Michael Fassbender filmography

Michael Fassbender is a German-Irish actor who made his screen debut in the 2001 war drama miniseries Band of Brothers as Burton Christenson.^[1] Fassbender followed this with a number of television roles including a German motorcycle courier in the drama Hearts and Bones (2001),^[2] Guy Fawkes in the miniseries Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004), Lt. Harry Colebourn in the film A Bear Named Winnie (2004), and Azazeal in the series Hex (2004–05). He made his film debut playing a Spartan soldier in Zack Snyder's 300 (2007).^[3][4]

Fassbender at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival

In 2008, Fassbender portrayed Irish republican Bobby Sands during the events of the 1981 Irish hunger strike in Steve McQueen's historical drama Hunger.^[5] His performance garnered him the Best Actor award at the British Independent Film Awards, and the Irish Film and Television Awards.^[6][7]

Fassbender appeared as a British soldier in Quentin Tarantino-directed film Inglourious Basterds (2009). In 2011, he played Carl Jung in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, and a man suffering with sex addiction in McQueen's Shame.^[8] His performance in the latter earned him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.^[8] In the same year he appeared in superhero film X-Men: First Class as young Magneto. In 2013, Fassbender reteamed with McQueen on the period drama 12 Years a Slave. For his role as a slave owner in the film he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[9]

In 2014, he reprised his role as Magneto in the superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past which grossed a box-office total of over $747 million—his highest grossing release as of September 2019.^[10] In 2015, he appeared as the title character in Justin Kurzel's film adaptation of the play Macbeth. In the same year, Fassbender's portrayal of Steve Jobs in Danny Boyle's eponymous film garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.^[11]

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
2007	300	Stelios		[12]
	Angel	Esmé		[13]
2008	Hunger	Bobby Sands		[14]
	Eden Lake	Steve		[15]
2009	Blood Creek	Richard Wirth		[16]
	Fish Tank	Connor		[17]
	Inglourious Basterds	Lt. Archie Hicox		[18]
	Man on a Motorcycle	Man on a Motorcycle	Short film	[19]
2010	Centurion	Quintus Dias		[20]
	Jonah Hex	Burke		[21]
2011	Jane Eyre	Edward Fairfax Rochester		[22]
	X-Men: First Class	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto[a]		[23]
	A Dangerous Method	Carl Jung		[24]
	Shame	Brandon Sullivan		[25]
	Pitch Black Heist	Michael	Short film; also executive producer	[26][27]
	Haywire	Paul		[28]
2012	Prometheus	David8		[29]
2013	12 Years a Slave	Edwin Epps		[30]
	The Counselor	Counselor		[31]
	1	Narrator	Documentary	[32]
2014	Frank	Frank		[33]
	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto[a]		[34]
2015	Slow West	Silas Selleck	Also executive producer	[35]
	Macbeth	Macbeth		[36]
	Steve Jobs	Steve Jobs		[37]
2016	X-Men: Apocalypse	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto[a]		[38]
	The Light Between Oceans	Tom Sherbourne		[39]
	Trespass Against Us	Chad Cutler		[40][41]
	Assassin's Creed	Callum Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha[b]	Producer	[42][43][44]
2017	Song to Song	Cook		[45]
	Alien: Covenant	David8 / Walter One[b]		[46]
	The Snowman	Harry Hole		[47]
2019	X-Men: Dark Phoenix	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto[a]		[48]
2023	The Killer	The Killer		[49]
	Next Goal Wins	Thomas Rongen		[50]
2024	Kneecap	Arlo Ó Cairealláin		[51]
2025	Black Bag	George Woodhouse		[52]
2026	Hope †		Post-production	[53]
TBA	Kung Fury 2 †	Colt Magnum	Completed	[54]

Television

Key

†	Denotes titles that have not yet been released

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2001	Band of Brothers	Burton Christenson		[1]
	Hearts and Bones	Hermann	3 episodes	[2][55]
2002	NCS: Manhunt	Jack Silver		[2]
	Holby City	Christian Connolly	Episode: "Ghosts"	[2]
2003	Carla	Rob	Television film	[2]
2004	Gunpowder, Treason & Plot	Guy Fawkes		[56]
	Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder	Charles Bravo		[57]
	A Bear Named Winnie	Lt. Harry Colebourn		[58][59]
	Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking	Charles Allen		[60]
2004–2005	Hex	Azazeal		[61]
2005	Murphy's Law	Caz Miller	5 episodes	[62]
	Our Hidden Lives	German POW	Television film	[63]
	William and Mary	Lukasz	Episode #3.3	[64]
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	George Abernethie	Episode: "After the Funeral"	[63]
	Trial & Retribution	Douglas Nesbitt	2 episodes	[65]
2007	Wedding Belles	Barney	Television film	[66][67]
2008	The Devil's Whore	Thomas Rainsborough		[68]
2019–present	Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans	Self	Documentary series	[69]
2024	The Agency	Brandon 'Martian' Cunningham	Also executive producer	[70][71]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2010	Fable III	Logan (voice)	[72]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Michael Fassbender

Notes

1. Fassbender plays a character known by two different names in this film
2. Fassbender plays two different characters in this film