Biography
Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
Born in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney, Fassbender made his feature film debut as a Spartan warrior in the fantasy war epic 300 (2006). 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 (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include 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 Ridley Scott's 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.
The actor’s former girlfriend, Sunawin “Leasi” Andrews, says she was the victim of domestic abuse at the hands of Fassbender in 2009. Andrews filed a restraining order in March 2010, requesting Fassbender stay at least 100 yards away from her and her two children. She also sought $24,000 to pay for medical bills that were the result of the injuries she says she suffered after Fassbender abused her on multiple occasions.
One instance of abuse allegedly occurred after Fassbender and Andrews were having dinner with friends at a restaurant. The court filings say Fassbender became angry with Andrews after one of her ex-boyfriends came over to their table to say hello. The actor’s anger carried over to the car ride home.
“I went to the hospital and had a twisted left ankle, blown out left knee cap and a bursted ovarian cyst,” Andrews’ filing reads. “Lots of internal bleeding.”
A second instance of abuse reportedly occurred at a July 2009 film festival. Fassbender had been partying late and came back to his hotel room with a friend and the two tried to get into bed with Andrews. She says she ended up checking into another room so she could avoid the two men. The next morning Andrews found Fassbender “sleeping in urine” and when she tried to wake him up, he allegedly threw her over a chair and broke her nose.
Filmography
all 92
Movies 72
TV Shows 20
self 16
Producer 7
Narrator 1
Kneecap (2024)
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film (2023)
Next Goal Wins (2023)
The Killer (2023)
The Kitchen (2023)
Scrapper (2023)
Calm with Horses (2020)
Love Pool (2019)
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans (2019)
This Is the Winter (2019)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Mister Police (2019)
Late Night Berlin (2018)
The Snowman (2017)
Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent (2017)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos (2017)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing (2017)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages (2017)
Song to Song (2017)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter (2017)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2017)
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Trespass Against Us (2016)
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Take Flight (2015)
SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT (2015)
Steve Jobs (2015)
Macbeth (2015)
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender (2015)
Zero (2015)
Slow West (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Frank (2014)
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014)
The Counselor (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
1 (2013)
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus (2012)
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special (2012)
Prometheus (2012)
Gina Carano in Training (2012)
Pitch Black Heist (2012)
Haywire (2011)
Shame (2011)
A Dangerous Method (2011)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Jonah Hex (2010)
Centurion (2010)
Man on a Motorcycle (2009)
Blood Creek (2009)
Fish Tank (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Devil's Whore (2008)
Eden Lake (2008)
Hunger (2008)
Goldfish (2008)
Wedding Belles (2007)
300 (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Angel (2007)
Our Hidden Lives (2005)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
Hex (2004)
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder (2004)
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
Carla (2003)
Things I Notice, Things You See (2003)
William and Mary (2003)
Murphy's Law (2001)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Hearts and Bones (2000)
Trial & Retribution (1997)
Leute heute (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
Kulturzeit (1995)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
The Department
Night Boat to Tangier
Kung Fury 2
Hope
Black Bag
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1977-04-02 (47 years old)
Birth PlaceHeidelberg, Germany
SpouseAlicia Vikander
ChildrenMark Fassbender
CitizenshipsGermany, Republic of Ireland
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known AsМайкл 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, Michael John Edward Fassbender, מייקל פסבנדר, 迈克尔·法斯宾德
AwardsOrder of Innisfallen, Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor, Volpi Cup for Best Actor
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