As of 2023, he races in the European Le Mans Series, driving for Proton Competition. For portraying the title role in the later, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.įassbender began competing in auto racing in 2017 with the Ferrari Challenge. He also starred in The Counselor (2013), Frank (2014), Macbeth (2015), and Steve Jobs (2015). His role as slave owner Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave (2013) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Subsequent roles include in Fish Tank (2009), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Jane Eyre (2011), A Dangerous Method (2011), Prometheus (2012) and its sequel, Alien: Covenant (2017), Fassbender gained mainstream success for his role as the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto in X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016).įor his portrayal as 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. He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Early roles include in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–05). įassbender made his feature film debut in 300 (2006). In 2020, he was listed at number nine on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

He is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor.

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