Michael Fassbender
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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- Born:
- Apr 2, 1977 In Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 102
- First Appeared:
- In the series Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989-01-08
- Latest Project:
- Movie Kung Fury 2 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Night Boat to Tangier | Maurice Hearne | 2026 |
| Movie | Entering Hades | Jack Unterweger | 2026 |
| Movie | Paris Paramount | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Hope | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Kung Fury 2 | Colt Magnum | 2026 |
| Movie | Black Bag | George Woodhouse | 2025-03-12 |
| Series | The Agency: Central Intelligence | Martian | 2024-12-01 |
| Movie | Kneecap | Arló | 2024-08-02 |
| Movie | The Killer | The Killer | 2023-10-25 |
| Movie | Next Goal Wins | Thomas Rongen | 2023-11-16 |
| Movie | Dark Phoenix | Erik Lensherr / Magneto | 2019-06-05 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Unknown | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
| Series | Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans | Self | 2019-10-11 |
| Series | Late Night Berlin | Self | 2018-03-12 |
| Movie | Song to Song | Cook | 2017-03-17 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages | David | 2017-04-17 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter | Walter | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Walter | 2017-02-22 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing | David | 2017-04-26 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper | Walter | 2017-02-22 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter | Walter | 2017-03-10 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing | David | 2017-04-26 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent | David | 2017-08-15 |
| Movie | The Snowman | Harry Hole | 2017-08-24 |
| Movie | Master Class: Ridley Scott | Self | 2017-08-15 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent | David (voice) | 2017-08-15 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant | David / Walter | 2017-05-09 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos | Walter | 2017-07-19 |
| Movie | Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos | Walter | 2017-07-19 |
| Movie | The Light Between Oceans | Tom Sherbourne | 2016-09-02 |
| Movie | Trespass Against Us | Chad Cutler | 2016-10-14 |
| Movie | X-Men: Apocalypse | Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto | 2016-05-18 |
| Movie | X-Men: Apocalypse Unearthed | Himself | 2016-11-04 |
| Movie | Assassin's Creed | Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha | 2016-12-21 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Movie | X-Men: Unguarded | Self | 2015-07-14 |
| Movie | Slow West | Silas | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | Mutant vs. Machine | Himself | 2015-07-14 |
| Movie | Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender | Unknown | 2015-09-16 |
| Movie | Macbeth | Macbeth | 2015-09-22 |
| Movie | SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT | Self | 2015-11-02 |
| Movie | Take Flight | Self - Performer | 2015-12-10 |
| Movie | Steve Jobs | Steve Jobs | 2015-10-09 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | Stelios (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-03-05 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' | Self | 2014-02-11 |
| Movie | Frank | Frank | 2014-05-09 |
| Series | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014-12-21 |
| Movie | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Erik Lehnsherr | 2014-05-15 |
| Movie | 1 | Narrator | 2013-09-30 |
| Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Edwin Epps | 2013-10-18 |
| Movie | The Counselor | The Counselor | 2013-10-25 |
| Movie | Gina Carano in Training | Unknown | 2012-05-01 |
| Movie | Pitch Black Heist | Michael | 2012-04-18 |
| Movie | Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission | David | 2012-05-30 |
| Movie | The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David | David | 2012-03-17 |
| Movie | Prometheus | David | 2012-05-30 |
| Movie | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Self | 2012-10-11 |
| Movie | The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission | David | 2012-09-06 |
| Movie | X-Men: First Class 35mm Special | Self | 2012-06-05 |
| Movie | Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | 2011-03-11 |
| Movie | Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class | Unknown | 2011-09-09 |
| Movie | X-Men: First Class | Erik Lehnsherr | 2011-06-01 |
| Movie | A Dangerous Method | Carl Jung | 2011-09-30 |
| Movie | Haywire | Paul | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | Shame | Brandon | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | Centurion | Centurion Quintus Dias | 2010-02-15 |
| Movie | Jonah Hex | Burke | 2010-06-18 |
| Movie | Inglourious Basterds | LT. Archie Hicox | 2009-08-02 |
| Movie | Fish Tank | Connor O'Reily | 2009-09-11 |
| Movie | Man on a Motorcycle | Man on a Motorcycle | 2009-10-26 |
| Movie | Blood Creek | Richard Wirth | 2009-10-09 |
| Movie | Goldfish | Christian | 2008-04-01 |
| Movie | Hunger | Bobby Sands | 2008-05-15 |
| Series | The Devil's Whore | Thomas Rainsborough | 2008-11-19 |
| Movie | Eden Lake | Steve | 2008-09-12 |
| Movie | Angel | Esmé | 2007-02-17 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | 300 | Stelios | 2007-03-07 |
| Movie | Wedding Belles | Barney | 2007-03-29 |
| Movie | Poirot: After the Funeral | 2006-03-26 | |
| Movie | Our Hidden Lives | B. Charles | 2005-10-03 |
| Series | Gunpowder, Treason & Plot | Guy Fawkes | 2004-03-14 |
| Series | Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder | Charles Bravo | 2004-10-16 |
| Series | Hex | Azazeal | 2004-10-17 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | Charles Allen | 2004-12-26 |
| Movie | A Bear Named Winnie | Harry Colebourn | 2004-12-12 |
| Series | William and Mary | Lukasz | 2003-03-23 |
| Movie | Carla | Rob | 2003-09-15 |
| Movie | Things I Notice, Things You See | Tom | 2003-05-01 |
| Series | Top Gear | Self | 2002-10-20 |
| Series | Band of Brothers | Burton P. (Pat) Christenson | 2001-09-09 |
| Series | Murphy's Law | Unknown | 2001-09-24 |
| Series | Hearts and Bones | Hermann | 2000-04-30 |
| Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
| Series | Trial & Retribution | Douglas Nesbitt | 1997-10-19 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
| Series | Kulturzeit | self | 1995-10-02 |
| Series | Morgenmagazin | Self | 1992-07-19 |
| Series | Agatha Christie's Poirot | George Abernethie | 1989-01-08 |