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January 30, 1974

Christian Charles Philip Bale

Sibi Blazic (29 January 2000 - present) 1 child

Actor

2012 The Dark Knight Rises

2012 The 13 Women of Nanjing

2010 The Fighter

2009 Public Enemies

2009 Terminator Salvation

2008 The Dark Knight

2007 I'm Not There.

2007 3:10 to Yuma

2006 The Prestige

2006 Rescue Dawn

2005 The New World

2005 Harsh Times

2005 Batman Begins

2004 Howl's Moving Castle (voice: English version)

2004 The Machinist

2002 Equilibrium

2002 Reign of Fire

2002 Laurel Canyon

2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2000 Shaft

2000 American Psycho

1999 Mary, Mother of Jesus (TV movie)

1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream

1998 All the Little Animals

1998 Velvet Goldmine

1997 Metroland

1996 The Secret Agent

1996 The Portrait of a Lady

1995 Pocahontas (voice)

1994 Little Women

1994 Prince of Jutland

1993 Swing Kids

1992 Newsies

1991 A Murder of Quality (TV movie)

1990 Treasure Island (TV movie)

1989 Henry V

1987 Empire of the Sun

1987 Mio in the Land of Faraway

1987 Heart of the Country (TV mini-series)

1986 Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (TV movie)

Producer

2005 Harsh Times (executive producer)

Appearances

2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)

2011 The 7PM Project (TV series)

2011 The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards

2000-2010 The Charlie Rose Show (TV series)

2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)

2010 Cage Insider (TV series)

2007-2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)

2005-2010 Good Morning America (TV series)

2009 The Last of the Legendary Outlaws (video documentary short)

2009 Larger Than Life Adversaries (video documentary short)

2009 Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies' (video documentary short)

2009 Criminal Technology (video documentary short)

2009 Public Enemies: Blu-ray Picture in Picture (video documentary short)

2009 On Dillinger's Trail (video documentary short)

2009 Public Enemies: Blu-ray Historical Interactive Timeline (video documentary short)

2009 DeLuxe (TV series)

2006-2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

2005-2009 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)

1988-2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)

2009 Días de cine (TV series)

2008-2009 Nyhetsmorgon (TV series)

2009 Terminator Salvation: A G4 Special (TV documentary)

2009 The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards

2003 Cartaz Cultural (TV series)

2008 Matins a TV3, Els (TV series)

2008 Batman Tech (TV documentary)

2008 Batman Unmasked (TV documentary)

2008 Today (TV series)

2008 Extra (TV series)

2008 The Insider (TV series)

2007 Biography (TV series documentary)

2007 Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn (video documentary short)

2007 The Director's Notebook (video documentary short)

2006 Weekend Sunrise (TV series)

2006 The Prestige: Now That's Magic (TV special documentary)

2006 Film '72 (TV series)

2006 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)

2006 2006 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)

2006 Celebrity Debut (TV movie)

2006 Making 'The New World' (video documentary)

2005 Batman Begins: Path to Discovery (video documentary short)

2005 Batman: The Tumbler (video documentary short)

2005 Gotham City Rises (video documentary short)

2005 Shaping Mind and Body (video documentary short)

2005 Batman: The Journey Begins (video documentary short)

2005 Cape and Cowl (video documentary short)

2005 Batman Begins: Behind the Mask (TV documentary short)

2005 The Early Show (TV series)

2005 The Machinist: Breaking the Rules (video documentary short)
2003 Finding: 'Equilibrium' (TV documentary)
2002 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV series)
2000 The Making of 'American Psycho' (video documentary short)

2000 Shaft: Still the Man (video documentary short)

1998 Dying to Tell the Story (TV documentary) (uncredited)

1996 The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (TV special documentary)

1991 Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square (video short)

1987 The China Odyssey: 'Empire of the Sun', a Film by Steven Spielberg (TV documentary)

Academy Awards

2011 Won Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Fighter (2010).

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

2009 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor for: The Dark Knight (2008).

2006 Won Saturn Award Best Actor for: Batman Begins (2005).

2005 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor for: The Machinist (2004).

Austin Film Critics Association

2010 Won Austin Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

BAFTA Awards

2011 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2010 Won BSFC Award Best Ensemble Cast for: The Fighter (2010).

2010 Won BSFC Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2011 Won Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble for: The Fighter (2010).

2011 Won Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

2009 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble for: The Dark Knight (2008).

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2011 Won COFCA Award Best Ensemble for: The Fighter (2010).

2011 Nominated COFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

2nd place CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Chlotrudis Awards

2001 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Actor for: American Psycho (2000).

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won DFWFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Empire Awards, UK

2009 Won Empire Award Best Actor for: The Dark Knight (2008).

2007 Nominated Empire Award Best Actor for: The Prestige (2006).

2006 Nominated Empire Award Best Actor for: Batman Begins (2005).

2001 Nominated Empire Award Best British Actor for: American Psycho (2000).

European Film Awards

2005 Nominated Audience Award Best Actor for: The Machinist (2004).

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2010 Won FFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Golden Globes

2011 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: The Fighter (2010).

Independent Spirit Awards

2008 Won Robert Altman Award for: I'm Not There. (2007).

Irish Film and Television Awards

2005 Nominated Audience Award Best International Actor for: Batman Begins (2005).

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2011 Won KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Won Sierra Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2011 Won ALFS Award British Actor of the Year for: The Fighter (2010).

2008 Nominated ALFS Award British Actor of the Year for: 3:10 to Yuma (2007).

2007 Nominated ALFS Award British Actor of the Year for: The Prestige (2006).

2006 Nominated ALFS Award British Actor of the Year for: The Machinist (2004).

2001 Nominated ALFS Award British Actor of the Year for: American Psycho (2000).

MTV Movie Awards

2009 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Heath Ledger

2009 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Male Performance for: The Dark Knight (2008).

2006 Won MTV Movie Award Best Hero for: Batman Begins (2005).

National Board of Review, USA

2010 Won NBR Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

1987 Won NBR Award Best Juvenile Performance for: Empire of the Sun (1987).

National Movie Awards, UK

2008 Nominated National Movie Award Best Performance - Male for: The Dark Knight (2008).

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2011 Nominated NSFC Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010). (Paramount Pictures (production company) ).

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2011 Won OFCS Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

2001 Nominated OFCS Award Best Actor for: American Psycho (2000).

People's Choice Awards

2010 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Action Star

2009 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Cast for: The Dark Knight (2008).

2009 Won People's Choice Award Favorite On-Screen Match-Up for: The Dark Knight (2008). Shared with: Heath Ledger

2009 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Superhero for: The Dark Knight (2008). As Bruce Wayne/Batman.

2009 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Leading Man

2009 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Male Action Star

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Won PFCS Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Fighter (2010).

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Ensemble Performance for: The Fighter (2010).

2010 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

2007 Won Special Award for: 3:10 to Yuma (2007), I'm Not There. (2007) and Rescue Dawn (2006). For the body of work.

Satellite Awards

2010 Won Satellite Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Fighter (2010).

2007 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for: Rescue Dawn (2006).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2011 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Fighter (2010).

2011 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: The Fighter (2010).

2008 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: 3:10 to Yuma (2007).

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

2004 Won Best Actor for: The Machinist (2004).

Teen Choice Awards

2009 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure for: Terminator Salvation (2009).

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2011 Won VFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fighter (2010).

2010 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Acting Ensemble for: The Fighter (2010).

Young Artist Awards

1994 Nominated Young Artist Award Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture for: Swing Kids (1993).

1993 Nominated Young Artist Award Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for: Newsies (1992).

1989 Won Young Artist Award Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Empire of the Sun (1987).

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Christian Charles Philip Bale (also known professionally as Christian Morgan Bale; born 30 January 1974) is a Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated, Saturn Award-winning Welsh actor whose film credits include Empire of the Sun, American Psycho, Equilibrium, The Machinist, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Bale is known for his mastery of accents and harsh regimens of shedding and gaining weight (particularly for The Machinist, Batman Begins and, most recently, Rescue Dawn). Before he found success in playing Batman, he was heavily involved in independent films.


Bale first caught the public eye when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun at the age of 13, playing an English boy who becomes separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Since then, he has portrayed a wide range of characters. Bale is especially noted for his cult following. The tenth anniversary issue of Entertainment Weekly hailed him as one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures of the Past Decade," citing his impressive cult status on the Internet. In a 2007 poll of IMDb users, he was voted their favorite actor who is under 40. Entertainment Weekly also called Bale one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment," after his dynamic performance in American Psycho.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

Is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.

His grandfather doubled for John Wayne in two movies, in Africa.

Auditioned for the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997)

His fans refer to themselves as "Baleheads".

Salary

The Dark Knight (2008) $10,000,000

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