| Michael Shannon | ||
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| Character Avery Shaw | ||
| Date of birth 7 August 1974 | ||
| Place of birth Lexington, Kentucky, USA | ||
| IMDb profile |
Michael Shannon is an actor who guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Quarry" as Avery Shaw.
Shannon played the role of General Zod in the films Man of Steel (with Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix, and Ayelet Zurer) and The Flash (with Ezra Miller) and Nelson Van Alden on the TV series Boardwalk Empire (with Paz de la Huerta, Michael K. Williams, Paul Sparks, Dabney Coleman, and Bobby Cannavale). He also starred in the movies 8 Mile (with Taryn Manning), Kangaroo Jack (with Anthony Anderson and Estella Warren), The Shape of Water (with Michael Stuhlbarg), and Knives Out (with Riki Lindhome). He later appeared in the TV miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers (with Cannavale, Regina Hall, and Grace Van Patten).