Christian Bale Biography

Christian Bale was born on January 30, 1974 in Pembrokeshire, Wales, but later moved to England. Bale caught the acting bug early in life, and by the age of ten was already appearing in a West End production of The Nerd. Television work soon followed, but it was in 1987's Empire of the Sun that he first made his mark worldwide. In 1992, Bale had a starring role in Disney's Newsies. In an attempt to revive the musical, he was called on to sing and dance in the story of a group of striking newsboys in 1899 who take on Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. It was an utter failure, and Newsies quickly disappeared from theaters. On the Internet however, the film has found a second life as a cult classic with young girls. He has since appeared in films such as Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Reign of Fire and The Machinist, and won the coveted title role in Batman Begins (2005). Bale enjoys reading and horseback riding in his spare time. He met his future wife, Sibi Blazic, when she was working as Winona Ryder's personal assistant. They married in 2000.