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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ioan Gruffudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Birthday: 1977-04-02

Place of birth: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]

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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, مایکل فاسبندر, 麥可法斯賓達

300
300

2007-03-07

Stelios

Hunger
Hunger

2008-05-15

Bobby Sands

Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex

2010-06-18

Burke

Blood Creek
Blood Creek

2009-10-09

Richard Wirth

Centurion
Centurion

2010-02-15

Centurion Quintus Dias

Fish Tank
Fish Tank

2009-09-11

Connor O'Reily

Eden Lake
Eden Lake

2008-09-12

Steve

Night Boat to Tangier
Night Boat to Tangier

Maurice Hearne

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

2011-03-11

Edward Rochester

Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds

2009-08-02

LT. Archie Hicox

A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method

2011-09-30

Carl Jung

X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class

2011-06-01

Erik Lehnsherr

Haywire
Haywire

2011-11-01

Paul

Prometheus
Prometheus

2012-05-30

David

Shame
Shame

2011-10-02

Brandon

12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave

2013-10-18

Edwin Epps

Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed

2016-12-21

Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha

The Counselor
The Counselor

2013-10-25

The Counselor

Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant

2017-05-09

David / Walter

X-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014-05-15

Erik Lehnsherr

Pitch Black Heist
Pitch Black Heist

2012-04-18

Michael

Frank
Frank

2014-05-09

Frank

Slow West
Slow West

2015-05-15

Silas

Kneecap
Kneecap

2024-08-02

Arló

Macbeth
Macbeth

2015-09-22

Macbeth

Trespass Against Us
Trespass Against Us

2016-10-14

Chad Cutler

The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans

2016-09-02

Tom Sherbourne

Goldfish
Goldfish

2008-04-01

Christian

X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse

2016-05-18

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs

2015-10-09

Steve Jobs

Black Bag
Black Bag

2025-03-12

George Woodhouse

QT8: The First Eight
QT8: The First Eight

2019-10-21

Self (archive footage)

The Snowman
The Snowman

2017-08-24

Harry Hole

Song to Song
Song to Song

2017-03-17

Cook

Entering Hades
Entering Hades

Jack Unterweger

Dark Phoenix
Dark Phoenix

2019-06-05

Erik Lensherr / Magneto

Take Flight
Take Flight

2015-12-10

Self - Performer

A Bear Named Winnie
A Bear Named Winnie

2004-12-12

Harry Colebourn

Angel
Angel

2007-02-17

Esmé

Man on a Motorcycle
Man on a Motorcycle

2009-10-26

Man on a Motorcycle

Our Hidden Lives
Our Hidden Lives

2005-10-03

B. Charles

Wedding Belles
Wedding Belles

2007-03-29

Barney

Carla
Carla

2003-09-15

Rob

1
1

2013-09-30

Narrator

Kung Fury 2
Kung Fury 2

Colt Magnum

Next Goal Wins
Next Goal Wins

2023-11-16

Thomas Rongen

The Killer
The Killer

2023-10-25

The Killer

Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent
Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent

2017-08-15

David (voice)