1977-04-02 ( 48 years old ) in Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
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.
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Movies
Black Bag
2025-03-12
Kneecap
2024-08-02
Next Goal Wins
2023-11-16
The Killer
2023-10-25
QT8: The First Eight
2019-10-21
Dark Phoenix
2019-06-05
The Snowman
2017-08-24
Alien: Covenant
2017-05-09
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
2017-04-22
Song to Song
2017-03-17
Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter
2017-03-10
Assassin's Creed
2016-12-21
Trespass Against Us
2016-10-14
The Light Between Oceans
2016-09-02
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016-05-18
Take Flight
2015-12-10
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
2015-11-02
Steve Jobs
2015-10-09
Macbeth
2015-09-22
Slow West
2015-05-15
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014-05-15
Frank
2014-05-09
The Counselor
2013-10-25
12 Years a Slave
2013-10-18
1
2013-09-30
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012-10-11
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012-06-05
Prometheus
2012-05-30
Gina Carano in Training
2012-05-01
Pitch Black Heist
2012-04-18
Haywire
2011-11-01
Shame
2011-10-02
A Dangerous Method
2011-09-30
X-Men: First Class
2011-06-01
Jane Eyre
2011-03-11
Jonah Hex
2010-06-18
Centurion
2010-02-15
Man on a Motorcycle
2009-10-26
Blood Creek
2009-10-09
Fish Tank
2009-09-11
Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02
Eden Lake
2008-09-12
Hunger
2008-05-15
Goldfish
2008-04-01
Wedding Belles
2007-03-29
300
2007-03-07
Angel
2007-02-17
Our Hidden Lives
2005-10-03
A Bear Named Winnie
2004-12-12
Carla
2003-09-15
Things I Notice, Things You See
2003-05-01
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