Michael Shannon

Born: 1974-08-07

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.


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The Flash

as General Zod
Released: 2023-06-13

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped...

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Bullet Train

as White Death
Released: 2022-08-03

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off...

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as Floyd Poteet
Released: 2003-07-18

Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with...

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Zod
Released: 2016-03-23

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable,...

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as Walt Thrombey
Released: 2019-11-27

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th...

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as General Zod
Released: 2013-06-12

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he...

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as Gooz Wood
Released: 2001-05-21

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when...

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as Richard Strickland
Released: 2017-12-01

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a...

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12 Strong

as Chief Warrant Officer Hal Spencer
Released: 2018-01-18

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in...

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as Fred
Released: 1993-02-11

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish...

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8 Mile

as Greg Buehl
Released: 2002-11-08

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in...

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Revolutionary Road

as John Givings
Released: 2008-12-19

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms...

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Kangaroo Jack

as Frankie Lombardo
Released: 2003-01-17

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the...

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Machine Gun Preacher

as Donnie
Released: 2011-09-23

The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader...

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Jonah Hex

as Doc Cross Williams
Released: 2010-06-18

Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin...

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Amsterdam

as Henry Norcross
Released: 2022-09-27

In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects...

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Nocturnal Animals

as Bobby Andes
Released: 2016-11-04

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier –...

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Abandoned

as Renner
Released: 2022-06-17

After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles...

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as Aaron
Released: 2001-12-14

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 Dex
Released: 2007-09-26

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly...

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Tigerland

as Sgt. Filmore
Released: 2000-10-06

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous...

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

as Mundt
Released: 2009-09-11

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to...

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The Current War

as George Westinghouse
Released: 2018-02-01

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system...

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Mud

as Galen
Released: 2013-04-26

Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to...

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Premium Rush

as Bobby Monday
Released: 2012-08-24

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop,...

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Lucky You

as Ray Zumbro
Released: 2007-05-01

A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his...

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High Crimes

as Troy Abbott
Released: 2002-04-05

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and...

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Freeheld

as Dane Wells
Released: 2015-10-02

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both...

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as D.C. Flower Delivery Man
Released: 1996-08-02

Two researchers in a green alternative energy project forced on the run when they are framed for...

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World Trade Center

as Dave Karnes
Released: 2006-08-09

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World...

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Fahrenheit 451

as Captain Beatty
Released: 2018-05-12

In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

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Echo Boomers

as Mel Donnelly
Released: 2020-11-13

Five post grads figure the best way to get back at the unfair economy and live the life they've...

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The Night Before

as Mr. Green
Released: 2015-11-20

In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best...

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Let's Go to Prison

as Lynard
Released: 2006-11-17

When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his...

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The Iceman

as Richard Kuklinski
Released: 2012-09-01

The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

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She's Funny That Way

as Policeman Macy's
Released: 2014-08-29

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover,...

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Midnight Special

as Roy Tomlin
Released: 2016-02-12

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

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The Runaways

as Kim Fowley
Released: 2010-03-19

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the...

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13

as Henry
Released: 2010-03-12

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground...

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Elvis & Nixon

as Elvis Presley
Released: 2016-03-22

In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to...

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Frank & Lola

as Frank Reilly
Released: 2016-12-09

A talented Las Vegas chef falls in love with an aspiring fashion designer but turns violently...

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Loving

as Grey Villet
Released: 2016-11-04

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their...

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Criminal

as Gene
Released: 2004-09-10

Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with...

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They Came Together

as Spike
Released: 2014-06-27

A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.

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Take Shelter

as Curtis LaForche
Released: 2011-09-30

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to...

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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Brad McCullum
Released: 2009-12-11

Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends...

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Heart of Champions

as Coach Jack Murphy
Released: 2021-09-16

During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates'...

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The Bikeriders

as Zipco
Released: 2024-06-19

Kathy, a strong-willed member of the Vandals who's married to a wild, reckless bikerider named...

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Bug

as Peter Evans
Released: 2006-11-11

In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel,...

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Dead Birds

as Clyde
Released: 2004-05-19

A group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and...

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The Quarry

as Chief Moore
Released: 2020-04-17

A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating...

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Complete Unknown

as Tom Brayton
Released: 2016-08-26

Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old...

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What They Had

as Nick
Released: 2018-10-19

A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a...

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A Little White Lie

as Shriver
Released: 2023-03-03

A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and...

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Pottersville

as Maynard Greiger
Released: 2017-11-10

Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated...

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99 Homes

as Rick Carver
Released: 2015-09-25

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash...

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The Woodsman

as Rosen
Released: 2004-12-24

After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his...

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Cecil B. Demented

as Petie
Released: 2000-05-17

A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie...

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The Greatest

as Jordan Walker
Released: 2009-02-07

Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left...

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Young Ones

as Ernest Holm
Released: 2014-06-28

In 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 Riley
Released: 2016-12-07

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But...

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The Harvest

as Richard
Released: 2015-04-10

Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she's orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to...

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Wolves

as Lee Keller
Released: 2016-10-25

Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a...

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Shotgun Stories

as Son Hayes
Released: 2007-10-01

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death...

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Jesus' Son

as Dundun
Released: 2000-06-16

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of...

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A Different Man

as Michael Shannon
Released: 2024-09-13

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his...

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Return

as Mike
Released: 2011-02-10

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town...

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Grand Theft Parsons

as Larry Oster-Berg
Released: 2004-06-18

There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those...

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Friedkin Uncut

as Self
Released: 2018-11-05

An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an...

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The Missing Person

as John Rosow
Released: 2009-01-16

Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles....

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The Broken Tower

as Emile
Released: 2012-04-27

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32...

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Chicago Cab

as Crack Head
Released: 1998-09-18

A 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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Touch of Evil

as The Tycoon
Released: 2011-12-06

Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New...

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Night's End

as Isaac Dees
Released: 2022-03-31

An anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to...

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State Like Sleep

as Edward
Released: 2019-01-04

Following the death of her husband, Katherine travels to Brussels, where a few loose ends become...

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Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

as Self
Released: 2017-10-02

This very special film consists of truly electrifying video footage from Bob Dylan’s “born...

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The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

as Don McGahn
Released: 2019-06-24

A live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the...

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Ballad of a Righteous Merchant

as Self
Released: 2017-08-01

Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye...

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The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

as Self
Released: 2014-10-20

A behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on...

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The Photographer

as Maurice
Released: 2000-04-15

A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost...

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Long Way Back Home

as Stanton
Released: 2018-08-20

A man returns to his hometown of Memphis looking for his brothers, who are in trouble with the...

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New Port South

as Stanton
Released: 2001-09-07

A group of teenagers wish to rebel against the administrators and teachers (the system) in their...

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Poor Boy

as Blayde Griggs
Released: 2018-07-13

Two misfit brothers hustle cash and chase dreams in the desert. When a mysterious woman...

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Zamboni Man

as Walt
Released: 2004-01-26

Zamboni Man is a short story that peers into the lives of two unique and unlikely characters:...

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I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later

as Self
Released: 2010-06-28

Christian Weisenborn and Werner Herzog know each other for more than 40 years. His first film on...

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McCarthy

as Joseph McCarthy
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A personal look at the influential former politician who rose to fame as a driving force behind...

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Angel Street

as Patrick Mulligan
Released: 1992-09-15

Two women clash, then start to click as homicide detective partners in Chicago.

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Marvelous

as John
Released: 2008-02-08

After her husband leaves her, Gwen goes to live with her sister Queenie. She discovers that she...

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Happy Hour

as Just Mike
Released: 2012-10-12

When two friends fall behind on their rent, they must get creative in order to please their...

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Blackbird

as Murl
Released: 2007-03-12

In 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she...

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Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter

as uncredited
Released: 2013-04-22

Michael Shannon channels Rebecca Martinson's insane and equally amazing letter to her Delta...

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Mullitt

as Phil Kunz
Released: 2000-01-20

Two roommates late on rent have to come up with a quick way to get money.

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-02-17

After 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 Self
First aired: 2014-02-17

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Avery Shaw
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Boardwalk Empire

as Nelson Van Alden
First aired: 2010-09-19

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Crossing Jordan

as Philip Corday
First aired: 2001-09-24

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan...

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Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-06

Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and...

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Early Edition

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-28

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives...

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Lip Sync Battle

as Self
First aired: 2015-04-02

Each episode features two A-list celebrities like you've never seen them before - syncing their...

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through...

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Room 104

as Nathan
First aired: 2017-07-28

An 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 Napoleon
First aired: 2021-08-18

At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed...

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Waco: The Aftermath

as Gary Noesner
First aired: 2023-04-16

Explore the wide-ranging fallout succeeding the tragic events that took place in Waco, TX: the...

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The Little Drummer Girl

as Martin Kurtz
First aired: 2018-10-28

Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on...

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Waco

as Gary Noesner
First aired: 2018-01-24

The harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a...

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Little Demon

as Unshaven Man (voice)
First aired: 2022-08-25

13 years after being impregnated by Satan, a reluctant mother, Laura, and her Antichrist...

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George & Tammy

as George Jones
First aired: 2022-12-04

A chronicle of the country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette, whose...

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