Michael Fassbender
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
Credits
- 2025 · Black Bag as
- 2024 · Kneecap as Arló
- 2023 · Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film as Self
- 2023 · Next Goal Wins as Thomas Rongen
- 2023 · The Killer as The Killer
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans as Self
- 2019 · Dark Phoenix as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
- 2018 · Late Night Berlin as Self
- 2017 · The Snowman as Harry Hole
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent as David
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: The Secrets of David’s Lab as David
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos as Walter
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant as David / Walter
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing as David
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages as David
- 2017 · Song to Song as Cook
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter as Walter
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper as Walter
- 2016 · Assassin's Creed as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
- 2016 · Trespass Against Us as Chad Cutler
- 2016 · The Light Between Oceans as Tom Sherbourne
- 2016 · X-Men: Apocalypse as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
- 2015 · Take Flight as Self - Performer
- 2015 · SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT as Self
- 2015 · Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
- 2015 · Macbeth as Macbeth
- 2015 · Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender as
- 2015 · Slow West as Silas
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · X-Men: Days of Future Past as Erik Lehnsherr
- 2014 · Frank as Frank
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self
- 2013 · The Counselor as The Counselor
- 2013 · 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
- 2013 · 1 as Narrator
- 2012 · The Peter Weyland Files: Prometheus Transmission as David
- 2012 · The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
- 2012 · X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self
- 2012 · Prometheus as David
- 2012 · Gina Carano in Training as
- 2012 · Pitch Black Heist as Michael
- 2012 · The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David as David
- 2011 · Haywire as Paul
- 2011 · Shame as Brandon
- 2011 · A Dangerous Method as Carl Jung
- 2011 · Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Erik Lehnsherr
- 2011 · Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
- 2010 · Jonah Hex as Burke
- 2010 · Centurion as Centurion Quintus Dias
- 2009 · Man on a Motorcycle as Man on a Motorcycle
- 2009 · Blood Creek as Richard Wirth
- 2009 · Fish Tank as Connor O'Reily
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as LT. Archie Hicox
- 2008 · The Devil's Whore as Thomas Rainsborough
- 2008 · Eden Lake as Steve
- 2008 · Hunger as Bobby Sands
- 2008 · Goldfish as Christian
- 2007 · Wedding Belles as Barney
- 2007 · 300 as Stelios
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Angel as Esmé
- 2005 · Our Hidden Lives as B. Charles
- 2004 · Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking as Charles Allen
- 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie as Harry Colebourn
- 2004 · Hex as Azazeal
- 2004 · Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder as Charles Bravo
- 2004 · Gunpowder, Treason & Plot as Guy Fawkes
- 2003 · Carla as Rob
- 2003 · Things I Notice, Things You See as Tom
- 2003 · William and Mary as Lukasz
- 2001 · Murphy's Law as
- 2001 · Band of Brothers as Burton 'Pat' Christenson
- 1997 · Trial & Retribution as Douglas Nesbitt
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as George Abernethie
- 2024 · Paris Paramount as
- 2024 · Hope as
- 2024 · Night Boat to Tangier as Maurice Hearne
- 2024 · Entering Hades as Jack Unterweger
- 2024 · Kung Fury 2 as Colt Magnum
- 2024 · The Agency as Martian