Michael Shannon
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.
The Flash
as General ZodWhen his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped...
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A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he...
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Bullet Train
as White DeathUnlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off...
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as ZodFearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable,...
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When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th...
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The Bikeriders
as ZipcoAfter a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle...
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Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with...
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The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when...
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A Different Man
as Michael ShannonAspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his...
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An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a...
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8 Mile
as Greg BuehlFor Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in...
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
as MundtTerrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to...
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A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish...
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12 Strong
as Chief Warrant Officer Hal SpencerA team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in...
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Nocturnal Animals
as Bobby AndesSusan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier –...
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Revolutionary Road
as John GivingsA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms...
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Kangaroo Jack
as Frankie LombardoTwo childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the...
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World Trade Center
as Dave KarnesTwo police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World...
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High Crimes
as Troy AbbottA female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and...
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The Current War
as George WestinghouseElectricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system...
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The Night Before
as Mr. GreenIn New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best...
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David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins...
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as DexWhen two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly...
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Machine Gun Preacher
as DonnieThe true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader...
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Mud
as GalenTwo teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him...
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Amsterdam
as Henry NorcrossIn the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects...
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At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie...
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13
as HenryA naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground...
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Let's Go to Prison
as LynardWhen a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his...
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Premium Rush
as Bobby MondayIn Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop,...
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Jonah Hex
as Doc Cross WilliamsGunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin...
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Abandoned
as RennerAfter a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles...
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Tigerland
as Sgt. FilmoreA group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous...
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The Iceman
as Richard KuklinskiThe true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
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Take Shelter
as Curtis LaForchePlagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to...
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She's Funny That Way
as Policeman Macy'sOn the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover,...
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Bug
as Peter EvansIn Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel,...
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99 Homes
as Rick CarverAfter his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash...
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The Greatest
as Jordan WalkerTeenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left...
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Dead Birds
as ClydeTowards the end of the Civil War a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned...
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Criminal
as GeneNeeding a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with...
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Fahrenheit 451
as Captain BeattyIn an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
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Young Ones
as Ernest HolmIn a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched...
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Salt and Fire
as Matt RileyA scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But...
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Heart of Champions
as Jack MurphyDuring their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates'...
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The Runaways
as Kim FowleyJoan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the...
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Elvis & Nixon
as Elvis PresleyIn 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to...
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Loving
as Grey VilletThe story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their...
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Echo Boomers
as Mel DonnellyFive post grads figure the best way to get back at the unfair economy and live the life they've...
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Freeheld
as Dane WellsNew Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both...
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Midnight Special
as Roy TomlinA father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
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The Woodsman
as RosenAfter twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his...
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Brad McCullumBrad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends...
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The Quarry
as Chief MooreA man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating...
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The End
as FatherAfter the sudden arrival of a stranger threatens the family’s luxurious compound deep...
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Lucky You
as Ray ZumbroA professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his...
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What They Had
as NickA woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a...
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Pottersville
as Maynard GreigerMaynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated...
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The Fall of 2008
as Curtis (Take Shelter)After starting a painting business right before the housing crash, a filmmaker drives over...
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The Harvest
as RichardAfter becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a...
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Return
as MikeBack from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town...
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Complete Unknown
as Tom BraytonTom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old...
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Cecil B. Demented
as PetieA young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie...
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Shotgun Stories
as Son HayesShotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death...
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They Came Together
as SpikeA small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.
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Frank & Lola
as Frank ReillyA talented Las Vegas chef falls in love with an aspiring fashion designer but turns violently...
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A Little White Lie
as ShriverA handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and...
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Friedkin Uncut
as SelfAn introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an...
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Wolves
as Lee KellerAnthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a...
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Chicago Cab
as Crack HeadA day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad...
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Jesus' Son
as DundunA young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of...
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The Broken Tower
as EmileDocudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32...
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Touch of Evil
as The TycoonSome of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New...
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The Missing Person
as John RosowJohn Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private...
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Night's End
as Isaac DeesAn anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to...
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Grand Theft Parsons
as Larry Oster-BergThere are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those...
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The Photographer
as MauriceA year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost...
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State Like Sleep
as EdwardFollowing the death of her husband, Katherine travels to Brussels, where a few loose ends become...
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The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as SelfA behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on...
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Blackbird
as MurlIn 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she...
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90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
as SelfNominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and...
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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
as SelfChronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye...
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The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts
as Don McGahnA live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the...
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Nuremberg
as Robert H. JacksonAmerican psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to...
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McCarthy
as Joseph McCarthyA personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind...
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Long Way Back Home
as StantonA man returns to his hometown of Memphis looking for his brothers, who are in trouble with the...
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I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
as SelfChristian Weisenborn and Werner Herzog know each other for more than 40 years. His first film on...
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New Port South
as StantonA group of teenagers wish to rebel against the administrators and teachers (the system) in their...
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Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
as SelfThis very special film consists of truly electrifying video footage from Bob Dylan’s “born...
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Zamboni Man
as WaltZamboni Man is a short story that peers into the lives of two unique and unlikely characters:...
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Marvelous
as JohnAfter her husband leaves her, Gwen goes to live with her sister Queenie. She discovers that she...
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Poor Boy
as Blayde GriggsTwo misfit brothers hustle cash and chase dreams in the desert. When a mysterious woman...
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Mullitt
as Phil KunzTwo roommates late on rent have to come up with a quick way to get money.
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Happy Hour
as Just MikeWhen two friends fall behind on their rent, they must get creative in order to please their...
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Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter
as uncreditedMichael Shannon channels Rebecca Martinson's insane and equally amazing letter to her Delta...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Avery ShawIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as SelfAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as uncreditedAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
as SelfSeth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as SelfPBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through...
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The Daily Show
as SelfThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as uncreditedStephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...
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The View
as SelfABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
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Crossing Jordan
as Philip CordayCrossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan...
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Boardwalk Empire
as Nelson Van AldenAtlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who...
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Early Edition
as uncreditedGary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives...
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Lip Sync Battle
as SelfEach episode features two A-list celebrities like you've never seen them before - syncing their...
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
as SelfPhotographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and...
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Stars in the House
as SelfIn the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains...
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Room 104
as NathanAn anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a...
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Nine Perfect Strangers
as NapoleonAt a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed...
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Waco
as Gary NoesnerThe harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a...
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The Little Drummer Girl
as Martin KurtzBrilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on...
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Waco: The Aftermath
as Gary NoesnerExplore the wide-ranging fallout succeeding the tragic events that took place in Waco, TX: the...
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Little Demon
as Unshaven Man (voice)13 years after being impregnated by Satan, a reluctant mother, Laura, and her Antichrist...
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George & Tammy
as George JonesA chronicle of the country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette, whose...
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