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Christian Bale
Born 30 Jan 1974, in Haverfordwest, Wales
Bale first caught the public eye when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire Of The Sun at the age of 13. He has since risen in stature with each role, often choosing unusual roles, as much for his interest in them as for their ability to develop his career.
Standout roles are the lead in American Psycho and more recently the title role in the psychological thriller The Machinist. Bale devoted himself to the role to an extent he had never gone to, sacrificing his mental and physical well being to achieve Reznik's emaciated, skeletal appearance for the sake of an authentic, natural performance. He lost 60 pounds (27 kilograms) in a matter of months.[21] Bale wanted to lose more, but everyone from the director to his doctor forbade him (Bale weighed 130 pounds (54 kg) by the end of filming).
Next came Batman Begins, which returned the Batman franchise to the darkness of its comic book roots and once again re-ignited the franchise as much due to Bales performance as an ensemble cast and superb director in Christopher Nolan.
<b> Wise words: </b> "At first, I was somewhat hesitant to do the role. I mean, after all, Batman is an icon. But I remember, as clear as day, being at the grocery store the day the movie opened, and this little boy saw me. He couldn't have been more than five years old. He just walked right up to me and hugged me. He hugged me, and I was so moved by it that I hugged him back. Then he looked up at me and said "You're my hero." And in that moment, I knew that not only as an actor that I had done my job, but that I had made the right decision to play Batman. And I've never looked back on my the decision to play Batman since."
The Prestige gave Bale a chance to show another side of his character skills. The film is split into three storylines, each resembling one of the three stages of magic. Bale played opposite Hugh Jackman as rival magicians consumed the desire to upstage each other and deliver the perfect third act; know as the "prestige".
3:10 To Yuma saw Bale in a Western that also featured Russell Crowe and opened to raputrous reviews.
Bale returns to Batman in this summers The Dark Knight which is notable for also being the swansong of Heath Ledger, who takes on the role of The Joker.
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Bale used Cruise for American Psycho -
23 October 2009
-Tom Cruise was the inspiration for Christian Bale's frightening portrayal of a bloodthirsty maniac in American Psycho, according to the movie's director Mary Harron.-
-The Dark Knight actor took on the role of Patrick Bateman in the 2000 thriller, playing a wealthy you
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Batman Bale will start shooting again next year -
25 July 2009
-Christian Bale will slip back into his rubber Batsuit next year (10) to begin shooting the sequel to The Dark Knight.-
-The Hollywood actor has confirmed he will return as Bruce Wayne/Batman for the third time in director Christopher Nolan's forthcoming film, but a pro
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Bale sheds weight for new role -
15 July 2009
-Christian Bale has stunned fans with his emaciated appearance as he prepares to play drug addicted boxer Dickie Eklund in a new drama.-
-The Batman actor was hardly recognisable on Monday (13Jul09) as he was photographed looking gaunt walking through Los Angeles, where
Christian Bale - what members say
Christian Bale - filmography
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Public Enemies - BLU-RAY Version
(2009)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Director: Michael Mann
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Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43', director Michael Mann (HEAT, LAST OF THE MOHICANS) has crafted a sprawling historical crime drama that follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian ..read more »
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Public Enemies
(2009)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
Director: Michael Mann
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Based on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43', director Michael Mann (HEAT, LAST OF THE MOHICANS) has crafted a sprawling historical crime drama that follows the efforts of top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian ..read more »
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Terminator - Salvation - BLU-RAY Version
(2009)
Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Helena Bonham-Carter
Director: McG
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After reinvigorating the world of the Caped Crusader with BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT, Christian Bale turns his talents to an altogether different franchise with this fourth film in the TERMINAROR series. The Welsh actor plays John Connor, who joins forces with Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) ..read more »
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Due for release on 23rd November 2009
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The Dark Knight
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
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Rescue Dawn - BLU-RAY Version
(2007)
Starring: Steve Zahn, Zach Grenier, Jeremy Davies
Director: Werner Herzog
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Incomparable director Werner Herzog takes another strange turn in his eclectic career with RESCUE DAWN--a major studio picture starring Christian Bale (BATMAN BEGINS). The film is an adaptation of Herzog's 1997 documentary LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY, which focused on Dieter Dengler, a pilot who was ..read more »
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I'm Not There
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Marcus Carl Franklin, Christian Bale, Ben Whishaw
Director: Todd Haynes
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Todd Haynes (VELVET GOLDMINE, FAR FROM HEAVEN) delivers this dazzling, experimental take on the life of popular music's most revered and enigmatic artist: Bob Dylan. In keeping with the impossible-to-pin-down nature of Dylan himself, Haynes chose to cast six different actors to portray several ..read more »
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Harsh Times
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodríguez, Eva Longoria
Director: David Ayer
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Haunted by nightmares from his murderous military past, the honourably discharged Jim (Christian Bale) spends his time between his impoverished fiancee in rural Mexico and cruising the streets of east L.A., knocking back beers and smoking joints with his buddy Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). They also ..read more »
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The Prestige
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Christian Bale, Piper Perabo, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Christopher Nolan
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From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins"), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy with dangerous and deadly consequences.From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert ..read more »
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73%
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Rescue Dawn
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
Director: Werner Herzog
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Incomparable director Werner Herzog takes another strange turn in his eclectic career with RESCUE DAWN--a major studio picture starring Christian Bale (BATMAN BEGINS). The film is an adaptation of Herzog's 1997 documentary LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY, which focused on Dieter Dengler, a pilot who was ..read more »
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66%
from 18,365 members
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The New World
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer
Director: Terrence Malick
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The New World is an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas, acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick transforms this classic story into a sweeping ..read more »
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Batman Begins
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
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Reign Of Fire
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco
Director: Rob Bowman
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In present-day London, 10 year-old Quinn visits his construction engineer mother at her work. When he crawls into a cavern the workers have uncovered, he finds a large, fire-breathing dragon--which destroys the site and kills his mother. Fast-forward to 2020. Quinn (Christian Bale, AMERICAN PSYCHO) ..read more »
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Laurel Canyon
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
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Just out of Harvard medical school, Sam (Christian Bale) and his fiancee Alex (Kate Beckinsale) seem destined for a life of privilege. Intending to find an apartment of their own in Los Angeles--where Sam will do his residency and Alex will complete her dissertation--they decide to stay temporarily ..read more »
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Equilibrium
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Angus Macfadyen
Director: Kurt Wimmer
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In a futuristic society where the government requires the people to stay tranquil and submissive by taking a psychological drug, people no longer have emotions. Because of this, there are no more wars. But when one of the enforcement agents realizes that maybe peaceful oblivion is not the answer, ..read more »
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Equilibrium - BLU-RAY Version
(2002)
Starring: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Angus Macfadyen
Director: Kurt Wimmer
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In a futuristic society where the government requires the people to stay tranquil and submissive by taking a psychological drug, people no longer have emotions. Because of this, there are no more wars. But when one of the enforcement agents realizes that maybe peaceful oblivion is not the answer, ..read more »
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: John Madden
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In keeping with Hollywood's time-honoured tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles, director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work, CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940, the film tells the story of the beautiful ..read more »
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Shaft
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Christian Bale
Director: John Singleton
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Samuel L. Jackson stars as detective John Shaft, a new-generation "black private dick who's a sex machine with all the chicks" in this stylish, action-packed update of the classic blaxploitation trilogy (SHAFT, SHAFT'S BIG SCORE!, and SHAFT IN AFRICA) from the early 1970s. Shaft's nemesis this time ..read more »
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American Psycho
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto
Director: Mary Harron
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Patrick Bateman is young, white, beautiful, ivy leagued, and indistinguishable from his Wall Street colleagues. Shielded by conformity, privilege, and wealth, Bateman is also the ultimate serial killer, roaming freely and fearlessly. His murderous impulses are fueled by zealous materialism and ..read more »
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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night'...
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Anna Friel, Kevin Kline
Director: Michael Hoffman
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Michael Hoffman's film adaptation of Shakespeare's magical romantic comedy features an all-star cast that includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Christian Bale, Anna Friel, and many others. Peasants, posh lovers, and faeries all collide in an ..read more »
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Velvet Goldmine
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard
Director: Todd Haynes
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Loosely based on the experiences and personalities of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, VELVET GOLDMINE is a wild, glitter-laced trip through the 1970s era of glam rock. Fictional characters Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) are personifications of glam rock's ideals, with ..read more »
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The Secret Agent
(1996)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gerard Depardieu
Director: Christopher Hampton
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The life of an undercover Russian agent, posing as a quiet shopkeeper in London in order to infiltrate a ring of anarchists, is thrown into turmoil when his employers order him to plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad.
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Little Women
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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The fourth screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 novel, LITTLE WOMEN, is given a realistic and rounded treatment by screenwriter Jo Swicord and Australian director Gillian Armstrong, whose perspective emphasises a feminist tone. The story chronicles the lives of a mother and four ..read more »
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A Murder Of Quality
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson
Director: Gavin Millar
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The British class system is under fire in this adaptation of John Le Carre's novel. One-time spy master George Smiley (Denholm Elliott) is called in to investigate the murder of Stella Strode, a schoolteacher's wife at a public school. She had predicted her own death in a letter to a friend. ..read more »
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Empire Of The Sun
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's 'Empire Of The Sun', based on the autobiographical novel by J.G. Ballard, stars Christian Bale as Jim Graham, a British schoolboy separated from his upper-class colonial parents when the Japanese sweep into Shanghai during World War II. Temporarily orphaned, Jim attaches himself ..read more »
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Metroland
Starring: Christian Bale, Lee Ross, Emily Watson
Director: Philip Saville
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Two best friends vow never to become trapped in suburbia's metroland. Escaping by the end of the 1960s, one young man decides to go globetrotting whilst the other moves to France.... Years later they meet again.
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The Machinist
to Watch Now
(2004)
Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
Director: Brad Anderson
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Watch now: £2.49
Run time: 102 minutes
Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) hasn't slept in a year. The shocking deterioration of his physical and mental health has made his every waking moment an unrelenting state of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror. His only solace from this living nightmare comes from an affectionate ..read more »
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Outstanding! 23 November 2004
...ituation by stating ' I'm just going to return some video tapes'. Only thing is Christian Bale is now typecast as Patrick Bateman for me, I've watched most of his other films...
