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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 5
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The episode opens with Peter leaving school with Gwen and heading to the coffee shop while talking about Harry. Peter tells Gwen he knows Harry will come back but Gwen has doubts. Gwen asks Peter if they are just friends and Peter asks what she means but Gwen drops the topic. Meanwhile we see Gustav Fiers in his lab while Otto tells Harry to move to the left and so Harry does. Otto manages to get one of his micro arms which he invented during season 2 to finally chew off the chain after five episodes. Gustav goes over to stop Otto who fights him while Harry escapes the lab. Otto manages to grab a wrench and hits Gustav over the head with it and runs. Otto gets outside to see that Harry is being loaded into a van by people in swat uniforms. Otto runs over but is knocked out and when he wakes up Harry is gone and the van is nowhere in sight. We cut back to Peter and Gwen as they enter the coffee shop. Gwen turns to talk to Peter but Peter is gone. We see Peter being thrown into an alley but when Peter goes to fight off this man he sees that it is Otto who tells him Harry has been captured and they need to save him. We cut to Harry as he wakes up in a dark room next to an old bearded man who tells him that he is now their prisoner and will lead Spider-Man right to them. Harry asks what is happening as Kingpin, Hammerhead, Dmitri, and Sergei enter the room and the old man stands up to reveal himself as Norman Osborn.