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Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor, producer, musician, and theatre director. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the Sam Mendes period drama Revolutionary Road (2008) and the Tom Ford psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). He earned Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014), and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (2016). Shannon made his film debut in 1993 with Groundhog Day and received widespread attention for his performance in 8 Mile (2002). He is known for his on-screen versatility, performing in both comedies and dramas such as Pearl Harbor (2001), Bad Boys II (2003), Bug (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), The Iceman (2012), Premium Rush (2012), The Night Before (2015), The Shape of Water (2017) and Knives Out (2019). He played Superman's Kryptonian adversary General Zod in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and is set to reprise the role in The Flash (2022). Shannon is a frequent collaborator of Jeff Nichols, appearing in all of his films: Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special, and Loving (both 2016). He is also known for his role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), for which he was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2021, he had a main role in the Hulu drama miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers.
Michael Shannon
General Zod
for General Zod in Batman vs Superman (2015)
Suggested by dceu_1
. Like Bruce, Lex was also in Metropolis during the battle between Clark and Zod and his parents and brothers ended up dying due to destruction, because of that, Lex will do everything to make the bat and public opinion against the Kriptonian and destroy it at once. At the same time, Clark sees the world's lack of confidence in him and he will try to make up with everyone, allying himself with the government and doing what is right. During the story, Alfred will stand against Bruce's actions, trying to convince him that taking Superman's life is not the right thing to do. Clark will see that people still don't trust him and the government will try to make Superman serve exclusively to the USA, not agreeing Clark will isolate himself in Antarctica to reflect (just like in the original he is Superman again ). Lex kidnaps Martha Kent and sets everything up to look like Batman had done it, meanwhile Lex will also hand over his Kryptonite to Bruce and convince him not to give up on killing the metropolis hero. So, we have the final battle between Batman and Superman, which will end with Martha showing up to prevent Bruce from killing Clark (Superman would have already rescued her up to that point)Martha says that Lex had kidnapped her. upon seeing Superman and his mother together, Bruce remembers Dick and his father-son relationship and realizes that killing Clark will be doing the same thing that the Joker did to him.
