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Christian Bale Profile |
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Birth Date: January
30, 1974
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Birth Place:
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
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Birth
Name: Christian Charles Philip Bale
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Height: 6'0"
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Biography |
Christian Bale was born to businessman David Bale and Jenny
James, a circus performer. Although Christian's birthplace
was in Wales, both of his parents are of English descent,
and Christian is known to consider himself English. He has
three older sisters: Erin Bale-Kreunen (a musician), Sharon
Bale (a computer professional) and Louise Bale (a director
and actress). Bale spent his childhood in a variety of
countries including the United Kingdom, Portugal, and the
United States.
He began his acting career by appearing in a Pac-Man cereal
advertisement in the UK at age 9 and then appeared a year
later in the West End play The Nerd. His breakthrough came
in 1987 when he was picked for the role of Jim in Steven
Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. Bale next appeared in Henry V
and TV roles before taking on several movie projects,
starting in 1992 with the Disney musical feature film
Newsies. For this role and his role in the 1993 film Swing
Kids, Bale trained for 10 weeks in dancing and martial arts.
After this he drew further attention when he won the
much-coveted role of Laurie in Little Women, having been
hand-picked for the role by Winona Ryder who portrayed Jo in
the film. He has since won roles in notable films such as
Velvet Goldmine and the lead in American Psycho. His
brilliant portrayal of yuppie businessman serial killer
Patrick Bateman was met with rave reviews and critical
acclaim, but due to the controversy surrounding the book on
which the movie was based, it was not as successful as it
'should' have been. He recently played the title role in
Batman Begins to yet more critical acclaim. |
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Hand-picked by director/writer Mary Harron and author Bret
Easton Ellis to star in American Psycho (2000).
Consequently, was noted by the media as the first star of
American Psycho (2000), only to lose the part to Leonardo
DiCaprio and then win it back again.
Is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.
He trained for 10 weeks in dancing and martial arts for the
dance sequences in Newsies (1992) and Swing Kids (1993).
He has an uncanny ear for accents - he has used a different
accent for each of his films to date.
Bale was handpicked by Winona Ryder for the coveted role of
Laurie (Theodore Laurence) in Little Women (1994).
His father, David Bale, married feminist icon Gloria Steinem
on September 3, 2000.
A devoted animal lover, Christian has two dogs [Mojo and
Ramone] and three cats [Miriam, Molly, and Lilly], which are
all strays that he found.
Christian is active in many organizations, including Ark
Trust, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Foundation, the Dian
Fossey Gorilla Fund, the Redwings Sanctuary, and the Happy
Child Mission, and a school for street kids in Rio De
Janeiro.
His grandfather doubled for John Wayne in two movies, in
Africa.
His first on-screen role was in 1983 at age 9 in a British
commercial for Pac-man cereal.
Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
He replaced Leonardo DiCaprio for the film American Psycho
(2000).
Stepson of feminist author Gloria Steinem
His father, David Bale, died on 30 December 2003, from brain
lymphoma at the age of 62.
He was raised in England, Portugal and California.
His great-uncle, Rex Bale, was an actor.
His father was a former commercial pilot.
His mother was a former circus dancer.
He has three sisters: Erin Bale, a musician; Sharon Bale, a
computer professional; and Louise Bale, a director/actress -
she appeared in Newsies (1992).
His grandfather was a stand-up comic and children's
entertainer.
Met his wife through Winona Ryder; she was Ryder's personal
assistant.
With Batman Begins (2005), he has become the seventh actor
to play Batman/Bruce Wayne in a live-action film.
Dropped an amazing 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated
insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film Maquinista, El (2004)
with only a single vitamin consultation with a nutritionist
to guide him. For the most part, he only ate salads and
apples, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and drank nonfat
lattes.
Considered getting formal acting training at the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) when he was twenty, but
decided to focus on working instead.
Has been in 2 versions of the John Smith/Pocahontas story.
He provides the voice of Thomas in Pocahontas (1995) and
plays John Rolfe in The New World (2005).
Turned down the opportunity to reprise the role of Patrick
Bateman in the Roger Avary-directed The Rules of Attraction
(2002)
His wife gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl. The
baby was born 27 March, 2005 in Santa Monica, California.
In the "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" radio interview first
aired June 13, 2005, he admitted to Gross that because
Batman is "such an American icon", he had decided not to
perform his promotional interviews for the movie Batman
Begins (2005) in his natural mixed Welsh/British accent. He
instead spoke to Gross in an almost-inflection less
mid-American accent, only revealing his dialectic roots with
a few words.
Has 3 older sisters: Erin, Sharon & Louise Bale'
Two of his most famous character's names have a difference
of only one letter. Bateman and Batman.
Since a young age he was very ambitious about attending
Drama School, and auditioned for the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art (RADA), the London Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and the Central School of Speech And
Drama at the age of twenty. He was accepted to all, but was
convinced by his parents to continue working instead. To
this day, he regrets not attending drama school for his
personal passion of learning his craft.
Auditioned for the role of Robin/Dick Grayson in Batman
Forever (1995). About ten years later, he was cast as
Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins (2005).
The nameplate on his trailer for Batman Begins (2005) read
"Bruce Wayne" as opposed to Bale's name.
First non-American actor to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne.
Is the youngest actor to portray Batman.
Owned a home he shared with his sister, Louise Bale, in
Manhattan Beach. |
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