Michael Fassbender
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.
Born: 02 April 1977
Played In
Movie
Jul 2026
Hope
Ma'veyyo
Movie
Mar 2025
Black Bag
George Woodhouse
TV Show
Dec 2024
The Agency
Brandon 'Martian' Colby / Paul Lewis
Movie
Aug 2024
Kneecap
Arló
Movie
Nov 2023
Road to Le Mans - The Film
Self
Movie
Nov 2023
Next Goal Wins
Thomas Rongen
Movie
Oct 2023
The Killer
The Killer
TV Show
Oct 2019
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans
Self
TV Show
Sep 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Movie
Jun 2019
Dark Phoenix
Erik Lensherr / Magneto
TV Show
Mar 2018
Late Night Berlin
Self
Movie
Aug 2017
The Snowman
Harry Hole
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Jul 2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Walter
Movie
May 2017
Alien: Covenant
David / Walter
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Mar 2017
Song to Song
Cook
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Dec 2016
Assassin's Creed
Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
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Oct 2016
Trespass Against Us
Chad Cutler
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Sep 2016
The Light Between Oceans
Tom Sherbourne
TV Show
May 2016
Movies with Ali Plumb
Self
Movie
May 2016
X-Men: Apocalypse
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Movie
Nov 2015
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
Self
Movie
Oct 2015
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
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Sep 2015
Macbeth
Macbeth
Movie
Sep 2015
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
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Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Movie
Jul 2015
Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
Self
Movie
Jul 2015
X-Men: Unguarded
Self
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May 2015
Slow West
Silas
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Dec 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
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Oct 2014
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Self
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Oct 2014
X-Men: Reunited
Self
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May 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Erik Lehnsherr
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May 2014
Frank
Frank
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Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
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Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Movie
Feb 2014
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Self
Movie
Oct 2013
The Counselor
The Counselor
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Oct 2013
12 Years a Slave
Edwin Epps
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Sep 2013
1
Narrator
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Oct 2012
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Self
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Jun 2012
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Self
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May 2012
Prometheus
David
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May 2012
Gina Carano in Training
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Apr 2012
Pitch Black Heist
Michael
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Nov 2011
Haywire
Paul
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Oct 2011
Shame
Brandon
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Sep 2011
A Dangerous Method
Carl Jung
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Sep 2011
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self
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Jun 2011
X-Men: First Class
Erik Lehnsherr
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Mar 2011
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
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Nov 2010
Conan
Self - Guest
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Jun 2010
Jonah Hex
Burke
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Feb 2010
Centurion
Centurion Quintus Dias
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Oct 2009
Man on a Motorcycle
Man on a Motorcycle
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Oct 2009
Blood Creek
Richard Wirth
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Sep 2009
Fish Tank
Connor O'Reily
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Aug 2009
Inglourious Basterds
LT. Archie Hicox
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Nov 2008
The Devil's Whore
Thomas Rainsborough
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Sep 2008
Eden Lake
Steve
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May 2008
Hunger
Bobby Sands
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Apr 2008
Goldfish
Christian
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Mar 2007
Wedding Belles
Barney
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Mar 2007
300
Stelios
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Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Feb 2007
Angel
Esmé
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Oct 2005
Our Hidden Lives
B. Charles
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Dec 2004
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Charles Allen
Movie
Dec 2004
A Bear Named Winnie
Harry Colebourn
TV Show
Oct 2004
Hex
Azazeal
TV Show
Oct 2004
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Charles Bravo
TV Show
Mar 2004
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
Guy Fawkes
Movie
Sep 2003
Carla
Rob
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May 2003
Things I Notice, Things You See
Tom
TV Show
Mar 2003
William and Mary
Lukasz
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Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
TV Show
Oct 2002
Top Gear
Self
TV Show
Sep 2001
Murphy's Law
Caz Miller
TV Show
Sep 2001
Band of Brothers
Burton P. (Pat) Christenson
TV Show
Jul 1997
Leute heute
Self
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
TV Show
Oct 1995
Kulturzeit
self
TV Show
Jul 1992
Morgenmagazin
Self
TV Show
Jan 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
George Abernethie
Movie
Entering Hades
Jack Unterweger
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Kung Fury 2
Colt Magnum
Movie
Untitled Brady Corbet Film
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Kennedy
Joe Kennedy Sr.