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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
Roderick Usher
for Roderick Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher
Suggested by darthcaedus97
A man receives a desperate letter from his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, begging him to visit the family mansion before it's too late. Upon arrival, he finds a house that seems sick and Roderick transformed into a shadow of himself, haunted by sounds no one else hears and obsessed with the well-being of his twin sister, Madeline, who suffers from a mysterious illness that keeps her on the edge between life and death. As the days pass in the oppressive mansion, the visitor discovers that every corner of the house holds the echo of decisions made decades earlier, and that the Usher's decay is not just material: it's a curse that lives in the blood, in memory, and in the very foundations of the place. Something ancient and terrible is about to awaken, and when it does, no one will emerge unscathed.
