Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German-Irish actor and producer. His first screen role was the 2001 television miniseries Band of Brothers. He then worked on a number of TV productions through the 2000s. His notable film roles include Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), Magneto in the superhero films X-Men: First Class (2011) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), the android David in the Ridley Scott-directed science fiction movie Prometheus (2012), and slave owner Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave (2013), a historical drama that earned him a 2014 Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other film credits include a Spartan warrior in the fantasy action film 300 (2007); Connor O'Reily, a man who is attracted to his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter, in the independent drama Fish Tank (2009); Edward Fairfax Rochester in the romantic drama Jane Eyre (2011); Carl Jung in the historical film A Dangerous Method (2011); IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in the biographical film Hunger (2008), and a sex-addicted executive in the drama Shame (2011), the latter two 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 and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA. He has also performed as a theatre actor.