Christian Bale is a British screen actor who played the lead role of Batman in the Christopher Nolan-directed trio of blockbuster films, and John Connor in the McG directed film, Terminator Salvation.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/

Born Christian Charles Philip Bale on January 30, 1974, in Haverfordwest, Bale's family had a nomadic existence from the time he was two years old.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/christian-bale/biography/151 He was cast in his first screen project, a television movie, in 1986 and a year later was chosen by Steven Spielberg to play the lead in his film Empire of the Sun.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/christian-bale/biography/151 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/ He garnered much publicity for his portrayal of a boy (Bale was 13 at the time) battling to survive Japanese occupation.http://ca.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment/christian-bale/index.html Bale moved to Los Angeles when he was 17 where he, according to his Talktalk.co.uk biography, become a "teen heart-throb" due to his role in Little Women.http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/christian-bale/biography/151 Bale steadily built a film career until 2000, when he broke out as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/ http://ca.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment/christian-bale/index.html

On January 16, 2011 Bale won the Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his depiction of boxer-turned-drug addict Dicky Eklund.http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/live-blogging-the-golden-globes/?src=twrhp In accepting the award, Bale thanked The Fighter co-star Mark Wahlberg, saying "you can only give a loud performance like the one I gave when you have a quiet anchor." He described the family the film's story was based on as "a bunch of characters."http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2011/01/16/golden_globesl_christian_bale_wins_first_globe/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#

Bale has been nominated for and won a number of international and U.S. awards for his big screen roles, many of them for 2010 film The Fighter. His performance, as Dicky Eklund, has garnered a 2010 Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe award and a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Bale had already won the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Ensemble Cast, and a National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actor (following his 1987 win for Best Juvenile Performance in Empire of the Sun) for the role.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/awards

Bale has also been nominated for three Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (with a win in 2006 for Batman Begins), four UK Empire Awards (winning in 2009 for The Dark Knight), and four nominations by the London Critics Circle Film Awards for British Actor of the year.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/awards He has been nominated for People's Choice Awards and won three in 2009 for The Dark Knight - Favorite Cast, Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (with Heath Ledger) and Favorite Superhero, and nominated for three Young Artist Awards, one of which he won in 1989 for Best Young Actor in a Drama Motion Picture for Empire of the Sun.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/awards

• 2012: The Dark Knight Rises as Bruce Wayne (pre-production)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2011: The 13 Women of Nanjing as Johnhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2010: The Fighter as Dicky Eklundhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2009: Public Enemies as Melvin Purvishttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2009: Terminator Salvation as John Connorhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2008: The Dark Knight as Bruce Wayne / Batmanhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2007: I'm Not There as Jack / Pastor Johnhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2007: 3:10 to Yuma as Dan Evanshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2006: The Prestige as Alfred Bordenhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2006: Rescue Dawn as Dieter Denglerhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2005: The New World as John Rolfehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2005: Harsh Times as Jim Luther Davishttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2005: Batman Begins Batman (voice) / Bruce Wayne (voice) (Video Game)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2005: Batman Begins as Bruce Wayne / Batmanhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2004: Howl's Moving Castle as Howl (voice: English version)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2004: The Machinist as Trevor Reznikhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2002: Equilibrium as John Prestonhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2002: Reign of Fire as Quinn Abercrombyhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2002: Laurel Canyon as Samhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2001: Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Mandrashttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2000: Shaft as Walter Wade, Jr.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 2000: American Psycho as Patrick Batemanhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1999: Mary, Mother of Jesus as Jesus of Nazareth (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream as Demetriushttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1998: All the Little Animals as Bobby Platthttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1998: Velvet Goldmine as Arthur Stuarthttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1997: Metroland as Chrishttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1996: The Secret Agent as Steviehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1996: The Portrait of a Lady as Edward Rosierhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1995: Pocahontas as Thomas (voice)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1994: Little Women as Lauriehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1994: Prince of Jutland as Amledhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1993: Swing Kids as Thomas Bergerhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1992: Newsies as Jack 'Cowboy' Kellyhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1991: A Murder of Quality as Tim Perkins (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1990: Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1989: Henry V as Robin the Luggage-Boyhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1987: Empire of the Sun as Jim 'Jamie' Grahamhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1987: Mio in the Land of Faraway as Jum-Jum / Benkehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1987: Heart of the Country as Ben Harris (TV mini-series)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
• 1986: Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna as Alexei (TV movie)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/

"I want to be able to just act and never do any interview, but I don't have the balls to stand up to the studio and say, "I'm never doing another interview in my life!" So I tip my hat and go, "Okay mister! All right mister! I'll go do the salesman job!"—Interview with John H. Richardson for Esquire Magazine on November 15, 2010.http://www.esquire.com/features/christian-bale-interview-1210

"Once Dickie was able to initiate and say, it’s no longer his time, it’s Micky’s time now, and then convince the rest of the family of that, which took some doing, then after that, Dickie was no end of help for Micky. I don’t think that it could have happened without the one or the other. You know, this movie wouldn’t exist without that beautiful relationship between the two brothers,"—Interview about The Fighter with Rocco Passafuime for TheCinemaSource.com on December 12, 2010http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/christian-bale-interview-for-the-fighter/

On July 22, 2008, Bale was arrested while visiting London for the UK premiere of The Dark Knight. He was accused of verbally assaulting his mother and sister, after his mother reportedly insulted Bale's wife, Sibi Blazic.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1037313/EXCLUSIVE-Arrested-Batman-star-flew-rage-mother-insulted-wife.html Bale was released without being charged.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,389295,00.html On July 24, 2008, it was reported the dispute began after Bale refused his sister Sharon's request for a £100,000 loan.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1038185/Christian-Bale-flew-handle-family-begged-100k.html

On February 2, 2009, an audio tape surfaced on the Internet of Bale yelling and cursing at Terminator Salvation Director of Photography Shane Hurlbut.http://perezhilton.com/2009-02-02-bales-verbal-barrage-christian-will-eff-a-bitch-up Hurlbut had allegedly ruined the current scene, by walking in view of the camera. Bale apologized for yelling on the movie set, and stated on the KROQ morning radio show that he took it "way too far."http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/06/bale-apologizes-i-acted-like-a-punk/