Advertisement

Actors Index
Adam Baldwin
Adrin Brody
Alain Delon
Alec Baldwin
Alan Cumming
Al Pacino
Antonio Banderas
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ashton Kutcher
Benjamin Bratt
Ben Affleck
Benico Del Toro
Billy Crystel
Bill Cosby
Brad Pitt
Brandon Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Willis
Bryan Adams
Casey Affleck
Christian Bale
Charles Bronson
Chris Cooper
Daniel Craig
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Baldwin
Danny Devito
Daniel Day Lewis
Dean Cain
Don Cheadle
Elijah Woods
Edward Burns
Eric Bana
Gabriel Byrne
Gerald Depardieu
George Clooney
Hank Azaria
Harrison Ford
Jackie Chan
Jack Black
James Dean
James Caviezel
James Cobrun
James Caan
Jason Biggs
Jet Li
Jim Carrey
Jeff Bridges
Jean Belmondo
Jesse Bradford
Jim Broadbent
John Cusack
Johny Depp
Jon Bon Jovi
Kenneth Branagh
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Costner
Kurt Russell
Leonardo Di Caprio
Marlon Brando
Macaulay Culkin
Matt Damon
Mathew Broderick
Mathew Perry
Matt LeBlanc
Michael Caine
Nicholos Cage
Orlando Bloom
Pierce Brosnan
Roberto Benigni
Robert De Niro
Rowan Atkinson
Robert Blake
Russell Crowe
Sean Astin
Sean Bean
Sean Connery
Scott Caan
Stephen Baldwin
Steve Buscemi
Sylvester Stallone
The Rock
Tim Allen
Tom Berenger
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
Van Damme
Warren Beatty
William Baldwin
Woody Allen
Wes Bentley
Willem Dafoe
hollywood celebrities
Homepage
Actors
Actresses
hollywood celebrities

Christian Bale


Christian Bale: Biography

Christian Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, of Celtic ancestry, on 30 January 1974, and grew up in Oxfordshire and Dorset in England, as well as in Portugal, and in California. He has no nickname, preferring to be called simply "Christian." He makes his home wherever he is filming and with family in the US and UK. Over 6 feet tall, Christian has brown hair and hazel eyes. He has a small scar under his right eye which he got from a sports accident in high school. He is the youngest of four children and the only son. One sister is in the computer business; another is a musician; and another is an award winning theatre director. His father was a commercial pilot. His mother was a dancer and a clown in a circus. Both his grandfathers were part-time actors; one was a stage actor, the other doubled for John Wayne in two movies set in Africa. His great uncle, Rex Bale, was a lifelong professional actor with over twenty movies to his credit. Rex's cousin was the renowned Victorian stage actress and singer, Lilly Langtry. Christian is a newlywed - he and wife, Sibi, married in January.

Christian Bale: Career

In 1987, Bale made his feature film debut in the Steven Spielberg creation of Empire of the Sun. Christian was the lead role, Jim. An English schoolboy in the midst of World War II. He followed up with his roles in Kenneth Branagh's production of Shakespeare's Henry V and the TNT adaptation of the classic Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins. Here, he played opposite of Charlton Heston's Long John Silver. Bale's other films include the wide fan based Newsies, Swing Kids, Little Women, The Secret Agent and Pocahontas. He contintued on to appear in A Portrait of a Lady with Nichole Kidman and John Malkovich. He then joined the cast of Metroland (with Emily Watson) and Velvet Goldmine (with Ewan McGregor and Jonathan Rhyse Meyers.) After that, he played the role of a slightly slow young man in All the Little Animals. In 1999, he was back in Shakespeare playing the role of Demetrius in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream opposite of Callista Flockhart (Ally McBeal.) In more recent days, you can catch Bale in the critical acclaimed, and critically harassed, American Psycho. Bale was chosen to portray Patrick Bateman, a Wall Street serial killer. Though this role was called "career suicide" Bale did it anyway. This role definitely affected his fan base, that's for sure. Then, came Shaft. The continuation of the 1970's story. Bale has finished Captain Corelli's Mandolin which should be released sometime this year, as well as Librium. This is a sci-fi thriller featuring Metroland co-star Emily Watson. He also will leave soon to start filming Reign of Fire with Matthew McConaughey and the rumored Jamie Bell.

Christian Bale: Films

The Samuel L. Jackson Ultimate Collection (2006), Harsh Times (2006), The New World (2005), Batman Begins (2005), Howl's Moving Castle (2005), The Machinist (2004), Laurel Canyon (2003), Equilibrium (2002), Reign of Fire (2002), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Shaft (2000), American Psycho (2000), All the Little Animals (1999), A William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Metroland (1999), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Royal Deceit (1997), The Portrait of A Lady (1996), The Secret Agent (1996), Little Women (1994), Swing Kids (1993), Newsies (1992), A Murder of Quality (1991), Treasure Island (1989), Henry V (1989), The Mio min Mio (1988), Empire of the Sun (1987)

Christian Bale's Photo Gallery

Christian Bale

Christian Bale

Christian Bale

Christian Bale