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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
John Joel Glanton
for John Joel Glanton in Blood Meridian (2010, my dream cast)
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Blood Meridian is an epic Western novel (sometimes classified as a revisionist Western) set in the mid‑19th century American Southwest and northern Mexico. The story is loosely based on historical events and follows a brutal, unflinching portrayal of violence on the frontier. The narrative centres on a teenage protagonist known only as the Kid (later referred to as the Man). In his late teens, the Kid leaves Tennessee and eventually makes his way to Texas and Mexico. His journey leads him to join Glanton’s gang — a group of scalp hunters active in the years 1849–1850. The gang is hired by Mexican authorities to hunt Native Americans — primarily Apaches and Comanches — for bounty. What begins as a campaign against hostile tribes quickly devolves into indiscriminate slaughter: the gang targets peaceful communities, Mexicans, and anyone else who stands in their way, driven by greed, bloodlust, and nihilism.
