ACTOR

Michael Shannon

1974 - Today

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Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor. He is a frequent collaborator with director Jeff Nichols, having appeared in Nichols' films Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special and Loving (both 2016), and The Bikeriders (2023). Shannon received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations, for Revolutionary Road (2008), and Nocturnal Animals (2016). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Shannon has received more than 13,846,964 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Michael Shannon is the 3,093rd most popular actor (down from 3,001st in 2019), the 4,688th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,692nd in 2019) and the 1,397th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael Shannons by language

Over the past year Michael Shannon has had the most page views in the with 1,596,720 views, followed by German (124,429), and Spanish (118,303). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (163.74%), Simple English (162.11%), and Cantonese (72.31%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Shannon ranks 3,093 out of 13,578. Before him are Claude Dauphin, Clive Revill, Toshio Furukawa, Jean-Marc Barr, Estelle Harris, and Michael Ontkean. After him are Stanisław Mikulski, Peter Jacobson, Esai Morales, Frankie Faison, Irm Hermann, and Angelo Beolco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Michael Shannon ranks 62. Before him are Sylvinho, Konstantin Novoselov, Josh Radnor, Ruben Östlund, Misha Collins, and Guillaume Musso. After him are Robert Kovač, Claudio López, Hicham El Guerrouj, Prodigy, Giovanni Ribisi, and Melanie C.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Shannon ranks 4,688 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Richard Yates (1926), Radia Perlman (1951), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Estelle Harris (1928), and Seymour Cray (1925). After him are Marta Kauffman (1956), Peter Jacobson (1965), Esai Morales (1962), Ed Ablowich (1913), Frankie Faison (1949), and Adlai Stevenson I (1835).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Shannon ranks 1,397. Before him are Rachel Ticotin (1958), Steve Kanaly (1946), W. C. Fields (1880), Robert Z'Dar (1950), Carey Lowell (1961), and Estelle Harris (1928). After him are Peter Jacobson (1965), Esai Morales (1962), Frankie Faison (1949), Sanford Meisner (1905), Adam Driver (1983), and Barry Corbin (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Shape of Water
Richard Strickland
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.
Dec 1o 20177.247 / 10
Nocturnal Animals
Bobby Andes
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.
Nov 4o 20167.443 / 10
Man of Steel
General Zod
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.
Jun 12o 20136.616 / 10