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The 10th Anniversary issue of "Entertainment Weekly" crowned Christian Bale as one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures" of the past decade, citing his incredible and legendary cult status on the Internet. EW also calls Bale one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment" after his brilliant turn as the psychopathic yuppie serial killer in American Psycho... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (46 titles)
2005 Batman Begins (Video Game)
Batman (voice) / Bruce Wayne (voice)
 
2004 Howl's Moving Castle
Howl (voice: English version)
 
2002 Laurel Canyon
Sam
 
1998 All the Little Animals
Bobby Platt
 
1997 Metroland
Chris
 
1995 Pocahontas
Thomas (voice)
 
1991 A Murder of Quality (TV movie)
Tim Perkins
 
1990 Treasure Island (TV movie)
Jim Hawkins
 
1989 Henry V
Robin the Luggage-Boy
 
1987 Heart of the Country (TV mini-series)
Ben Harris
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
2009 Terminator Salvation (assistant editor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2005 Harsh Times (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1992 Newsies (performer: "SANTA FE", "THE WORLD WILL KNOW", "SANTA FE REPRISE" / THE NEWSIES ENSEMBLE IS:)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2010 A Backyard Story (grateful acknowledgment)
 
2009 Terminator Salvation, Behind the Scenes: Reforging the Future (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2008 The Assassin (short) (special thanks)
 
2005 Batman: The Journey Begins (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2005 The Machinist: Breaking the Rules (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1999 The Alien Legacy (video documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (65 titles)
2012 The Batmobile (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Fantástico (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 15 July 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Guys Choice Awards 2012 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 2012 MTV Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2011 The 7PM Project (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.377 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2000-2010 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 15 December 2010 (2010) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 11 July 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 15 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode dated 13 April 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2010 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.9 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Cage Insider (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.3 (2010) … Himself
 
2007-2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 December 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 20 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 15 July 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 10 July 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2005-2010 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 18 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 9 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2009 Terminator Salvation, Behind the Scenes: Reforging the Future (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Public Enemies: Blu-ray Picture in Picture (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Public Enemies: Blu-ray Historical Interactive Timeline (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 The Last of the Legendary Outlaws (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 On Dillinger's Trail (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Larger Than Life Adversaries (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Criminal Technology (video documentary short)
 
2009 DeLuxe (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2006-2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself / Herself
Episode dated 24 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 19 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 17 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 19 May 2009 (2009) … Herself
Episode dated 15 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2005-2009 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
Making 'Public Enemies' (2009) … Himself
The Dark Knight (2008) … Himself
The Dark Knight: Escalation (2008) … Himself
The New World (2006) … Himself
Batman Begins: An Origin Story (2005) … Himself
 
1988-2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 16 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
2009 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 June 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008-2009 Gomorron (TV series)
Batman / Himself / Himself - Om Terminator
Episode dated 2 June 2009 (2009) … Himself - Om Terminator
Maud Adams och filmen 'Batman' (2008) … Himself / Batman
 
2009 Terminator Salvation: A G4 Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Cartaz Cultural (TV series)
Himself (2008)
 
2008 Els matins a TV3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.218 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Batman Tech (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Batman Unmasked (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 14 July 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Extra (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 July 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The Insider (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 17 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Christian Bale (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 The Director's Notebook (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 DP/30: Conversations About Movies (TV series)
Himself
 
2006 Weekend Sunrise (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Prestige: Now That's Magic (TV special documentary)
Alferd Borden
 
2006 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 23 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #5.209 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 2006 MTV Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 Celebrity Debut (TV movie)
Himself/Jim "Jamie" Graham
 
2006 Making 'The New World' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Shaping Mind and Body (video documentary short)
Himself - Actor
 
2005 Batman Begins: Path to Discovery (video documentary short)
Himself - Actor
 
2005 Gotham City Rises (video documentary short)
Himself - Actor
 
2005 Cape and Cowl (video documentary short)
Himself - Actor
 
2005 Batman: The Tumbler (video documentary short)
Himself - Actor
 
2005 Batman: The Journey Begins (video documentary short)
Himself - Actor
 
2005 Batman Begins: Behind the Mask (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Early Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Machinist: Breaking the Rules (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Finding: 'Equilibrium' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 July 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'American Psycho' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Shaft: Still the Man (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Dying to Tell the Story (TV documentary)
Narrator/Dan Eldon (voice) (uncredited)
 
1996 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square (video short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2011 Forget About It (TV series)
 
2010 Almost Famous III (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (TV movie)
Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
2009 A Comicbook Orange (TV series)
 
2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
2009 Family Guy (TV series)
 
2009 Almost Famous II (TV documentary)
 
2008 Exclusive Dark Knight Deleted Scene (short)
Batman
 
2008 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Gotham Tonight (TV series)
 
2008 5 Second Movies (TV series)
 
2007 La noche desesperada (TV movie)
Jim Luther Davis
 
2005 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies (TV movie)
Himself - Place #26
 
2005 Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (TV movie)
Patrick Bateman
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV special documentary)
Himself
 

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Presented the Discover Magazine Award for the Environment on May 31, 1997 at Epcot Center in Florida. Bale was chosen because of his environmental concerns and because he widely considered to be the "biggest star on the Internet" (EW, USA Today) See more »

Publicity Listings:

21 Interviews  | 28 Articles  | 17 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on the sudden fame that resulted after Empire of the Sun] I enjoyed making the film, but I was shocked when I received all the attention when I got home to Bournemouth. Girls were all over me, boys wanted to fight me, and I was being asked to open local fêtes when all I wanted to do was ride my BMX bike in the woods... See more »

Trivia:

He and Jeremy Sisto have played the roles of both Batman and Jesus Christ in films. Bale is the only one to have played both in live-Action productions. See more »

Trademark:

Often stars in period films or plays historical figures See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius