Michael Fassbender was born in France.
 Fassbender played the title role in Ridley Scott's The Counselor, a 2013 film based on the Cormac McCarthy script
 Fassbender was a serious contender for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, but he was not nominated, and according to various sources his full-frontal nudity and depiction of sexual encounters inspired voters "to fantasize, and not actually vote

