StatsBirth Name: Michael Corbett Shannon Age: 38, born 7 August 1974 Country of origin:  United States Height: 6' 3"
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Michael Shannon grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and began his professional stage career in Chicago. His first acting role was in "Winterset" at the Illinois Theatre Center. Over the next several years he continued working on the stage with such companies as Steppenwolf, The Next Lab and the Red Orchid Theatre. He subsequently relocated to London for a year, and performed on stage in London's West End in such productions as "Woyzeck", "Killer Joe" and "Bug"
Michael Shannon grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and began his professional stage career in Chicago. His first acting role was in "Winterset" at the Illinois Theatre Center. Over the next several years he continued working on the stage with such companies as Steppenwolf, The Next Lab and the Red Orchid Theatre. He subsequently relocated to London for a year, and performed on stage in London's West End in such productions as "Woyzeck", "Killer Joe" and "Bug".
While in Chicago Shannon also kept busy in front of movie and television cameras, most notably in the big screen project Chicago Cab (1997), based on the long-running stage play "Hellcab". Kangaroo Jack (2003) marked the third Jerry Bruckheimer production in which Shannon has appeared. He also appeared in Bad Boys II (2003), directed by Michael Bay and starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, and in Grand Theft Parsons (2003), with Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate.
In addition, Shannon appeared in Pearl Harbor (2001), also directed by Bay. His other film credits also include Curtis Hanson's 8 Mile (2002); Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) with Tom Cruise; Carl Franklin's High Crimes (2002) with Morgan Freeman; John Waters' Cecil B. DeMented (2000), and Joel Schumacher's war drama Tigerland (2000).
Trade Mark:
Often plays crazed characters
Deep authoritative voice
Imposing Stature
Square jaw
Trivia:
He was awarded the 1992 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Fun/Nobody" at the Next Lab Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for a 2002 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Bug" at the A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for a 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "The Pillowman" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
His favorite films are "The Decalogue" (1989), I Stand Alone (1998), Alphaville (1965), The King of Comedy (1982), and Crumb (1994).
He was nominated for a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Mistakes Were Made" at the Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Partner of actress Kate Arrington and father of their daughter, Sylvia.
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 My Husband Says That I Must Be A Serial Killer (132 person items)"Richard Kuklinski
The Iceman
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RICHARD KUKLINSKI
The Iceman
(Serial Killer)
Born: 11 April 1935 - Jersey City, NJ
Death: 5 March 2006 - Trenton, NJ
Cause of death: Natural causes
Number of victims: 3-100+
Span of killings: 1948-1986
Sentence: Life imprisonment
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 Actors/Actresses: Their Top 5 Favorite Films (100 person items)" 1. The King of Comedy (1983)
I like The King of Comedy by Scorsese. I like that one. It makes me laugh a lot. I think it's very funny. I mean, I like the combination, the trio of Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard; that's just one of my favorite trios in a movie. The three of them had a pretty amazing chemistry, I thought. I've heard that Scorsese was reluctant to make it, that it was on the shelf for a while; I guess that makes me appreciate it even more.
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 Top performances of 2011 (in alphabetical order) (18 person items)"As Curtis in Take Shelter
As I said before, Michael Shannon's Curtis is like a bomb that may explode at any given moment. What Shannon accomplishes with his work is a rarity in the realm of performances, because he can make mere moments of quietness feel suspenseful as all fucking hell. The extraordinary Take Shelter hinges on the question of whether what Curtis sees are mere delusions or actual auguries, and Shannon's eye movements and other facial expressions keep that question consiste"
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