Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender

1977-04-02 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany [now Germany] 80 Credits

Biography

Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 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. Born in Germany to a mother from Northern Ireland and a German father, Fassbender moved to Ireland at age two. He made his feature film debut in 300 (2006). Early roles include in the HBO miniseries ...

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Black Bag

Black Bag

2025

as George Woodhouse

6.3
Acting

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whet...

Black Bag

Black Bag

2025

Associate Producer

6.3
Producing

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whet...

Karavidhe

Karavidhe

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

After a day's work doesn't end as planned, Dee finds a creative way of feeding his inexperienced colleague, and entertains them in the process. An imm...

Kneecap

Kneecap

2024

as Arló

7.3
Acting

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no oth...

Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film

Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans – The Film

2023

as Self

8.5
Acting

Road to Le Mans - The Film tells the story of Michael Fassbender’s dream to race against the best teams and drivers in the world at the 24 Hours of Le...

Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins

2023

as Thomas Rongen

6.4
Acting

Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

The Killer

The Killer

2023

as The Killer

6.6
Acting

After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

The Kitchen

The Kitchen

2023

Executive Producer

4.8
Producing

Izi's close to escaping The Kitchen, one of London's last remaining housing estates. But when young Benji enters his life, he faces some hard decision...

Scrapper

Scrapper

2023

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend A...

Calm with Horses

Calm with Horses

2020

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be...

Love Pool

Love Pool

2019

Executive Producer

Producing

After leaving a dinner party with his loved up friends, a single man has a chance encounter with a mystery woman that changes his view of love forever...

QT8: The First Eight

QT8: The First Eight

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

This Is the Winter

This Is the Winter

2019

Executive Producer

Producing

2023 – A separatist movement has ignited civil war in the North of England. The UK government has built a wall dividing the country to protect the peo...

Dark Phoenix

Dark Phoenix

2019

as Erik Lensherr / Magneto

6.0
Acting

The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in ou...

The Snowman

The Snowman

2017

as Harry Hole

5.2
Acting

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent

Alien: Covenant - Epilogue: Advent

2017

as David (voice)

5.6
Acting

Advent is a sequel to Alien: Covenant in which David sends a transmission from the Covenant to Weyland-Yutani on Earth, elaborating upon the genetic e...

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos

2017

as Walter

6.6
Acting

A darkly twisted psychological drama, ‘Phobos’ is a short film set before the events of ‘Alien: Covenant’. The film follows the crew of the ill-fated ...

Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant

2017

as David / Walter

6.2
Acting

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but ...

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing

2017

as David

7.1
Acting

The Crossing, an official prologue short to Alien: Covenant, reveals what happened to crew members Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and the synthetic David after th...

Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages

Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages

2017

as David

9.0
Acting

Before entering hypersleep aboard the USCSS Covenant, several members of the crew record final messages for their loved ones at home. Daniels tells he...

Song to Song

Song to Song

2017

as Cook

5.5
Acting

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook ...

Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter

Alien: Covenant - Meet Walter

2017

as Walter

5.4
Acting

Walter is the world’s most advanced synthetic companion, designed to help you achieve a better human experience. Each model is individually calibrated...

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper

2017

as Walter

6.6
Acting

The official prologue to Alien: Covenant introduces the crew of the mission as they gather for a final meal before entering cryosleep. Set aboard the...

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed

2016

as Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha

5.4
Acting

Through a technology that unlocks the generic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient ...

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed

2016

Producer

5.4
Producing

Through a technology that unlocks the generic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient ...

Trespass Against Us

Trespass Against Us

2016

as Chad Cutler

5.8
Acting

Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest countryside – hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes, and ...

The Light Between Oceans

The Light Between Oceans

2016

as Tom Sherbourne

7.1
Acting

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016

as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

6.5
Acting

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

Take Flight

Take Flight

2015

as Self - Performer

6.5
Acting

2015's best actors lift off in a series of tributes to the ultimate Hollywood magic trick.

SLOW WEST in SUPER EIGHT

2015

as Self

Acting

Footage from the making of the film 'Slow West'

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

2015

as Steve Jobs

6.8
Acting

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital...

Macbeth

Macbeth

2015

as Macbeth

6.5
Acting

Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power...

Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender

Four Photographic Sonatas Starring Michael Fassbender

2015

7.0
Acting

Four-part short starring Irish actor Michael Fassbender.

Zero

2015

Executive Producer

5.6
Producing

A boy and his father are emotionally and physically separated on the day earth intermittently loses gravity.

Slow West

Slow West

2015

as Silas

6.7
Acting

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

Slow West

Slow West

2015

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

2014

as Erik Lehnsherr

7.5
Acting

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an e...

Frank

Frank

2014

as Frank

6.9
Acting

A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Fra...

Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

2014

as Self

5.7
Acting

A 13-segment documentary examining production aspects of "The Counselor."

The Counselor

The Counselor

2013

as The Counselor

5.3
Acting

A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013

as Edwin Epps

7.9
Acting

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well...

1

1

2013

as Narrator

6.6
Acting

Set in the golden era of Grand Prix Racing '1' tells the story of a generation of charismatic drivers who raced on the edge, risking their lives durin...

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

2012

as Self

7.2
Acting

An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," featuring cast and crew interviews, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. Rele...

The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission

The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission

2012

as David

7.0
Acting

The transmission consists primarily of examples of human culture and knowledge, including geometric renderings, language data, mathematical formulae, ...

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special

2012

as Self

6.7
Acting

TV special about the making of "X-Men: First Class".

Prometheus

Prometheus

2012

as David

6.6
Acting

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they ...

Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission

Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission

2012

as David

Acting

Project Prometheus: Mission is a 2012 short film. Created as part of the viral marketing campaign for Prometheus and to promote the interactive Projec...

Gina Carano in Training

2012

8.0
Acting
Pitch Black Heist

Pitch Black Heist

2012

as Michael

6.6
Acting

Liam and Michael are professional safe crackers who meet on a simple job to relieve an office safe from its contents. The catch is a light activated a...

Pitch Black Heist

Pitch Black Heist

2012

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Liam and Michael are professional safe crackers who meet on a simple job to relieve an office safe from its contents. The catch is a light activated a...

The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David

The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David

2012

as David

8.0
Acting

An introduction to the 8th generation android, David, who explains what he thinks about and what makes him sad.

Haywire

Haywire

2011

as Paul

5.7
Acting

A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.

Shame

Shame

2011

as Brandon

6.9
Acting

Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When ...

A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method

2011

as Carl Jung

6.4
Acting

Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s we...

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

2011

8.3
Acting

An eight-part behind-the-scenes featurette, charting the film from pre-production through post-production, including visual effects techniques and cat...

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

2011

as Erik Lehnsherr

7.3
Acting

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. B...

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

2011

as Edward Rochester

7.2
Acting

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...

Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex

2010

as Burke

5.0
Acting

Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unle...

Centurion

Centurion

2010

as Centurion Quintus Dias

6.2
Acting

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Leg...

Man on a Motorcycle

2009

as Man on a Motorcycle

6.0
Acting

Michael Fassbender stars in this 'day in the life' of a London motorcycle courier at breaking point in his profession and his life.

Blood Creek

Blood Creek

2009

as Richard Wirth

5.4
Acting

A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.

Fish Tank

Fish Tank

2009

as Connor O'Reily

6.9
Acting

Fifteen-year-old Mia is in a constant state of war with her family and the world around her. When she meets her party-girl mother’s charming new boyfr...

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

as LT. Archie Hicox

8.2
Acting

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throug...

Eden Lake

Eden Lake

2008

as Steve

6.8
Acting

When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdin...

Hunger

Hunger

2008

as Bobby Sands

7.2
Acting

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political...

Goldfish

Goldfish

2008

as Christian

6.4
Acting

Two couples, in the same room, try to keep it together. The human couple fare differently to the pair of Goldfish in their fish tank. An artful piece ...

Wedding Belles

Wedding Belles

2007

as Barney

5.8
Acting

A darkly humorous look at the lives and loves of four modern women, each with their own remarkable, intriguing and often tragic stories.

300

300

2007

as Stelios

7.2
Acting

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against t...

Angel

Angel

2007

as Esmé

5.5
Acting

Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tast...

Our Hidden Lives

2005

as B. Charles

3.3
Acting

Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the ...

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

2004

as Charles Allen

6.4
Acting

The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr....

A Bear Named Winnie

A Bear Named Winnie

2004

as Harry Colebourn

6.5
Acting

Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is nam...

Carla

Carla

2003

as Rob

3.0
Acting

The meeting of the quiet Helen North and the charismatic Carla on a beautiful Greek island leads to tragic consequences.

Things I Notice, Things You See

2003

as Tom

Acting

The Stage, a launderette. Tom and Maggie meet and flirt, all because of a red thong.

Paris Paramount

Paris Paramount

N/A

Acting

Talented young writer/director, Porter Nash, and brilliant young producer, Reggie Pettipiece, get off to a fantastic Hollywood start: meeting, quickly...

Hope

Hope

N/A

Acting

The largely Korean-language film will follow the residents of Hopo Port, where a mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor to...

Night Boat to Tangier

N/A

as Maurice Hearne

Acting

The movie follows Maurice and Charlie, a colourful pair of gangsters from Ireland. Drug-smugglers, partners with a long history of violence and intert...

Entering Hades

N/A

as Jack Unterweger

Acting

“Entering Hades” is about Jack Unterweger, a celebrated Austrian journalist and best-selling author who led a double life investigating murders by day...

Kung Fury 2

Kung Fury 2

N/A

as Colt Magnum

Acting

1985. Miami is kept safe under the watchful eye of Kung Fury and his Thundercops, the ultimate police force assembled from across history to defeat th...

Night Boat to Tangier

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

The movie follows Maurice and Charlie, a colourful pair of gangsters from Ireland. Drug-smugglers, partners with a long history of violence and intert...