Michael Fassbender

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1977-04-02 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany

Also Known As マイケル・ファスベンダー, 마이클 패스벤더, مايكل فاسبندر, ไมเคิล ฟาสเบนเดอร์, 麥可·法斯賓達, Michael John Edward Fassbender, מייקל פסבנדר, 迈克尔·法斯宾德

Michael Fassbender

Biography

Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 1977) is a German-Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number nine on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Born in Germany to a mother from Northern Ireland and a German father, Fassbender moved to Ireland at age two. He made his feature film debut in 300 (2006). Early roles include in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–2005). Fassbender first came to prominence playing Bobby Sandsin Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include the 2009 films Fish Tank and Inglourious Basterds and the 2011 films Jane Eyre and A Dangerous Method. He gained mainstream success for playing Erik Lehnsherr/MMagneto in X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and David 8 and Walter One in Prometheus (2012) and its sequel, Alien: Covenant (2017). For his portrayal of a sex addict in Steve McQueen's drama Shame (2011), Fassbender won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and was nominated for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. His performance as Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave (2013) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in The Counsellor (2013), Frank (2014), Macbeth, and Steve Jobs (both 2015). Fassbender received another Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of the title role in the latter. After a hiatus, he starred in the action thriller film The Killer (2023). Fassbender began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. As of 2023, he races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton Competition. He married Swedish actress Alicia Vikander in 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ioan Gruffudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

Night Boat to Tangier

as Maurice Hearne

Entering Hades

as Jack Unterweger

Kung Fury 2

as Colt Magnum

The Fall of 2008

as Aguilar (Assassin's Creed)

2025
Black Bag

as George Woodhouse

2024
Kneecap

as Arló

2024
The Agency

as Martian

2023
Next Goal Wins

as Thomas Rongen

2023
The Killer

as The Killer

2019
QT8: The First Eight

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Dark Phoenix

as Erik Lensherr / Magneto

2018
2017
The Snowman

as Harry Hole

2017
Alien: Covenant

as David / Walter

2017
Song to Song

as Cook

2016
Assassin's Creed

as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha

2016
Trespass Against Us

as Chad Cutler

2016
The Light Between Oceans

as Tom Sherbourne

2016
X-Men: Apocalypse

as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

2015
Take Flight

as Self - Performer

2015
Steve Jobs

as Steve Jobs

2015
Macbeth

as Macbeth

2015
Slow West

as Silas

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past

as Erik Lehnsherr

2014
Frank

as Frank

2013
The Counselor

as The Counselor

2013
12 Years a Slave

as Edwin Epps

2013
1

as Narrator

2012
Prometheus

as David

2012
2011
Haywire

as Paul

2011
Shame

as Brandon

2011
A Dangerous Method

as Carl Jung

2011
X-Men: First Class

as Erik Lehnsherr

2011
Jane Eyre

as Edward Rochester

2010
Jonah Hex

as Burke

2010
Centurion

as Centurion Quintus Dias

2009
Man on a Motorcycle

as Man on a Motorcycle

2009
Blood Creek

as Richard Wirth

2009
Fish Tank

as Connor O'Reily

2009
Inglourious Basterds

as LT. Archie Hicox

2008
Eden Lake

as Steve

2008
Hunger

as Bobby Sands

2008
Goldfish

as Christian

2008
The Devil's Whore

as Thomas Rainsborough

2007
Wedding Belles

as Barney

2007
300

as Stelios

2007
Angel

as Esmé

2005
Our Hidden Lives

as B. Charles

2004
A Bear Named Winnie

as Harry Colebourn

2004
Hex

as Azazeal

2004
2003
Carla

as Rob

2003
2002
Top Gear

as Self

2001
Band of Brothers

as Burton 'Pat' Christenson

1997
Trial & Retribution

as Douglas Nesbitt

1997
Leute heute

as Self

1996
1995
Kulturzeit

as self

1992
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as George Abernethie

Producer

Night Boat to Tangier

as Executive Producer

2024
Karavidhe

as Executive Producer

2024
The Agency

as Executive Producer

2023
The Kitchen

as Executive Producer

2023
Scrapper

as Executive Producer

2020
Calm with Horses

as Executive Producer

2019
Love Pool

as Executive Producer

2019
This Is the Winter

as Executive Producer

2016
Assassin's Creed

as Producer

2015
Slow West

as Executive Producer

2015
Zero

as Executive Producer

2012
Pitch Black Heist

as Executive Producer