Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 02, 1977
Place of Birth
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
Credits
95 titles
Michael Fassbender
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hope
Ma'veyyo
LifeHack
Executive Producer
Black Bag
George Woodhouse
The Agency
Brandon 'Martian' Colby / Paul Lewis
Karavidhe
Executive Producer
Kneecap
Arló
Road to Le Mans - The Film
Self
Next Goal Wins
Thomas Rongen
The Killer
The Killer
The Kitchen
Executive Producer
Scrapper
Executive Producer
Good Thanks, You?
Executive Producer
Calm with Horses
Executive Producer
Love Pool
Executive Producer
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans
Self
This Is the Winter
Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Dark Phoenix
Erik Lensherr / Magneto
Late Night Berlin
Self
The Snowman
Harry Hole
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Walter
Alien: Covenant
David / Walter
Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages
David
Song to Song
Cook
Assassin's Creed
Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
Trespass Against Us
Chad Cutler
The Light Between Oceans
Tom Sherbourne
Movies with Ali Plumb
Self
X-Men: Apocalypse
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
Self
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Macbeth
Macbeth
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Zero
Executive Producer
Slow West
Silas
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Erik Lehnsherr
Frank
Frank
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Self
The Counselor
The Counselor
12 Years a Slave
Edwin Epps
1
Narrator
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Self
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Self
Prometheus
David
Gina Carano in Training