Theatre), Mr. Kolpert and The Killer (Red Orchid Theatre), Killer Joe (SoHo Playhouse, Next Lab Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre), The Idiot (Lookingglass Theatre) and Woyzeck (Gate Theatre). On television, Shannon's credits include Martin Scorsese's HBO series, "Boardwalk Empire," co-starring Steve Buscemi and Kelly MacDonald.
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Michael Shannon, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Michael Shannon, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Michael Shannon, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Michael Shannon, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Michael Shannon, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Michael Shannon, Grace
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Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made
Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made
Michael Shannon, Bug
Michael Shannon, Bug
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Michael Shannon has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Michael Shannon has not appeared in the West End.
Michael Shannon has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night." He was also nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. Additionally, Shannon received nominations for his roles in "Grace," "Mistakes Were Made," and "Bug," earning recognition from various prestigious award bodies such as the Outer Critics Circle Awards, The Lortels, and the Obie Awards.
Michael Shannon has won the following awards: - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Long Day's Journey Into Night - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Long Day's Journey Into Night - Performance (Obie Awards) for Bug.
Michael Shannon's next show will be Waiting for Godot which opens on 11/4/2023 on Off-Broadway.
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