Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish-German actor. He is known for having played Lt. Archie Hicox in the war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), directed by Quentin Tarantino; and Magneto in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011).
[>>]Source: WikipediaMichael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish-German actor. He is known for having played Lt. Archie Hicox in the war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), directed by Quentin Tarantino; and Magneto in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011).
His other credits include the fantasy action film 300 (2007); the drama film Fish Tank (2009); the romantic drama film Jane Eyre (2011); the historical film A Dangerous Method (2011), directed by David Cronenberg, in which he plays psychologist Carl Jung; as well as the biographical film Hunger (2008) and the drama film Shame (2011), both directed by Steve McQueen. For his role in Shame, he won the Volpi Cup best-actor award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival held in August 2011.
Fassbender stars in the upcoming science-fiction film, Prometheus, directed by Ridley Scott, scheduled for release in June 2012.
Early life and education
He was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany). His mother, Adele, is Irish and a native of Larne, County Antrim, and his father, Josef Fassbender, is German. According to Fassbender's "family lore", his mother is the great-great-niece of Michael Collins, an Irish leader during the War of Independence.
When he was two years old, his parents moved to Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, where they ran West End House, a restaurant where his father worked as a chef. Fassbender was brought up as a Roman Catholic and served as an altar boy.
He attended St. Brendan's, Killarney (The Sem) and the Drama Centre in North London.
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