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'''Michael Fassbender''' (born April 2, 1977) is a German-born Irish actor. He is probably best known to international audiences for playing Lt. Archie Hicox in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''. His other credits include playing [[Azazeal]] in the [[Sky One]] [[television series]] ''[[Hex (TV series)|Hex]]'', ''[[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'', [[Zack Snyder]]'s epic film ''[[300 (film)|300]]'' in which he plays Spartan soldier Stēlios and the [[BAFTA]] award winning, 2008 film ''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]'', in which he played [[Bobby Sands]]. |
'''Michael Fassbender''' (born April 2, 1977) is a douce and German-born Irish actor. He is probably best known to international audiences for playing Lt. Archie Hicox in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''. His other credits include playing [[Azazeal]] in the [[Sky One]] [[television series]] ''[[Hex (TV series)|Hex]]'', ''[[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'', [[Zack Snyder]]'s epic film ''[[300 (film)|300]]'' in which he plays Spartan soldier Stēlios and the [[BAFTA]] award winning, 2008 film ''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]'', in which he played [[Bobby Sands]]. |
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 Fassbender (right), Josh Brolin and Megan Fox promoting the 2010 film Jonah Hex at Comic-Con in 2009 | |
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Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 1977) is a douce and German-born Irish actor. He is probably best known to international audiences for playing Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. His other credits include playing Azazeal in the Sky One television series Hex, Band of Brothers, Zack Snyder's epic film 300 in which he plays Spartan soldier Stēlios and the BAFTA award winning, 2008 film Hunger, in which he played Bobby Sands.
Background
Fassbender was born in Heidelberg, Germany. His Irish mother, Adele, is a native of Larne, County Antrim, and his father, Josef Fassbender, is German.[1][2] According to Fassbender's "family lore", his mother is the great-great-niece of Michael Collins, an Irish leader during the War of Independence.[1][3] When he was two years old, his parents moved to Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, where they ran West End House, a restaurant (his father is a chef).[2][1] He attended St. Brendan's, Killarney (The Sem) and the Drama Centre London. 1.85 m tall (roughly 6'1), with blue eyes and light brown hair, Fassbender plays guitar, piano, and accordion and speaks fluent German.
Career
Early work
Fassbender first played the part of Burton 'Pat' Christenson in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's award-winning Band of Brothers. He played the character of Azazeal in both series of Hex on Sky One and he also starred as the main character in the music video for the song 'Blind Pilots' by the British band, The Cooper Temple Clause.
Fassbender played the part of Jonathan Harker in a 10-part radio serialization of Dracula produced by BBC Northern Ireland and broadcast in the Book at Bedtime series between 24 November and 5 December 2003. He was also seen in early 2004 in a Guinness television commercial, The Quarrel, playing a man who swims across the ocean from Ireland to apologize personally to his brother in New York.
During the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Fassbender co-starred with Mel Smith in Allegiance, a play by Mary Kenny based on the meeting between Winston Churchill and Michael Collins while coincidentally his mother is great niece of Collins (whom he played).[4] By many accounts he was riveting on stage.[5] The play was a co-production between the Riverside Studios and London production company Third Man Films. The play was directed by Brian Gilbert and produced by Daniel Jewel. In addition, he has produced, directed and starred in the stage version of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, along with his production company.
He appeared in Angel (UK title: The Real Life of Angel Deverell), about the rise and fall of an eccentric young British writer (played by Romola Garai) in the early 20th century. Fassbender plays her love interest and average painter Esmé. The drama – the first English-language effort by French director François Ozon and based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor – was premiered on 17 February 2007 at the Berlin International Film Festival and on 14 March 2007 in Paris.
Fassbender appears briefly in Wedding Belles as Barney, speaking with a Scottish accent. The film had its premiere on 29 March 2007 on Channel 4 television.[6]
Mainstream success
Fassbender underwent a crash diet to play Irish Republican Army prisoner Bobby Sands, who died during a hunger strike in 1981, in the 2008 film, Hunger. The British-made Channel 4 film was directed by Steve McQueen. Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army; his hunger strike at the north of Ireland's Maze Prison made him a heroic figure among Republican supporters - and he was elected a Member of Parliament while in prison before his death. This film has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Fassbender received the Best Actor award at the British Independent Film Awards.[7]
He had been cast as 'Richard Wirth' in the Joel Schumacher film Blood Creek (formerly Creek and Town Creek), alongside Prison Break star Dominic Purcell. Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, Batman Forever, Phone Booth) signed to direct Blood Creek, the horror movie for Gold Circle and Lionsgate. The story centers on a West Virginia man who comes to terms with his moral qualms and helps his brother wipe out a family that had been protecting a Nazi occultist and who had kept his brother captive for him to feed off of for years. "There is blood in it, but it's not really a vampire movie," Schumacher says. The first part of the film will be set in 1936, at the height of Hitler's power, and the second half will be set during the present day, the theme being "ghosts of the past rising up to confront today's world." Dave Kajganich (The Visiting) wrote the screenplay and shooting has been started in Bucharest, Romania.[8][9][10]
One year after his success at the Cannes Film Festival with Hunger, he appeared in two films. First was Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, in which he played the British officer Lieutenant Archie Hicox. The other film was Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold. For both, he achieved great critical acclaim.
In 2010, he appeared in Jonah Hex and Knockout.[11] He will play Mr. Rochester in the 2011 film Jane Eyre, featuring Mia Wasikowska in the title role, with Cary Joji Fukunaga directing.[12] Fassbender portrayed Quintus Dias in Neil Marshall's War-Thriller-Drama film Centurion.[13] He is now filming A Dangerous Method with director David Cronenberg, where he plays the role based on the Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist Carl Jung, featuring Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel. He has been chosen to play the role of Magneto in X-Men: First Class.[14]
Awards
- Best Actor for Hunger - Chicago International Film Festival 2008 Silver Hugo - Winner
- Best Actor for Hunger- London Critics Circle Film Awards 2009 - Winner
- Best Supporting Actor in television for The Devil's Whore - IFTA 2009 - Nominated
- Best Actor in a Feature Film for Hunger - IFTA 2009 - Winner
- Best Actor for Hunger - BIFA 2009 - Winner
- Best Supporting Actor for Fish Tank - London Critics Circle Film Awards 2010 - Winner
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Inglourious Basterds - 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards - Winner
Filmography
References
- ^ a b c http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3562289/Michael-Fassbender-on-playing-Bobby-Sands-in-Hunger.html
- ^ a b http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2008/0530/1212048820425.html
- ^ http://living.scotsman.com/movies/Interview-Michael-Fassbender--Lean.5536707.jp
- ^ Actor fights them on the stage over smoking ban - Times Online
- ^ http://www.onstagescotland.co.uk/allegiance.htm
- ^ http://www.thecustard.tv/comingupC4.html
- ^ 10 - FASSBENDER TO STAR AS BOBBY SANDS
- ^ http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=119158.html
- ^ http://www.orange.fr/bin/frame.cgi?u=http%3A//cine.orange.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm%3D119158.html
- ^ http://www.cinematical.com/2007/03/10/joel-scumacher-talks-up-next-horror-film-town-creek/
- ^ http://www.alesrybarik.com/knockout-has-begun-filming-in-dublin/ in 2010.
- ^ http://www.cinematical.com/2010/02/09/casting-bites-from-weiszs-dream-to-wasikowskas-eyre/
- ^ Get Ready to Jump in New 'Centurion' Clip
- ^ Friedman, Roger (2010-06-24). "Michael Fassbender to appear in "X Men: First Class"". hollywoodnews.com. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
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