Christian Bale
Biography
Christian Bale is an English actor who started as a child performer and came to fame at 13 in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987), a role that brought him the National Board of Review's first award for a juvenile actor. He drew wider notice as the serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000) and as the title figure in the thriller The Machinist (2004), then spent three films as Batman under Christopher Nolan, from Batman Begins (2005) to The Dark Knight Rises (2012). His work as the boxer Dicky Eklund in The Fighter (2010) brought him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he was nominated again for American Hustle (2013), The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018), the last earning a second Golden Globe. Later credits include Ford v Ferrari (2019) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
52years old
Turns 53 on January 30in 110 days
- Born Haverfordwest
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Christian Charles Philip Bale (birth name)Also credited as Christian Charles Phillip Bale
Movie Career
- Films
- 48
- Career span
- 39 years1987 to 2026
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First role
Bale landed his first acting role at eight years old, in a Lenor fabric softener commercial. He also appeared in a commercial for Pac-Man cereal.
Getting ready for a role
For Batman Begins, Bale trained in weapons, Wing Chun Kung Fu and the Keysi Fighting Method, and weighed 220 pounds after regaining the weight he lost for The Machinist.
Own stunts
Bale performed many of his own stunts for The Dark Knight, among them a stunt that required him to stand on the roof of Chicago's Sears Tower.
Christian Bale movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Christopher Nolan directed four of these films, David O. Russell three and Scott Cooper three. Michael Caine appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Caine's page
Morgan Freeman's page
Gary Oldman's page
Eddie Marsan's page
Cate Blanchett's page
Andy Serkis's page
All films by Christopher Nolan
All films by David O. Russell
All films by Scott Cooper
Also three films together2 more actors
- Ben MendelsohnExodus: Gods and Kings (2014), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and The New World (2005)
- Amy AdamsVice (2018), American Hustle (2013) and The Fighter (2010)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Christian Bale's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$6.4 billion
42 of the 48 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 48 films: 42 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 42Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 69% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.1B16.8% of the total
- 2$1.0B15.6% of the total
- 3$761M11.8% of the total
- 4$374M5.8% of the total
- 5$371M5.8% of the total
- 6$346M5.4% of the total
- 7$268M4.2% of the total
- 8$251M3.9% of the total
$2.0 billionfrom the other 34 films with a worldwide figure, 31% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2004 to 2016, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | The Fighter | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2016 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Comedy | The Big Short | Won |
| 2004 | Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award | The Machinist | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.