Happy Birthday! Michael Fassbender Turns 39 Today!

Happy birthday, Michael Fassbender! Today is the X-Men: Apocalypse star's 39th birthday. Fassbender was born in Heidelberg, Germany on April 2, 1977. He plays the powerful, young Magneto in Fox's X-Men movie franchise, and will soon star in the upcoming Assassin's Creed.

Fassbender got his first role in 2000's TV mini-series, Hearts and Bones. Since then, you've come to know Fassbender from his roles in Inglorious Basterds, Prometheus, X-Men: First Class, and X-Men: Days Of Future Past. He has played dozens of other roles alongside A-list stars and quickly risen to the top over the 16-year span of his career.

Happy birthday, Michael, and here is to more great work in 2016!