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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
Sheriff Tom Watkins
for Sheriff Tom Watkins in THE SMILING SUBSTITUTE
Suggested by roma_007
In the fictional town of Briarwood, Ohio, in mid-May, a strange temporary English teacher appears at the local high school — Miss Evelyn Cross. She always wears a white medical mask, speaks softly, and carries herself with an unsettling calm. To the students, she seems like an easy target for mockery — especially for the defiant teenager Jack Miller, notorious for his cruel school pranks. But one joke goes too far. After Jack’s disappearance, the school and the town try to cover it up, dismissing everything as an unfortunate accident. Only his best friend Noah begins his own investigation and uncovers a forgotten urban legend — about “The Smiling Substitute,” the spirit of a teacher who died violently decades ago after being tormented by her students. Every May, she returns to deliver one final lesson to those who cross the line.
