Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon
Age: 34
Character: John Givings in Revolutionary Road
Synopsis: Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special, different, ready and willing to
live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare
their independence from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to be trapped by the social confines of their era.
Yet for all their charm, beauty and irreverence, the Wheelers find themselves becoming exactly what they didn't expect: a good man with a routine job whose nerve has gone missing; a less-than-happy homemaker starving for fulfillment and passion; an American family with lost dreams, like any other.
Driven to change their fates, April hatches an audacious plan to start all over again, to leave the comforts of Connecticut behind or the great unknown of Paris.
But when the plan is put in motion, each spouse is pushed to extremes--one to escape whatever the cost, the other to save all that they have, no matter the compromises.
Previous Oscar Wins: Michael Shannon has no previous Oscar wins
Previous Oscar Nominations: And no previous nominations
Awards/Nominations for Film: For his performance Shannon picked up the Best Supporting Actor Satellite Awards.
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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