* 1977 – Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor

In July 2010, Cronenberg completed production on A Dangerous Method, an adaptation of Christopher Hampton's play The Talking Cure, starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, and frequent collaborator Viggo Mortensen.

After his departure, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Alexander Skarsgård, Ewan McGregor, Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Kinnaman, Russell Crowe, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, and Jon Hamm were considered for the lead role.

* Michael Fassbender ; Irish-German Actor

Alongside recurring characters, the early series featured several actors who later achieved greater fame, such as Joely Richardson, (" The Dream ", 1989 ), Samantha Bond, (" The Adventure of the Cheap Flat ", 1990 ), Christopher Eccleston ( One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, 1992 ), Hermione Norris (" Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan ", 1993 ), Damian Lewis ( Hickory Dickory Dock, 1995 ), Jamie Bamber ( The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 2000 ), Russell Tovey ( Evil Under the Sun, 2001 ), and Michael Fassbender ( After The Funeral, 2006 ).

Sir Ian McKellen has portrayed Magneto through the X-Men film series, while Michael Fassbender plays a younger version of the character in the film X-Men: First Class.

** Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Best Actor ( Michael Fassbender )

** London Critics Circle Film Awards, Best Actor of the Year ( Michael Fassbender )

* Michael Fassbender ( December 2011, June 2012 )

* Michael Fassbender

* 2007: Angel starring Romola Garai, Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Rampling and Sam Neill

Eden Lake is a 2008 British horror film written and directed by James Watkins and starring Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender and Jack O ' Connell.

* Michael Fassbender as Steve

Irish actors include Richard Harris, Peter O ' Toole, Maureen O ' Hara, Michael Gambon, Colm Meaney, Gabriel Byrne, Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cillian Murphy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Fassbender and Colin Farrell.

Main characters Thelma, Ella, Azazeal and Cassie as portrayed by Jemima Rooper, Laura Pyper, Michael Fassbender and Christina Cole.

* Azazeal ( Michael Fassbender ) is a Fallen Angel and leader of the Nephelim.

Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel.

Stelios is played by German / Irish actor Michael Fassbender

His psychoanalyst, Dr Fassbender ( Peter Sellers ), cannot help either, since he's stalking one of his patients ( Capucine ) who in turn longs for Michael.

Hardy replaced Michael Fassbender in the 2011 adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, also featuring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, by director Tomas Alfredson, released on 5 September 2011 at the 68th edition of the Mostra Internazionale d ' Arte Cinematografica in Venice.

* A Dangerous Method, a 2011 Canadian historical film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel.

The music video for " Blind Pilots " features Michael Fassbender in the role of a man who, engaged to his fiancée, goes out with friends for drinking and partying throughout the night, but unbeknownst to him, his girlfriend placed a talisman on a neckchain around his neck before he left.

He has been nominated for the London Film Critics ' Circle Award, the British Independent Film Award, has won two Irish Film & Television Awards, and shared a BAFTA with Michael Fassbender, for their crime-drama short film Pitch Black Heist.

* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor

* 1975 – Michael Chaturantabut, Thai-American actor

* 1972 – Michael Sinterniklaas, French-American actor, screenwriter, and director

* 1973 – Michael Ealy, American actor

* 1980 – Michael Urie, American actor and director

* 1965 – Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director

* 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, writer, and director

* 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1963 – Michael Panes, American actor, writer, musician, and composer

* 1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor ( The Jackson 5 ) ( d. 2009 )

* 1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor

* 1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor

* 1929 – Michael Forest, American actor

* 1968 – Michael Bivins, American singer, producer, and actor ( New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe )

* 1969 – Michael DeLuise, American actor

* 1955 – Michael O ' Keefe, American actor

* 1963 – Paul Michael Robinson, American actor, photographer, and model

* 1970 – Michael Shanks, Canadian actor

* 1992 – Michael Gothard, English actor ( b. 1939 )

* 1969 – Sean Michael, South African actor

* 1945 – Michael Nouri, American actor

* 1952 – Michael Dorn, American actor

* 1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer, songwriter, actor, and musician ( The Monkees )

* 1954 – Michael Badalucco, American actor