Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor. Known for his forceful and intense style of acting, he has twice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Revolutionary Road (2008) and Nocturnal Animals (2016). He received Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014).
Shannon's film debut was in Groundhog Day (1993). He appeared in Jesus' Son (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), Kangaroo Jack (2003), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), The Iceman (2012), The Night Before (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Knives Out (2019), and Bullet Train (2022). He is a frequent collaborator with director Jeff Nichols, having appeared in all of Nichols' films to date: Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special and Loving (both 2016), and The Bikeriders (2023). He played General Zod in the DC Extended Universe films Man of Steel (2013) and The Flash (2023).
Shannon made his Broadway debut in the 2012 play Grace. He returned to Broadway playing James Tyrone Jr. in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (2016), earning a Tony Award nomination. His television roles include a role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014) for which he won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He also starred in Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), and Showtime's George & Tammy (2022), the latter of which he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. He also played James A. Garfield in the Netflix miniseries Death by Lightning, and Robert H. Jackson in the film Nuremberg (both 2025).
Bővebben...A 1974. augusztus 7. egy szerda volt a ♌ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 218 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke Richard M. Nixon volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 51 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. augusztus 7., csütörtök, 287 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. augusztus 7., péntek napon lesz, 77 nap múlva. 18 915 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 453 973 órát, vagy körülbelül 27 238 435 percet vagy körülbelül 1 634 306 100 másodpercet.
Date: 08 August 1974
HEW Dept on Aug 7 announces it will publish new freedom of information rules to make more audits, repts and other documents and previously secret information available to public; HEW Sec Caspar W Weinberger comments (S)
Date: 08 August 1974
By TERRY ROBARDSSpecial to The New York Times
W Eur is swept by storm of intense reaction to Pres Nixon's latest disclosures in Watergate scandal; US pol crisis has suddenly eclipsed all other issues in public debate; Govt officials reluctant to comment publicly but press comment is most caustic in memory, some papers calling for Nixons resignation; several papers quoted (L)
Date: 07 August 1974
Special to The New York Times
HR Rules Com approves resolution permitting live TV and radio coverage of HR floor debate on impeachment of Pres Nixon, which is scheduled to begin Aug 19 (S)
Date: 07 August 1974
Special to The New York Times
Text of observations and conclusions of Sen Foreign Relations Com rept on its most recent inquiry into State Sec H A Kissinger's role in White House wiretap program; Kissinger por (L)
Date: 08 August 1974
Sen Barry Goldwater says press is 'rotten bunch,' statement on Sen floor; denounces '2 damn lies' that have appeared on NBC and ABC saying he was turned away from White House after seeking meeting with Pres Nixon; says he has not been to White House in about 2 wks and has not seen Nixon since May 5 or May 10; denies he told ABC commentator Bob Clark that Nixon was going to resign; NBC denys Goldwater's charge; says it reptd that he wanted to arrange meeting with Nixon; ABC says Clark's original source was wrong; Clark, whose rept was read on air by correspondent Frank Reynolds, apologizes to Goldwater on ABC radio network (M)
Date: 08 August 1974
HR, 385-25, approves plan to permit live TV and radio coverage of scheduled impeachment proceedings of Pres Nixon; Sen Rules Com, 8-1, votes to recommend same action; Sen Robert P Griffin opposes plan; proposals contain provisions that permit Cong leaders to place restraints on how broadcasting will be carried out; CBS News and NBC News say they will not provide live coverage if restraints are excessive; ABC News is undecided about its coverage (M)
Date: 07 August 1974
Egyptian Pres Anwar el-Sadat charges that Libyan leader Colonel Qadafi's secret agents attempted to kill promising Egyptian journalist Ihsan Abdel-Kuddus; chares coordination between Libyan intelligence machinery and Libyan information media is striking (S)