Michael Fassbender is a person.
Michael Fassbender ( born 2 April 1977 ) is a German-born Irish actor . Also in 2011 , Fassbender 's performance as a sex addict in Shame earned him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards . In 2015 , he produced the western Slow West , in which he also starred .