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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Waco: The Aftermath (2023)
Starring as Gary Noesner
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Reckoning (May 12, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Conspiracy (May 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: The Gospel According to Livingstone Fagan (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: A Common Enemy (Apr 21, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Truths and Consequences (Apr 14, 2023)
The Daily Show (2023)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 1x46: Gretchen Whitmer & Michael Shannon (Apr 19, 2023)
George & Tammy (2022)
Starring as George Jones
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Justified & Ancient (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Two Story House (Dec 30, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: The Grand Tour (Dec 23, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: We're Gonna Hold On (Dec 16, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Stand by Your Man (Dec 9, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: The Race Is On (Dec 4, 2022)
Little Demon (2022)
Guest starring as Unshaven Man
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Village of the Found (Oct 20, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: Wet Bodies (Oct 13, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Domestic Disturbance VIII (Oct 6, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Antichrist's Monster (Sep 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Everyone's Dying for the Weekend (Sep 1, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: First Blood (Aug 25, 2022)
Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)
Starring as Napoleon Marconi
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Ever After (Sep 22, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Wheels on the Bus (Sep 15, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: Motherlode (Sep 8, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Sweet Surrender (Sep 1, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Brave New World (Aug 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Earth Day (Aug 18, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: The Critical Path (Aug 18, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Random Acts of Mayhem (Aug 18, 2021)
Our Cartoon President (2018)
Guest starring as Narrator
- Episode S01 Special: Election Special 2018 (Nov 4, 2018) [Special Guest Star]
Waco (2018)
Starring as Gary Noesner
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Day 51 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Stalling for Time (Feb 21, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Of Milk and Men (Feb 14, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Operation Showtime (Feb 7, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: The Strangers Across the Street (Jan 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Visions and Omens (Jan 24, 2018)
At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017)
Guest starring as Julien Penderel
- Episode 1x10: Murdercide (Dec 19, 2017)
Guest starring as Johnny Shannon
- Episode 2x10: Game Night (Apr 30, 2019)
Guest starring as Tom Jefferson
- Episode 3x06: First Dates (Jun 24, 2020)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 2018-02-01: Michael Shannon, Meghan McCain, John Mellencamp (Feb 1, 2018)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 2x20: Michael Shannon vs. Rachel Bloom (Jun 16, 2016)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 5x02: Michael Shannon with Adam Driver (Jan 4, 2017)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2023-12-04: Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy, Rachel Bloom, Brian Fasier-Moore (Dec 4, 2023)
- Episode 2023-01-03: Michael Shannon, Danielle Brooks, Maya Stepansky (Jan 3, 2023)
- Episode 2021-08-26: Michael Shannon, Hannah Einbinder, Jerome Flood II (Aug 26, 2021)
- Episode 2018-05-10: Michael Shannon, Ali Wentworth, August Greene, Aaron Spears (May 10, 2018)
- Episode 2017-12-05: Michael Shannon, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Hiss Golden Messenger (Dec 5, 2017)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
(15 episodes)
- Episode 2025-03-17: Michael Shannon, Leslie Bibb, Jonathan Roumie, Nick Thune (Mar 17, 2025)
- Episode 2025-01-08: Jamie Lee Curtis, Mikey Madison, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy (Jan 8, 2025)
- Episode 2023-10-30: Michael Shannon, Annaleigh Ashford, Jesus Trejo (Oct 30, 2023)
- Episode 2021-08-17: Michael Shannon, Paris Hilton, Courtney Barnett (Aug 17, 2021)
- Episode 2020-04-14: At Home Edition: Michael Shannon, JJ Watt, Rita Ora (Apr 14, 2020)
- Episode 2019-11-11: Michael Shannon, Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush, Pete Yorn (Nov 11, 2019)
- Episode 2019-04-19: Michael Shannon, Jane Goodall, Winnie Harlow, Jess Salomon (Apr 19, 2019)
- Episode 2018-11-14: Michael Shannon, Ashley Graham, The Struts & Kesha (Nov 14, 2018)
- Episode 2018-05-07: Michael Shannon, Andrew Rannells, Father John Misty (May 7, 2018)
- Episode 2017-12-13: Michael Shannon, Alison Brie, Jaboukie Young-White (Dec 13, 2017)
- Episode 2017-02-28: Michael Shannon, Alicia Keys, John Mellencamp featuring Martina McBride (Feb 28, 2017)
- Episode 2016-11-17: Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon, Miranda Lambert (Nov 17, 2016)
- Episode 2016-04-28: Adam Levine, Michael Shannon, Rae Sremmurd (Apr 28, 2016)
- Episode 2016-01-05: Kristen Stewart, Michael Shannon, Cage the Elephant (Jan 5, 2016)
- Episode 2014-10-15: Shailene Woodley, Michael Shannon, Eric Church, Lenny Pickett (Oct 15, 2014)
@midnight (2013)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 2015-11-18: Michael Shannon, Kelly Oxford, Seth Rogen (Nov 18, 2015)
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Starring as Nelson Van Alden / George Mueller
(35 episodes)
- Episode 5x06: Devil You Know (Oct 12, 2014)
- Episode 5x05: King of Norway (Oct 5, 2014)
- Episode 5x04: Cuanto (Sep 28, 2014)
- Episode 5x02: The Good Listener (Sep 14, 2014)
- Episode 4x12: Farewell Daddy Blues (Nov 24, 2013)
- Episode 4x10: White Horse Pike (Nov 10, 2013)
- Episode 4x09: Marriage and Hunting (Nov 3, 2013)
- Episode 4x05: Erlkönig (Oct 6, 2013)
- Episode 4x04: All In (Sep 29, 2013)
- Episode 4x02: Resignation (Sep 15, 2013)
- Episode 3x10: A Man, A Plan... (Nov 18, 2012)
- Episode 3x08: The Pony (Nov 4, 2012)
- Episode 3x05: You'd Be Surprised (Oct 14, 2012)
- Episode 3x03: Bone for Tuna (Sep 30, 2012)
- Episode 3x01: Resolution (Sep 16, 2012)
- Episode 2x12: To the Lost (Dec 11, 2011)
- Episode 2x11: Under God's Power She Flourishes (Dec 4, 2011)
- Episode 2x10: Georgia Peaches (Nov 27, 2011)
- Episode 2x08: Two Boats and a Lifeguard (Nov 13, 2011)
- Episode 2x07: Peg of Old (Nov 6, 2011)
- Episode 2x06: The Age of Reason (Oct 30, 2011)
- Episode 2x04: What Does the Bee Do? (Oct 16, 2011)
- Episode 2x03: A Dangerous Maid (Oct 9, 2011)
- Episode 2x01: 21 (Sep 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x12: A Return to Normalcy (Dec 5, 2010)
- Episode 1x11: Paris Green (Nov 28, 2010)
- Episode 1x10: The Emerald City (Nov 21, 2010)
- Episode 1x09: Belle Femme (Nov 14, 2010)
- Episode 1x08: Hold Me in Paradise (Nov 7, 2010)
- Episode 1x07: Home (Oct 31, 2010)
- Episode 1x06: Family Limitation (Oct 24, 2010)
- Episode 1x05: Nights in Ballygran (Oct 17, 2010)
- Episode 1x03: Broadway Limited (Oct 3, 2010)
- Episode 1x02: The Ivory Tower (Sep 26, 2010)
- Episode 1x01: Boardwalk Empire (Sep 19, 2010)
Shark Tank (2009)
Guest starring as Himself - Entrepreneur: Packback Books
- Episode 5x21: Chapul, Garage Door Lock, Morninghead, Packback (Mar 21, 2014)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 2013-09-11: Ricky Gervais, Michael Shannon, MGMT, Simon Townshend (Sep 11, 2013)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 20x15: Kraven the Hunter, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Carry-On (Dec 14, 2024)
E! News (2002)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 23x93: Michael Shannon, Cast of "Black Mirror," Big Time Rush (Jun 15, 2023)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Avery Shaw
- Episode 6x13: Quarry (Jan 25, 2005)
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
Guest starring as Vice-Chancellor Jack Daniels
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Death of a University (Apr 13, 1988)
- Episode 2x06: The Big Squeeze (Apr 6, 1988)
- Episode 2x05: Values of the Family (Mar 30, 1988)
- Episode 2x04: Bad Vibrations (Mar 23, 1988)
- Episode 2x03: May the Force Be with You (Mar 16, 1988)
- Episode 2x02: Art and Illusion (Mar 9, 1988)
- Episode 2x01: The New Frontier (Mar 2, 1988)
Riker (1981)
Starring as Brice Landis
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Busted Cop (Apr 11, 1981)
- Episode 1x04: Crime School (Apr 4, 1981)
- Episode 1x03: Gun Run (Mar 28, 1981)
- Episode 1x02: Sisters (Mar 21, 1981)
- Episode 1x01: Honkytonk (Mar 14, 1981)
The Feather and Father Gang (1976)
Guest starring as Richard
- Episode 1x09: Here a Spy, There a Spy (Jun 4, 1977)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
- Episode 2016-04-22: Friday, April 22 (Apr 22, 2016)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Michael Shannon
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2017-02-26: The 89th Annual Academy Awards (Feb 26, 2017)
- Episode 2009-02-22: The 81st Annual Academy Awards (Feb 22, 2009)
Crew Credits
Waco (2018)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Day 51 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Stalling for Time (Feb 21, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Of Milk and Men (Feb 14, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Operation Showtime (Feb 7, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: The Strangers Across the Street (Jan 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Visions and Omens (Jan 24, 2018)