Michael Fassbender
Biography
Michael Fassbender is a German and Irish actor and producer who trained at the Drama Centre London before making his feature debut in the fantasy action film 300. He first drew notice as Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), then appeared in Fish Tank and Inglourious Basterds (2009). His breakout year, 2011, brought Jane Eyre, A Dangerous Method and Shame, which won him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He played Magneto across the X-Men series from 2011 to 2019 and the android David in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017). His work in 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Steve Jobs (2015) earned Academy Award nominations for supporting and lead actor. After a four-year acting hiatus spent racing cars, he returned in The Killer (2023) and Black Bag (2025).
49years old
Turns 50 on April 2in 171 days
- Born Heidelberg
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Fassy
Movie Career
- Films
- 39
- Career span
- 21 years2004 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
Fassbender portrayed Steve Jobs, the late Apple founder and CEO, in the Danny Boyle film Steve Jobs. Shooting started in San Francisco in January 2015, and he joined the project after Christian Bale dropped out.
Early training
Fassbender dropped out of the Drama Centre London in 1999 and toured with the Oxford Stage Company in a production of Three Sisters.
First role
Fassbender's first screen role was Pat Christenson in Band of Brothers, the award-winning television miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg that aired in 2001.
A first
In 2015, Fassbender was cast as Harry Hole in The Snowman, an adaptation of Jo Nesbo's novel. He became the first actor to ever play that character.
Michael Fassbender movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ridley Scott directed four of these films, Steve McQueen three and Bryan Singer two. Three actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James McAvoy's page
Nicholas Hoult's page
Jennifer Lawrence's page
Katherine Waterston's page
Sean Harris's page
Kodi Smit-McPhee's page
All films by Ridley Scott
All films by Steve McQueen
All films by Bryan Singer
Also three films together1 more actor
- Evan PetersDark Phoenix (2019), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michael Fassbender's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$4.1 billion
31 of the 39 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 39 films: 31 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 31Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 80% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$748M18.1% of the total
- 2$544M13.2% of the total
- 3$456M11.0% of the total
- 4$403M9.8% of the total
- 5$354M8.5% of the total
- 6$321M7.8% of the total
- 7$252M6.1% of the total
- 8$241M5.8% of the total
$816 millionfrom the other 23 films with a worldwide figure, 20% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| 2011 | Volpi Cup for Best Actor | Shame | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2011 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor | Won | |
| Order of Innisfallen | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.