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.

Filmography

• 2026Hope — Ma'veyyo
• 2026LifeHack — Executive Producer
• 2025Black Bag — George Woodhouse, Associate Producer
• 2024Karavidhe — Executive Producer
• 2024Kneecap — Arló
• The Agency — Brandon 'Martian' Colby / Paul Lewis, Executive Producer
• 2023Next Goal Wins — Thomas Rongen
• 2023Scrapper — Executive Producer
• 2023The Killer — The Killer
• 2023The Kitchen — Executive Producer
• 2020Calm with Horses — Executive Producer
• 2020Good Thanks, You? — Executive Producer
• 2019Dark Phoenix — Erik Lensherr / Magneto
• 2019Love Pool — Executive Producer
• 2019This Is the Winter — Executive Producer
• 2017Alien: Covenant — David / Walter
• 2017Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos — Walter
• 2017Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages — David
• 2017Song to Song — Cook
• 2017The Snowman — Harry Hole
• 2016Assassin's Creed — Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha, Producer
• 2016The Light Between Oceans — Tom Sherbourne
• 2016Trespass Against Us — Chad Cutler
• 2016X-Men: Apocalypse — Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
• 2015Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
• 2015Macbeth — Macbeth
• 2015Slow West — Silas, Executive Producer
• 2015Steve Jobs — Steve Jobs
• 2015Zero — Executive Producer
• 2014Frank — Frank
• 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past — Erik Lehnsherr
• 20131 — Narrator
• 201312 Years a Slave — Edwin Epps
• 2013The Counselor — The Counselor
• 2012Gina Carano in Training
• 2012Pitch Black Heist — Michael, Executive Producer
• 2012Prometheus — David
• 2011A Dangerous Method — Carl Jung
• 2011Haywire — Paul
• 2011Jane Eyre — Edward Rochester
• 2011Shame — Brandon
• 2011X-Men: First Class — Erik Lehnsherr
• 2010Centurion — Centurion Quintus Dias
• 2010Jonah Hex — Burke
• 2009Blood Creek — Richard Wirth
• 2009Fish Tank — Connor O'Reily
• 2009Inglourious Basterds — LT. Archie Hicox
• 2009Man on a Motorcycle — Man on a Motorcycle
• 2008Eden Lake — Steve
• 2008Goldfish — Christian
• 2008Hunger — Bobby Sands
• The Devil's Whore — Thomas Rainsborough
• 2007300 — Stelios
• 2007Angel — Esmé
• 2007Wedding Belles — Barney
• 2005Our Hidden Lives — B. Charles
• 2004A Bear Named Winnie — Harry Colebourn
• Gunpowder, Treason & Plot — Guy Fawkes
• Hex — Azazeal
• Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder — Charles Bravo
• 2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking — Charles Allen
• 2003Carla — Rob
• 2003Things I Notice, Things You See — Tom
• William and Mary — Lukasz
• Band of Brothers — Burton P. (Pat) Christenson
• Murphy's Law — Caz Miller
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — George Abernethie
• Entering Hades — Jack Unterweger
• Kennedy — Joe Kennedy Sr.
• Kung Fury 2 — Colt Magnum
• The Arrival — Producer
• The Origin of the World

Appearances as themselves (22)

• 2023Road to Le Mans – The Film — Self
• Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Late Night Berlin — Self
• Movies with Ali Plumb — Self
• 2015SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2014Double Take: Xavier & Magneto — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2014Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2012The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus — Self
• 2012X-Men: First Class 35mm Special — Self
• 2011Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Top Gear — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self