Michael Fassbender

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/Magneto 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany], 1977-04-02

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2003	Things I Notice, Things You See	Tom	0
2	2003	Carla	Rob	30
3	2004	A Bear Named Winnie	Harry Colebourn	65
4	2004	Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking	Charles Allen	64
5	2005	Our Hidden Lives	B. Charles	33
6	2007	Angel	Esmé	55
7	2007	300	Stelios	72
8	2007	Wedding Belles	Barney	58
9	2008	Goldfish	Christian	64
10	2008	Hunger	Bobby Sands	72
11	2008	Eden Lake	Steve	68
12	2009	Inglourious Basterds	LT. Archie Hicox	82
13	2009	Fish Tank	Connor O'Reily	69
14	2009	Blood Creek	Richard Wirth	54
15	2009	Man on a Motorcycle	Man on a Motorcycle	60
16	2010	Centurion	Centurion Quintus Dias	62
17	2010	Jonah Hex	Burke	50
18		Paris Paramount		0
19		Hope		0
20		Night Boat to Tangier	Maurice Hearne	0
21	2011	Jane Eyre	Edward Rochester	72
22	2011	X-Men: First Class	Erik Lehnsherr	73
23	2011	Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class		83
24	2011	A Dangerous Method	Carl Jung	64
25	2011	Shame	Brandon	69
26	2011	Haywire	Paul	57
27	2012	The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David	David	80
28	2012	Pitch Black Heist	Michael	66
29	2012	Gina Carano in Training		80
30	2012	Prometheus	David	66
31	2012	Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission	David	0
32	2012	X-Men: First Class 35mm Special	Self	67
33	2012	The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission	David	70
34	2012	The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus	Self	72
35	2013	1	Narrator	66
36	2013	12 Years a Slave	Edwin Epps	79
37	2013	The Counselor	The Counselor	53
38	2014	Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'	Self	57
39	2014	Frank	Frank	69
40	2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Erik Lehnsherr	75
41	2015	Slow West	Silas	67
42	2015	Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender		70
43	2015	Macbeth	Macbeth	65
44	2015	Steve Jobs	Steve Jobs	68
45	2015	SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT	Self	0
46	2015	Take Flight	Self - Performer	65
47	2016	X-Men: Apocalypse	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto	65
48	2016	The Light Between Oceans	Tom Sherbourne	71
49	2016	Trespass Against Us	Chad Cutler	58
50	2016	Assassin's Creed	Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha	54
51	2017	Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper	Walter	66
52	2017	Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter	Walter	54
53	2017	Song to Song	Cook	55
54	2017	Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages	David	90
55	2017	Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing	David	71
56	2017	Alien: Covenant	David / Walter	62
57	2017	Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos	Walter	66
58	2017	Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent	David (voice)	56
59	2017	The Snowman	Harry Hole	52
60	2019	QT8: The First Eight	Self (archive footage)	72
61	2023	Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film	Self	85
62	2024	Kneecap	Arló	73
63		Entering Hades	Jack Unterweger	0
64	2019	Dark Phoenix	Erik Lensherr / Magneto	60
65		Kung Fury 2	Colt Magnum	0
66	2023	The Killer	The Killer	66
67	2023	Next Goal Wins	Thomas Rongen	64
68	2025	Black Bag	George Woodhouse	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	George Abernethie	82
2	1992	Morgenmagazin	Self	35
3	1995	Kulturzeit	self	35
4	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
5	1997	Leute heute	Self	48
6	1997	Trial & Retribution	Douglas Nesbitt	68
7	2001	Band of Brothers	Burton P. (Pat) Christenson	86
8	2001	Murphy's Law		77
9	2002	Top Gear	Self	75
10	2003	William and Mary	Lukasz	78
11	2004	Gunpowder, Treason & Plot	Guy Fawkes	61
12	2004	Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder	Charles Bravo	0
13	2004	Hex	Azazeal	63
14	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
15	2008	The Devil's Whore	Thomas Rainsborough	69
16	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
17	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
18	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
19	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
20	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
21	2018	Late Night Berlin	Self	40
22	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
23	2019	Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans	Self	78
24	2024	The Agency: Central Intelligence	Martian	73

Michael Fassbender

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