Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Revolutionary Road. As of 2010, he is a regular on the critically acclaimed HBO series Boardwalk Empire, portraying Nelson Van Alden.
Shannon was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a grandson of entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon. His mother, Geraldine Hine, is a lawyer...
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Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Revolutionary Road. As of 2010, he is a regular on the critically acclaimed HBO series Boardwalk Empire, portraying Nelson Van Alden.
Shannon was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a grandson of entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon. His mother, Geraldine Hine, is a lawyer, and his father, Donald S. Shannon, was an accounting professor at DePaul University. He was raised by his divorced parents in both Kentucky and Chicago, Illinois.
Shannon's first film role was the main character in Every Mother's Nightmare's music video "House of Pain," in which he played a troubled teenager who was running away from his abusive lifestyle.
He later become a stage actor in Chicago. He helped found A Red Orchid Theatre, where he still regularly performs. He has since worked with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Northlight...
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