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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
General Zod
for General Zod in Superman (2012)
Suggested by antoniocratchjr
After Krypton was destroyed Superman’s parents send Kal-El (Henry Cavill) to planet earth now the spaceship was crashed to a farm and he was raised from Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha Kent (Diane Lane) and call him Clark then when the time when Jonathan died Clark and his mom Martha was at his funeral and after that Clark was at school and he was very shy and have super visions in his eyes and he runs away and ran to the door and when the time when they on the school bus the school bus was crashed and Clark saves everyone from a bus crash and then after that Clark had a real job at Daily Planet then it was everyone there working and stuff then General Zod (Michael Shannon) wants to destroy the world and now Superman needs to stop General Zod before it’s too late!
