--- name: "Michael Fassbender" canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-fassbender" fi1m_id: "michael-fassbender" imdb_id: "nm1055413" tmdb_id: 17288 wikidata_id: "Q57147" roles: ["Actor","Producer"] born: "2 April 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 27 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 24 updated: "2026-10-07T14:35:02.560595+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Michael Fassbender ## Identity Michael Fassbender - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-fassbender - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** michael-fassbender - **IMDb ID:** nm1055413 - **TMDB ID:** 17288 - **Wikidata ID:** Q57147 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fassbender, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1055413/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17288 Actor and producer. Born 2 April 1977 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany]. ## Details - **Work:** Actor, Producer - **Born:** 2 April 1977, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany] - **Active:** 2001–present - **Also known as:** Michael John Edward Fassbender - **Titles on Fi1m:** 27: 24 acting, 3 producing - **Frequently works with:** [Bryan Singer](https://film.one/person/bryan-singer.md), [Iain Canning](https://film.one/person/iain-canning.md), [James McAvoy](https://film.one/person/james-mcavoy.md), [Lauren Shuler Donner](https://film.one/person/lauren-shuler-donner.md), [Simon Kinberg](https://film.one/person/simon-kinberg.md), [Steve McQueen](https://film.one/person/steve-mcqueen.md), [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md), [David Giler](https://film.one/person/david-giler.md) - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 24 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (7), 2010s 72 (12), 2020s 71 (8) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 69 across 22 titles - **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 12 at 60–79, 4 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 15 of 22 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 17, Action 5, Science Fiction 5, Thriller 5, Mystery 4, Adventure 3 - **Screen time:** 41 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3,162m across 21 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fassbender, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1055413/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17288 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Inglourious Basterds*](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) (92), [*Kneecap*](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md) (80), [*X-Men: Days of Future Past*](https://film.one/film/x-men-days-of-future-past.md) (78) - **Peacock:** [*Black Bag*](https://film.one/film/black-bag.md) (78), [*Prometheus*](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md) (60), [*Alien: Covenant*](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md) (57) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md) (77), [*Haywire*](https://film.one/film/haywire.md) (74) - **AMC+:** [*Hunger*](https://film.one/film/hunger.md) (86) - **Tubi:** [*Fish Tank*](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md) (85) - **Netflix:** [*Slow West*](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md) (77) - **Paramount+:** [*300*](https://film.one/film/300.md) (52) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Michael Fassbender > Michael Fassbender makes certainty unsettling: even his quietest characters seem difficult to contradict. We rate him most when that control lets us glimpse tenderness or doubt; asked simply to shout, he becomes less interesting. In *Prometheus* (2012), Michael Fassbender’s android David occupies himself on the voyage by cycling around the hold and learning dead languages. He is unfailingly composed, and his good manners become unsettling because nothing seems to surprise him. We were moved by those hobbies, because they made his isolation recognisable. Ridley Scott’s film struggles to make its humans half as interesting. His breakthrough, Steve McQueen’s *Hunger* (2008), had already shown how uncomfortable he could make certainty. As Bobby Sands, he holds to his determination opposite Liam Cunningham’s priest without making it easy to admire him. McQueen’s *Shame* (2011) puts that persistence into Brandon’s pursuit of sex, which Fassbender makes look exhausting from the start. Both films benefit from his willingness to remain difficult company. In their third collaboration, *12 Years a Slave* (2013), his frightening Edwin Epps sometimes advertises his volatility too loudly beside Chiwetel Ejiofor’s restraint. Danny Boyle’s *Steve Jobs* (2015) uses his impatience to keep arguments sharp. He adjusts his pressure to each opponent, though the film sometimes pays too little attention to whoever is being bullied. John Maclean’s *Slow West* (2015) gives his bounty hunter Silas fewer words and Kodi Smit-McPhee’s innocent traveller to look after. His concern for the boy convinces because Silas seems annoyed to feel it. After a four-year acting break, his return in 2023 exposed the limits as well as the uses of that severity. In David Fincher’s *The Killer* (2023), his flat recitation of the hitman’s rules is funny until the repetition wears out the joke. Taika Waititi’s *Next Goal Wins* (2023) needs a looseness he cannot supply. His coach Thomas Rongen shouts, drinks and kicks water bottles, but the effort never becomes comic lightness. Steven Soderbergh’s *Black Bag* (2025) makes better use of him as George Woodhouse, an almost motionless spy with a marriage worth believing in. Soderbergh shoots faces lit from below by screens and cuts briskly, keeping small reactions worth watching. Philip Messina’s dark-wood house suits George’s competence in the kitchen, while David Holmes’s brushed drums keep the talk moving. Blanchett’s larger, amused performance as his wife Kathryn helps make his affection convincing. Start there before deciding he is only good at making people uncomfortable. ## Biography Michael Fassbender is a German-Irish actor. He was born on 2 April 1977 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, and raised in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. He trained at the Drama Centre London. Fassbender first came to prominence with his role as Bobby Sands in *Hunger* (2008). He appeared as Lt. Archie Hicox in *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Paul in *Haywire* (2011), David in *Prometheus* (2012), Edwin Epps in *12 Years a Slave* (2013), and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto in several *X-Men* films. He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for *Shame* (2011) and received Academy Award nominations for *12 Years a Slave* (2013) and *Steve Jobs* (2015). After an eight-year hiatus from acting during which he competed in auto racing, Fassbender returned with roles as The Killer in *The Killer* (2023), Thomas Rongen in *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Arló in *Kneecap* (2024), and George Woodhouse in *Black Bag* (2025). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.* ## On Fi1m (27) ### Performed in (24) — the average rests on these - *Hope* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Ma'veyyo — [page](https://film.one/film/hope.md) - *Black Bag* (2025), Fi1m 78, as George Woodhouse — [page](https://film.one/film/black-bag.md) - *Kneecap* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Arló — [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md) - *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Thomas Rongen — [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md) - *The Killer* (2023), Fi1m 72, as The Killer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killer.md) - *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Fi1m 57, as David / Walter — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md) - *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), Fi1m 48, as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md) - *Macbeth* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Macbeth — [page](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md) - *Slow West* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Silas — [page](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md) - *Steve Jobs* (2015), Fi1m 80, as Steve Jobs — [page](https://film.one/film/steve-jobs.md) - *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), Fi1m 78, as Erik Lehnsherr — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-days-of-future-past.md) - *12 Years a Slave* (2013), Fi1m 91, as Edwin Epps — [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md) - *Prometheus* (2012), Fi1m 60, as David — [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md) - *A Dangerous Method* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Carl Jung — [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md) - *Haywire* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Paul — [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md) - *Jane Eyre* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Edward Rochester — [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md) - *Shame* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Brandon — [page](https://film.one/film/shame.md) - *Fish Tank* (2009), Fi1m 85, as Connor O'Reily — [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md) - *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Fi1m 92, as LT. Archie Hicox — [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) - *Hunger* (2008), Fi1m 86, as Bobby Sands — [page](https://film.one/film/hunger.md) - *The Devil's Whore* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Thomas Rainsborough — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-devils-whore.md) - *300* (2007), Fi1m 52, as Stelios — [page](https://film.one/film/300.md) - *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, as Burton P. (Pat) Christenson — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) - *Murphy's Law* (2001), Fi1m 63, as Caz Miller — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md) ### Produced (3) - *LifeHack* (2026), Fi1m 67, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lifehack.md) - *Scrapper* (2023), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scrapper.md) - *Calm with Horses* (2020), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md) ## Complete filmography (72) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hope* (2026), as Ma'veyyo — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hope.md) - *LifeHack* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/lifehack.md) - *Black Bag* (2025), as George Woodhouse · Associate Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/black-bag.md) - *The Agency* (2024), series, as Brandon 'Martian' Colby / Paul Lewis · Executive Producer - *Karavidhe* (2024), Executive Producer - *Kneecap* (2024), as Arló — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md) - *Next Goal Wins* (2023), as Thomas Rongen — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md) - *The Killer* (2023), as The Killer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killer.md) - *The Kitchen* (2023), Executive Producer - *Scrapper* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/scrapper.md) - *Good Thanks, You?* (2020), Executive Producer - *Calm with Horses* (2020), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md) - *Love Pool* (2019), Executive Producer - *This Is the Winter* (2019), Executive Producer - *Dark Phoenix* (2019), as Erik Lensherr / Magneto - *The Snowman* (2017), as Harry Hole - *Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos* (2017), as Walter - *Alien: Covenant* (2017), as David / Walter — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md) - *Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages* (2017), as David - *Song to Song* (2017), as Cook - *Assassin's Creed* (2016), as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha · Producer - *Trespass Against Us* (2016), as Chad Cutler - *The Light Between Oceans* (2016), as Tom Sherbourne - *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md) - *Steve Jobs* (2015), as Steve Jobs — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/steve-jobs.md) - *Macbeth* (2015), as Macbeth — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md) - *Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender* (2015), Actor - *Zero* (2015), Executive Producer - *Slow West* (2015), as Silas · Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md) - *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), as Erik Lehnsherr — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-days-of-future-past.md) - *Frank* (2014), as Frank - *The Counselor* (2013), as The Counselor - *12 Years a Slave* (2013), as Edwin Epps — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md) - *1* (2013), as Narrator - *Prometheus* (2012), as David — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md) - *Gina Carano in Training* (2012), Actor - *Pitch Black Heist* (2012), as Michael · Executive Producer - *Haywire* (2011), as Paul — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md) - *Shame* (2011), as Brandon — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shame.md) - *A Dangerous Method* (2011), as Carl Jung — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md) - *X-Men: First Class* (2011), as Erik Lehnsherr - *Jane Eyre* (2011), as Edward Rochester — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md) - *Jonah Hex* (2010), as Burke - *Centurion* (2010), as Centurion Quintus Dias - *Man on a Motorcycle* (2009), as Man on a Motorcycle - *Blood Creek* (2009), as Richard Wirth - *Fish Tank* (2009), as Connor O'Reily — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md) - *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), as LT. Archie Hicox — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) - *The Devil's Whore* (2008), series, as Thomas Rainsborough — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-devils-whore.md) - *Eden Lake* (2008), as Steve - *Hunger* (2008), as Bobby Sands — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hunger.md) - *Goldfish* (2008), as Christian - *Wedding Belles* (2007), as Barney - *300* (2007), as Stelios — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/300.md) - *Angel* (2007), as Esmé - *Our Hidden Lives* (2005), as B. Charles - *Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking* (2004), as Charles Allen - *A Bear Named Winnie* (2004), as Harry Colebourn - *Hex* (2004), series, as Azazeal - *Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder* (2004), series, as Charles Bravo - *Gunpowder, Treason & Plot* (2004), series, as Guy Fawkes - *Carla* (2003), as Rob - *Things I Notice, Things You See* (2003), as Tom - *William and Mary* (2003), series, as Lukasz - *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Caz Miller — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md) - *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Burton P. (Pat) Christenson — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) - *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as George Abernethie — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) - *Entering Hades*, as Jack Unterweger - *Kennedy*, series, as Joe Kennedy Sr. - *The Origin of the World*, Actor - *Kung Fury 2*, as Colt Magnum - *The Arrival*, Producer ## Gallery - ![Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-e3be4e1e4016.jpg) Michael Fassbender — Ondine Goat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Michael_Fassbender_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival_%283%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Fassbender_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![P1040029 (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-b26861d09811.jpg) P1040029 (2013) — aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/12_Years_a_Slave_NYFF_%281%29.jpg/1280px-12_Years_a_Slave_NYFF_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-52d6d2b6909e.jpg) Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Alicia_Vikander_and_Michael_Fassbender_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-3.jpg/1280px-Alicia_Vikander_and_Michael_Fassbender_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cast of X-men Apocalypse at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International. (Top:Bottom: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas ](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-afce675570ce.jpg) Cast of X-men Apocalypse at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International. (Top:Bottom: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Cast_of_X-Men_Apocalypse.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_X-Men_Apocalypse.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-aa21fc667dcf.jpg) Michael Fassbender — Image via TMDB - ![Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-b8998a171449.jpg) Michael Fassbender — Image via TMDB - ![Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-1dd392457dfd.jpg) Michael Fassbender — Image via TMDB - ![FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2021 Nr. 911 Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-3388ebe0c71f.jpg) FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2021 Nr. 911 Fassbender — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/FIA_Porsche_Supercup_Austria_2021_Nr._911_Fassbender.jpg/1280px-FIA_Porsche_Supercup_Austria_2021_Nr._911_Fassbender.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2021 Nr. 911 Fassbender (back)](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-3ea5441349ff.jpg) FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2021 Nr. 911 Fassbender (back) — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/FIA_Porsche_Supercup_Austria_2021_Nr._911_Fassbender_%28back%29.jpg/1280px-FIA_Porsche_Supercup_Austria_2021_Nr._911_Fassbender_%28back%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-e41807ed0d99.jpg) Michael Fassbender — Image via TMDB - ![Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-185e6843ea7c.jpg) Michael Fassbender — Image via TMDB - ![Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/media/person/217/gallery-0f52675f305e.jpg) Michael Fassbender — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 2016: Best Actor (nominated), for *Steve Jobs* - 2014: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *12 Years a Slave* ### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated - European Film Award for Best Actor 2012: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Shame* - Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor 2011: Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor (won) - Volpi Cup for Best Actor 2011: Volpi Cup for Best Actor (won), for *Shame* - European Film Award for Best Actor 2008: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Hunger* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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