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May 2, 2023 · Michael Shannon knows how to wake you up. ... Now it’s a limited series. ... The 86-year-old Vietnamese screen legend has been waiting her whole career for a project like this HBO limited series.
- He Does Not Like His Performances Being Interrupted by vomit.
- His First Film Role Was 25 Years Ago in Groundhog Day.
- He Does Not Give A Sh*t About Superheroes Fighting.
- Talk Shows Were Ambivalent About Having Him on.
- His Daughter Had No Interest in His Action Figure.
- You Will Not Find Shannon on Social Media.
- He Worries His Stomach Will Rumble During Audiobook Recordings.
- He Played A Shirtless Tribute to David Bowie on Stage.
- Lots of People Just Assumed He’D Be Playing David Koresh in Waco.
- “Shannoning” Is Becoming A thing.
Shannon got his start as a theater performer and often appears in stage plays between film roles. While appearing on Broadway in 2012 for a play titled Grace, Shannon told the Chicago Tribunethat he began to grow irritated when an obvious commotion in the audience broke his concentration. Believing someone might have been drunk, he complained to th...
Migrating from his native Kentucky, Shannon performed theater work in Chicago before trying his luck in Hollywood. His first role was opposite Bill Murray in 1993’s Groundhog Day, where Murray’s character gifts him with tickets to WrestleMania. Shannon was just 18years old at the time.
One of Shannon’s highest-profile roles to date was the Kryptonian supervillain General Zod in 2013’s Man of Steel. While he did not reprise the role for 2016’sBatman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, that did not stop one enterprising reporter from asking if he was picking sides in the fictional superhero faceoff. After explaining that he fell asleep ...
With his dry sense of humor, Shannon’s offscreen persona can sometimes have people doubting whether he’d make for a good late-night talk show guest. In 2013, he told The New York Times that his aloof disposition may have cost him an appearance on David Letterman, an invitation he had been coveting since he was a teenager. “How many movies do you go...
Playing General Zod afforded Shannon the opportunity to have his likeness etched into toy form, from action figures to elaborate and expensive collector's items. Asked whether his young daughter thought that was interesting, Shannon toldthe The A.V. Club that a diminutive version of her father held little intrigue. “I can’t say she, personally, is ...
Do not expect Michael Shannon to retweet a particularly poignant cat or dog video. In 2012, he told The A.V. Clubthat social media is not part of his routine. “I don’t do any of that social media stuff. I have people telling me all the time, ‘You should do Twitter, you should do this, you should get on Facebook.’ Are you insane? I’m not doing any o...
Shannon was invited to read the audiobook for playwright and actor Sam Shepard’s final book, Spy of the First Person. While he felt honored to be asked to be a voice for the late author, Shannon told the Chicago Tribunethat voiceover work was not without its hazards. “I spent a lot of time trying to breathe quietly, and dealing with stomach noise,”...
Shannon’s acting chops are not in question, but not many people know he’s prepared to rock out when the moment presents itself. He formed the rock band Corporal in 2002 and released an album in 2010. For a tribute concertin January 2018 dedicated to the late David Bowie, Shannon threw away his shirt and got on stage to channel Iggy Pop and perform ...
With his intense stare and brooding demeanor, Shannon is often invited to portray characters that descend into either lawlessness or outright madness. For the Paramount Network’s Waco, he’s a federal agent trying to outmaneuver religious cult leader David Koresh. As soon as people heard “Waco,” however, they assumed he’d be playing the unhinged one...
On the set of The Shape of Water, Shannon’s penchant for getting things right in a single take did not go unnoticed by the rest of the cast. Speaking with The Verge, Shannon said that his last name became a verb that denotes excellence in performing. “Octavia [Spencer] came up with this term on set, ‘Shannoning,’ where you get something right in on...
Michael Shannon. Actor: Take Shelter. Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University.
- Actor, Producer, Director
- August 7, 1974
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Feb 15, 2024 · Sporting a black beanie, red pants and purple tennis shoes, the 49-year-old actor grabbed the microphone, cued his backing band and began belting out songs from R.E.M.’s 1983 debut album ...
- Troy Mcmullen
Jan 30, 2024 · Now, the two are taking the show on tour, coming to First Avenue this week. ... Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and friends play R.E.M.’s “Murmur” at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4, at First ...
- Sheila Regan
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May 3, 2024 · Before appearing on Broadway in hit productions or being nominated for two Academy Awards, way back in 1993, Michael Shannon and some fellow actors founded A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago’s Old ...
Aug 7, 2023 · Shannon is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited series for his role in Showtime’s George & Tammy, in which he stars as country music legend George Jones opposite fellow nominee ...
