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Michael Fassbender

Film Producer / Actor | * 04/02/1977 (46) | Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemburg (Germany)
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Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German and 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. Fassbender 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 (2004–05). He first came to prominence for playing Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include in Fish Tank (2009), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Jane Eyre (2011) and A Dangerous Method..."> ()
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Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.Born in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney, Fassbender made his feature film debut as a Spartan warrior in the fantasy war epic 300 (2006). His earlier roles included various stage productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include the independent film Fish Tank (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in Inglourious Basterds (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre, as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method (2011), as the sentient android, David 8, in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012) and its sequel, Alien: Covenant (2017), and in the musical comedy drama Frank (2014) as an eccentric musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom.Fassbender debuted as the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto in X-Men: First Class (2011), and went on to share the role with Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) before reprising it again in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). Also in 2011, his performance as a sex addict in Shame earned him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. His role as slave owner Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave (2013) was similarly praised, earning him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In the same year, Fassbender appeared in another Ridley Scott film, The Counselor. He portrayed the title role in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic Steve Jobs (2015), and played Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. For the former, he received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG nominations. He also produced and starred in the Western Slow West (2015). In 2020, he was listed at number nine on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.Fassbender began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. He currently races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton Competition.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Science Fiction | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for Michael Fassbender

Volpi Cup for Best Actor Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor Order of Innisfallen Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor 2x European Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Michael Fassbender as Actor(58)

2024 Kneecap
as Thomas Rongen2023 Next Goal Wins
as Colt Magnum2023 Kung Fury 2
as Christian2023 The Killer
as Erik Lensherr / Magneto2019 Dark Phoenix
as Self (archive footage)2019 QT8: The First Eight
as Detective Harry Hole2017 The Snowman
as Cook2017 Song to Song
as David / Walter2017 Alien: Covenant
as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha2016 Assassin's Creed
as Chad Cutler2016 Trespass Against Us
as Tom Sherbourne2016 The Light Between Oceans
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto2016 X-Men: Apocalypse
as Steve Jobs2015 Steve Jobs
as Macbeth2015 Macbeth
as Self - Performer2015 Take Flight
as Silas2015 Slow West
as Frank2014 Frank
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Edwin Epps2013 12 Years a Slave
as The Counselor2013 The Counselor
as Narrator2013 1
as David2012 Prometheus
as Michael2012 Pitch Black Heist
as Edward Rochester2011 Jane Eyre
as Paul2011 Haywire
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto2011 X-Men: First Class
as Carl Jung2011 A Dangerous Method
as Brandon2011 Shame
as Centurion Quintus Dias2010 Centurion
as Burke2010 Jonah Hex
as Richard Wirth2009 Blood Creek
as Lieutenant Archie Hicox2009 Inglourious Basterds
as Conor O'Reily2009 Fish Tank
as Steve2008 Eden Lake
as Christian2008 Goldfish
as Bobby Sands2008 Hunger
as Barney2007 Wedding Belles
as Esmé2007 Angel
as Stelios2007 300
as B. Charles2005 Our Hidden Lives
as Harry Colebourn2004 A Bear Named Winnie
as Rob2003 Carla

TV Shows/Series with Michael Fassbender as Actor(14)

as Thomas Rainsborough2008 The Devil's Whore
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Azazeal2004 Hex
as Guy Fawkes2004 Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
as Lukasz2003 William and Mary
as Hermann2000 Hearts and Bones
as Douglas Nesbitt1997 Trial & Retribution
as himself1996 The Daily Show
as himself1995 Kulturzeit
as George Abernethie1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot

Movies with Michael Fassbender as Crew(8)

Production/Executive Producer2024 The Kitchen
Production/Executive Producer2023 Scrapper
Production/Executive Producer2020 Calm with Horses
Production/Executive Producer2019 Love Pool
Production/Executive Producer2019 This Is the Winter
Production/Producer2016 Assassin's Creed
Production/Executive Producer2015 Zero
Production/Executive Producer2015 Slow West

Full Name: Michael Fassbender
Citizenships: Germany, Ireland
Born: Saturday, 04/02 1977 (April) in Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemburg (Germany) (current age: 46 years + 361 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN), Irish (GA)
Educated at: Drama Centre London, St. Brendan's College, Killarney
Spouses (current/former): Alicia Vikander
Children: Mark Fassbender
Siblings: Catherine Fassbender
Other names for Michael Fassbender (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Майкл Фассбендер"
"マイケル・ファスベンダー"
"마이클 패스벤더"
"مايكل فاسبندر"
"ไมเคิล ฟาสเบนเดอร์"
"麥可·法斯賓達"
"Μάικλ Φασμπέντερ"
"Michael John Edward Fassbender"
Michael Fassbender frequently works together with these people:
Ridley Scott (13x, Crew)
Simon Kinberg (10x, Crew)
Bryan Singer (8x, Crew)
Conor McCaughan (8x, Crew)
Stan Lee (7x, Crew)
Jimmy Fallon (7x, Actor)
Josh McLaglen (7x, Crew)
John Maclean (6x, Crew)
Mark Huffam (6x, Crew)
Steve Single (6x, Crew)
Nana Fischer (6x, Crew)
Steve McQueen (6x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:223, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024