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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
Bolivar Trask
for Bolivar Trask in The Uncanny X-Men (MCU)
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Following the energy shock caused by Thanos' Blip, a new race of more evolved humans called "mutants" officially appears. Public opinion then begins to rise against them, fearing that they seek to dominate humanity, particularly because of the recent events involving Wanda Maximoff whose mutant nature has been exposed. Charles Xavier, one of the first mutants whose telepathic powers had manifested since childhood, uses Cerebro to find and recruit mutants in his Westchester mansion that he has been trying to open, in vain so far. He recruits Scott Summers, Jean Grey, Bobby Drake, Ororo Munroe and Kurt Wagner to help them master their powers. Meanwhile, an old friend of Xavier's, Erik Lensherr returns to the outside world after several decades spent in his lair on M Island. Having heard of the new wave of mutants that has spread throughout the world, Erik also recruits other mutants to create his brotherhood composed of Mystique, Toad, Pyro and the Blob. In order to overcome the mutant problem, the government calls on the services of Dr. Bolivar Trask who creates a new series of robots inspired by Stark Industries technology : the Sentinels, designed to target and track mutants.
