Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish-German actor. He is best known for playing Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Magneto in the superhero film First Class (2011). His other credits include Jane Eyre (2011), the Sky One television series Hex, the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, Zack Snyder's 300 (2007), and the 2008 BAFTA-winning film Hunger.

Background

Fassbender was born in Heidelberg, 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 raised Catholic and served as an altar boy. He attended St. Brendan's, Killarney (The Sem) and Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Early work

Fassbender first played the part...
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