Michael Fassbender
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Biography
Born in Germany to a mother from Northern Ireland and a German father, Fassbender relocated to Ireland at age two.[a] 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 Sands in 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 Golden Globe and BAFTA Award. 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 Counselor (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.
Known For
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
Top Gear
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Agatha Christie's Poirot
300: Rise of an Empire
Band of Brothers
Haywire
300
Dark Phoenix
Inglourious Basterds
Jonah Hex
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Song to Song
Prometheus
X-Men: Apocalypse
12 Years a Slave
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Eden Lake
Jane Eyre
X-Men: First Class
The Snowman
Next Goal Wins
Assassin's Creed
Shame
Steve Jobs
Centurion
The Light Between Oceans
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter
The Agency
The Killer
Trespass Against Us
Alien: Covenant
Production Credits
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