Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon in Boardwalk Empire: Devil You Know

Michael Shannon (1974 - )

Film Deaths

• Vanilla Sky (2001) [Aaron]: Although he survives the final film, an alternate ending on the blu ray shows Tom Cruise shooting Shannon in the heart.
• Dead Birds (2004) [Clyde]: Decapitated when Nicki Lynn Aycox inadvertently kicks him in the head while running away, knocking it off. (Michael had been turned into a "living scarecrow" by the supernatural forces in the cornfield; despite having his torso cut open and stuffed with straw, among other mutilations, he was still alive until his head came off.)
• Bug (2006) [Peter Evans]: Commits suicide, along with Ashley Judd, by setting himself on fire after they douse themselves with gasoline.
• Let's Go to Prison (2006) [Lynard]: Poisoned when he injects himself with a syringe of industrial cleaner, after Will Arnett tricks him into thinking it's a drug.
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) [Dex]: Shot to death by Philip Seymour Hoffman as Shannon goes for a gun as his sister (Aleksa Palladino) and Philip's brother (Ethan Hawke) look on in shock (with Michael's sister then shooting and wounding Hoffman).
• Machine Gun Preacher (2011) [Donnie]: Dies of a drug overdose while telephoning Gerard Butler. His body is shown again later on at his funeral.
• The Iceman (2012) [Richard Kuklinski]: Killed (off-screen) by inmates; his death is mentioned in the on-screen text at the end of the film.
• Premium Rush (2012) [Bobby Monday]: Shot in the back of the head through a phone book by Kin Shing Wong; he dies soon after upon stumbling into his car.
• The Harvest (2013) [Richard]: Burns to death, along with his wife and son, when he sets his basement on fire.
• Man of Steel (2013) [General Zod]: Neck snapped by Henry Cavill, just as he is about to disintegrate a group of civilians with his heat vision. (He returned to play Zod's corpse in the sequel Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.)
• They Came Together (2014) [Spike]: Shot in the head by a police officer while resisting arrest as Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler are making their declaration of love. (Played for Comic Effect.)
• Young Ones (2014) [Ernest Holm]: Beaten/bludgeoning to death with rock by son-in-law Nicholas Hoult.
• Elvis & Nixon (2016) [Elvis Presley]: Dies of heart disease almost 7 years after the film takes place, likely caused by his addiction to barbiturates. His death is mentioned by a summary of text at the end of the film.
• The Shape of Water (2017) [Richard Strickland]: Throat torn out by Doug Jones.

TV Deaths

• Boardwalk Empire: Devil You Know (2014) [Nelson Van Alden]: Shot in the back of the head by Louis Cancelmi as Michael is strangling Stephen Graham.

Gallery

Michael Shannon in Bug’’

Michael Shannon’s death in “Bug"

Michael Shannon in The Shape of Water

Michael Shannon in Man of Steel