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...
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.
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Movies (Cast)
Inglourious Basterds
X-Men: Days of Future Past
300
Prometheus
Black Bag
12 Years a Slave
The Killer
Haywire
X-Men: Apocalypse
Jane Eyre
Centurion
Fish Tank
Hunger
Blood Creek
Kneecap
Eden Lake
Angel
Slow West
Alien: Covenant
Dark Phoenix
Jonah Hex
Wedding Belles
A Dangerous Method
Macbeth
Assassin's Creed
Carla
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Trespass Against Us
Shame
The Light Between Oceans
A Bear Named Winnie
The Counselor
The Snowman
Goldfish
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
Man on a Motorcycle
Steve Jobs
Our Hidden Lives
Pitch Black Heist
Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter
Next Goal Wins
Song to Song
Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent
Frank
Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages
X-Men: First Class
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission