1977-04-02 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
Michael Fassbender 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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Black Bag | George Woodhouse | 2025-03-12 |
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Kneecap | Arló | 2024-08-02 |
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Next Goal Wins | Thomas Rongen | 2023-11-16 |
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The Killer | The Killer | 2023-10-25 |
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Dark Phoenix | Erik Lensherr / Magneto | 2019-06-05 |
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Song to Song | Cook | 2017-03-17 |
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing | David | 2017-04-26 |
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Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter | Walter | 2017-03-10 |
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Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages | David | 2017-04-17 |
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Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott | Self | 2017-08-15 |
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Walter | 2017-02-22 |
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos | Walter | 2017-07-19 |
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Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent | David (voice) | 2017-08-15 |
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Alien: Covenant | David / Walter | 2017-05-09 |
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The Snowman | Harry Hole | 2017-08-24 |
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Trespass Against Us | Chad Cutler | 2016-10-14 |
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The Light Between Oceans | Tom Sherbourne | 2016-09-02 |
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Assassin's Creed | Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha | 2016-12-21 |
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X-Men: Apocalypse | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2016-05-18 |
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Macbeth | Macbeth | 2015-09-22 |
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Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender | 2015-09-16 | |
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Slow West | Silas | 2015-05-15 |
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SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT | Self | 2015-11-02 |
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Steve Jobs | Steve Jobs | 2015-10-09 |
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Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' | Self | 2014-02-11 |
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Frank | Frank | 2014-05-09 |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr | 2014-05-15 |
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12 Years a Slave | Edwin Epps | 2013-10-18 |
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The Counselor | The Counselor | 2013-10-25 |
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1 | Narrator | 2013-09-30 |
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Prometheus | David | 2012-05-30 |
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X-Men: First Class 35mm Special | Self | 2012-06-05 |
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The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission | David | 2012-09-06 |
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The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David | David | 2012-03-17 |
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Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission | David | 2012-05-30 |
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Gina Carano in Training | 2012-05-01 | |
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The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Self | 2012-10-11 |
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Pitch Black Heist | Michael | 2012-04-18 |
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X-Men: First Class | Erik Lehnsherr | 2011-06-01 |
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Haywire | Paul | 2011-11-01 |
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Shame | Brandon | 2011-10-02 |
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A Dangerous Method | Carl Jung | 2011-09-30 |
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Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | 2011-03-11 |
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Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class | 2011-09-09 | |
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Jonah Hex | Burke | 2010-06-18 |
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Centurion | Centurion Quintus Dias | 2010-02-15 |
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Fish Tank | Connor O'Reily | 2009-09-11 |
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Blood Creek | Richard Wirth | 2009-10-09 |
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Inglourious Basterds | LT. Archie Hicox | 2009-08-02 |
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Man on a Motorcycle | Man on a Motorcycle | 2009-10-26 |
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Eden Lake | Steve | 2008-09-12 |
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Goldfish | Christian | 2008-04-01 |
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Hunger | Bobby Sands | 2008-05-15 |
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300 | Stelios | 2007-03-07 |
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Angel | Esmé | 2007-02-17 |
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Wedding Belles | Barney | 2007-03-29 |
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Our Hidden Lives | B. Charles | 2005-10-03 |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | Charles Allen | 2004-12-26 |
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A Bear Named Winnie | Harry Colebourn | 2004-12-12 |
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Things I Notice, Things You See | Tom | 2003-05-01 |
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Carla | Rob | 2003-09-15 |
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Entering Hades | Jack Unterweger | |
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Night Boat to Tangier | Maurice Hearne | |
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Kung Fury 2 | Colt Magnum | |
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