Michael Fassbender
02 April, 1977
| 1.83 m
Actor
Producer
Executive
Biography
Michael Fassbender is an Irish actor who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when he was two years old. His parents ran a restaurant (his father is a chef).Fassbender is based in London, England, and became known in the U.S. after his role in the Quentin Tarantino's Bękarty wojny (2009). In 2011, Fassbender debuted as the Marvel antihero Magneto in the prequel X-Men: Pierwsza klasa (2011); he would go on to share the role with Ian McKellen in X-Men: Przeszłość, która nadejdzie (2014). Also in 2011, Fassbender's performance as a sex addict in Wstyd (2011) received critical acclaim. He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. In 2013, his role as slave owner Edwin Epps in slavery epic Zniewolony (2013) was similarly praised, earning him his first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. 12 Years a Slave marked Fassbender's third collaboration with Steve McQueen, who also directed Hunger and Shame. In 2013, Fassbender appeared in another Ridley Scott film, Adwokat (2013). In 2015, he portrayed Steve Jobs (2015) in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic of the same name, and played Makbet (2015) in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. For the former, he has received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor. As well as acting, Fassbender produced the 2015 western Slow West (2015), which he also starred in.
Movies
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
In the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.
Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
In the 1980s, the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive by bringing destruction to the world.
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.
Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to have to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.
A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
When a couple goes to a remote lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize them, and a weekend outing becomes a battle for survival.
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.
A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.
Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.
Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.