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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 1977) is a German-Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four BAFTA 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. Born in Germany to a mother from Northern Ireland and a German father, Fassbender moved to Ireland at age two. He made his feature film debut in 300 (2006). Early roles include in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–2005). Fassbender first came to prominence playing Bobby Sandsin Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. 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/MMagneto in X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), 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), Fassbender won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and was nominated for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. His performance as Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave (2013) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in The Counsellor (2013), Frank (2014), Macbeth, and Steve Jobs (both 2015). Fassbender received another Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of the title role in the latter. After a hiatus, he starred in the action thriller film The Killer (2023). Fassbender began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. As of 2023, he races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton Competition. He married Swedish actress Alicia Vikander in 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ioan Gruffudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 2, 1977 In Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
Movie/TV Credits:
95
First Appeared:
In the series Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989-01-08
Latest Project:
Movie Black Bag 2025-03-12
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Fall of 2008 Aguilar (Assassin's Creed) 2025
Movie Black Bag George Woodhouse 2025-03-12
Movie Night Boat to Tangier Maurice Hearne 2025
Movie Entering Hades Jack Unterweger 2025
Movie Kung Fury 2 Colt Magnum 2025
Movie Hope Unknown 2025
Movie Paris Paramount Unknown 2025
Movie Kneecap Arló 2024-08-02
Series The Agency Martian 2024-12-01
Movie The Killer The Killer 2023-10-25
Movie Next Goal Wins Thomas Rongen 2023-11-16
Movie Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film Self 2023-11-17
Movie Dark Phoenix Erik Lensherr / Magneto 2019-06-05
Movie QT8: The First Eight Self (archive footage) 2019-10-21
Series Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans Self 2019-10-11
Series Late Night Berlin Self 2018-03-12
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing David 2017-04-26
Movie Song to Song Cook 2017-03-17
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter Walter 2017-03-10
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper Walter 2017-02-22
Movie Alien: Covenant David / Walter 2017-05-09
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages David 2017-04-17
Movie Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos Walter 2017-07-19
Movie Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent David 2017-08-15
Movie Master Class: Ridley Scott Self 2017-08-15
Movie The Snowman Harry Hole 2017-08-24
Movie Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: The Secrets of David’s Lab David 2017-08-02
Movie X-Men: Apocalypse Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto 2016-05-18
Movie The Light Between Oceans Tom Sherbourne 2016-09-02
Movie X-Men: Apocalypse Unearthed Himself 2016-11-04
Movie Assassin's Creed Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha 2016-12-21
Movie Trespass Against Us Chad Cutler 2016-10-14
Movie Mutant vs. Machine Himself 2015-07-14
Movie Slow West Silas 2015-05-15
Movie Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender Unknown 2015-09-16
Movie X-Men: Unguarded Self 2015-07-14
Movie Steve Jobs Steve Jobs 2015-10-09
Movie Macbeth Macbeth 2015-09-22
Movie Take Flight Self - Performer 2015-12-10
Movie SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT Self 2015-11-02
Series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Unknown 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
Series Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014-12-21
Movie X-Men: Days of Future Past Erik Lehnsherr 2014-05-15
Movie 300: Rise of an Empire Stelios (archive footage) (uncredited) 2014-03-05
Movie 1 Narrator 2013-09-30
Movie The Counselor The Counselor 2013-10-25
Movie 12 Years a Slave Edwin Epps 2013-10-18
Movie Pitch Black Heist Michael 2012-04-18
Movie Gina Carano in Training Unknown 2012-05-01
Movie Prometheus David 2012-05-30
Movie The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus Self 2012-10-11
Movie X-Men: First Class 35mm Special Self 2012-06-05
Movie X-Men: First Class Erik Lehnsherr 2011-06-01
Movie Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class Unknown 2011-09-09
Movie Jane Eyre Edward Rochester 2011-03-11
Movie A Dangerous Method Carl Jung 2011-09-30
Movie Haywire Paul 2011-11-01
Movie Shame Brandon 2011-10-02
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 Hunger Bobby Sands 2008-05-15
Movie Goldfish Christian 2008-04-01
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 Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder Charles Bravo 2004-10-16
Movie A Bear Named Winnie Harry Colebourn 2004-12-12
Series Hex Azazeal 2004-10-17
Movie Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Charles Allen 2004-12-26
Movie Things I Notice, Things You See Tom 2003-05-01
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 'Pat' Christenson 2001-09-09
Series Murphy's Law Unknown 2001-09-24
Series Hearts and Bones Hermann 2000-04-30
Series Leute heute Self 1997-07-23
Series Trial & Retribution Douglas Nesbitt 1997-10-19
Series The Daily Show Self 1996-07-22
Series Kulturzeit self 1995-10-02
Series Morgenmagazin Self 1992-07-19
Series Agatha Christie's Poirot George Abernethie 1989-01-08
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