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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 Man of Steel (2011)
Suggested by optimistic_writer
The infant Kal-El is sent away from his home world, Krypton, seconds before it is destroyed. He crash lands in Kansas where he is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent. There, he grows up in a loving home with morals and values under the name, Clark Kent. However, Jonathan dies from a stroke, leaving Clark with the lesson of: you can't save everyone. Years later, after going from job to job trying to find his place in the world, a message is relayed to Earth from a rogue batch of Kryptonians from The Phantom Zone, led by the nefarious General Zod. He plans to rebuild Krypton and Earth is the only planet that can work for his plan. It is then up to Clark to become the hero that he is destined to be to save the planet from destruction. [Author's Note: It would pretty much be the exact same story we got except it would be majorly tweaked to have it be more like a Superman film. ]
