Cast & creator
Michael Fassbender
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Michael John Edward Fassbender
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Filmography (99)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Agatha Christie's Poirot
George Abernethie
1989
Leute heute
Self
1997
Top Gear
Self
2002
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Band of Brothers
Burton P. (Pat) Christenson
2001
Hope
Ma'veyyo
2026
The Agency
Brandon 'Martian' Colby / Paul Lewis
2024The Agency
Executive Producer
2024
Alien: Covenant
David / Walter
2017
Inglourious Basterds
LT. Archie Hicox
2009
Late Night Berlin
Self
2018
Black Bag
George Woodhouse
2025Black Bag
Associate Producer
2025
X-Men: Apocalypse
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
2016
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Erik Lehnsherr
2014
Dark Phoenix
Erik Lensherr / Magneto
2019
12 Years a Slave
Edwin Epps
2013
Prometheus
David
2012
The Snowman
Harry Hole
2017
300
Stelios
2007
The Counselor
The Counselor
2013
Murphy's Law
Caz Miller
2001
The Killer
The Killer
2023
Hex
Azazeal
2004
Next Goal Wins
Thomas Rongen
2023
Shame
Brandon
2011
Haywire
Paul
2011
Eden Lake
Steve
2008
The Light Between Oceans
Tom Sherbourne
2016
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
2015
Assassin's Creed
Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha
2016Assassin's Creed
Producer
2016
Jonah Hex
Burke
2010
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
2011
Centurion
Centurion Quintus Dias
2010
A Dangerous Method
Carl Jung
2011
LifeHack
Executive Producer
2026
Hunger
Bobby Sands
2008
The Devil's Whore
Thomas Rainsborough
2008
Movies with Ali Plumb
Self
2016
Song to Song
Cook
2017
William and Mary
Lukasz
2003
Kneecap
Arló
2024
Scrapper
Executive Producer
2023
The Kitchen
Executive Producer
2023
Trespass Against Us
Chad Cutler
2016
Slow West
Silas
2015Slow West
Executive Producer
2015
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Charles Bravo
2004
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
Guy Fawkes
2004
Calm with Horses
Executive Producer
2020
Macbeth
Macbeth
2015
Fish Tank
Connor O'Reily
2009Kennedy
Joe Kennedy Sr.
Frank
Frank
2014
Blood Creek
Richard Wirth
2009
A Bear Named Winnie
Harry Colebourn
2004
Kung Fury 2
Colt Magnum
The Origin of the World
Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans
Self
2019
Angel
Esmé
2007The Arrival
Producer
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self
2011
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Self
2012
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Self
2012
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Charles Allen
2004Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Self
2014
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Walter
2017
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Narrator
2013
Wedding Belles
Barney
2007Gina Carano in Training
2012
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Self
2014Our Hidden Lives
B. Charles
2005Man on a Motorcycle
Man on a Motorcycle
2009
Carla
Rob
2003SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT
Self
2015
This Is the Winter
Executive Producer
2019
Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages
David
2017
Good Thanks, You?
Executive Producer
2020
X-Men: First Class
Erik Lehnsherr
2011
Pitch Black Heist
Michael
2012Pitch Black Heist
Executive Producer
2012Zero
Executive Producer
2015
Road to Le Mans – The Film
Self
2023
Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender
2015
Love Pool
Executive Producer
2019Things I Notice, Things You See
Tom
2003Entering Hades
Jack Unterweger
Karavidhe
Executive Producer
2024
Goldfish
Christian
2008