" The BFG" is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film staring what actor born in 1978?
The BFG (2016 film) The BFG is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. In the film, an orphan human girl befriends a benevolent giant, dubbed the "Big Friendly Giant", who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
Michael Fassbender Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. His feature film debut was in the fantasy war epic "300" (2007) as a Spartan warrior; 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" (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA activist Bobby Sands in "Hunger" (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include in 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 "Prometheus" (2012) and its sequel, "" (2017), and in the musical comedy-drama "Frank" (2014) as an eccentric musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom.