Michael Shannon's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Boardwalk Empire Van Alden

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Machine Gun Preacher 2010 - Jonah Hex 2010 - The Runaways 2009 - The Missing Person 2009 - The Greatest 2008 - Revolutionary Road 2007 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007 - Lucky You 2006 - Let's Go to Prison 2006 - World Trade Center 2006 - Bug 2004 - The Woodsman 2004 - Dead Birds 2004 - Criminal 2003 - Kangaroo Jack 2003 - Bad Boys II 2002 - High Crimes 2002 - 8 Mile 2001 - Pearl Harbor 2001 - Vanilla Sky 2000 - Tigerland 2000 - Cecil B. DeMented 1996 - Chain Reaction 1993 - Groundhog Day

BIOGRAPHY:

Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974)[1][2] is an American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Revolutionary Road. As of 2010, he is a regular on the critically acclaimed HBO series Boardwalk Empire, portraying Nelson Van Alden.
Early life Shannon was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a grandson of entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.[3] His mother, Geraldine Hine, is a lawyer, and his father, Donald S. Shannon, was an accounting professor at DePaul University.[4][5] He was raised by his divorced parents in both Kentucky and Chicago, Illinois.[6][7]
Career Shannon's first film role was the main character in Every Mother's Nightmare's music video "House of Pain," in which he played a troubled teenager who was running away from his abusive lifestyle.
He later become a stage actor in Chicago. He helped found A Red Orchid Theatre, where he still regularly performs.[3] He has since worked with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre, and other acting companies.[8] Shannon originated the role of Peter Evans in Bug in 2004 and also starred in the 2006 film adaptation with Ashley Judd and Harry Connick, Jr, directed by William Friedkin. His roles in Bug, Killer Joe, and Man From Nebraska were written by Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts.[7]
Shannon made his film debut with a small role in Groundhog Day in 1993 as a wedding groom.[9] Later, he had roles in Jesus' Son, Pearl Harbor, 8 Mile and Vanilla Sky. He played the villain in Kangaroo Jack. After a role in Bad Boys II, he had a major role in Grand Theft Parsons as the hippie, Larry Oster-burg. In 2006, he played the leader of a prison white supremacist group, Lynard, in Let's Go to Prison.
Shannon has appeared in several shows in the West End in London, including a 1997 production of Woyzeck directed by Sarah Kane.[10]



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