Age: 51
male
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
Joseph Lorenzini
for Joseph Lorenzini in Spider-Man: Season 3 Episode 19
Suggested by underworld_stories
The episode opens as Peter is sitting at a table across from Quinten Beck who has been questioning him about being Spider-Man. Just then Peter's lawyer Foggy Nelson comes in and tells Beck to leave. Foggy tells Peter that they have no other evidence except for Norman's word. Peter ends up being let go but George gets put in prison. Peter gets back to May's and tells Otto and Alex that the cops are looking for them and they need to go and find somewhere else to stay. Just then Gwen shows up at the door and Peter answers it. Gwen tells Peter to stop lying and explain everything. Peter sits her down and tells her how he gained powers and had to fight Norman. Peter tells her he wanted to tell people but if his identity came out the people closest to him could get hurt. She tells Peter she needs a place to stay now that her father is in prison or she is going to go into the foster system. May tells her she can stay with them. Just then Harry shows up and tells them he has no idea about what to do. Peter tells him he is going to go out and look for Norman and they all better stay in the house. We cut to Peter swinging through the city as cops follow him and people chase him. Peter gets to the old Oscorp building and goes over to the elevator shaft and crawls down it. He gets underneath and starts investigating but just then he hears someone tell him not to move. He turns around and to his surprise sees Hammerhead who tells him he wants to help.
