It's a Damn Good Time For a Michael Fassbender Movie Marathon
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Michael Fassbender has quietly been one of the most fascinating actors of the past decade. After an exceptional supporting role in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, he’s worked his way through heavy-hitting films such as X-Men: First Class, Prometheus, Steve Jobs, and 12 Years of Slave.
"I don't think Michael gives a fuck about 'taking risks,'" Kate Winslet, his costar in Steve Jobs, told Esquire in 2016. "It's not in his nature to say, 'How far can I push this envelope?' He just wants to play characters that he knows will challenge him." Recently, the 46-year-old actor starred in Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins as the head coach of American Samoa’s national soccer team, as well as David Fincher’s The Killer as a for-hire assassin. Fassbender can make a dramatic role funny—and a superhero film deadly serious. It's quite a feat.
With The Killer and Next Goal Wins out this month, check out some of the best roles of Fassbender’s career so far.
X-Men: First Class (2011)
It’s tough to follow Ian McKellen as Magneto, but Fassbender took on the X-Men prequel with gusto. Fassbender gave depth to the villain, who survived the Holocaust and directly caused the deescalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was X-Men like you’ve never seen them before, and a role he held for the next eight years.
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Though Fassbender only appeared in one extended scene of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, he holds one of the most memorable (and stressful) performances. He plays a British soldier who is working undercover as a German officer, waiting to meet his fellow undercover operatives at a bar. When actual German soldiers show up, all hell breaks loose.
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Prometheus (2012)
The Alien prequel saw Fassbender play a robot in what's easily one of the greatest acting performances of his career. Emotionless, inquisitive, and quiet, he studies everything he sees with a fine-tooth comb. Even more impressive? He plays two identical robots in the sequel, Alien: Covenant.
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Macbeth (2015)
It’s every British actor’s dream to do Shakespeare, and Fassbender landed the role of Macbeth for a 2015 film. Featuring Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth and The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki as Lady Macduff, Macbeth portrayed the play's climactic battle in more detail than ever before.
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The Killer (2023)
Who can look scary as heck while eating McDonald's? Michael Fassbender. His antihero in The Killer is as messed-up as anyone in Fincher's filmmography—and that's saying something.
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Steve Jobs (2015)
Embodying Apple's legendary visionary, Steve Jobs, must've been no easy feat—but Fassbender pulled it off, nailing every bit of the man's madcap energy. Plus, it helps that he looks a little bit more like Jobs than Ashton Kutcher.
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12 Years a Slave (2014)
In 12 Years a Slave, Fassbender plays another historical figure, albeit a despicable one: Edwin Epps, who owned and abused slaves on a Louisiana plantation. In 2014, the role earned Fassbender an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Next Goal Wins (2023)
In Next Goal Wins, Fassbender plays real-life soccer coach Thomas Rongen, who led the American Samoa to World Cup decency. (That's a compliment, by the way.) Next Goal Wins takes a few liberties with the true story, but Fassbender embodies Rongen's massive heart, beat by beat.
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