Which Oscar Favorite Got His Start in This Guinness Commercial?

Before he was famous Stateside, this magnetic actor loved the Irish stout so much he appeared in a TV ad for it

By Josh Grossberg Jan 18, 2012 11:51 PMTags
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Before battling Nazis in Inglourious Basterds, playing mind games with Professor X in X-Men: First Class, and going letting it all hang out in one of this year's most critcally acclaimed movies, this sexy Hollywood star swam the Atlantic in a quest for the perfect pint in a Guinness commercial. 

Who is he?

Why, he's Michael Fassbender, of course!

The 34-year-old thesp—who stars this June in Ridley Scott's forthcoming sci fi flick, Prometheus, and is heavily favored to snag a Best Actor nod for Shame when Oscar nominations are announced next Tuesday—put a plug in for his native Ireland's most popular export.

Nothing like hugging it out in a pub with Magneto over a Guinness!