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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.
In the future, there's a theme park, among many and the most popular of them all, called Westworld. All of these run by the company Delos. For the small fee of thousands of dollars, you can have your each and every desire granted by the "Hosts." Robots made so well that they're almost indistinguishable from humans, though there are some small tells. You can do whatever you want to them, but they are programmed so that they can't instigate real harm or even let real harm come to you. Luckily, Peter Martin, a first time visitor eager to escape the woes of his recent divorce, and his friend John Blane, who's been to the park many times, decide to have an extended stay at Westworld. Nothing can happen to them after all, what fear should they have? But when the true depravities of Westworld come to light, John's violent tendencies come out more and more, and the hosts start to "malfunction" and become more human. . and the gunslinger that they'd killed many times before starts to hunt the two down like prey, this vacation of dreams turns into a nightmare. But do not fret, here at Westworld, you will have a vacation you'll NEVER forget. . if you can't tell if it's real or not. . WHY DOES IT MATTER, AFTER ALL?
