Christian Bale

Christian Bale

British actor
more_vert
Christian Bale
pencil

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Forbes magazine ranked him as one of the highest-paid actors in 2014.

View details Hide details
expand_more
Christian Bale was born on Wednesday, 30 January 1974 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. His full name at birth was Christian Charles Phillip Bale. He is best known as an actor. Bale's country of citizenship (nationality) is British. Christian attended high school at Bournemouth School, but left at age 16. His religion is listed as Agnostic. He is 6' (183 cm) tall and weighs 181 lbs (82 kg) with an athletic build. He has hazel eyes and dark brown hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $80,000,000 US dollars. Christian Bale is 51 years old and his zodiac star sign is Aquarius.

You can find people similar to Christian Bale by visiting our lists Film producers from Los Angeles and Male actors from Bournemouth.

Full name at birth
Christian Charles Phillip Bale
edit
Claim to fame
his roles as Jim Graham in the 1987 epic coming-of-age war drama film Empire Of the Sun, Jack Kelly in the 1992 historical musical drama film Newsies, Thomas Berger in the 1993 historical drama film Swing Kids, Thomas (voice) in the 1995 animated musical historical drama film Pocahontas, Patrick Bateman in the 2000 satirical psychological horror film American Psycho, Quinn Abercromby in the 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film Reign of Fire, Howl Jenkins Pendragon (voice) in the English dub of the 2004 animated fantasy film Howl's Moving Castle, Trevor Reznik in the 2004 psychological thriller film The Machinist, Bruce Wayne/Batman in the Christopher Nolan-directed Dark Knight film trilogy, Jim Davis in the 2005 action crime drama film Harsh Times, Alfred Borden/The Professor/Bernard Fallon in the 2006 psychological thriller film The Prestige, Dieter Dengler in the 2006 epic war drama film Rescue Dawn, Dan Evans in the 2007 Western action drama film 3:10 to Yuma, John Connor in the 2009 post-apocalyptic military science fiction action film Terminator Salvation, Dicky Eklund in the 2010 biographical sports drama film The Fighter, John Miller in the 2011 historical drama war film The Flowers of War, Irving Rosenfeld in the 2013 black comedy crime drama film American Hustle, Michael Burry in the 2015 biographical crime comedy-drama film The Big Short, Bagheera (voice and motion capture) in the 2018 Netflix original adventure drama film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Dick Chaney in the 2018 biographical comedy-drama film Vice, Ken Miles in the 2019 sports drama film Ford v Ferrari, Gorr the God Butcher in the 2022 Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder, and Burt Berendsen in the 2022 period mystery comedy thriller film Amsterdam
edit
Date of birth
30 January 1974
edit
Place of birth
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
edit
Age
Occupation
Actor, Producer, Editor
edit
Occupation category
edit
Nationality
edit

PERSONAL DETAILS

Height
6' (183 cm)
edit
Weight
181 lbs (82 kg)
edit
Build
edit
Hair color
edit
Eye color
edit
Gender
edit
Ethnicity
edit
Sexuality
edit
Religion
edit
Zodiac sign
Distinctive feature
  • He often plays in historical films
  • Often works with directors Christopher Nolan and Terrence Malick
add_black edit
Shoe size
11
edit
Pets add_black pets

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Residence
  • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
  • Los Angeles, California, USA
add_black edit
Net worth
$80,000,000 USD
edit
High school
Bournemouth School, but left at age 16
add_black edit
University add_black university
Talent agency
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
add_black edit
Political affiliation add_black political affiliation
Political party add_black political party

ACTING CAREER

Known for
this text will appear in brackets
e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
add_black edit
Partner: Sibi Blazic (Married) 2 children
Feb 1999-
Christian Bale and Sibi Blazic
Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing.
  • In 2014, he was featured on the number 9 spot on Forbes magazine’s “highest paid actors” list.
  • In July 2008, Christian was arrested in London after his sister and mother had reported him to the police for assault.
  • Christian’s stepmother, Gloria Steinem had her first marriage at the age of 66 on September 3, 2000, with David Bale, Christian’s dad.
  • His grandfather was a stand-up comedian.
  • His father died at 62 due to brain lymphoma.

This page is the FamousFix profile for Christian Bale. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.

On the Christian Bale page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics.

Terms of Use · Copyright · Privacy
Copyright 2006-2025, FamousFix · 0.73s