Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

Date of Birth:

Apr 02, 1977

Place of Birth:

Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 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.

filmography:

Angel Angel

2007

1 1

2013

The Killer The Killer

2023

Carla Carla

2003

Black Bag Black Bag

2025

Steve Jobs Steve Jobs

2015

Jane Eyre Jane Eyre

2011

Prometheus Prometheus

2012

Haywire Haywire

2011

Hope Hope

1970

Eden Lake Eden Lake

2008

Jonah Hex Jonah Hex

2010

Hunger Hunger

2008

Centurion Centurion

2010

Fish Tank Fish Tank

2009

Shame Shame

2011

Macbeth Macbeth

2015

Goldfish Goldfish

2008

Kneecap Kneecap

2024

Slow West Slow West

2015

Frank Frank

2014

300 300

2007

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