MICHAEL FASSBENDER

BACKGROUND

• Born in Heidelberg, Germany on 2 April 1977.
• He moved to Killarney at the age of 2.
• He moved to London at the age of 19 to study at the Drama Centre London.
• In 1999 he dropped out of the Drama Centre and began touring with the Oxford Stage Company.

EARLY ACTING CAREER

• The first feature film Fassbender starred in was 300 (2006) where he plays a young Spartan soldier named Stelios.

EARLY ACTING CAREER

• The first television show Fassbender starred in was Hearts and Bones (2001).

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

• Fassbender has never won an Oscar a Golden Globe or a BAFTA Award.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

• He was nominated for best actor at the Golden Globes, Oscars and BAFTAs for Steve Jobs.
• He was nominated for best actor at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs for Shame.
• He was nominated for best supporting actor at the Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTAs for 12 Years a Slave.

UPCOMING MOVIES

• Assassins Creed (2016)
• Weightless (2017)
• Alien: Covenant (2017)
• The Snowman (2017)

CURRENT LIFE

• Fassbender currently lives in Hackney, London where he has lived since 1996.
• He is still a Catholic like when he was a child.
• He is in a relationship with Swedish actress Alicia Vikander who he met on the set of The Light Between Oceans (2014).

RANDOM FACTS

• His nickname as a kid was Fassy.
• He was an alter boy.
• He realised he wanted to be an actor when he was 17.

FAMOUS ROLES

• X-Men Franchise (Eric Lehnsherr/Magneto)
• Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs)
• Inglorious Basterds (Archie Hicox)
• MacBeth (MacBeth)