Michael Fassbender
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Agency
The Graham Norton Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot
All Movies (61)
- Hope2026 · as Ma'veyyo
- Black Bag2025 · as George Woodhouse
- Kneecap2024 · as Arló
- Road to Le Mans - The Film2023 · as Self
- Next Goal Wins2023 · as Thomas Rongen
- The Killer2023 · as The Killer
- Dark Phoenix2019 · as Erik Lensherr / Magneto
- The Snowman2017 · as Harry Hole
- Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos2017 · as Walter
- Alien: Covenant2017 · as David / Walter
- Song to Song2017 · as Cook
- Assassin's Creed2016 · as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
- Trespass Against Us2016 · as Chad Cutler
- The Light Between Oceans2016 · as Tom Sherbourne
- X-Men: Apocalypse2016 · as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
- SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT2015 · as Self
- Steve Jobs2015 · as Steve Jobs
- Macbeth2015 · as Macbeth
- Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender2015
- Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'2015 · as Self
- X-Men: Unguarded2015 · as Self
- Slow West2015 · as Silas
- Double Take: Xavier & Magneto2014 · as Self
- X-Men: Reunited2014 · as Self
- X-Men: Days of Future Past2014 · as Erik Lehnsherr
- Frank2014 · as Frank
- Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'2014 · as Self
- The Counselor2013 · as The Counselor
- 12 Years a Slave2013 · as Edwin Epps
- 12013 · as Narrator
- The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus2012 · as Self
- X-Men: First Class 35mm Special2012 · as Self
- Prometheus2012 · as David
- Gina Carano in Training2012
- Pitch Black Heist2012 · as Michael
- Haywire2011 · as Paul
- Shame2011 · as Brandon
- A Dangerous Method2011 · as Carl Jung
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class2011 · as Self
- X-Men: First Class2011 · as Erik Lehnsherr
- Jane Eyre2011 · as Edward Rochester
- Jonah Hex2010 · as Burke
- Centurion2010 · as Centurion Quintus Dias
- Man on a Motorcycle2009 · as Man on a Motorcycle
- Blood Creek2009 · as Richard Wirth
- Fish Tank2009 · as Connor O'Reily
- Inglourious Basterds2009 · as LT. Archie Hicox
- Eden Lake2008 · as Steve
- Hunger2008 · as Bobby Sands
- Goldfish2008 · as Christian
- Wedding Belles2007 · as Barney
- 3002007 · as Stelios
- Angel2007 · as Esmé
- Our Hidden Lives2005 · as B. Charles
- Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking2004 · as Charles Allen
- A Bear Named Winnie2004 · as Harry Colebourn
- Carla2003 · as Rob
- Things I Notice, Things You See2003 · as Tom
- Entering Hades— · as Jack Unterweger
- Kung Fury 2— · as Colt Magnum
- Untitled Brady Corbet Film—
All TV Shows (26)
- The Agency2024 · as Brandon 'Martian' Colby / Paul Lewis
- Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans2019 · as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- Late Night Berlin2018 · as Self
- Movies with Ali Plumb2016 · as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
- The Devil's Whore2008 · as Thomas Rainsborough
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
- Hex2004 · as Azazeal
- Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder2004 · as Charles Bravo
- Gunpowder, Treason & Plot2004 · as Guy Fawkes
- William and Mary2003 · as Lukasz
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
- Top Gear2002 · as Self
- Murphy's Law2001 · as Caz Miller
- Band of Brothers2001 · as Burton P. (Pat) Christenson
- Leute heute1997 · as Self
- The Daily Show1996 · as Self
- Kulturzeit1995 · as self
- Morgenmagazin1992 · as Self
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as George Abernethie
- Kennedy— · as Joe Kennedy Sr.