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Christian Bale

Highest Rated:: 100% Henry V (1989)
Lowest Rated:: 29% Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

Birthday:: Jan 30, 1974
Birthplace:: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Bio:: Christian Bale is one of the few actors in Hollywood whose child stardom has successfully translated to steady and respectable adult employment. With a wistful handsomeness to complement his impressive, sometimes underrated talent, Bale has become something of a quiet sensation, netting choice roles…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 29% - 100%

Number of Movies: 48

Box Office Since 2001: $1712.5M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2014		The Last Photograph	Actor	--
2014		Lawless	Actor	--
2014		Knight of Cups	Actor	--
2013		Out of the Furnace	Russell	--
2013		American Hustle	Actor	--
2012	87%	The Dark Knight Rises	Bruce Wayne/Batman	$448.1M
2011	41%	The Flowers of War	John Miller	$0.3M
2011		Killing Pablo	Actor	--
2010	90%	The Fighter	Dicky Eklund	$93.6M
2009		Killing Pablo	Actor	--
2009	68%	Public Enemies	Melvin Purvis	$97.0M
2009	33%	Terminator Salvation	John Connor	$125.3M
2008	94%	The Dark Knight	Batman/Bruce Wayne	$533.3M
2007	77%	I'm Not There	Jack	$3.7M
2007	88%	3:10 to Yuma	Dan Evans	$53.6M
2006	48%	Harsh Times	Jim Davis	$3.3M
2006	76%	The Prestige	Alfred Borden	$53.0M
2006	90%	Rescue Dawn	Dieter Dengler	$5.3M
2005	85%	Batman Begins	Batman/Bruce Wayne	$205.2M
2005	61%	The New World	John Rolfe	$12.5M
2004	86%	Howl's Moving Castle	Howl (English Version)	$4.5M
2003	76%	The Machinist	Trevor Reznik	$0.9M
2002	37%	Equilibrium	John Preston	$1.1M
2002	68%	Laurel Canyon	Sam	$3.6M
2002	40%	Reign of Fire	Quinn Abercromby	$42.9M
2001	29%	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Mandras	$25.3M
2000	67%	American Psycho	Patrick Bateman	--
2000	68%	Shaft	Walter Wade Jr.	--
1999		Mary, Mother of Jesus	Jesus of Nazareth	--
1999	67%	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius	--
1998	64%	All The Little Animals	Bobby	--
1998	56%	Velvet Goldmine	Arthur Stuart	--
1997		Royal Deceit	Actor	--
1997	64%	Metroland	Chris	--
1996	56%	Pocahontas	Director Thomas	--
1996	50%	The Secret Agent	Stevie	--
1996	43%	The Portrait of a Lady	Edward Rosier	--
1994	90%	Little Women	Laurie Laurence	--
1994		Prince of Jutland (Royal Deceit)	Prince Amled	--
1993	38%	Swing Kids	Thomas	--
1992	30%	Newsies	Jack Kelly	--
1991		Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square	Actor	--
1991		A Murder of Quality	Tim Perkins	--
1989	100%	Henry V	Falstaff's Boy	--
1989		Treasure Island (Devil's Treasure)	Jim Hawkins	--
1987		Mio min Mio (Mio in the Land of Faraway)	Yum Yum	--
1987	82%	Empire of the Sun	Jim Graham	--
1986		Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna	Alexis	--

Christian Bale Trivia

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Christian Bale's weight plummeted 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film The Machinist (2004). The majority of this diet consisted of salads and apples, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and he drank nonfat lattes.

- submitted by Lee R (21 months ago)

Has appeared in two film franchises which are follow-ups to films which featured Arnold Schwarzenegger, namely "Batman" (Arnold played Mr. Freeze) and "The Terminator".

- submitted by Lindsay Elizabeth M (2 years ago)

Quotes from Christian Bale's Characters

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1. Dicky Eklund: I gotta go pick up a rock man!
From The Fighter. Submitted by Jesse K (7 days ago)

1. Batman/Bruce Wayne: People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do?
2. Alfred: Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice.
3. Batman/Bruce Wayne: Well today I found out what Batman can't do. He can't endure this. Today you get to say "I told you so."
4. Alfred: Today, I don't want to.
5. Alfred: But I did bloody tell you.
From The Dark Knight. Submitted by Eli T (43 days ago)