Michael Fassbender 1977 48
Michael Fassbender 1977 48
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.
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2025 Paris Paramount
2025 Kung Fury 2 as Colt Magnum
2025 Hope
2025 Night Boat to Tangier as Maurice Hearne Executive Producer
2025 Entering Hades as Jack Unterweger
2025 Black Bag as George Woodhouse Associate Producer
2024 The Agency: Central Intelligence as Martian Executive Producer
2024 Karavidhe Executive Producer
2024 Kneecap as Arló
2023 Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film as Self
2023 Next Goal Wins as Thomas Rongen
2023 The Killer as The Killer
2023 The Kitchen Executive Producer
2023 Scrapper Executive Producer
2020 Calm with Horses Executive Producer
2019 Love Pool Executive Producer
2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
2019 This Is the Winter Executive Producer
2019 Dark Phoenix as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
2017 The Snowman as Harry Hole
2017 Phobos as Walter
2017 Advent as David (voice)
2017 Alien: Covenant as David / Walter
2017 Prologue: The Crossing as David
2017 Song to Song as Cook
2017 Meet Walter as Walter
2017 Prologue: Last Supper as Walter
2016 Assassin's Creed as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha Producer
2016 Trespass Against Us as Chad Cutler
2016 The Light Between Oceans as Tom Sherbourne
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
2015 Take Flight as Self - Performer
2015 SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT as Self
2015 Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
2015 Macbeth as Macbeth
2015 Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
2015 Zero Executive Producer
2015 Slow West as Silas Executive Producer
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past as Erik Lehnsherr
2014 Frank as Frank
2014 Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self
2013 The Counselor as The Counselor
2013 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
2013 1 as Narrator
2012 The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2012 Transmission as David
2012 X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self
2012 Prometheus as David
2012 Project Prometheus: Mission as David
2012 Pitch Black Heist as Michael Executive Producer
2012 Happy Birthday David as David
2011 Haywire as Paul
2011 Shame as Brandon
2011 A Dangerous Method as Carl Jung
2011 Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011 X-Men: First Class as Erik Lehnsherr
2011 Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
2010 Jonah Hex as Burke
2010 Centurion as Centurion Quintus Dias
2009 Man on a Motorcycle as Man on a Motorcycle
2009 Blood Creek as Richard Wirth
2009 Fish Tank as Connor O'Reily
2009 Inglourious Basterds as LT. Archie Hicox
2008 Eden Lake as Steve
2008 Hunger as Bobby Sands
2008 Goldfish as Christian
2007 Wedding Belles as Barney
2007 300 as Stelios
2007 Angel as Esmé
2005 Our Hidden Lives as B. Charles
2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking as Charles Allen
2004 A Bear Named Winnie as Harry Colebourn
2003 Carla as Rob
2003 Things I Notice, Things You See as Tom