Michael Fassbender
Born
April 2, 1977 (48 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
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.
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Known For
Black Bag
George Woodhouse
2025
Kneecap
Arló
2024
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film
Self
2023
QT8: The First Eight
Self (archive footage)
2019
Dark Phoenix
Erik Lensherr / Magneto
2019
The Snowman
Harry Hole
2017
Alien: Covenant
David / Walter
2017
Song to Song
Cook
2017
Assassin's Creed
Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
2016
Trespass Against Us
Chad Cutler
2016
The Light Between Oceans
Tom Sherbourne
2016
X-Men: Apocalypse
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
2016
Take Flight
Self - Performer
2015
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
2015
Macbeth
Macbeth
2015
Slow West
Silas
2015
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Erik Lehnsherr
2014
Frank
Frank
2014
The Counselor
The Counselor
2013
12 Years a Slave
Edwin Epps
2013
1
Narrator
2013
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Self
2012
Prometheus
David
2012
Pitch Black Heist
Michael
2012
Haywire
Paul
2011
Shame
Brandon
2011
A Dangerous Method
Carl Jung
2011
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
X-Men: First Class
Erik Lehnsherr
2011
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
2011
Jonah Hex
Burke
2010
Centurion
Centurion Quintus Dias
2010
Blood Creek
Richard Wirth
2009
Fish Tank
Connor O'Reily
2009
Inglourious Basterds
LT. Archie Hicox
2009
Eden Lake
Steve
2008
Hunger
Bobby Sands
2008
300
Stelios
2007
Paris Paramount
Hope
Night Boat to Tangier
Maurice Hearne
Goldfish
Christian
2008
Entering Hades
Jack Unterweger
The Agency: Central Intelligence
Martian · (10 episodes)
2024
Next Goal Wins
Thomas Rongen
2023
The Killer
The Killer
2023
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans
Self · (33 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(2 episodes)
2019
Late Night Berlin
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent
David (voice)
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Walter
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
David
2017
Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages
David
2017
Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter
Walter
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Walter
2017
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
Self
2015
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Self
2014
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
David
2012
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Self
2012
Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission
David
2012
Gina Carano in Training
2012
The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David
David
2012
Man on a Motorcycle
Man on a Motorcycle
2009
The Devil's Whore
Thomas Rainsborough · (4 episodes)
2008
Wedding Belles
Barney
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (7 episodes)
2007
Angel
Esmé
2007
Our Hidden Lives
B. Charles
2005
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Charles Allen
2004
A Bear Named Winnie
Harry Colebourn
2004
Hex
Azazeal · (19 episodes)
2004
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Charles Bravo · (6 episodes)
2004
Carla
Rob
2003
Things I Notice, Things You See
Tom
2003
Kung Fury 2
Colt Magnum
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
Guy Fawkes · (2 episodes)
2004
William and Mary
Lukasz · (1 episode)
2003
Top Gear
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Murphy's Law
(4 episodes)
2001
Band of Brothers
Burton P. (Pat) Christenson · (7 episodes)
2001
Trial & Retribution
Douglas Nesbitt · (1 episode)
1997
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Kulturzeit
self · (1 episode)
1995
Morgenmagazin
Self · (1 episode)
1992
Agatha Christie's Poirot
George Abernethie · (1 episode)
1989