Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender: Biography in Details

Who is Michael Fassbender?

Germany-born Michael Fassbender is a renowned actor in the entertainment industry.

He is an Irish national. Notably, people know him for projects like “Assassin’s Creed,” “Shame,” “Prometheus,” “Band of Brothers,” and others.

Additionally, he is also famous for acting in “X-Men films,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Steve Jobs,” and “12 Years a Slave.”

Michael Fassbender: Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Michael Fassbender was born in Heidelberg in West Germany. He was born on April 2, 1977.

He has a German ethnic background from his father’s side. Similarly, he is Irish from his mother’s side. Although he was born in Germany, he grew up in Ireland. His family is Catholic.

Thus, he grew up in a Catholic family. The name of his mother is Adele. Similarly, his father’s name is Josef Fassbender. Josef worked as a chef in their own restaurant, West End House.

For his education, he went to Fossa National School. Afterward, he enrolled at St. Brendan’s College to pursue further studies.

Later, he got fascinated by acting and joined Drama Centre College in London.

Michael Fassbender: Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Michael Fassbender started his professional acting career in 2001. He acted in an HBO TV series, “Band of Brothers” as Burton Christenson.

The same year he also appeared in three episodes of “Hearts and Bones” as Hermann. Afterward, he acted in many other television shows from 2002 to 2008.

They are “Holby City,” “Hex,” “Murphy’s Law,” “Trial & Retribution,” “The Devil’s Whore,” and others.

In the meantime, he also made his debut in a feature film in 2006. He acted in the epic war-fantasy film, “300” portraying the role of Stelios.

Then he acted in several other films like “Angel,” “Hunger,” “Blood Creek,” “Fish Tank,” and others.

He kept on working hard to get into bigger films. Finally, he joined the cast of the satirical-war film, “Inglourious Basterds” in 2009. This raised him in the spotlight.

He joined the cast of the X-Men series portraying ‘Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto’ in 2011. Michael Fassbender also worked in films like “Shame,” and “Haywire” in 2011.

He played as ‘Counselor’ in the film, “The Counselor” and as ‘Frank’ in “Frank” in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Furthermore, he reprised the role of Magneto in the X-Men sequels in 2014 and 2016. He is all set to reprise the same role in “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” in 2018.

He also played Steve Jobs in Steve Jobs’ biographical drama film in 2015. Some of his other movies are “Assassin’s Creed” in 2016 and “Alien: Covenant” in 2017.

For his performance in “Steve Jobs”, he received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor.

Presently, his salary is not available but his net worth is estimated at around $30 million.

Michael Fassbender: Rumors and Controversy

Michael Fassbender is more of a professional kind of guy. Subsequently, he avoids any media tittle-tattle.

He likes to focus on his work and entertain people via his performance.

Although sometimes critics and media condemn him for a poor film, he is free from any major controversies or criticism.

Michael Fassbender: Body Measurements

Michael Fassbender is a handsome guy with a fit body. His height is around 6 feet. Similarly, his weight is around 79 kg.

While his hair is light brown, his eyes are blue in color.

His chest is 42 inches, his arms 15 inches, and his waist of 30 inches.

Michael Fassbender: Social Media Profile

Michael Fassbender is active on all sorts of social media platforms.

On Twitter, he has more than 40.6k fan followers. Similarly, he has more than 661k and 52.8k followers on Facebook and on Instagram respectively.

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