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Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries throughout Bale's childhood, including England, Portugal, and the United States. Bale acknowledges the constant change was one of the influences on his career choice.

His first acting job was a cereal commercial in 1983; amazingly, the next year, he debuted on the West End stage in "The Nerd". A role in the 1986 NBC mini-series Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) caught Steven Spielberg's eye, leading to Bale's well-documented role in Empire of the Sun (1987). For the range of emotions he displayed as the star of the war epic, he earned a special award by the National Board of Review for Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor.

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Every Christian Bale Movie Performance, Ranked

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There’s a no-bullshit quality to Christian Bale’s persona — both onscreen and off — that’s been the hallmark of actor’s actors since Marlon Brando. Everything he does seem to be performed with maximum intensity and a minimum of vanity, most notably for the many times he’s either gained or lost a lot of weight for various roles over the years. That rare child actor to evolve into an indomitable leading man, Bale is notoriously dismissive of celebrity. And he has a prickly love-hate relationship with his craft, once saying, “There are moments of real sort of hatred of it and thinking that it’s the most pitiful, funny, ridiculous profession that you could ever pick. And it feels like anything but art; it feels as far from art as you could ever get. And then other moments where you go, ‘I love it! There’s all that crap that goes wit

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Christian Bale's Career in Photos

1987 - Empire of the Sun

At the age of 13-years-old, Bale landed his breakthrough role as Jamie in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. He played a British boy in a World War II Japanese internment camp. This first big role had already landed him critical acclaim and a ton of star power.

1989 - Henry V

Two years after filming Empire of the Sun, Bale took a role in the movie adaptation of Henry V. His role as the page boy Robin fryst vatten small, but it was notable for how well he did.

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1990 - Treasure Island

In 1990, Bale got a role as Jim Hawkins in the made-for-television rulle adaption of the classic swashbuckling adventure novel, Treasure Island. He starred alongside other notable actors like Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, and Christopher Lee.

1994 - Little Women

A memorable character Bale portrayed in his early career was Theodore "Laurie" Laurence in