Christian Bale (1974- )
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor.[1][2] He has starred in blockbuster films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses.
Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13, when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987). Based on the original story by J. G. Ballard, Bale played an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.[3] In 2000, he garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. He earned a reputation as a method actor after he lost 63 pounds to play the role of Trevor Reznik in the 2004 film The Machinist.[4]
Bale went on to receive greater commercial recognition and acclaim for his role as Bruce Wayne / Batman in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He also portrayed Dicky Eklund in the biopic The Fighter (2010), for which he received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.
Quotes·Quotations by Christian Bale
Batman: Not everything. Not yet.
References
[1]^ "Q&A with Christian Bale". Phase9.tv. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
[2]^ "Christian Bale: American Psycho". IMDB News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2008. "I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh – I'm English"
[3]^ Singer, Leigh (19 February 2009). "Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 26 February 2010.
[4]^ http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5890121-christian-bale-lost-63-pounds-and-get-other-110-in-less-than-a-year
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