Michael Fassbender
Known For
Acting
Born
1977-04-02 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]
Biography
Michael Fassbender (German pronunciation:[ˈmɪçaːʔeːl 'fasbɛndɐ]; born 2 April 1977) is a German-Irish actor. His accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film 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. After studying at the Drama Centre London, Fassbender made his feature film debut in 300 (2006). Early roles include the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–2005). He first came to prominence playing Bobby Sands in the drama Hunger (2008). 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 the X-Men series, 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), he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. His portrayals of Edwin Epps in the historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013) and the title role in biographical drama Steve Jobs (2015), respectively, earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. Following further roles in the films The Counselor (2013), Frank (2014), and Macbeth (2015), he took an eight-year hiatus, during which he began competing in auto racing. After driving for Proton Competition in the European Le Mans Series in 2023, Fassbender made a return to acting with the action films The Killer (2023) and Black Bag (2025). Married to Swedish actress Alicia Vikander since 2017, he has two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Fassbender, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as George Abernethie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
Top Gear
as Self
Band of Brothers
as Burton P. (Pat) Christenson
Leute heute
as Self
Morgenmagazin
as Self
Inglourious Basterds
as LT. Archie Hicox
Prometheus
as David
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Alien: Covenant
as David / Walter
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Erik Lehnsherr
Kulturzeit
as self
The Agency: Central Intelligence
as Martian
Dark Phoenix
as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
300
as Stelios