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
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2014 Lawless
  • Actor
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2014 Knight of Cups
  • Actor
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2013 Out of the Furnace
  • Russell
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2013 American Hustle
  • Actor
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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
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2010 90% The Fighter
  • Dicky Eklund
$93.6M
2009 Killing Pablo
  • Actor
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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
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2000 68% Shaft
  • Walter Wade Jr.
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1999 Mary, Mother of Jesus
  • Jesus of Nazareth
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1999 67% A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Demetrius
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1998 64% All The Little Animals
  • Bobby
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1998 56% Velvet Goldmine
  • Arthur Stuart
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1997 Royal Deceit
  • Actor
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1997 64% Metroland
  • Chris
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1996 56% Pocahontas
  • Director
  • Thomas
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1996 50% The Secret Agent
  • Stevie
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1996 43% The Portrait of a Lady
  • Edward Rosier
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1994 90% Little Women
  • Laurie Laurence
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1994 Prince of Jutland (Royal Deceit)
  • Prince Amled
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1993 38% Swing Kids
  • Thomas
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1992 30% Newsies
  • Jack Kelly
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1991 Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square
  • Actor
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1991 A Murder of Quality
  • Tim Perkins
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1989 100% Henry V
  • Falstaff's Boy
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1989 Treasure Island (Devil's Treasure)
  • Jim Hawkins
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1987 Mio min Mio (Mio in the Land of Faraway)
  • Yum Yum
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1987 82% Empire of the Sun
  • Jim Graham
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1986 Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
  • Alexis
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Christian Bale Trivia

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

    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)
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