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Michael Shannon

The award-winning actor highlights performances he admires, including John Hurt inThe Elephant Man, Peter Sellers inBeing There,and Catherine Keener inBeing John Malkovich.

7 picks / Filmed May 2023

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7 picks

Down by Law

Jim Jarmusch

1986 • United States • 1h 46m

Being John Malkovich

Spike Jonze

1999 • United States • 1h 53m

Unavailable

Seconds

John Frankenheimer

1966 • United States • 1h 47m

Unavailable

Michael Shannon

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Down by Law

Being John Malkovich

Seconds

The Elephant Man

Being There

Five Easy Pieces

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story