Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon was born on January 24, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Dark Shadows (2012), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Superman II (1980).

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American Gun (2005)

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Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aric Avelino
CAST:  Forest Whitaker  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Lisa Long

Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aric Avelino
CAST:  Forest Whitaker  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Lisa Long

Sheena (1984)

Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Tanya Roberts  •  Donovan Scott  •  Elizabeth of Toro  •  France Zobda

Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Tanya Roberts  •  Donovan Scott  •  Elizabeth of Toro  •  France Zobda

Superman II (1980)

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Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Margot Kidder  •  Gene Hackman  •  Jackie Cooper

Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Margot Kidder  •  Gene Hackman  •  Jackie Cooper

That Lucky Touch (1975)

A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Miles
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Susannah York  •  Shelley Winters  •  Lee J. Cobb

A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Miles
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Susannah York  •  Shelley Winters  •  Lee J. Cobb

The Raven (2012)

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James McTeigue
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Luke Evans  •  Alice Eve  •  Brendan Gleeson

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James McTeigue
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Luke Evans  •  Alice Eve  •  Brendan Gleeson

Murder on the Moon (1989)

After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. When a murder occurs on the outpost, both U.S. and Soviet investigators are forced to work on the case together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lindsay-Hogg
CAST:  Brigitte Nielsen  •  Julian Sands  •  Gerald McRaney  •  Jane Lapotaire

After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. When a murder occurs on the outpost, both U.S. and Soviet investigators are forced to work on the case together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lindsay-Hogg
CAST:  Brigitte Nielsen  •  Julian Sands  •  Gerald McRaney  •  Jane Lapotaire

Möbius (2013)

An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Rochant
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Cécile de France  •  Tim Roth  •  Émilie Dequenne

An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Rochant
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Cécile de France  •  Tim Roth  •  Émilie Dequenne

Merlin Of The Crystal Cave (1991)

A star-studded TV production of the classic tale by Mary Stewart which follows Merlin down through history to the days of King Arthur.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Darlow
CAST:  George Winter  •  Trevor Peacock  •  Roger Alborough  •  Robert Powell

A star-studded TV production of the classic tale by Mary Stewart which follows Merlin down through history to the days of King Arthur.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Darlow
CAST:  George Winter  •  Trevor Peacock  •  Roger Alborough  •  Robert Powell

The Affair (1995)

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Seed
CAST:  Courtney B. Vance  •  Kerry Fox  •  Leland Gantt  •  Ned Beatty

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Seed
CAST:  Courtney B. Vance  •  Kerry Fox  •  Leland Gantt  •  Ned Beatty

Dark Shadows (2012)

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Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Jackie Earle Haley

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Jackie Earle Haley

Fatherland (1994)

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Menaul
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Peter Vaughan  •  Michael Kitchen

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Menaul
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Peter Vaughan  •  Michael Kitchen

Night Watch (1995)

UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Jackson
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Alexandra Paul  •  William Devane  •  Lim Kay Siu

UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Jackson
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Alexandra Paul  •  William Devane  •  Lim Kay Siu

You've Got a Friend (2007)

A recently-orphaned 12 year old boy moves to a new town to live with his aunt and uncle, and finds an unlikely mentor in the town loner, who helps him build the soap box racer he dreamed of crafting with his dad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  John Schneider  •  Dylan McLaughlin  •  Jason Brooks  •  Kate Connor

A recently-orphaned 12 year old boy moves to a new town to live with his aunt and uncle, and finds an unlikely mentor in the town loner, who helps him build the soap box racer he dreamed of crafting with his dad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  John Schneider  •  Dylan McLaughlin  •  Jason Brooks  •  Kate Connor

National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2018)

Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Benedict Andrews’ ‘thrilling revival’ (New York Times) stars ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benedict Andrews
CAST:  Sienna Miller  •  Jack O'Connell  •  Colm Meaney  •  Brian Gleeson

Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Benedict Andrews’ ‘thrilling revival’ (New York Times) stars ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benedict Andrews
CAST:  Sienna Miller  •  Jack O'Connell  •  Colm Meaney  •  Brian Gleeson

Never Never Land (1980)

Zena has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee Melvin. She is treated poorly by two of her cousins, and taking the lead from the story Peter and Wendy, she runs away from home with her younger cousin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Annett
CAST:  Petula Clark  •  Anne Seymour  •  John Castle  •  Mark Burdis

Zena has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee Melvin. She is treated poorly by two of her cousins, and taking the lead from the story Peter and Wendy, she runs away from home with her younger cousin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Annett
CAST:  Petula Clark  •  Anne Seymour  •  John Castle  •  Mark Burdis

Death of an Angel (1986)

Grace, a priest, tracks her missing daughter to a religious community where the strange father Angel is keeping a wooden Jesus figure that sheds actual blood. When the cross is stolen, Grace decides to help out to get her daughter back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petru Popescu
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Nick Mancuso  •  Michael Shannon  •  Alex Colon

Grace, a priest, tracks her missing daughter to a religious community where the strange father Angel is keeping a wooden Jesus figure that sheds actual blood. When the cross is stolen, Grace decides to help out to get her daughter back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petru Popescu
CAST:  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Nick Mancuso  •  Michael Shannon  •  Alex Colon

Out of the Shadows (1988)

A U.S. Embassy worker is helped by an Interpol agent to prove herself innocent of a murder in the Greek isles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willi Patterson
CAST:  Charles Dance  •  Alexandra Paul  •  Michael Shannon  •  David de Keyser

A U.S. Embassy worker is helped by an Interpol agent to prove herself innocent of a murder in the Greek isles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willi Patterson
CAST:  Charles Dance  •  Alexandra Paul  •  Michael Shannon  •  David de Keyser

Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1990)

The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Sharp
CAST:  Brian Dennehy  •  Simon Cadell  •  Lisa Eichhorn  •  Michael Shannon

The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Sharp
CAST:  Brian Dennehy  •  Simon Cadell  •  Lisa Eichhorn  •  Michael Shannon

30 Years to Life (1998)

In a futuristic dystopia, a teenager is medically aged 30 years to punish him for a crime he didn't commit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tuchner
CAST:  Robert Hays  •  Hugh O'Conor  •  Amy Robbins  •  Mirabelle Kirkland

In a futuristic dystopia, a teenager is medically aged 30 years to punish him for a crime he didn't commit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tuchner
CAST:  Robert Hays  •  Hugh O'Conor  •  Amy Robbins  •  Mirabelle Kirkland

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Donner
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Margot Kidder  •  Gene Hackman  •  Ned Beatty

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Donner
CAST:  Christopher Reeve  •  Margot Kidder  •  Gene Hackman  •  Ned Beatty
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