Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German and Irish actor. He is best known for appearing in the movies Inglourious Basterds (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), Prometheus (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
Fassbender was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany). His mother, Adele, is Irish and his father, Josef, is German. When he was two years old, his parents moved to Killarney, County Kerry, in the Republic of Ireland. He lives in London, England. He is fluent in both English and German.[1]