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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (German pronunciation:[ˈmɪçaːʔeːl 'fasbɛndɐ]; born 2 April 1977) is a German-Irish actor. His accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film 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. After studying at the Drama Centre London, Fassbender made his feature film debut in 300 (2006). Early roles include the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–2005). He first came to prominence playing Bobby Sands in the drama Hunger (2008). 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 / Magneto in the X-Men series, 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), he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. His portrayals of Edwin Epps in the historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013) and the title role in biographical drama Steve Jobs (2015), respectively, earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. Following further roles in the films The Counselor (2013), Frank (2014), and Macbeth (2015), he took an eight-year hiatus, during which he began competing in auto racing. After driving for Proton Competition in the European Le Mans Series in 2023, Fassbender made a return to acting with the action films The Killer (2023) and Black Bag (2025). Married to Swedish actress Alicia Vikander since 2017, he has two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Fassbender, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 2, 1977 In Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
Movie/TV Credits:
75
First Appeared:
In the series Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989-01-08
Latest Project:
Movie Kung Fury 2 2026
Known For
Filmography
Movie Entering Hades Jack Unterweger 2026
Movie Kung Fury 2 Colt Magnum 2026
Movie Paris Paramount 2026
Movie Hope 2026
Movie Black Bag George Woodhouse 2025-03-12
Movie Kneecap Arló 2024-08-02
Movie Next Goal Wins Thomas Rongen 2023-11-16
Movie QT8: The First Eight Self (archive footage) 2019-10-21
Movie Dark Phoenix Erik Lensherr / Magneto 2019-06-05
Movie Song to Song Cook 2017-03-17
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter Walter 2017-03-10
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing David 2017-04-26
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper Walter 2017-02-22
Movie The Snowman Harry Hole 2017-08-24
Movie Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent David 2017-08-15
Movie Alien: Covenant David / Walter 2017-05-09
Movie Master Class: Ridley Scott Self 2017-08-15
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos Walter 2017-07-19
Movie X-Men: Apocalypse Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto 2016-05-18
Movie The Light Between Oceans Tom Sherbourne 2016-09-02
Movie Assassin's Creed Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha 2016-12-21
Movie Trespass Against Us Chad Cutler 2016-10-14
Movie X-Men: Apocalypse Unearthed Himself 2016-11-04
Movie X-Men: Unguarded Self 2015-07-14
Movie Slow West Silas 2015-05-15
Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015-09-08
Movie Mutant vs. Machine Himself 2015-07-14
Movie Macbeth Macbeth 2015-09-22
Movie Take Flight Self - Performer 2015-12-10
Movie Steve Jobs Steve Jobs 2015-10-09
Series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014-02-17
Movie Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' Self 2014-02-11
Series Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014-02-25
Movie Frank Frank 2014-05-09
Movie 300: Rise of an Empire Stelios (archive footage) (uncredited) 2014-03-05
Movie X-Men: Days of Future Past Erik Lehnsherr 2014-05-15
Movie 1 Narrator 2013-09-30
Movie 12 Years a Slave Edwin Epps 2013-10-18
Movie The Counselor The Counselor 2013-10-25
Movie Pitch Black Heist Michael 2012-04-18
Movie Prometheus David 2012-05-30
Movie The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus Self 2012-10-11
Movie Jane Eyre Edward Rochester 2011-03-11
Movie Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class 2011-09-09
Movie X-Men: First Class Erik Lehnsherr 2011-06-01
Movie Haywire Paul 2011-11-01
Movie Shame Brandon 2011-10-02
Movie A Dangerous Method Carl Jung 2011-09-30
Movie Centurion Centurion Quintus Dias 2010-02-15
Movie Jonah Hex Burke 2010-06-18
Movie Inglourious Basterds LT. Archie Hicox 2009-08-02
Movie Fish Tank Connor O'Reily 2009-09-11
Movie Blood Creek Richard Wirth 2009-10-09
Movie Man on a Motorcycle Man on a Motorcycle 2009-10-26
Movie Goldfish Christian 2008-04-01
Movie Hunger Bobby Sands 2008-05-15
Movie Eden Lake Steve 2008-09-12
Series The Devil's Whore Thomas Rainsborough 2008-11-19
Movie Angel Esmé 2007-02-17
Series The Graham Norton Show Self 2007-02-22
Movie Wedding Belles Barney 2007-03-29
Movie 300 Stelios 2007-03-07
Movie Poirot: After the Funeral 2006-03-26
Movie Our Hidden Lives B. Charles 2005-10-03
Series Gunpowder, Treason & Plot Guy Fawkes 2004-03-14
Series Hex Azazeal 2004-10-17
Movie A Bear Named Winnie Harry Colebourn 2004-12-12
Series William and Mary Lukasz 2003-03-23
Movie Carla Rob 2003-09-15
Series Top Gear Self 2002-10-20
Series Band of Brothers Burton P. (Pat) Christenson 2001-09-09
Series Murphy's Law Unknown 2001-09-24
Series Hearts and Bones Hermann 2000-04-30
Series The Daily Show Self 1996-07-22
Series Agatha Christie's Poirot George Abernethie 1989-01-08
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