- Films
- 55
- Avg rating
- 6.15
- Peak run
- 2012’13
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Michael by the numbers
Average
6.15
52 rated films
Vote weighted
6.27
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.97
rating spread
Career
26y
2001 to 2026
Total votes
5.8M
across every film
Best
7.9
Knives Out
Worst
4.5
Kangaroo Jack
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Bulls | Allistair Whitman | · | 293 |
| 2025 |  Nuremberg | Justice Robert H. Jackson | 7.3 | 121K |
| 2024 | The End | Father | 5.3 | 3,532 |
| 2023 |  The Flash | General Zod | 6.6 | 253K |
| 2023 |  The Bikeriders | Zipco | 6.6 | 79,956 |
| 2023 | A Little White Lie | Shriver | 5.9 | 3,358 |
| 2022 |  Amsterdam | Henry Norcross | 6.2 | 109K |
| 2022 |  Bullet Train | White Death | 7.3 | 549K |
| 2022 | Night's End | Isaac Dees | 4.0 | 1,167 |
| 2022 | Abandoned | Renner | 3.8 | 4,741 |
| 2021 | Heart of Champions | Coach Murphy | 6.1 | 4,155 |
| 2020 | The Quarry | Chief John Moore | 5.5 | 3,968 |
| 2020 | Echo Boomers | Mel Donnelly | 5.3 | 9,048 |
| 2019 |  Knives Out | Walt Thrombey | 7.9 | 893K |
| 2018 |  Fahrenheit 451 | Captain Beatty | 5.0 | 26,726 |
| 2018 |  12 Strong | Hal Spencer | 6.6 | 102K |
| 2018 | State Like Sleep | Edward | 4.4 | 1,139 |
| 2018 | What They Had | Nick | 6.7 | 5,226 |
| 2017 | Pottersville | Maynard Greiger | 5.5 | 5,572 |
| 2017 |  The Shape of Water | Richard Strickland | 7.3 | 481K |
Better together?
Michael Shannon's regulars
- Jeff NicholsDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.34
- Liza JohnsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.15 avg▲+0.31
- Ramin BahraniDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.05 avg▼−0.33
- Werner HerzogDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.15 avg▼−1.46
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Michael Shannon
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2017Michael Shannon
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2009Michael Shannon
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.