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Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German–Irish actor of stage and screen whose career includes roles in both independent and blockbuster films. His feature film debut was in the fantasy war epic ''300'' (2006) as a Spartan warrior; his earlier roles included various stage productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the HBO miniseries ''Band of Brothers'' (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama ''Hex'' (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his biographical role as IRA activist Bobby Sands in the historical drama ''Hunger'' (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor. Subsequent roles included the independent film ''Fish Tank'' (2009), earning his second BIFA nomination; as a Royal Marines lieutenant in the Quentin Tarantino war film ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009); as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of ''Jane Eyre''; as psychiatry innovator Carl Jung in historical drama ''A Dangerous Method'' (2011); as a sentient android in the Ridley Scott science fiction film ''Prometheus'' (2012); and in the musical dramedy ''Frank'' (2014) as the title character, an eccentric musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom. In 2011, Fassbender debuted as the Marvel antihero Magneto in the prequel ''X-Men: First Class''; he would go on to share the role with Ian McKellen in ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'' (2014). Also in 2011, Fassbender's performance as a sex addict in ''Shame'' received critical acclaim. He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. In 2013, his role as slave owner Edwin Epps in slavery epic ''12 Years a Slave'' was similarly praised, earning him his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. ''12 Years a Slave'' marked Fassbender's third collaboration with Steve McQueen, who also directed ''Hunger'' and ''Shame''. In addition to ''Prometheus'', Fassbender has appeared in another film by Ridley Scott: ''The Counselor'' (2013). He portrayed Steve Jobs in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic of the same name (2015). As well as acting, Fassbender produced the 2015 western ''Slow West'' which he also starred in. ==Early life and education== Fassbender was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, in Germany. His mother, Adele, is from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, and his father, Josef Fassbender, is German.〔 According to Fassbender "family lore," his mother is the great-grand-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, in the Republic of Ireland, where they ran the West End House, a restaurant where his father worked as a chef.〔〔 〕 Fassbender was raised Catholic, and served as an altar boy at the church his family attended. He has an older sister, Catherine, who works at the University of California, Davis as a neuropsychologist. Fassbender and his sister spent summer holidays in Germany, and he speaks German fluently. He attended Fossa National School, and St. Brendan's College, both in Killarney, County Kerry. He discovered he wanted to be an actor at age 17 when he was cast in a play by Donal Courtney. At 19, he moved to London to study at the Drama Centre London. In 1999 he dropped out of the Drama Centre and toured with the Oxford Stage Company to perform the play ''Three Sisters''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Fassbender」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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