Christian Bale

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 1974) is an English actor known for his versatility and the physical transformations he undergoes for his roles. He had his breakthrough at the age of thirteen in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) and later gained wider recognition as the serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000) and in the title role of The Machinist (2004). He played Batman in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, one of the highest grossing film franchises. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the boxer Dicky Eklund in The Fighter (2010), received further Academy Award nominations for American Hustle, The Big Short and Vice, and won two Golden Globe Awards, the second for portraying Dick Cheney in Vice. His later roles include Ken Miles in Ford v Ferrari and Gorr the God Butcher in Thor: Love and Thunder.