Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

actor, producer, executive

Michael Fassbender was born on Apr 02, 1977 in West Germany. Michael Fassbender's big-screen debut came with Hearts and Bones - Season 2 directed by Tom Shankland in 2001, strarring Hermann. Michael Fassbender is known for Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing directed by Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender stars as David and Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth Shaw. Michael Fassbender has got 78 awards and 152 nominations so far. The most recent award Michael Fassbender achieved is Houston Film Critics Society Awards. The upcoming new movie Michael Fassbender plays is Kung Fury 2 which will be released on Nov 17, 2023.

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 Inglourious Basterds (2009). In 2011, Fassbender debuted as the Marvel antihero Magneto in the prequel X-Men : Le Commencement (2011); he would go on to share the role with Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Also in 2011, Fassbender's performance as a sex addict in Shame (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 12 Years a Slave (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, Cartel (2013). In 2015, he portrayed Steve Jobs (2015) in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic of the same name, and played Macbeth (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.

  • Birthday

    Apr 02, 1977
  • Place of Birth

    Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
  • Also known

    Michael John Edward Fassbender, Майкл Фассбендер, マイケル・ファスベンダー, 마이클 패스벤더, مايكل فاسبندر, ไมเคิล ฟาสเบนเดอร์, 麥可·法斯賓達, Μάικλ Φασμπέντερ

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Awards

78 wins & 152 nominations

Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2016
Best Actor
Winner - HFCS Award
2011
Best Actor
Winner - HFCS Award
Iowa Film Critics Awards
2016
Best Actor
Winner - IFC Award
2014
Best Supporting Actor
Winner - IFC Award
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