Michael Fassbender
Born: 1977-04-02 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Black Bag as George Woodhouse
2024
- The Agency: Central Intelligence as Martian
- Kneecap as Arló
- Karavidhe ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- The Killer as The Killer
- Next Goal Wins as Thomas Rongen
- The Kitchen ... (Executive Producer)
- Scrapper ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Calm with Horses ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Dark Phoenix as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
- Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans as Self
- Love Pool ... (Executive Producer)
- This Is the Winter ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Late Night Berlin as Self
2017
- Alien: Covenant as David / Walter
- The Snowman as Harry Hole
- Song to Song as Cook
- Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos as Walter
2016
- X-Men: Apocalypse as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
- Assassin's Creed as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
- The Light Between Oceans as Tom Sherbourne
- Trespass Against Us as Chad Cutler
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
- Slow West as Silas
- Macbeth as Macbeth
- Zero ... (Executive Producer)
- SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT as Self
- Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- X-Men: Days of Future Past as Erik Lehnsherr
- Frank as Frank
- Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self
2013
- 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
- The Counselor as The Counselor
- 1 as Narrator
2012
- Prometheus as David
- X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self
- The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
- Gina Carano in Training
- Pitch Black Heist as Michael
- The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David as David
- The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission as David
2011
- Shame as Brandon
- Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
- A Dangerous Method as Carl Jung
- Haywire as Paul
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as Self
- X-Men: First Class as Erik Lehnsherr
2009
- Inglourious Basterds as LT. Archie Hicox
- Fish Tank as Connor O'Reily
- Blood Creek as Richard Wirth
- Man on a Motorcycle as Man on a Motorcycle
2008
- Eden Lake as Steve
- The Devil's Whore as Thomas Rainsborough
- Hunger as Bobby Sands
- Goldfish as Christian
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 300 as Stelios
- Angel as Esmé
- Wedding Belles as Barney
2005
- Our Hidden Lives as B. Charles
2004
- Hex as Azazeal
- Gunpowder, Treason & Plot as Guy Fawkes
- Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder as Charles Bravo
- Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking as Charles Allen
- A Bear Named Winnie as Harry Colebourn
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- William and Mary as Lukasz
- Carla as Rob
- Things I Notice, Things You See as Tom
2002
- Top Gear as Self
2001
- Band of Brothers as Burton P. (Pat) Christenson
- Murphy's Law as Caz Miller
1997
- Leute heute as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1995
- Kulturzeit as self
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as George Abernethie