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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

Joseph Lorenzini
for Joseph Lorenzini in Spider-Man: Season 3 Episode 4
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The episode opens in eastern Africa where we see Sergei Kravinoff the famous TV star. In the show Kraven's Next Hunt Sergei documents his travels and hunts while also giving fun facts about animals. Right now Sergei is filming the season 3 finale and living out of his trailer. We see Sergei and his wife Sasha getting ready to start filming again as Sasha gets a call from Dmitri Sergei's cousin. Dmitri tells Sasha and Sergei that he wants Sergei to come down to New York and meet someone who could give Sergei a chance to return to his previous job. Sergei refuses claiming he has changed and hangs up as he goes to film the next scene. Later that day a jet lands on the set and Sergei goes to see what it is about. Out of the jet walks Wilson Fisk, Dmitri Smerdyakov, Hammerhead, and Alex Bateman. Sergei tells them again that he doesn't want to work with those kind of people any more but Wilson tells Sergei they aren't asking this time. Sasha comes out of the trailer with her and Sergei's baby daughter. She asks what is happening and Wilson tells her to be quiet. Sergei gets mad and slaps Wilson for talking to his wife like that. Wilson asks one more time but Sergei refuses again leading Wilson to shoot Sasha killing her. Wilson takes Sergei's daughter and tells him if he wants her back he'll work for them. Sergei attacks Wilson but is thrown to the ground and told again that he must kill Spider-Man.