Michael Fassbender

Birthday:

04/02/1977

Place of birth:

Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany:

Biography:

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Born in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney, Fassbender made his feature film debut as a Spartan warrior in the fantasy war epic 300 (2006). His earlier roles included various stage productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include the independent film Fish Tank (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in Inglourious Basterds (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre, as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method (2011), as the sentient android, David 8, in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012) and its sequel, Alien: Covenant (2017), and in the musical comedy drama Frank (2014) as an eccentric musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom. Fassbender debuted as the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto in X-Men: First Class (2011), and went on to share the role with Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) before reprising it again in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). Also in 2011, his performance as a sex addict in Shame earned him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. His role as slave owner Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave (2013) was similarly praised, earning him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In the same year, Fassbender appeared in another Ridley Scott film, The Counselor. He portrayed the title role in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic Steve Jobs (2015), and played Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. For the former, he received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG nominations. He also produced and starred in the Western Slow West (2015). In 2020, he was listed at number nine on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Fassbender began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. He currently races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton Competition.



Credits

Kneecap (2024)
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film (2023)
Self
Next Goal Wins (2023)
Thomas Rongen
The Killer (2023)
The Killer
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Erik Lensherr / Magneto
Mister Police (2019)
Harry Hole
The Snowman (2017)
Harry Hole
Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent (2017)
Walter
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos (2017)
Walter
Alien: Covenant (2017)
David / Walter
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing (2017)
David
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages (2017)
David
Song to Song (2017)
Cook
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter (2017)
Walter
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2017)
Walter
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
Trespass Against Us (2016)
Chad Cutler
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Tom Sherbourne
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Take Flight (2015)
Self - Performer
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT (2015)
Self
Steve Jobs (2015)
Steve Jobs
Macbeth (2015)
Macbeth
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender (2015)
Slow West (2015)
Silas
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Frank (2014)
Frank
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014)
Self
The Counselor (2013)
The Counselor
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Edwin Epps
1 (2013)
Narrator
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus (2012)
Self
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special (2012)
Self
Prometheus (2012)
David
Gina Carano in Training (2012)
Pitch Black Heist (2012)
Michael
Haywire (2011)
Paul
Shame (2011)
Brandon
A Dangerous Method (2011)
Carl Jung
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Jane Eyre (2011)
Edward Rochester
Jonah Hex (2010)
Burke
Centurion (2010)
Centurion Quintus Dias
Man on a Motorcycle (2009)
Man on a Motorcycle
Blood Creek (2009)
Richard Wirth
Fish Tank (2009)
Connor O'Reily
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Lieutenant Archie Hicox
Eden Lake (2008)
Steve
Hunger (2008)
Bobby Sands
Goldfish (2008)
Christian
Wedding Belles (2007)
Barney
300 (2007)
Stelios
Angel (2007)
Esmé
Our Hidden Lives (2005)
B. Charles
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Charles Allen
A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
Harry Colebourn
Carla (2003)
Rob
Things I Notice, Things You See (2003)
Tom
Night Boat to Tangier ()
Maurice Hearne
Black Bag ()
Hope ()
Paris Paramount ()
Kung Fury 2 ()
Colt Magnum
The Kitchen (2023)
Executive Producer
Scrapper (2023)
Executive Producer
Calm with Horses (2020)
Executive Producer
Love Pool (2019)
Executive Producer
This Is the Winter (2019)
Executive Producer
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Producer
Zero (2015)
Executive Producer
Slow West (2015)
Executive Producer
Night Boat to Tangier ()
Executive Producer
Karavidhe ()
Executive Producer