Michael Fassbender

Known for ActingBorn 1977-04-02 (age 49)Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Band of Brothers

Inglourious Basterds

Gina Carano in Training

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

Agatha Christie's Poirot

12 Years a Slave

Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Top Gear

Murphy's Law

Kneecap

Hope

The Agency

X-Men: First Class

Jane Eyre

Good Thanks, You?

LifeHack

Hunger

Conan

300

The Graham Norton Show

The Light Between Oceans

Road to Le Mans – The Film

Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

Shame

Fish Tank

The Devil's Whore

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos

Steve Jobs

Frank

Scrapper

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special

Eden Lake

Slow West

The Killer

Prometheus

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William and Mary

Pitch Black Heist

X-Men: Apocalypse

A Bear Named Winnie

Next Goal Wins

Black Bag

Macbeth

Hex

Calm with Horses

Goldfish