Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender born 2 April 1977 is an Irish actor He is the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award a Critics Choice Movie Award and nominations for two Academy Awards four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards Born in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney Fassbender made his feature film debut as a Spartan warrior in the fantasy war epic 300 2006 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 200405 He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in Hunger 2008 for which he won a British Independent Film Award Subsequent roles include the independent film Fish Tank 2009 as a Royal Marines lieutenant in Inglourious Basterds 2009 as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method 2011 as the sentient android David 8 in Ridley Scotts Prometheus 2012 and its sequel Alien Covenant 2017 and in the musical comedy drama Frank 2014 as an eccentric musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom The actors former girlfriend Sunawin Leasi Andrews says she was the victim of domestic abuse at the hands of Fassbender in 2009 Andrews filed a restraining order in March 2010 requesting Fassbender stay at least 100 yards away from her and her two children She also sought 24000 to pay for medical bills that were the result of the injuries she says she suffered after Fassbender abused her on multiple occasions One instance of abuse allegedly occurred after Fassbender and Andrews were having dinner with friends at a restaurant The court filings say Fassbender became angry with Andrews after one of her exboyfriends came over to their table to say hello The actors anger carried over to the car ride home I went to the hospital and had a twisted left ankle blown out left knee cap and a bursted ovarian cyst Andrews filing reads Lots of internal bleeding A second instance of abuse reportedly occurred at a July 2009 film festival Fassbender had been partying late and came back to his hotel room with a friend and the two tried to get into bed with Andrews She says she ended up checking into another room so she could avoid the two men The next morning Andrews found Fassbender sleeping in urine and when she tried to wake him up he allegedly threw her over a chair and broke her nose