Christian Bale
Highest Rated: 98% Henry V (1989)
Lowest Rated: 28% Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
Birthday: Jan 30, 1974
Birthplace: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
After being tapped by Steven Spielberg to star in his epic period film, "Empire of the Sun" (1987), actor Christian Bale found himself thrust into the spotlight, causing enough apprehension about being a celebrity that he considered quitting his career before it really began. But Bale later overcame any initial misgivings to emerge as a gifted young talent worthy of serious consideration, thanks to career-making performances in "Little Women" (1994), "Metroland" (1997) and "Velvet Goldmine" (1998). But it was his leading turn as the serial killer Patrick Batman in "American Psycho" (2000) that turned more than a few heads and underscored his prodigious talents, though he followed up with more subdued performances in "Laurel Canyon" (2002) and "Reign of Fire" (2002). Bale took a page from Robert De Niro's playbook and dropped some 60-odd pounds to play an emaciated factory worker for an acclaimed performance in "The Machinist" (2004). After packing on the pounds and returning to even greater shape, Bale was near perfectly cast as Bruce Wayne in director Christopher Nolan's reboot "Batman Begins" (2005) and its much-hailed sequel, "The Dark Knight" (2008). Though his public persona took a hit when a recording of him berating the cinematographer on the set of "Terminator Salvation" (2009) leaked, Bale emerged the following year with an Oscar-winning supporting turn as a drug-addicted former professional boxer in David O. Russell's "The Fighter" (2010), which helped the actor elevate his already exceptional career. After finishing his Batduties in "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), Bale threw himself into an eclectic series of meaty roles, working again with Russell on '70s period piece "American Hustle" (2013) and working with Adam McKay on the satirical dramas "The Big Short" (2015) and "Vice" (2018), in which he was nominated for an Oscar for his transformative portrayal of Vice President Dick Cheney.
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Christian Bale
Filmography
Movies
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97% |
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The Boy and the Heron | Shoichi Maki (Voice) | $44.2M | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Boy and the Heron: Official Trailer | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
96% |
|
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer | Self | - | 2022 |
63% |
|
The Pale Blue Eye |
Augustus Landor (Character), Producer |
- | 2022 |
31% |
|
Amsterdam |
Unknown (Character), Producer |
$14.9M | 2022 |
63% |
|
Thor: Love and Thunder | Gorr (Character) | $343.2M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heath Ledger: A Tragic Tale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
92% |
|
Ford v Ferrari | Ken Miles (Character) | $117.6M | 2019 |
64% |
|
Vice | Dick Cheney (Character) | $47.8M | 2018 |
52% |
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Bagheera (Voice) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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H. H. Holmes: Original Evil | Director | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bible Prophecies | Director | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robot Planet | Director | - | 2018 |
70% |
|
Hostiles | Capt. Joseph Blocker (Character) | $29.8M | 2017 |
92% |
|
Intent to Destroy | Self | $13.2K | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien Contact: Outerspace | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
51% |
|
The Promise | Chris Myers (Character) | $8.0M | 2016 |
47% |
|
Knight of Cups | Rick (Character) | $558.4K | 2015 |
89% |
|
The Big Short | Michael Burry (Character) | $70.2M | 2015 |
31% |
|
Exodus: Gods and Kings | Moses (Character) | $65.0M | 2014 |
92% |
|
American Hustle | Irving Rosenfeld (Character) | $150.1M | 2013 |
53% |
|
Out of the Furnace | Russell Baze (Character) | $11.3M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trees | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
87% |
|
The Dark Knight Rises |
Bruce Wayne/ |
$2 | 2012 |
42% |
|
The Flowers of War | John Miller (Character) | $308.2K | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Killing Pablo | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
91% |
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The Fighter | Dicky Eklund (Character) | $93.6M | 2010 |
68% |
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Public Enemies | Melvin Purvis (Character) | $97.0M | 2009 |
33% |
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Terminator Salvation | John Connor (Character) | $125.3M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Initiation of Alice in Wonderland: The Looking Glass of Lewis Carroll | Director | - | 2009 |
94% |
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The Dark Knight |
Bruce Wayne/ |
$2.0M | 2008 |
77% |
|
I'm Not There |
Jack/ |
$4.0M | 2007 |
89% |
|
3:10 to Yuma | Dan Evans (Character) | $53.6M | 2007 |
77% |
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The Prestige | Alfred Borden (Character) | $53.1M | 2006 |
90% |
|
Rescue Dawn | Dieter Dengler (Character) | $5.5M | 2006 |
48% |
|
Harsh Times |
Jim Davis (Character), Executive Producer |
$3.3M | 2005 |
85% |
|
Batman Begins |
Bruce Wayne/ |
$206.9M | 2005 |
63% |
|
The New World | John Rolfe (Character) | $12.7M | 2005 |
87% |
|
Howl's Moving Castle | Howl (Voice) | $4.7M | 2004 |
77% |
|
The Machinist | Trevor Reznik (Character) | $1.1M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Ocean Meets Sky |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Character) |
- | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Berga: Soldiers of Another War |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 2003 |
68% |
|
Laurel Canyon | Sam Bentley (Character) | $3.7M | 2002 |
40% |
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Equilibrium | John Preston (Character) | $1.2M | 2002 |
42% |
|
Reign of Fire | Quinn (Character) | $43.1M | 2002 |
28% |
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Mandras (Character) | $25.5M | 2001 |
67% |
|
Shaft | Walter Wade, Jr. (Character) | $70.3M | 2000 |
68% |
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American Psycho | Patrick Bateman (Character) | $15.0M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Psycho (Uncut Version) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Mary, Mother of Jesus | Jesus of Nazareth (Character) | - | 1999 |
67% |
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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius (Character) | - | 1999 |
64% |
|
All the Little Animals | Bobby (Character) | $23.3K | 1998 |
63% |
|
Velvet Goldmine | Arthur Stuart (Character) | $1.0M | 1998 |
62% |
|
Metroland | Chris (Character) | $299.5K | 1997 |
50% |
|
Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent | Stevie (Character) | $70.4K | 1996 |
53% |
|
Pocahontas | Thomas (Voice) | $141.6M | 1995 |
83% |
|
Prince of Jutland | Amled (Character) | - | 1994 |
92% |
|
Little Women | Laurie (Character) | $48.8M | 1994 |
56% |
|
Swing Kids | Thomas Berger (Character) | $5.4M | 1993 |
39% |
|
Newsies |
Jack Kelly/ |
$2.7M | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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A Murder of Quality | Tim Perkins (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Treasure Island | Jim Hawkins (Character) | - | 1990 |
98% |
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Henry V | Boy (Character) | $10.2M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Mio in the Land of Faraway |
Jum-Jum/ |
- | 1987 |
77% |
|
Empire of the Sun | Jim "Jamie" Graham (Character) | $22.0M | 1987 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrated | Self | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Himself (archive sound) (Guest Voice) | 2009 |