Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon

Born: August 7, 1974
in Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor, producer, musician, and theatre director. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the Sam Mendes period drama Revolutionary Road (2008) and the Tom Ford psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals (2016). He earned Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014), and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (2016).

Shannon made his film debut in 1993 with Groundhog Day and received widespread attention for his performance in 8 Mile (2002). He is known for his on-screen versatility, performing in both comedies and dramas such as Pearl Harbor (2001), Bad Boys II (2003), Bug (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), The Iceman (2012), Premium Rush (2012), The Night Before (2015), The Shape of Water (2017) and Knives Out (2019). He played Superman's Kryptonian adversary General Zod in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and is set to reprise the role in The Flash (2022). Shannon is a frequent collaborator of Jeff Nichols, appearing in all of his films: Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special, and Loving (both 2016). He is also known for his role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), for which he was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2021, he had a main role in the Hulu drama miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers.

Movies for Michael Shannon...

A Different Man
Title: A Different Man
Character: Michael Shannon
Released: September 13, 2024
Type: Movie
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.
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The Bikeriders
Title: The Bikeriders
Character: Zipco
Released: June 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Kathy, a strong-willed member of the Vandals who's married to a wild, reckless bikerider named Benny, recounts the Vandals' evolution over the course of a decade, beginning as a local club of outsiders united by good times, rumbling bikes and respect for their strong, steady leader Johnny. As life in the Vandals gets more dangerous, and the club threatens to become a more sinister gang, Kathy, Benny and Johnny are forced to make choices about their loyalty to the club and to each other.
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Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Title: Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
Character: Self - 'General Zod'
Released: August 29, 2023
Type: Movie
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The Flash
Title: The Flash
Character: General Zod
Released: June 13, 2023
Type: Movie
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
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Title: Waco: The Aftermath
Character: Gary Noesner
Released: April 16, 2023
Type: TV
Explore the wide-ranging fallout succeeding the tragic events that took place in Waco, TX: the trials of the surviving members of the Branch Davidian sect and the rise of homegrown terrorist, Timothy McVeigh.
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A Little White Lie
Title: A Little White Lie
Character: Shriver
Released: March 3, 2023
Type: Movie
A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote address.
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Title: George & Tammy
Character: George Jones
Released: December 4, 2022
Type: TV
A chronicle of the country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette, whose complicated-but-enduring relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all time.
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Amsterdam
Title: Amsterdam
Character: Henry Norcross
Released: September 27, 2022
Type: Movie
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
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Title: Little Demon
Character: Unshaven Man (voice)
Released: August 25, 2022
Type: TV
13 years after being impregnated by Satan, a reluctant mother, Laura, and her Antichrist daughter, Chrissy, attempt to live an ordinary life in Delaware, but are constantly thwarted by monstrous forces, including Satan, who yearns for custody of his daughter's soul.
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Bullet Train
Title: Bullet Train
Character: White Death
Released: August 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.
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Abandoned
Title: Abandoned
Character: Renner
Released: June 17, 2022
Type: Movie
After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.
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Night's End
Title: Night's End
Character: Isaac Dees
Released: March 31, 2022
Type: Movie
An anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism which takes a horrific turn.
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Heart of Champions
Title: Heart of Champions
Character: Coach Jack Murphy
Released: September 16, 2021
Type: Movie
During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.
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Title: Nine Perfect Strangers
Character: Napoleon
Released: August 18, 2021
Type: TV
At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine "perfect" strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.
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Echo Boomers
Title: Echo Boomers
Character: Mel Donnelly
Released: November 13, 2020
Type: Movie
Five post grads figure the best way to get back at the unfair economy and live the life they've always wanted is to steal from the rich and give to themselves.
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The Quarry
Title: The Quarry
Character: Chief Moore
Released: April 17, 2020
Type: Movie
A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man's unorthodox sermons, but so is a police chief who has his suspicions.
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Title: Stars in the House
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2020
Type: TV
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.
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Knives Out
Title: Knives Out
Character: Walt Thrombey
Released: November 27, 2019
Type: Movie
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
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90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Title: 90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
Character: Self
Released: August 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Off-Camera Directing, "90 Years of the Music Box Theatre" depicts filmmakers Werner Herzog, Lana Wachowski, Michael Shannon, Joe Swanberg, and more as they celebrate a 90-year-old cinema institution in Chicago, IL.
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The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Title: The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
Character: Don McGahn
Released: June 24, 2019
Type: Movie
A live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts,” Robert Schenkkan’s stage adaptation of the Mueller Report. Robert Schenkkan is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwright, and the live cast includes Annette Bening, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Frederick Weller, Ben Mckenzie, Michael Shannon, Noah Emmerich, Justin Long, Jason Alexander, Gina Gershon, Wilson Cruz, Joel Grey, Alyssa Milano, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Piper Perabo, Zachary Quinto, and Aidan Quinn, with additional participation by Sigourney Weaver, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mark Hamill and more.
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State Like Sleep
Title: State Like Sleep
Character: Edward
Released: January 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Following the death of her husband, Katherine travels to Brussels, where a few loose ends become a whole web of secrets as she untangles her late spouse’s mysterious last days alive.
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Friedkin Uncut
Title: Friedkin Uncut
Character: Self
Released: November 5, 2018
Type: Movie
An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A. and Killer Joe. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and the stories that have influenced his life and his artistic career.
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Title: The Little Drummer Girl
Character: Martin Kurtz
Released: October 28, 2018
Type: TV
Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece, but it rapidly becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic.
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What They Had
Title: What They Had
Character: Nick
Released: October 19, 2018
Type: Movie
A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past.
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Long Way Back Home
Title: Long Way Back Home
Character: Stanton
Released: August 20, 2018
Type: Movie
A man returns to his hometown of Memphis looking for his brothers, who are in trouble with the law. Inspired by the song "Long Way Back Home" by Lucero.
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Poor Boy
Title: Poor Boy
Character: Blayde Griggs
Released: July 13, 2018
Type: Movie
Two misfit brothers hustle cash and chase dreams in the desert. When a mysterious woman threatens to repo their beloved houseboat the brothers cook up an epic con to finally leave their dusty town and sail off on a beam of sunshine to California.
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Fahrenheit 451
Title: Fahrenheit 451
Character: Captain Beatty
Released: May 12, 2018
Type: Movie
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
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The Current War
Title: The Current War
Character: George Westinghouse
Released: February 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Title: Waco
Character: Gary Noesner
Released: January 24, 2018
Type: TV
The harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a spiritual sect led by David Koresh in Waco, TX that resulted in a deadly shootout and fire.
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12 Strong
Title: 12 Strong
Character: Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer
Released: January 18, 2018
Type: Movie
A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
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The Shape of Water
Title: The Shape of Water
Character: Richard Strickland
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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Pottersville
Title: Pottersville
Character: Maynard Greiger
Released: November 10, 2017
Type: Movie
Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The sightings set off an international Bigfoot media spectacle and a windfall of tourism dollars for a simple American town hit by hard times. When Brock Masterson, reality TV’s “Monster Hunter,” arrives to hunt the beast, Maynard agonizes over whether to come clean, destroying the rebirth of his beloved town, or perpetuate the inadvertent hoax.
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Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
Title: Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 2017
Type: Movie
This very special film consists of truly electrifying video footage from Bob Dylan’s “born again” period, shot on the last leg of his ’79-’80 tour, much of it thought to have been lost for years and all newly restored.
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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Title: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and his craft. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done was inspired by the true story of an actor who committed in reality the crime he was supposed to enact on stage: murdering his mother. With longtime friend Herbert Golder behind the lens, Herzog reveals the privacy and deep solitude that defines the director and his art.
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Title: Room 104
Character: Nathan
Released: July 28, 2017
Type: TV
An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.
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Frank & Lola
Title: Frank & Lola
Character: Frank Reilly
Released: December 9, 2016
Type: Movie
A talented Las Vegas chef falls in love with an aspiring fashion designer but turns violently jealous when he realizes that she's hiding dark secrets.
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Salt and Fire
Title: Salt and Fire
Character: Matt Riley
Released: December 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.
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Loving
Title: Loving
Character: Grey Villet
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
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Nocturnal Animals
Title: Nocturnal Animals
Character: Bobby Andes
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
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Wolves
Title: Wolves
Character: Lee Keller
Released: October 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to derail his dreams both on and off the court.
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Complete Unknown
Title: Complete Unknown
Character: Tom Brayton
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Title: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Character: Zod
Released: March 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
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Elvis & Nixon
Title: Elvis & Nixon
Character: Elvis Presley
Released: March 22, 2016
Type: Movie
In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.
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Midnight Special
Title: Midnight Special
Character: Roy Tomlin
Released: February 12, 2016
Type: Movie
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
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The Night Before
Title: The Night Before
Character: Mr. Green
Released: November 20, 2015
Type: Movie
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.
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Freeheld
Title: Freeheld
Character: Dane Wells
Released: October 2, 2015
Type: Movie
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
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99 Homes
Title: 99 Homes
Character: Rick Carver
Released: September 25, 2015
Type: Movie
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch
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The Harvest
Title: The Harvest
Character: Richard
Released: April 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she's orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to befriend a neighboring deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, despite the outright disapproval of his mother. Maryann's persistence pays off, however, and during a series of secret visits she gradually uncovers some seriously sinister goings-on in the house.
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Title: Lip Sync Battle
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 2015
Type: TV
Each episode features two A-list celebrities like you've never seen them before - syncing their hearts out in hysterically epic performances. Hosted by LL Cool J with colorful commentary by social media maven and supermodel co-host, Chrissy Teigen. The mic is off, the battle is on!
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Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character: Self
Released: December 21, 2014
Type: TV
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.
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The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Title: The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2014
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on the whole journey.
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She's Funny That Way
Title: She's Funny That Way
Character: Policeman Macy's
Released: August 29, 2014
Type: Movie
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
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Young Ones
Title: Young Ones
Character: Ernest Holm
Released: June 28, 2014
Type: Movie
In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
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They Came Together
Title: They Came Together
Character: Spike
Released: June 27, 2014
Type: Movie
A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Title: Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character: Self
Released: February 6, 2014
Type: TV
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development before fame, their passions beyond their careers, and gives them a space to open up about their insight into their business and their own abilities. Filmed in black and white, with a few deep cushion chairs and sparse set, the show relies on Sam's ability to relate to the guests and their will to speak freely with him.
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Choose You
Title: Choose You
Character: Avicii
Released: November 3, 2013
Type: Movie
This is what it looks like when Lena Dunham, Spike Jonze, Avicii, Vanessa Hudgens and Michael Shannon get together. Dunham wrote a short film for Sunday night's YouTube Music Awards about a heartbroken guy (Nick Lashaway) whose ex-girlfriend (Hudgens) is hooking up with a daft DJ (Shannon). Things start to look up for the protagonist when he meets an impetuous young woman (Dree Hemingway), but the pleasure is only fleeting thanks to the film's finale, which was chosen by the viewing audience: "a double tragedy" in the vein of "Romeo & Juliet" set to the beat of Avicii's "Wake Me Up" and played for laughs.
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Man of Steel
Title: Man of Steel
Character: General Zod
Released: June 12, 2013
Type: Movie
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
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Mud
Title: Mud
Character: Galen
Released: April 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.
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Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
Title: Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
Released: April 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Michael Shannon channels Rebecca Martinson's insane and equally amazing letter to her Delta Gamma sorority sisters.
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Happy Hour
Title: Happy Hour
Character: Just Mike
Released: October 12, 2012
Type: Movie
When two friends fall behind on their rent, they must get creative in order to please their landlord.
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The Iceman
Title: The Iceman
Character: Richard Kuklinski
Released: September 1, 2012
Type: Movie
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
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Premium Rush
Title: Premium Rush
Character: Bobby Monday
Released: August 24, 2012
Type: Movie
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
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The Broken Tower
Title: The Broken Tower
Character: Emile
Released: April 27, 2012
Type: Movie
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
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Touch of Evil
Title: Touch of Evil
Character: The Tycoon
Released: December 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.
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Take Shelter
Title: Take Shelter
Character: Curtis LaForche
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
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Machine Gun Preacher
Title: Machine Gun Preacher
Character: Donnie
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
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Return
Title: Return
Character: Mike
Released: February 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
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Title: Boardwalk Empire
Character: Nelson Van Alden
Released: September 19, 2010
Type: TV
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
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I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Title: I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Christian Weisenborn and Werner Herzog know each other for more than 40 years. His first film on Werner Herzog "I am my films" (1976-78) covered Herzog's beginning as a filmmaker, the new film is a sequel titled "I am my films, part 2 - 30 years later" in which Weisenborn talks about Werner Herzog as a documentarian of the past 30 years.
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Jonah Hex
Title: Jonah Hex
Character: Doc Cross Williams
Released: June 18, 2010
Type: Movie
Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slayed his wife and child.
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The Runaways
Title: The Runaways
Character: Kim Fowley
Released: March 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
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13
Title: 13
Character: Henry
Released: March 12, 2010
Type: Movie
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
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Herbert White
Title: Herbert White
Character: Herbert White
Released: February 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Michael Shannon stars in the role of Herbert White, a character based on the poem of the same name by Frank Bidart. The story follows Herbert as he works in the lumber industry, supports his family, and stalks and murders women he picks up in town. While Herbert is not exactly sympathetic, viewers are allowed to enter the mind of a serial killer, and realize that most of the time he behaves like everyone else. Movies like “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” have done this before, but to successfully position the audience inside the mind of a complex human monster in 14 short minutes is quite a feat.
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Title: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Character: Brad McCullum
Released: December 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
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13 Scarier Movie Moments
Title: 13 Scarier Movie Moments
Character: Self
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
Final entry in the Bravo scary movie moments countdowns that aired in 2009.
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Title: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Character: Mundt
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
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The Greatest
Title: The Greatest
Character: Jordan Walker
Released: February 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support, so when she finds out she's pregnant, she winds up at the Brewer's door. She needs their help, and although they can't quite admit it, they each need her so they can begin to heal.
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The Missing Person
Title: The Missing Person
Character: John Rosow
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: Movie
Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing the missing person back to his wife in New York City.
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Revolutionary Road
Title: Revolutionary Road
Character: John Givings
Released: December 19, 2008
Type: Movie
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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Marvelous
Title: Marvelous
Character: John
Released: February 8, 2008
Type: Movie
After her husband leaves her, Gwen goes to live with her sister Queenie. She discovers that she has suddenly acquired a special gift that enables her to make mechanical objects work again and also healing powers. As news of this travels they find themselves pursued by the press and people and take refuge in the home of a wealthy elderly woman cured by Gwen. Gwen is disturbed by all the publicity, but Queenie relishes it and claims she has is a medium.
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Shotgun Stories
Title: Shotgun Stories
Character: Son Hayes
Released: October 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Title: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Character: Dex
Released: September 26, 2007
Type: Movie
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
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Lucky You
Title: Lucky You
Character: Ray Zumbro
Released: May 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.
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Blackbird
Title: Blackbird
Character: Murl
Released: March 12, 2007
Type: Movie
In 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she falls in love with a fellow junky, war veteran Baylis. The couple finds comfort in each other, yet they are already far too deep in a wild downward spiral.
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Let's Go to Prison
Title: Let's Go to Prison
Character: Lynard
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: Movie
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
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Bug
Title: Bug
Character: Peter Evans
Released: November 11, 2006
Type: Movie
In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she establishes a peculiar relationship.
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World Trade Center
Title: World Trade Center
Character: Dave Karnes
Released: August 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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The Woodsman
Title: The Woodsman
Character: Rosen
Released: December 24, 2004
Type: Movie
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.
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Water
Title: Water
Character: Bobby Matherson
Released: November 25, 2004
Type: Movie
On an East Coast Island off season, a woman's naked and badly beaten body washes ashore. Jessy Turner , the sister of the murdered woman, comes to the island to identify her sister's body and to investigate her murder. In the course of the investigation she becomes involved in a passionate relationship with the local sheriff. Together, they unearth an even more evil secret from the Island Community's past...
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Criminal
Title: Criminal
Character: Gene
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new associate, but needs money to help out his ill father. The situation becomes more complicated when Rodrigo falls for Gaddis' sister, Valerie, drawing another player into the game.
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Grand Theft Parsons
Title: Grand Theft Parsons
Character: Larry Oster-Berg
Released: June 18, 2004
Type: Movie
There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times... Gram Parsons was one of the most influential musicians of his time; a bitter, brilliant, genius who knew Elvis, tripped with the Stones and fatally overdosed on morphine and tequila in 1973. And from his dying came a story. A story from deep within folklore; a story of friendship, honour and adventure; a story so extraordinary that if it didn't really happen, no one would believe it. Two men, a hearse, a dead rock star, five gallons of petrol, and a promise. And the most extraordinary chase of modern times.
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Dead Birds
Title: Dead Birds
Character: Clyde
Released: May 19, 2004
Type: Movie
A group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
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Zamboni Man
Title: Zamboni Man
Character: Walt
Released: January 26, 2004
Type: Movie
Zamboni Man is a short story that peers into the lives of two unique and unlikely characters: Walt, a Zamboni driver and Tyler, a young graceful figure skater. The story takes place in the quietness of a vacant ice rink during a late night, after hours, practice session where Tyler rehearses her current skating program. On the evening of our story we witness their improbable and ironic relationship. What these two share by story's end reminds us of the power of imagination and delivers an unexpected message of hope.
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Bad Boys II
Title: Bad Boys II
Character: Floyd Poteet
Released: July 18, 2003
Type: Movie
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.
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Kangaroo Jack
Title: Kangaroo Jack
Character: Frankie Lombardo
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.
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8 Mile
Title: 8 Mile
Character: Greg Buehl
Released: November 8, 2002
Type: Movie
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
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High Crimes
Title: High Crimes
Character: Troy Abbott
Released: April 5, 2002
Type: Movie
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
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Vanilla Sky
Title: Vanilla Sky
Character: Aaron
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
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Title: Crossing Jordan
Character: Philip Corday
Released: September 24, 2001
Type: TV
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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New Port South
Title: New Port South
Character: Stanton
Released: September 7, 2001
Type: Movie
A group of teenagers wish to rebel against the administrators and teachers (the system) in their suburban Chicago high school called New Port South
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Pearl Harbor
Title: Pearl Harbor
Character: Gooz Wood
Released: May 21, 2001
Type: Movie
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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Tigerland
Title: Tigerland
Character: Sgt. Filmore
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: Movie
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
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Cecil B. Demented
Title: Cecil B. Demented
Character: Petie
Released: August 2, 2000
Type: Movie
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to stair in their radical underground movie.
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Jesus' Son
Title: Jesus' Son
Character: Dundun
Released: June 16, 2000
Type: Movie
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
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The Photographer
Title: The Photographer
Character: Maurice
Released: April 15, 2000
Type: Movie
A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night before his make-or-break gallery opening, surrounded by the trappings of success but devoid of inspiration, Max embarks on a bizarre trek through the city in search of ten mysterious photographs that could save his career. Shot in brilliant color and dramatic black and white, first-time director Jeremy Stein's industrial New York City is a wonderland, roamed by witches and magical creatures, where survival hinges on the completion of a simple quest. Accompanied by an unlikely crew of strangers he meets along the way, Max trips through a modern-day Oz and rediscovers the easily forgotten value of seeing magic reflected in everyday life.
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Mullitt
Title: Mullitt
Character: Phil Kunz
Released: January 20, 2000
Type: Movie
Two roommates late on rent have to come up with a quick way to get money.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Avery Shaw
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Chicago Cab
Title: Chicago Cab
Character: Crack Head
Released: September 18, 1998
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.
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The Ride
Title: The Ride
Character: Jimmy
Released: October 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Three men steal a car.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: Early Edition
Released: September 28, 1996
Type: TV
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
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Chain Reaction
Title: Chain Reaction
Character: D.C. Flower Delivery Man
Released: August 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project forced on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Groundhog Day
Title: Groundhog Day
Character: Fred
Released: February 11, 1993
Type: Movie
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
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Overexposed
Title: Overexposed
Character: Young Man
Released: October 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Convinced that her husband Norm is being unfaithful, Ann Demski has an affair with family friend Nick. When she realizes that Nick contrived the evidence of Norm's unfaithfulness in order to seduce her, she breaks off the affair. Nick then launches an unrelenting campaign to destroy Ann's life.
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Angel Street
Title: Angel Street
Character: Patrick Mulligan
Released: September 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Two women clash, then start to click as homicide detective partners in Chicago.
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Title: Death by Lightning
Character: James Garfield
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him.
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The Young King
Title: The Young King
Character: Mick
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In the 1990s, an aspiring drag king comes to Vegas to reconnect with her estranged dad and to make her debut performance in America’s biggest drag king revue.
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Nuremberg
Title: Nuremberg
Character: Robert H. Jackson
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes, finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Hitler’s right-hand man Hermann Göring.
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McCarthy
Title: McCarthy
Character: Joseph McCarthy
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind anti-communist and anti-homosexual U.S. political sentiment during the Cold War.
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Dead Guy
Title: Dead Guy
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
When an abrasive old man suddenly dies in the apartment of a neighbor, an absurd game of hot potato begins with the not-so-dearly departed, as neighbors and building workers each pass the body along, in the hopes of not being linked to the old man’s demise.
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The End
Title: The End
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A post-apocalyptic story about a rich family living in a salt mine converted into a luxurious home. The earth around them has apparently been destroyed, but their son has never seen the outside world. As a young girl appears at the entrance of the bunker, the balance of the family is threatened.