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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
Adult Henry Bowers
for Adult Henry Bowers in Stephen King’s IT
Suggested by secretlyaciaunicorn
During a rainstorm, Georgie Denbrough sails a paper boat, but it falls into a drain. He meets Pennywise the Clown and tries to get his boat, but It rips his arm off and he dies.Next June, an overweight boy named Ben Hanscom is bullied by Henry Bowers, escaping to a marsh called The Barrens. Ben befriends an asthmatic, Eddie Kaspbrak, and Bill, Georgie's brother who has a stutter. They later befriend Richie Tozier, Stan Uris, and Beverly Marsh, and call themselves The Losers Club. They each see It in different forms. An unhinged Henry begins bullying his African-American neighbor Mike Hanlon and chases him to the Barrens, where he joins the Losers in fighting Henry. Mike tells them his encounter with It as a giant bird. They find It's origins as an entity that eats children before entering a 27-year sleep.Bev sees Patrick Hockstetter, a bully, killed by It in the form of leeches. Eddie breaks his arm, and Ben makes two silver slugs to kill It. It is from another reality called the Macroverse.They go to a house on Neibolt Street where they saw It, and hurt It as werewolf. It gives Henry a knife, and makes him make his friends Victor Criss and Belch Huggins help him kill the Losers. Vic and Belch are killed by It as Frankenstein's monster.Bill performs the Ritual of Chüd, and he meets Maturin, an ancient turtle that created the universe.Not knowing if they killed It or not, they swear a blood oath that if It returns, so will they.
