Michael Shannon: movies and TV shows
Michael Shannon has 149 credits in the archive: 120 films and 29 TV series, from 1992 to 2026. Highest rated: Boardwalk Empire (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1992 – 2026 · busiest year: 2015 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Buddy | Charlie the Train (voice) / Willie (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2026 | Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story | Bill Parcells | Film | — | 51 |
| 2026 | Bulls | Alistair Whitman | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 2026 | Love Letter to Texas | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 2025 | Nuremberg | Justice Robert H. Jackson | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2025 | Death by Lightning | James Garfield | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2025 | Eric LaRue | Film | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 2024 | The Bikeriders | Zipco | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2024 | A Different Man | Michael Shannon | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 2024 | The End | Father | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 2024 | All Happy Families | Film | 5.4 | 49 | |
| 2023 | The Flash | General Zod | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 2023 | Waco: The Aftermath | Gary Noesner | TV | 6.9 | 48 |
| 2023 | Waco: The Aftermath | TV | 6.9 | 48 | |
| 2023 | A Little White Lie | Shriver | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 2023 | Making The Flash: Worlds Collide | Self - 'General Zod' | Film | 3.8 | 48 |
| 2023 | Making The Flash: Worlds Collide | Film | 3.8 | 48 | |
| 2022 | Bullet Train | White Death | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 2022 | Little Demon | Unshaven Man (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 47 |
| 2022 | Amsterdam | Henry Norcross | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 2022 | George & Tammy | George Jones | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 2022 | Abandoned | Renner | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2022 | Night's End | Isaac Dees | Film | 4.4 | 47 |
| 2021 | Nine Perfect Strangers | Napoleon | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2021 | Heart of Champions | Jack Murphy | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self | TV | — | 45 |
| 2020 | Echo Boomers | Mel Donnelly | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 2020 | The Quarry | Chief Moore | Film | 5.2 | 45 |
| 2019 | Knives Out | Walt Thrombey | Film | 7.8 | 44 |
| 2019 | State Like Sleep | Edward | Film | 4.7 | 44 |
| 2019 | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts | Don McGahn | Film | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2019 | 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 2018 | 12 Strong | Hal Spencer | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 2018 | Waco | Gary Noesner | TV | 7.4 | 43 |
| 2018 | The Little Drummer Girl | Martin Kurtz | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2018 | The Current War | George Westinghouse | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | Captain Beatty | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2018 | Poor Boy | Blayde Griggs | Film | 4.3 | 43 |
| 2018 | What They Had | Nick | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 2018 | What They Had | Film | 6.5 | 43 | |
| 2018 | Friedkin Uncut | Self | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Richard Strickland | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2017 | Room 104 | Nathan | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 2017 | Ballad of a Righteous Merchant | Self | Film | 2.0 | 42 |
| 2017 | Pottersville | Maynard Greiger | Film | 4.9 | 42 |
| 2017 | Pottersville | Film | 4.9 | 42 | |
| 2017 | Signature Move | Film | 5.2 | 42 | |
| 2017 | Bob Dylan: Trouble No More | Self | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Zod | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Bobby Andes | Film | 7.4 | 41 |
| 2016 | Complete Unknown | Tom Brayton | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 2016 | Midnight Special | Roy Tomlin | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 2016 | Wolves | Lee Keller | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Elvis Presley | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Film | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 2016 | Loving | Grey Villet | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 2016 | Frank & Lola | Frank Reilly | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 2016 | Salt and Fire | Matt Riley | Film | 4.9 | 41 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | TV | 6.1 | 40 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 40 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 40 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Ringo Starr | TV | 6.1 | 40 |
| 2015 | Lip Sync Battle | Self | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 2015 | She's Funny That Way | Policeman Macy's | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 2015 | The Night Before | Mr. Green | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 2015 | 99 Homes | Rick Carver | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 2015 | Freeheld | Dane Wells | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 2015 | The Harvest | Richard | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 39 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 39 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV | 5.0 | 39 |
| 2014 | They Came Together | Spike | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 2014 | Young Ones | Ernest Holm | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 2014 | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 2013 | Man of Steel | General Zod | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 2013 | Mud | Galen | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 2013 | Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel | Film | — | 38 | |
| 2013 | Sparrows Dance | Film | 6.2 | 38 | |
| 2013 | Choose You | Avicii | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 2013 | Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter | Film | 8.7 | 38 | |
| 2012 | Premium Rush | Bobby Monday | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 2012 | The Iceman | Richard Kuklinski | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 2012 | Keep the Lights On | Film | 5.7 | 37 | |
| 2012 | The Broken Tower | Emile | Film | 4.6 | 37 |
| 2012 | Happy Hour | Just Mike | Film | — | 37 |
| 2011 | Take Shelter | Curtis LaForche | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | Machine Gun Preacher | Donnie | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 2011 | Return | Mike | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Nelson Van Alden | TV | 8.0 | 35 |
| 2010 | 13 | Henry | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 2010 | Jonah Hex | Doc Cross Williams | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 2010 | The Runaways | Kim Fowley | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 2010 | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Brad McCullum | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 2010 | Herbert White | Herbert White | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 2010 | I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 2009 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Mundt | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 2009 | The Greatest | Jordan Walker | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 2009 | 13 Scarier Movie Moments | Self | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 2009 | The Missing Person | John Rosow | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | John Givings | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 2008 | Marvelous | John | Film | — | 33 |
| 2007 | Bug | Peter Evans | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Dex | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | Lucky You | Ray Zumbro | Film | 5.7 | 32 |
| 2007 | Blackbird | Murl | Film | 2.0 | 32 |
| 2007 | Shotgun Stories | Son Hayes | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | Dave Karnes | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 2006 | Let's Go to Prison | Lynard | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 2005 | Dead Birds | Clyde | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| 2004 | The Woodsman | Rosen | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 2004 | Water | Bobby Matherson | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 2004 | Zamboni Man | Walt | Film | 7.5 | 29 |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Parsons | Larry Oster-Berg | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 2004 | Criminal | Gene | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | Floyd Poteet | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 2003 | Kangaroo Jack | Frankie Lombardo | Film | 5.3 | 28 |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | Greg Buehl | Film | 7.1 | 27 |
| 2002 | High Crimes | Troy Abbott | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Philip Corday | TV | 7.2 | 26 |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Gooz | Film | 6.9 | 26 |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Aaron | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 2001 | New Port South | Stanton | Film | 4.6 | 26 |
| 2001 | Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor | Gooz | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 2000 | Jesus' Son | Dundun | Film | 6.2 | 25 |
| 2000 | Tigerland | Sgt. Filmore | Film | 6.6 | 25 |
| 2000 | Cecil B. Demented | Petie | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 2000 | Mullitt | Phil Kunz | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 2000 | The Photographer | Maurice | Film | 3.0 | 25 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Avery Shaw | TV | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1998 | Chicago Cab | Crack Head | Film | 5.8 | 23 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 22 |
| 1997 | The Ride | Jimmy | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 21 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | TV | 7.3 | 21 | |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Mr. Andrews | TV | 7.3 | 21 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Merle | TV | 7.3 | 21 |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | D.C. Flower Delivery Man | Film | 5.8 | 21 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 18 |
| 1993 | Groundhog Day | Fred | Film | 7.6 | 18 |
| 1992 | Overexposed | Young Man | Film | 3.3 | 17 |
| Dinner with Audrey | Film | — | — | ||
| The Young King | Mick | Film | — | — | |
| Doctor Caligari's Cabinet of Wonders | Doctor Caligari | Film | — | — | |
| Vegas: A Love Story | Film | — | — | ||
| Dead Guy | Film | — | — | ||
| McCarthy | Joseph McCarthy | Film | — | — | |
| King Snake | Film | — | — |