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Michael Fassbender
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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…
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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.
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Michael Fassbender's Filmography
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Hope
as Ma'veyyo
Black Bag
as George Woodhouse
Kneecap
as Arló
Road to Le Mans – The Film
as Self
Next Goal Wins
as Thomas Rongen
The Killer
as The Killer
Dark Phoenix
as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
The Snowman
as Harry Hole
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
as Walter
Alien: Covenant
as David / Walter
Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages
as David
Song to Song
as Cook
Assassin's Creed
as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
Trespass Against Us
as Chad Cutler
The Light Between Oceans
as Tom Sherbourne
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
No Poster
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
as Self
Steve Jobs
as Steve Jobs
Macbeth
as Macbeth
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
Slow West
as Silas
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
as Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Erik Lehnsherr
Frank
as Frank
No Poster
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
as Self
The Counselor
as The Counselor
12 Years a Slave
as Edwin Epps
1
as Narrator
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
as Self
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
as Self
Prometheus
as David
No Poster
Gina Carano in Training
Pitch Black Heist
as Michael
Haywire
as Paul
Shame
as Brandon
A Dangerous Method
as Carl Jung
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
X-Men: First Class
as Erik Lehnsherr
Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester
Jonah Hex
as Burke
Centurion
as Centurion Quintus Dias
No Poster
Man on a Motorcycle
as Man on a Motorcycle
Blood Creek
as Richard Wirth
Fish Tank
as Connor O'Reily
Inglourious Basterds
as LT. Archie Hicox
Eden Lake
as Steve
Hunger
as Bobby Sands
Goldfish
as Christian
Wedding Belles
as Barney
300
as Stelios
Angel
as Esmé
No Poster
Our Hidden Lives
as B. Charles
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
as Charles Allen
A Bear Named Winnie
as Harry Colebourn
Carla
as Rob
No Poster
Things I Notice, Things You See
as Tom
No Poster
The Origin of the World
Kung Fury 2
as Colt Magnum
No Poster
Entering Hades
as Jack Unterweger