Christian Bale is an English actor who has an estimated net worth of $80 million.
He was born in January 30, 1974 in Haverford west, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. His father David Bale was a Commercial pilot and talent manager. His mother was a circus performer.
Bale began his acting career at the age of 8 in the commercials, and his debut stage play was in the year 1984 name The Nerd, along with Rowan Atkinson.
The first film was Anastasia- The mystery of Anna which was filmed for the television in 1986.
He also got leading roles in the miniseries like Mio in the Land of Faraway and Heart of the Country.
The Steven Spielberg movie, Empire of the sun gained him lots of fame at the age of 13 in the year 1988. The movie was a great success and profit doubled the making charges.
Since then, Christian Bale had handful of great movies which included American Psycho, Terminator Salvation, 3:10 to Yuma, The Prestige and the Fighter.
He received Golden Globe Award and Oscar Award for the role of a drug addicted boxing star in the movie The Fighter. Henry V in the year 1989, Treasure Island in the year 1990, Swing Kids in the year 1993, Little Women in the year most of these movies made a gross profit of $340 million.
He attended the Bournemouth School at Dorset. Christian Bale married Sibi Blazic, who was a model and a makeup artist. They have a daughter named Emmaline.
One of the famous roles played by Bale is that of Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight which had 3 parts. These 3 part movie helped him earn $2.3 billion.
For the Role in American Hustle, Christian Bale was nominated for another Academy Award.
His next successful movie was The Prestige in the year 2006 which was also directed by Nolan. The film had a gross profit of $100 million.
Christian Bale is regarded as one of the most successful actors of his generation. He is one of the most committed actor who was ready to lose 63 kg for his movie, The Machinist.
Though one amongst the highest paid actor he is leading a simple life with his wife and daughter.
He is not at all interested in letting the media interfere in his private life. Instead of luxurious stuffs, he is interested in spending his money for various organizations and good cause.
Some of them are World Wildlife Foundation, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, Greenpeace, Ark Trust, Happy Child Mission, and the Redwings Sanctuary. Christian Bale is a modest and down -to- earth celebrity. Most of his money was spent on social causes which involves children and animals.
Christian Bale is not at all interested in the lavish life style. He lives in California and owns a simple one-bedroom house. Till date he does not have a cell phone and owns an old BMW 325i car.
He is an animal lover and owns 2 stray dogs and 3 stray cats.
Quick Summary:
Full name: Christian Charles Philip Bale
Date of birth: 30 January 1974
Birth place: Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
Age: 42 Years
Profession: Film Actor
Height: 1.83 m
Weight: 82 Kg
Net worth: $80 million
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