Michael Fassbender is the lead in the first ever Assassin's Creed film and this new behind the scenes video explains a little of what's going on in the time travelling sci-fi blockbuster.

Josef and Adele Fassbender may have raised a highly successful son, but they failed in one respect: they couldn’t dissuade him from becoming an actor.

The long and sometimes rocky road to Hollywood began in simple schoolboy settings for actor Michael Fassbender, 36, nominated for an Oscar tomorrow night for his role in 12 Years a Slave.

I’VE OFTEN been asked what underpins my attraction to Simon Cowell — bad taste in men, a potential styling project, weird Machiavellian fetish.