Michael Fassbender

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.1534

Gender

Male

Birthday

02-Apr-1977

Age

(49 years old)

Place of Birth

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]

Also Known As
  • マイケル・ファスベンダー
  • 마이클 패스벤더
  • مايكل فاسبندر
  • ไมเคิล ฟาสเบนเดอร์
  • 麥可·法斯賓達
  • Michael John Edward Fassbender
  • מייקל פסבנדר
  • 迈克尔·法斯宾德
  • مایکل فاسبندر
  • 麥可法斯賓達

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.


Credits

Man on a Motorcycle Man on a Motorcycle (2009) Character: Man on a Motorcycle
Michael Fassbender stars in this 'day in the life' of a London motorcycle courier at breaking point in his profession and his life.
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014) Character: Self
A 13-segment documentary examining production aspects of "The Counselor."
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT (2015) Character: Self
Footage from the making of the film 'Slow West'
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender (2015) Character: N/A
Four-part short starring Irish actor Michael Fassbender.
Things I Notice, Things You See Things I Notice, Things You See (2003) Character: Tom
The Stage, a launderette. Tom and Maggie meet and flirt, all because of a red thong.
Our Hidden Lives Our Hidden Lives (2005) Character: B. Charles
Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years. The stories touch on homosexuality, single women making their way in life post-war and a housewife handling the less than welcome return of her husband.
Alien: Covenant - Prologue - Last Supper Alien: Covenant - Prologue - Last Supper (2017) Character: Walter
The main crew of the Covenant and their android Walter enjoy a final meal before cryosleep on their way to a remote planet.
Alien: Covenant - Prologue - The Crossing Alien: Covenant - Prologue - The Crossing (2017) Character: David
Dr. Elizabeth Shaw repairs David on an abandoned Engineer vessel as they continue their search for humanity's creators.
Carla Carla (2003) Character: Rob
The meeting of the quiet Helen North and the charismatic Carla on a beautiful Greek island leads to tragic consequences.
Hunger Hunger (2008) Character: Bobby Sands
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
X-Men: Days of Future Past X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Character: Erik Lehnsherr
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
12 Years a Slave 12 Years a Slave (2013) Character: Edwin Epps
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Road to Le Mans - The Film Road to Le Mans - The Film (2023) Character: Self
The story of Michael Fassbender's dream to race against the best teams and drivers in the world at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Fish Tank Fish Tank (2009) Character: Connor O'Reily
Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfriend Connor, she is amazed to find he returns her attention, and believes he might help her start to make sense of her life.
Song to Song Song to Song (2017) Character: Cook
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Trespass Against Us Trespass Against Us (2016) Character: Chad Cutler
Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest countryside – hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes, and taunting the police. Struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct, Chad Cutler ends up caught between his father's archaic principles and trying to do right by his kids, whilst the full force of the law is finally catching up with him.
Shame Shame (2011) Character: Brandon
Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
A Bear Named Winnie A Bear Named Winnie (2004) Character: Harry Colebourn
Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration for A.A.Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories.
Slow West Slow West (2015) Character: Silas
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
Pitch Black Heist Pitch Black Heist (2012) Character: Michael
Liam and Michael are professional safe crackers who meet on a simple job to relieve an office safe from its contents. The catch is a light activated alarm system impelling the men to embark on a pitch black heist.
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (2011) Character: Edward Rochester
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) Character: Charles Allen
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.
Dark Phoenix Dark Phoenix (2019) Character: Erik Lensherr / Magneto
The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey's new abilities to rule the galaxy.
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission (2012) Character: David
The transmission consists primarily of examples of human culture and knowledge, including geometric renderings, language data, mathematical formulae, footage of various Earth environments and examples of music, art, fashion, technology, dance and social cultures from around the planet and across human history. Interspersed with these more abstract clips is footage of several members of the Prometheus crew preparing for their mission into deep space, either being fitted for their space suits or undergoing rigorous physical training. Among the crew featured are Captain Janek, who is generally disinterested and belligerent, Charlie Holloway, who is cocky and eager to get underway, and David, who is efficient and brief. The video also includes a message from Elizabeth Shaw, who extends a personal greeting the Engineers she hopes will be receiving the transmission and shares her desire to establish contact with extraterrestrial life.
Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed (2016) Character: Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins and amasses lethal skills to take on the oppressive Templar Order.
Jonah Hex Jonah Hex (2010) Character: Burke
Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slew his wife and child.
The Killer The Killer (2023) Character: The Killer
After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
Macbeth Macbeth (2015) Character: Macbeth
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.
Black Bag Black Bag (2025) Character: George Woodhouse
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
Wedding Belles Wedding Belles (2007) Character: Barney
A darkly humorous look at the lives and loves of four modern women, each with their own remarkable, intriguing and often tragic stories.
Inglourious Basterds Inglourious Basterds (2009) Character: LT. Archie Hicox
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
호프 호프 (2026) Character: Ma'veyyo
In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.
A Dangerous Method A Dangerous Method (2011) Character: Carl Jung
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
Angel Angel (2007) Character: Esmé
Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.
Alien: Covenant Alien: Covenant (2017) Character: David / Walter
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
Centurion Centurion (2010) Character: Centurion Quintus Dias
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Next Goal Wins Next Goal Wins (2023) Character: Thomas Rongen
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
Frank Frank (2014) Character: Frank
A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
300 300 (2007) Character: Stelios
A story very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.
Steve Jobs Steve Jobs (2015) Character: Steve Jobs
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
The Counselor The Counselor (2013) Character: The Counselor
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Kneecap Kneecap (2024) Character: Arló
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
1 1 (2013) Character: Narrator
Set in the golden era of Grand Prix Racing '1' tells the story of a generation of charismatic drivers who raced on the edge, risking their lives during Formula 1's deadliest period, and the men who stood up and changed the sport forever.
The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David (2012) Character: David
An introduction to the 8th generation android, David, who explains what he thinks about and what makes him sad.
Blood Creek Blood Creek (2009) Character: Richard Wirth
A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class (2011) Character: Self
An eight-part behind-the-scenes featurette, charting the film from pre-production through post-production, including visual effects techniques and cataloguing “X-Men” transformations through prosthetic make up and costume design
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos (2017) Character: Walter
A darkly twisted psychological drama, ‘Phobos’ is a short film set before the events of ‘Alien: Covenant’. The film follows the crew of the ill-fated colony ship Covenant, on what amounts to a highly unorthodox job ‘interview’ for their upcoming mission, masterminded by their employer, the Weyland Yutani Corporation.
Goldfish Goldfish (2008) Character: Christian
Two couples, in the same room, try to keep it together. The human couple fare differently to the pair of Goldfish in their fish tank. An artful piece exploring choice in life and love. The humour is derived from the wistful musings, in Cantonese, of the male fish and narrator.
Haywire Haywire (2011) Character: Paul
A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.
The Snowman The Snowman (2017) Character: Harry Hole
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
The Light Between Oceans The Light Between Oceans (2016) Character: Tom Sherbourne
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
Eden Lake Eden Lake (2008) Character: Steve
When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.
Prometheus Prometheus (2012) Character: David
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Character: Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Alien: Paradise Alien: Paradise (2017) Character: David
Paradise is an editing project combining Prometheus and Alien: Covenant into a single, David-centric narrative. The goal was to intercut material from both films to tell a story in a way that favors the strengths of both. With a runtime of about 2.5 hours, it aims to enhance much of the excitement and mystery from the two films by unfolding them in parallel and playing them off one-another. Edit made by Job Willins
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus (2012) Character: Self
An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," featuring cast and crew interviews, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. Released on the 4-disc Collector's Edition Blu-ray set.
X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class (2011) Character: Erik Lehnsherr
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special X-Men: First Class 35mm Special (2012) Character: Self
TV special about the making of "X-Men: First Class".



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