Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender is one of those rare actors who makes you feel slightly uncomfortable in the best possible way — he's so committed to every role that you almost forget you're watching a performance. Born in Germany, raised in Ireland, he brings this dual European intensity that Hollywood doesn't quite know what to do with, and honestly that tension is part of what makes him magnetic. His work as Brandon in Shame (which earned him the Volpi Cup at Venice in 2011) is genuinely one of the bravest male performances of the 2000s, and his Steve Jobs and Macbeth back-to-back in 2015 proved he could carry any register, any genre. Two Oscar nominations and somehow no win yet — which tells you everything about how unpredictable awards season can be. Guy's a serious talent and I hope he keeps swinging for material this challenging.

Name (English)

Michael Fassbender

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ファスベンダー

Reading

まいける・ふぁすべんだー

Born

April 2, 1977 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Occupation

film actor / stage actor / film producer / television actor / actor

University

St. Brendan's College, Killarney

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Volpi Cup for Best Actor
• 2011 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor
• Order of Innisfallen

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.michaelfassbender.org
• Xhttps://x.com/mfonline
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Baden-Württemberg
• film actor
• stage actor
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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