Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Forbes magazine ranked him as one of the highest-paid actors in 2014.
Born in Wales to English parents, Bale had his breakthrough role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg's 1987 war film Empire of the Sun. After more than a decade of performing in leading and supporting roles in films, he gained wider recognition for his portrayals of serial killer Patrick Bateman in the black comedy American Psycho (2000) and the title role in the psychological thriller The Machinist (2004). In 2005, he played superhero Batman in Batman Begins and again in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), garnering acclaim for his performance in the trilogy, which is one of the highest-grossing film franchises.
Bale continued in starring roles in a range of films outside his work as Batman, including the period drama The Prestige (2006), the action film Terminator Salvation (2009), the crime drama Public Enemies (2009), the epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) and the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). For his portrayal of boxer Dicky Eklund in the 2010 biographical film The Fighter, he won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Further Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations came for his work in the black comedy American Hustle (2013) and the biographical dramedies The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018). His performances as politician Dick Cheney in Vice and race car driver Ken Miles in the sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019) earned him a second win and a fifth nomination respectively at the Golden Globe Awards.
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has...
ChristianBale is an English actor who has starred in various films. Bale's role in Empire of the Sun, as a young boy interned in China by the Japanese...
ChristianBale is an English actor who has received various awards and nominations for his film and television performances. His major nominations include...
Rises (2012) and George of the Jungle (1997). She has been married to ChristianBale since January 29, 2000 and they have two children together. Blazic was...
father of actor ChristianBale and the husband of Gloria Steinem. Bale was born in South Africa to English parents. His father, Philip Bale, was a Royal...
John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller. It stars Matt Damon and ChristianBale, with Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe...
name by Louis Bayard. The film features an ensemble cast that includes ChristianBale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg...
directed by David O. Russell, and stars Mark Wahlberg (who also produced), ChristianBale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the lives of professional...
"Bale Out: RevoLucian's ChristianBale Remix!" is a satirical dance remix by American composer Lucian Piane, also known as RevoLucian, released on February...
film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Scott Kosar. It stars ChristianBale as the title character, a machinist struggling with paranoia and delusion...
unreliable narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho and is played by ChristianBale in the 2000 film adaptation of the same name. Bateman is a wealthy and...
and David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars ChristianBale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes...
Knight trilogy, and the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008). The film stars ChristianBale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy...
2005 with Batman Begins, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring ChristianBale. Nolan returned to direct two further installments through the release...
Scott Cooper, from a screenplay by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby. Starring ChristianBale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë...
victim of a profane tirade from actor ChristianBale, who scolded Hurlbut for walking into a scene involving Bale and actress Bryce Dallas Howard. Hurlbut...
Chinese-Hong Kong historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring ChristianBale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and...