Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish-German actor and
racing driver. His feature film debut was in the fantasy war epic 300
(2007) as a Spartan warrior; his earlier roles included various stage
productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the
HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama
Hex (2004â€"05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA
activist Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British
Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include in the independent
film Fish Tank (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in Inglourious
Basterds (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of
Jane Eyre, as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method (2011), as the sentient
android David 8 in Prometheus (2012) and its sequel, Alien: Covenant
(2017), and in the musical comedy-drama Frank (2014) as an eccentric
musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom.In 2011, Fassbender
debuted as the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto in X-Men: First
Class, and went on to share the role with Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days
of Future Past (2014), before reprising it again in X-Men: Apocalypse
(2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). Also in 2011, Fassbender's performance
as a sex addict in Shame earned him 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 the slavery
epic 12 Years a Slave was similarly praised, earning him his first
Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2013, Fassbender
appeared in another Ridley Scott film, The Counselor. In 2015, he
portrayed the title role in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic Steve Jobs
(2015), and played Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William
Shakespeare's play. For the former, he received Academy Award, BAFTA,
Golden Globe and SAG nominations. In 2015, he produced the western
Slow West, in which he also starred. In 2020, he was listed at number
9 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.Fassbender
began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. He
currently races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton
Competition.
racing driver. His feature film debut was in the fantasy war epic 300
(2007) as a Spartan warrior; his earlier roles included various stage
productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the
HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama
Hex (2004â€"05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA
activist Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British
Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include in the independent
film Fish Tank (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in Inglourious
Basterds (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of
Jane Eyre, as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method (2011), as the sentient
android David 8 in Prometheus (2012) and its sequel, Alien: Covenant
(2017), and in the musical comedy-drama Frank (2014) as an eccentric
musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom.In 2011, Fassbender
debuted as the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto in X-Men: First
Class, and went on to share the role with Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days
of Future Past (2014), before reprising it again in X-Men: Apocalypse
(2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). Also in 2011, Fassbender's performance
as a sex addict in Shame earned him 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 the slavery
epic 12 Years a Slave was similarly praised, earning him his first
Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2013, Fassbender
appeared in another Ridley Scott film, The Counselor. In 2015, he
portrayed the title role in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic Steve Jobs
(2015), and played Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William
Shakespeare's play. For the former, he received Academy Award, BAFTA,
Golden Globe and SAG nominations. In 2015, he produced the western
Slow West, in which he also starred. In 2020, he was listed at number
9 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.Fassbender
began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. He
currently races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton
Competition.
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