Head to headMichael Shannon against Sam Shepard Both careers by TMDB ratingMichael ShannonSam Shepard
Tale of the tape as an actor
Michael Shannon vs Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard averages 6.33 across 48 rated films as an actor, ahead of Michael Shannon at 6.25.
- 81 (75 rated)
- Films acted
- 54 (48 rated)
- 6.25
- Average
- 6.33▶
- 6.36
- Weighted
- 6.44▶
- Knives Out 7.8
- Best film
- The Notebook 7.9▶
- ◀6.83, 2024 to 2026
- Peak five
- 6.80, 1978 to 1983
- 2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 2 films
- ◀6.83 (+0.58)
- Current form
- 6.16 (−0.17)
- ◀176K
- TMDB votes
- 62.6K
- 1993 to 2026
- Career
- 1978 to 2019
- ◀0 wins, 2 noms
- Oscars
- 0 wins, 1 nom
- ◀$4.83B
- Box office
- $1.66B
Rows won
5 to 3
Michael Shannon ahead
Films together
2
averaging 6.66
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Mud | 2013 | 7.1 | as Galen | as Tom |
 Midnight Special | 2016 | 6.3 | as Roy Tomlin | as Calvin Meyer |