Christian Bale

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 titular 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, 1974-01-30

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1987	Citizen Steve	Self - Actor	59
2	1987	Mio in the Land of Faraway	Jum-Jum / Benke	60
3	1987	Empire of the Sun	Jim	75
4	1987	The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun	Self	63
5	1989	Henry V	Robin the Luggage-Boy	71
6	1990	Treasure Island	Jim Hawkins	66
7	1991	Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square	Self	82
8	1991	A Murder of Quality	Tim Perkins	55
9	1992	Newsies	Jack 'Cowboy' Kelly	68
10	1993	Swing Kids	Thomas Berger	67
11	1994	Prince of Jutland	Amled	55
12	1994	Little Women	Laurie	73
13	1995	Pocahontas	Thomas (voice)	69
14	1996	The Portrait of a Lady	Edward Rosier	60
15	1996	The Secret Agent	Stevie	55
16	1997	Metroland	Chris	58
17	1998	Velvet Goldmine	Arthur Stuart	69
18	1998	Dying to Tell the Story	Narrator / Dan Eldon (uncredited) (voice)	0
19	1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius	64
20	1999	All the Little Animals	Bobby Platt	60
21	1999	Mary, Mother of Jesus	Jesus of Nazareth	42
22	2000	Shaft: Still the Man	Self	60
23	2000	American Psycho	Patrick Bateman	74
24	2000	Shaft	Walter Wade, Jr.	60
25	2001	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Mandras	60
26	2002	Reign of Fire	Quinn Abercromby	62
27	2002	Equilibrium	John Preston	70
28	2003	Laurel Canyon	Sam	60
29	2004	The Machinist	Trevor Reznik	75
30	2005	Tankman Begins	Batman (archive footage)	81
31	2005	Batman Begins	Bruce Wayne / Batman	77
32	2005	Harsh Times	Jim Luther Davis	64
33	2005	The New World	John Rolfe	65
34	2006	The Prestige	Alfred Borden	82
35	2007	The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan	Self	88
36	2007	Rescue Dawn	Dieter Dengler	70
37	2007	3:10 to Yuma	Dan Evans	72
38	2007	I'm Not There	Jack / Pastor John	65
39	2007	Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn	Self	80
40	2008	Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight	Self	74
41	2008	Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene	Self	70
42	2008	The Dark Knight	Bruce Wayne	85
43	2009	Terminator Salvation	John Connor	61
44	2009	Heath Ledger: A Tribute	Self	100
45	2009	Public Enemies	Melvin Purvis	67
46	2009	Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies'	Self	70
47	2010	The Fighter	Dicky Eklund	74
48	2011	The Flowers of War	John Miller	74
49	2012	The Batmobile	Self	67
50	2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Bruce Wayne	78
51	2012	Ending the Knight	Self	72
52	2013	The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy	Self (archive footage)	68
53	2013	Out of the Furnace	Russell Baze	66
54	2013	American Hustle	Irving Rosenfeld	69
55	2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Moses	59
56	2015	Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'	Self	60
57	2015	Knight of Cups	Rick	57
58	2015	The Big Short	Michael Burry	74
59	2016	The Promise	Chris Myers	69
60	2017	Spielberg	Self - Segment "Empire of the Sun"	76
61	2017	Hostiles	Captain Joseph J. Blocker	69
62	2018	Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle	Bagheera (voice)	65
63	2018	Vice	Dick Cheney	70
64	2020	Ford v Ferrari: Bringing the Rivalry to Life	Self	67
65	2021	Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale	Self	85
66	2022	Thor: Love and Thunder	Gorr	64
67	2025	Sibyl	(Archive footage)	0
68	2026	The Bride!	Frankenstein's Monster	0
69		Best Of Enemies	Gennady Vasilenko	0
70	2019	Ford v Ferrari	Ken Miles	80
71	2020	Joker: Put on a Happy Face	Self	81
72	2022	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder	Self - Gorr	70
73	2022	Amsterdam	Burt Berendsen	61
74	2022	Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer	Self	76
75	2022	The Pale Blue Eye	Augustus Landor	68
76		Madden	Al Davis	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
2	1982	Wogan	Self	45
3	1986	Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna	Tsarevich Alexei	66
4	1987	Heart of the Country	Ben Harris	0
5	1992	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Self / Presenter	79
6	1992	HBO First Look	Self	49
7	1993	GMTV	Self	56
8	1996	E! True Hollywood Story	Self (archive footage)	81
9	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self - Guest	42
10	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
11	2008	Gotham Tonight	Bruce Wayne	73
12	2011	Making of "The Flowers of War"		85
13	2012	Honest Trailers	Patrick Bateman (archive footage)	65
14	2012	Honest Trailers	Bruce Wayne / Batman (archive footage)	65
15	2012	Honest Trailers	Bruce Wayne (archive footage)	65

Christian Bale

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