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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.
"One Punch Man" is an action-comedy that deconstructs the superhero genre with a dry, existential wit. In a world constantly besieged by "Kaiju-level" monsters and eccentric supervillains, society relies on the Hero Association, a corporate bureaucracy that ranks heroes based on popularity and power. Enter Saitama, an unemployed salaryman who trained so hard he went bald and broke his "limiter." He is now the strongest being in the universe, capable of defeating any enemy with a single punch. The conflict isn't about saving the world—Saitama does that easily, usually while worrying about supermarket sales. The conflict is his profound, crushing boredom and depression. He feels nothing: no thrill, no fear, no glory. The film follows his reluctance to take on a disciple, the intense cyborg Genos, and his navigation of the Hero Association politics that refuse to recognize his strength. The climax features the arrival of Boros, an alien warlord searching for a worthy opponent. It is a battle between a maniacal conqueror desperate for a fight and a depressed human desperate to feel something, anything, again.
