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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
Megatron
for Megatron in Transformers: War for Cybertron Part 1
Suggested by efrainflores
In a universe where android aliens inhabit different planets, a race of androids called the Decepticons led by General Megatron planned to overthrow the caste system on their home planet Cybertron that they share with another race of androids called the Autobots. This goal might seem noble but Megatron's ways slowly change from noble to sinister as his hatred for the Autobot Orion Pax grows stronger after his ascension to Prime. All of this hatred towards this Autobot turns to hatred for all Autobots and a war is started that nearly tears Cybertron apart. Eventually Megatron's turn to darkness is complete after he makes a deal with the Lord of Chaos Unicron which causes the Decepticons to gain an advantage in the war. After seeing his former ally Megatron go beyond the point of return, Orion Pax now known as Optimus Prime leads a squadron of Autobots into battle and for a while it seems like they might win but Megatron starts bringing out thousands of Decepticons and overpowers Optimus causing Optimus and a couple other Autobots to have to leave Cybertron and later crash on the planet Earth.
