Michael Fassbender
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: April 2, 1977
Place of Birth: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
Known For
Filmography
as George Woodhouse
as Martian
as Arló
as Thomas Rongen
as The Killer
as Self
as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
as Self
as Harry Hole
as David (voice)
as Walter
as David / Walter
as David
as Cook
as Walter
as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
as Chad Cutler
as Tom Sherbourne
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
as Steve Jobs
as Macbeth
as Silas
as Erik Lehnsherr
as Frank
as Self
as The Counselor
as Edwin Epps
as Narrator
as David
as Michael
as Paul
as Brandon
as Carl Jung
as Erik Lehnsherr
as Edward Rochester
as Burke
as Centurion Quintus Dias
as Richard Wirth
as Connor O'Reily
as LT. Archie Hicox
as Thomas Rainsborough
as Steve
as Bobby Sands
as Christian
as Barney
as Stelios
as Self
as Esmé
as Charles Allen
as Harry Colebourn
as Azazeal
as Charles Bravo
as Guy Fawkes
as Rob
as Lukasz
as Self
as Burton P. (Pat) Christenson
as Douglas Nesbitt
as Self
as self
as Self
as George Abernethie
as Colt Magnum