Michael Shannon Biography
Michael Shannon is an American actor who frequently works with director Jeff Nichols, appearing in his films Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special and Loving, and The Bikeriders. Shannon has two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor: Revolutionary Road and Nocturnal Animals. He was nominated for both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for his performance in 99 Homes.
How old is Michael Shannon? – Age
He is 49 years old as of 7 August 2023. He was born in 1974 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. His real name is Michael Corbett Shannon.
Michael Shannon Family – Education
Shannon was born to Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University, and Geraldine Hine, an attorney. His paternal grandpa was Raymond Corbett Shannon, an entomologist. Shannon’s parents split, and he alternated between living in Lexington with his mother and Chicago, Illinois, with his father. He spent two years at New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois, before transferring to Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky, for his junior year.
Michael Shannon Wife – Children
Shannon married actress Kate Arrington, with whom he had been dating since 2002, at the end of 2017. They have two daughters: Sylvia was born in 2008, and Marion in 2011.
Michael Shannon Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Michael Shannon Height
He has an estimated net worth of 6 feet, 3 inches (1.92 m).
Michael Shannon Boardwalk Empire
He plays Nelson Van Alden in the first, second, third, and fourth seasons. Nelson Kasper Van Alden is a puritanical, repressed religious zealot who works for the Bureau of Prohibition. In the midst of trying to bring down kingpin Nucky Thompson, he succumbed to corruption and is now an outlaw on the run.
Nelson Van Alden, a Senior Agent with the Bureau of Prohibition in the Department of Internal Revenue, approaches his work with zeal. He is highly devout and married Rose Van Alden. Supervisor Elliot commands Van Alden, who works alongside Agent Eric Sebso.
Michael Shannon Nine Perfect Strangers
She appeared as Napoleon Marconi, Heather’s husband and Zoe’s father, a high school teacher grieving the death of his son in the American drama television series Nine Perfect Strangers. Nine strangers from the city come together for a 10-day vacation at Tranquillum House, a health and wellness resort in the imaginary town of Cabrillo, California, that promises to transform and heal its guests.
The resort is not what it appears to be, and the guests are going to learn numerous secrets about one another and the facility’s host. One of the controversies between the guests and resort director Masha begins when she informs them during a meal at a large table that they are all given a psychoactive drug, Psilocybin, in very small but relevant doses in their food without their consent or knowledge, which upsets the guests and leads them to believe it is a crime.
Michael Shannon The Bikeriders
He appeared as Zipco in the 2023 American drama film The Bikeriders. Set in the 1960s, it traces the establishment of a fictitious Chicago motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members, the club transforms over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more menacing gang, endangering the original group’s distinctive way of life.
Michael Shannon Fahrenheit 451
He appeared as Captain John Beatty in the 2018 American dystopian drama film Fahrenheit 451. In the future, after the Second American Civil War, reading is limited to the Internet, and books are prohibited. Guy Montag, the fire chief, orders his men to set fires and burn books. Montag, a firefighter, discovers about the “Eels” (book-reading misfits) and decides to help them repeat their knowledge using animals.
Montag takes a transponder from the fire department and attaches it to a starling’s DNA, which scientists will use to spread the DNA to other creatures. Captain Beatty, a former firefighter, erases Montag’s identification and burns him alive. Montag communicates with the Eels and discovers a bird with a transponder, which Beatty releases. The starling joins a massive flock of starlings in Canada.
Michael Shannon Movies
♦ 2024 – The End
♦ 2023 – Eric Larue
♦ 2023 – The Flash
♦ 2023 – The Bikeriders
♦ 2022 – Night’s End
♦ 2022 – Abandoned
♦ 2022 – Bullet Train
♦ 2022 – Amsterdam
♦ 2022 – A Little White Lie
♦ 2021 – Heart of Champions
♦ 2020 – The Quarry
♦ 2020 – Echo Boomers
♦ 2019 – Knives Out
♦ 2018 – 12 Strong
♦ 2018 – What They Had
♦ 2018 – State Like Sleep
♦ 2017 – The Shape of Water
Michael Shannon TV Shows
♦ 2023 – Waco: The Aftermath
♦ 2022–2023 – George & Tammy
♦ 2022 – Little Demon
♦ 2021 – Nine Perfect Strangers
♦ 2018 – Waco
♦ 2018 – Fahrenheit 451
♦ 2018 – The Little Drummer Girl
♦ 2018 – Our Cartoon President
♦ 2018 – Room 104
♦ 2017–2020 – At Home with Amy Sedaris
♦ 2010–2014 – Boardwalk Empire
♦ 2009 – Delocated
♦ 2005 – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
♦ 1999 – Turks
♦ 1998, 1999 – Early Edition