Biography
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/MMagneto 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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Filmography
all 94
Movies 73
TV Shows 21
self 18
Producer 10
Narrator 1

The Agency (2024)

Karavidhe (2024)

Next Goal Wins (2023)

The Killer (2023)

The Kitchen (2023)

Scrapper (2023)

Calm with Horses (2020)

Love Pool (2019)

QT8: The First Eight (2019)

This Is the Winter (2019)

Dark Phoenix (2019)

The Snowman (2017)

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Assassin's Creed (2016)

Trespass Against Us (2016)

The Light Between Oceans (2016)

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Take Flight (2015)

Steve Jobs (2015)

Macbeth (2015)

Zero (2015)

Slow West (2015)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

The Counselor (2013)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

1 (2013)

Shame (2011)

A Dangerous Method (2011)

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Jane Eyre (2011)

Centurion (2010)

Man on a Motorcycle (2009)

Blood Creek (2009)

Fish Tank (2009)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Devil's Whore (2008)

Hunger (2008)

Goldfish (2008)

300 (2007)

Our Hidden Lives (2005)

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)

Hex (2004)

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)

Murphy's Law (2001)

Band of Brothers (2001)

Trial & Retribution (1997)

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)

Entering Hades

Kung Fury 2

Night Boat to Tangier
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1977-04-02 (47 years old)
Birth NameMichael Fassbender
Birth PlaceHeidelberg, Germany
SpouseAlicia Vikander
ChildrenMark Fassbender
SiblingsCatherine Fassbender
CitizenshipsWest Germany, Germany, Ireland
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known Asマイケル・ファスベンダー, 마이클 패스벤더, مايكل فاسبندر, ไมเคิล ฟาสเบนเดอร์, 麥可·法斯賓達, Michael John Edward Fassbender, מייקל פסבנדר, 迈克尔·法斯宾德
AwardsOrder of Innisfallen, Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor, Volpi Cup for Best Actor
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