Christian Bale filmography

Bale at a press conference for the film American Hustle, February 2014

British actor Christian Bale has starred in various films, as well as advertisements and a video game. He made his acting debut in 1986, on the television film Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. The following year, he made his film debut starring alongside John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson in the war film Empire of the Sun. Bale's role of a young boy, interned in China by the Japanese, received praise from most film critics.^[1][2] Two years later, Bale had a minor role in Henry V, a drama film based on William Shakespeare's play The Life of Henry the Fifth. It has been considered one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations ever made.^[3][4] In 1992, Bale starred as Jack Kelly in the Walt Disney musical drama Newsies, which was a critical and commercial failure; however, it gained a cult following.^[5][6] He received a role in the 1994 drama Little Women, which garnered positive reviews.^[7] Bale lent his voice for the Disney animated film Pocahontas in 1995, although it received a mixed reception and attained box office success.^[8] He starred as British journalist Arthur Stuart in the Todd Haynes-directed drama Velvet Goldmine (1998). Although critics were divided on the film, Bale's role was "eagerly anticipated".^[1][9] Bale portrayed Demetrius in the critically praised 1999 film A Midsummer Night's Dream, an adaptation of Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Michael Hoffman.^[10][11] The same year, he portrayed Jesus of Nazareth in the television movie Mary, Mother of Jesus.

In 2000, Bale starred in the psychological thriller American Psycho in which he played the serial killer Patrick Bateman.^[12] His portrayal received positive reviews from critics and is often considered his breakthrough role.^[13][14] The same year, he starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson in the critically praised action crime film Shaft.^[15] He co-starred with Nicolas Cage and Penélope Cruz in the romance drama Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). The film was panned by film critics and had a poor commercial performance.^[16] For the portrayal of Trevor Reznik in the psychological thriller The Machinist (2003), he lost 63 pounds (28.5 kg).^[17] Although the film was commended by critics, it was a commercial failure. Bale starred as Bruce Wayne / Batman in Batman Begins (2005), a reboot of the Batman film series directed by Christopher Nolan.^[18] His portrayal of Wayne / Batman was critically acclaimed and the movie became a box office success.^[19] He subsequently lent his voice in the Batman Begins based video game with the same title. In 2006, he portrayed German-American aviator Dieter Dengler in the war drama Rescue Dawn. Despite positive reviews, the film was a box office flop.^[20] The same year, he starred in The Prestige (2006) alongside Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson. It received positive reviews and was a commercial success in the box office.^[21] Bale co-starred with Russell Crowe in the Western 3:10 to Yuma (2007) which was positively received by movie critics.^[22]

Bale reprised his role as Wayne / Batman in the second part of Nolan's Batman film series, the sequel of 2005's Batman Begins entitled The Dark Knight (2008). After its release, the film received highly positive reviews and is considered one of the best films of the 2000s.^[23][24] With more than $1 billion in revenue worldwide, it is the thirteenth highest-grossing film of all time.^[25] A year later, he starred in the fourth installment of the Terminator film series, Terminator Salvation (2009) as John Connor. The film was poorly received by most movie critics, however, it was a commercial success.^[26] The same year, Bale starred together with Johnny Depp in the critical and commercial success Public Enemies as FBI agent Melvin Purvis.^[27] He acted alongside Mark Wahlberg in the biographical sports drama The Fighter (2010) as Dicky Eklund. The film was critically acclaimed and a commercial success.^[28] The Fighter earned Bale the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 83rd Academy Awards.^[29] In 2012, Bale starred in the third and final installment of Nolan's Batman film trilogy entitled The Dark Knight Rises as Wayne / Batman. As with its prequels, the film received positive acclaim from movie critics.^[30] The Dark Knight Rises has earned more than $1 billion worldwide thus becoming the seventh highest-grossing film worldwide and the third highest-grossing film of 2012.^[25][31] For his role as Michael Burry in the biographical dramedy The Big Short, he was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[32][33]

Films

Title	Year	Role	Director(s)	Budget	Box office	Ref (s)
				USD$
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna	1986	Alexei	Marvin J. Chomsky	Unknown	N/A	[34]
Mio in the Land of Faraway	1987	Yum Yum	Vladimir Grammatikov	Unknown	Unknown	[35]
Empire of the Sun	1987	Jim Graham	Steven Spielberg	35,000,000	71,043,639	[36] [37] [38]
Henry V	1989	Falstaff's Boy	Kenneth Branagh	9,000,000	Unknown	[39] [40] [41]
Treasure Island	1990	Jim Hawkins	Fraser Clarke Heston	Unknown	N/A	[42]
A Murder of Quality	1991	Tim Perkins	Gavin Millar	Unknown	Unknown	[43]
Newsies	1992	Jack Kelly	Kenny Ortega	15,000,000	Unknown	[44] [45]
Swing Kids	1993	Thomas Berger	Thomas Carter	Unknown	Unknown	[46] [47]
Prince of Jutland	1994	Prince Amled	Gabriel Axel	Unknown	Unknown	[48]
Little Women	1994	Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence	Gillian Armstrong	18,000,000	50,083,616	[49] [50]
Pocahontas	1995	Thomas (voice)	Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg	55,000,000	347,100,000	[51] [52]
The Portrait of a Lady	1996	Edward Rosier	Jane Campion	Unknown	Unknown	[53] [54]
The Secret Agent	1996	Stevie	Christopher Hampton	Unknown	Unknown	[55] [56]
Metroland	1997	Chris Lloyd	Philip Saville	Unknown	Unknown	[57] [58]
Velvet Goldmine	1998	Arthur Stuart	Todd Haynes	9,000,000	4,861,972	[59] [60]
All the Little Animals	1998	Bobby Platt	Jeremy Thomas	Unknown	Unknown	[61] [62]
A Midsummer Night's Dream	1999	Demetrius	Michael Hoffman	11,000,000	25,011,645	[63] [64] [11]
Mary, Mother of Jesus	1999	Jesus of Nazareth	Kevin Connor	Unknown	N/A	[65]
American Psycho	2000	Patrick Bateman	Mary Harron	8,000,000	28,674,417	[66] [67]
Shaft	2000	Walter Wade Jr.	John Singleton	53,012,938	107,190,108	[68] [69]
Captain Corelli's Mandolin	2001	Mandras	John Madden	57,000,000	62,097,495	[70] [71]
Laurel Canyon	2002	Sam	Lisa Cholodenko	Unknown	4,412,203	[72] [73]
Reign of Fire	2002	Quinn Abercromby	Rob Bowman	60,000,000	82,150,183	[74] [75]
Equilibrium	2002	John Preston	Kurt Wimmer	20,000,000	5,345,869	[76] [77]
The Machinist	2004	Trevor Reznik	Brad Anderson	5,000,000	8,782,570	[78] [79]
Howl's Moving Castle	2004	Howl (voice)	Hayao Miyazaki	24,000,000	235,184,110	[80] [81]
Batman Begins	2005	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Christopher Nolan	150,000,000	374,218,673	[18] [82]
The New World	2005	John Rolfe	Terrence Malick	30,000,000	26,184,400	[83] [84]
Harsh Times	2005	Jim Davis	David Ayer	2,000,000	5,963,961	[85] [86]
Rescue Dawn	2006	Dieter Dengler	Werner Herzog	10,000,000	7,037,886	[87] [88]
The Prestige	2006	Alfred Borden / Fallon	Christopher Nolan	40,000,000	107,896,006	[89] [90]
3:10 to Yuma	2007	Dan Evans	James Mangold	48,000,000	69,791,889	[91] [92]
I'm Not There	2007	Jack Rollins / Pastor John	Todd Haynes	20,000,000	11,498,547	[93] [94]
The Dark Knight	2008	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Christopher Nolan	185,000,000	1,004,558,444	[95] [96]
Terminator Salvation	2009	John Connor	McG	200,000,000	371,628,539	[97] [98]
Public Enemies	2009	Melvin Purvis	Michael Mann	100,000,000	214,104,620	[99] [100]
The Fighter	2010	Dicky Eklund	David O. Russell	11,000,000	129,217,009	[101] [102]
The Flowers of War	2011	John Miller	Zhang Yimou	94,000,000	95,311,434	[103] [104]
The Dark Knight Rises	2012	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Christopher Nolan	250,000,000	1,084,439,099	[105] [106]
Out of the Furnace	2013	Russell Baze	Scott Cooper	22,000,000	15,434,849	[107] [108]
American Hustle	2013	Irving Rosenfeld	David O. Russell	40,000,000	251,171,807	[109] [110]
Exodus: Gods and Kings	2014	Moses	Ridley Scott	140,000,000	249,065,024	[111]
Knight of Cups	2015	Rick	Terrence Malick	Unknown	1,136,556	[112]
The Big Short	2015	Michael Burry	Adam McKay	28,000,000	132,950,761	[113] [114] [115]
The Promise	2016	Chris	Terry George	Unknown	In post-production	[116]
Weightless	2017	Unknown	Terrence Malick	Unknown	To be released	[117]
Hostiles	2017	Blocker	Scott Cooper	Unknown	Filming	[118]
Jungle Book	2018	Bagheera (voice)	Andy Serkis	Unknown	In post-production	[119]

Video games

Title	Year	Role	Developer	Publisher	Ref(s)
Batman Begins	2005	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)	Vicarious Visions	EA Games	[120][121]

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External links

• Christian Bale filmography at the Internet Movie Database
• Christian Bale at Rotten Tomatoes
• Christian Bale at AllMovie