Born: April 2, 1977
Birthplace: Heidelberg, Germany
Brought up in: Killarney, Ireland
Nickname: Fassy
Lives in: Hackney, London
Marital status: Single
Film debut: 300
Films he is known for: Hunger (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), Shame (2011), Jane Eyre (2011), A Dangerous Method (2011), Prometheus (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Counselor (2013) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

 

Fassy facts

•  Despite his success and fame he still lives in the modest flat he’s had since age 20, when he was a struggling actor, in the Hackney area of London.
• He is a Formula 1 fan and has attended several races. He has cited Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna as his favourites.
•  His first language is English and second language is German, but he admitted that his spoken German was a bit rusty and needed brushing up before filming Inglorious Basterds.
•  He got his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 12 Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen, which made it their third collaboration.
•  He is close friends with Steve McQueen and co-star James McAvoy.

 

 

 

 

 

Slow West

Fassbender plays a bounty hunter, Silas Selleck, in this Western by John Maclean that released in May 2015. The film follows the story of Scottish youngster Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who travels to the United States to look for the girl he loves and attracts the attention of Selleck who chooses to serve as his guide and protector. The film had a critically-acclaimed premiere and has garnered very favourable reviews. Here’s hoping it comes to Calcutta! 

 

 

 

 

Steve Jobs

Fassbender plays the titular role in Steve Jobs that looks at the life and work of the genius through three iconic launches. The film, directed by Danny Boyle, also stars Kate Winslet and Seth Rogen released on October 23 in the US. The trailer looks intense and the film has got positive reviews not only from critics but also from people close to Steve Jobs like Steve Wozniak (Rogen) and Joanna Hoffman (Winslet). We are still waiting for a Calcutta release date.

 

 

 

Assassin’s Creed

It’s Team Macbeth — Marion Cottilard, Fassbender and Justin Kurzel — again, this time for a movie take on the super-successful gaming franchise Assassin’s Creed. Fassbender plays Calum Lynch, a new character created for the film, who discovers his Assassin’s lineage and explores the adventures of his ancestor Aguilar. After gaining the skills of a Master Assassin, Lynch takes on the oppressive Knights of Templar in the present day. Scheduled for a December 21, 2016 release.

 

 

 

Macbeth

Fassbender is Macbeth and Marion Cotillard is Lady Macbeth in this film directed by Justin Kurzel. The trailers look promisingly dark and disturbing. The film releases in the US on December 4, 2015. We’re waiting to see if Michael can beat our man Irrfan as Macbeth!

 

 

 

 

Tresspass Against Us

Fassbender will play Chad, a member of the notorious Cutler family, who make their living hunting, raiding rich estates and taunting and tormenting the police in this crime drama directed by Adam Smith. Chad is torn between his father’s (Brendan Gleeson) legacy and the desire for a better life for his children even as the police crackdown on their family. The film is set for a December 2015 release.

 

The Light Between Oceans

This film adaptation of the novel by M.L. Stedman will see Fassbender in the role of Tom Sherbourne, who returns to Australia from World War I and takes up a job as a lightkeeper on an isolated island with wife Isabel (Alicia Vikander). The childless couple come across a dead man and a baby in a lifeboat and though Tom wants to report them, Isabel asks him to keep the child as their own. Two years later the couple go to the mainland, come across “other people” and realise how their decision to keep the child has devastated one of them. The film releases in 2016.

 

X-men: Apocalypse

Fassbender will reprise his role as Magneto in the next  X-Men outing titled X-Men: Apocalypse, set for a May 2016 release. We will first see Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto, trying to lead a normal life after he falls in love with a woman in Poland. But with Apocalypse, the first ever mutant, awake, normalcy is not happening. Fassbender’s Magneto is rumoured to be one of Apocalypse’s four Horsemen who are basically supervillains.

 

 

 

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