Christian Charles Phillip Bale born in Haverfordwest, Wales on January 30, 1974, but grew up in England, passing through Portugal and reaching the United States.
Regarding his professional career, he started on the right foot, since at a very young age he was chosen in a casting among more than 4000 boys, to star in the film of Steven Spielberg, set in World War II, “The Sun’s empire”, attracting the attention of the public and critics, getting to be awarded by the National Board of Review, for the best performance of a youth actor.
Bale then continued to gain admiration and praise for his unforgettable performances; like the one he did in the film of Jane campion, “Portrait of a lady“, embodying Ned rosier, passionate, yet frustrated.
In 1998, he surprised again with his personification as a cynical journalist in the film “Velvet Goldmine” about glam rock, directed by Todd Haynes in which he shared scenes with Ewan McGregor and several major players.
Another of his performances was that of the weak-minded fugitive in “All the little animals” in the same year, a film in which he was accompanied by John hurt and directed by Jeremy thomas.
On January 29, 2000 he married Sibi Blasic, personal assistant to the actress Winona ryder, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In that same year he had to star in the film adaptation of the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, “American Psycho”, directed by Mary Harron, embodying Patrick Bateman. His excellent performance managed to garner the coinciding benevolence of critics for his performance as a sadistic, albeit tragicomic, serial killer.
In November he has to star alongside Samuel L. Jackson, the big screen adaptation of the series Shaft. The film was called “Shaft “ same as the series, and Christian was in charge of embodying Walter wade, a young man who murders a partner in a fight, only to be chased by Shaft.
In 2001, Bale would appear again alongside great actors, such as Nicolas Cage Y Penelope Cruz, in the film “Captain Corelli’s mandolin” embodying the boyfriend of the character played by Penelope, Mandras.
The following year, he had another chance to star in a production, this time in the dragon-ridden apocalyptic fantasy film called “The Empire of Fire” in which he plays Quinn, the fire chief. In the same year, he also had to play the character of Sam, along with Frances McDormand in the film “The street of temptations” directed by Lisa cholodenko.
But his most difficult role would come with the movie “The Machinist” in 2004, where he not only had to exert himself psychically and mentally, but also had to lose weight until he became practically a famished anorexic. This role kept him on the verge of death, but he was finally able to overcome it and at the end of the film, recover his figure and his health.
Despite having worked in numerous productions of great stature, it would be in 2005 when his career would make the final leap to establish himself among the greats of Hollywood. In that year he would become the best Batman of all the Dark Knight film productions so far, in “Batman starts” directed and written by Christopher Nolan. Thanks to this role, in 2006, Bale won the award Saturn Award for best actor and he MTV Movie Award to the best hero. To make his mark as the protagonist of this film, Christian had to learn numerous martial arts and undergo arduous training, passed without problems and with great enthusiasm.
In the same year, he works embodying John rolfe, owner of an English tobacco plantation, in “The New World”, written and directed by Terrence malick. Among his next projects we find the independent film “Harsh Times”, which takes place in South Central LA
In 2008 he once again swept everything in the cinema, thanks to his recurring role as Batman in the aftermath of Begins, call “The Dark Knight”. With this film he breaks all the cinematographic records, placing himself among the 5 films that raised the most money in the history of cinema, and reaching the top 1 among films based on comics. With this role he consecrates himself as the best Batman, above Michael Keaton, Val kilmer Y George Clooney, voted by bat fans around the world.
In this film, he was lucky enough to participate with Heath ledgerwho played the best Joker of all time, and sadly passed away after a drug overdose in January of the same year.
Due to his great acting skills, Bale is summoned to star in the fourth installment of the saga of Terminator, call “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins” predestined to come out in 2009. In this film, she embodies nobody else and nobody less than John connor.
His filmography takes us through an astonishing diversity of totally different characters and roles. Christian Bale, carries a unique peculiarity, has a great ear for accents, giving him the ability to change his for that of a French, a Spanish, or even an Italian, as required by each role and film he plays.
To this day, Bale lives with his wife in Scotland and they have a daughter. He loves animals, reading and especially martial arts, a culture that he has had to learn too much for his role as Bruce Wayne / Batman on “Batman starts” Y “The Dark Knight”. Bale is a defender of nature and the environment.