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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

Irish actor


Birthday
Saturday
He is born 46 years, 11 months and 26 days ago
Birthplace
Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality: irish Irlande
Categorie
Actors
Birth sign: Aries
Chinese birth sign: Snake
Height

183 cm

Borne the same day: 04/2/1977
Stéphanie Renouvin

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Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German-Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four BAFTA 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.

Fassbender made his feature film debut in 300 (2006). Early roles include in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–2005). He first came to prominence for playing Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include in Fish Tank (2009), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Jane Eyre (2011) and A Dangerous Method (2011). Fassbender gained mainstream success for playing Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto in X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), 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 and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Award. His portrayal of Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave (2013) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in The Counselor (2013), Frank (2014), Macbeth (2015) and Steve Jobs (2015). Fassbender received another Academy Award nomination for playing the title role in the latter. After a hiatus, he starred in the action thriller film The Killer (2023).

Fassbender began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. As of 2023, he races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton Competition. He has been married to Swedish actress Alicia Vikander since 2017.

Source : Wikipedia