Michael Fassbender
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 2, 1977 (age 49)
- Birthplace
- Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Entering Hades
Movie · as Jack Unterweger
Kung Fury 2
Movie · as Colt Magnum
The Origin of the World
Movie
Kennedy
TV · as Joe Kennedy Sr. · 2 eps
Hope
Movie · as Ma'veyyo
TFI Unplugged
TV · 1 ep
Black Bag
Movie · as George Woodhouse
Kneecap
Movie · as Arló
The Agency
TV · as Brandon 'Martian' Colby / Paul Lewis · 20 eps
Next Goal Wins
Movie · as Thomas Rongen
The Killer
Movie · as The Killer
Road to Le Mans – The Film
Movie · as Self
Dark Phoenix
Movie · as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Late Night Berlin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alien: Covenant
Movie · as David / Walter
The Snowman
Movie · as Harry Hole
Song to Song
Movie · as Cook
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Movie · as Walter
Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages
Movie · as David
Assassin's Creed
Movie · as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
Trespass Against Us
Movie · as Chad Cutler
The Light Between Oceans
Movie · as Tom Sherbourne
X-Men: Apocalypse
Movie · as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Movies with Ali Plumb
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Slow West
Movie · as Silas
Macbeth
Movie · as Macbeth
Steve Jobs
Movie · as Steve Jobs
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
Movie · as Self
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Movie · as Erik Lehnsherr
Frank
Movie · as Frank
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Movie · as Self
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
12 Years a Slave
Movie · as Edwin Epps
The Counselor
Movie · as The Counselor
1
Movie · as Narrator
Prometheus
Movie · as David
Pitch Black Heist
Movie · as Michael
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Movie · as Self
Gina Carano in Training
Movie
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Movie · as Self
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Edward Rochester
A Dangerous Method
Movie · as Carl Jung
X-Men: First Class
Movie · as Erik Lehnsherr
Haywire
Movie · as Paul
Shame
Movie · as Brandon
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Movie · as Self
Jonah Hex
Movie · as Burke
Centurion
Movie · as Centurion Quintus Dias
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Blood Creek
Movie · as Richard Wirth
Fish Tank
Movie · as Connor O'Reily
Inglourious Basterds
Movie · as LT. Archie Hicox
Man on a Motorcycle
Movie · as Man on a Motorcycle
Hunger
Movie · as Bobby Sands
Eden Lake
Movie · as Steve
Goldfish
Movie · as Christian
The Devil's Whore
TV · as Thomas Rainsborough · 4 eps
300
Movie · as Stelios
Angel
Movie · as Esmé
Wedding Belles
Movie · as Barney
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
Agatha Christie Poirot After the Funeral
Movie · as George Abernethie
Our Hidden Lives
Movie · as B. Charles
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Movie · as Charles Allen
A Bear Named Winnie
Movie · as Harry Colebourn
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
TV · as Charles Bravo · 6 eps
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
TV · as Guy Fawkes · 2 eps
Hex
TV · as Azazeal · 13 eps
Things I Notice, Things You See
Movie · as Tom
Carla
Movie · as Rob
William and Mary
TV · as Lukasz · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Top Gear
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Band of Brothers
TV · as Burton P. (Pat) Christenson · 7 eps
Murphy's Law
TV · as Caz Miller · 4 eps
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Morgenmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as George Abernethie · 1 ep