Christian Bale

Christian Bale
Role	Bruce Wayne Alfred Borden Bernard Fallon
Date of birth	30th January, 1974
Birthplace	Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Profession	Actor
Appearances	Batman Begins The Prestige The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises

Christian Bale is an actor who portrayed Bruce Wayne in the Batman films, and Alfred Borden in The Prestige. He also played Borden's twin Bernard Fallon in the latter film.

Bale was born in Wales and grew up there and in England. As a child he acted, appearing in Empire of the Sun in 1987. He continued his career, notably gaining attention when losing a dramatic amount of weight for his role in The Machinist. In 1996 he starred in Portrait of a Lady, alongside Martin Donovan, in 2002 he starred in Equilibrium, alongside William Fichtner, in 2007 in I'm Not There, alongside Heath Ledger, and in 2009 in Public Enemies, alongside Marion Cotillard. In 2010 he won an Oscar for his performance in The Fighter.

Gallery

As Bruce Wayne

As Alfred Borden

Selected filmography

• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• The Flowers of War (2011)
• The Fighter (2010)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• Terminator: Salvation (2009)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• I'm Not There (2007)
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
• The Prestige (2006)
• Rescue Dawn (2006)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Equilibrium (2002)
• Reign of Fire (2002)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
• Shaft (2000)
• Metroland (1997)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
• Little Women (1994)
• Treasure Island (1990)
• Henry V (1989)
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• The Dreamthief (1985)

See also

• Performers with multiple roles