Best Known As: Film Actor

Gist:  Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. In addition to starring roles in big budget Hollywood films, he has for long been heavily involved in films produced by independent producers and art houses.

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, playing an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Since then, he has portrayed a wide range of characters. Bale is especially noted for his cult following: the tenth anniversary issue of Entertainment Weekly hailed him as one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures of the Past Decade", citing his cult status on the Internet. EW called Bale one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment" in anticipation of the release American Psycho (2000). "Lately, though, he's best thought of as the anti-Leo, after winning, losing, then winning back the role of a murderous yuppie from DiCaprio in the upcoming film version of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho."

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Although Bale was born in Wales, his parents were of South African and English descent: South African-born entrepreneur, commercial pilot, and talent manager David Bale is his father, and English circus clown and performer Jenny James his mother. He is the youngest of four children. After leaving Wales in 1976, Bale spent his childhood in several countries, including England, Portugal, and the United States.

Settling for four years in Bournemouth and Henley-on-Thames, Bale attended Shiplake C of E Primary school and Bournemouth School respectively. He participated actively in rugby union. and died at the age of 62 on 30 December 2003, from brain lymphoma.

Bale's first foray into acting was a commercial for the fabric softener Lenor in 1982, when he was eight years old. He appeared in a Pac-Man cereal commercial playing a child rock star a year later and in 1984 made his stage debut in The Nerd, opposite Rowan Atkinson.

On 29 January 2000, Bale married Serbian-American Sandra "Sibi" Bla?i? (born 1970), a one-time model, make-up artist, and personal assistant to Winona Ryder; the couple have a daughter, Emmeline, who was born on 27 March 2005, in Santa Monica, California. Since 1992, Bale has resided in Los Angeles.

Bale has three older sisters ? Erin Bale, a musician; Sharon Bale, a computer professional; and Louise Bale, a theatre actress and director. The Bale family is deeply rooted in show business, especially theatre. Bale is a distant relative of British actress Lillie Langtry, while his uncle, Rex Bale, and maternal grandfather were actors as well.

Like his late father, businessman David (1941?2003), Christian Bale actively supports such environmental groups such as Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund. Feminist activist Gloria Steinem became Bale's stepmother, and a first-time bride (at the age of 66), when she married David Bale on 3 September 2000. The marriage ended with the death of David Bale in 2003.

During an interview promoting his 2009 film Public Enemies, Bale said he is a video game fan, specifically of the Metal Gear Solid series, when he was questioned if he was in the running to play Solid Snake. He stated that he prefers to devote his spare time to more constructive things and dislikes talking about his personal life.

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Stephen Colbert parodied the incident on the February 4 episode of The Colbert Report, in which guest Steve Martin repeatedly walked in front of the camera and was berated by Colbert. An episode of the animated TV series Family Guy also mixes in the voice of Peter Griffin interacting with Bale and reacting to Bale's comments as if they were directed at him, also for comedic effect.

The audio was also parody in a Nostalgia Critic video, Batman vs The Dark Knight, where after he reviews the two movies, he gets a call from Bale and starts yelling at him for making fun of his voice of Batman in the Dark Knight.

After remaining silent for most of the week, Bale gave a public apology on 6 February 2009, to a Los Angeles radio station, KROQ. He stated that the outburst was "inexcusable" and that it was motivated by the day's shooting intensity. Bale said he "acted like a punk", and that he and Hurlbut talked after the incident and "resolved this completely". Bale acknowledged that the two worked together for several hours after the incident, and "at least a month after that". He noted, "I've seen a rough cut of the movie and he has done a wonderful job. It looks fantastic."