Christian Bale Trivia

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Birth name: Christian Charles Philip Bale

Date of birth: 30 January 1974 

Place of birth: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK 

Nickname: Chris 

Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) 

Spouse: Sibi Blazic (29 January 2000 – present) 1 child 

• Hand-picked by director/writer Mary Harron and author Bret Easton Ellis to star in American Psycho (2000). Consequently, was noted by the media as the first star of American Psycho (2000), only to lose the part to Leonardo DiCaprio and then win it back again.
• Is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.
• He trained for 10 weeks in dancing and martial arts for the dance sequences in Newsies (1992) and Swing Kids (1993).
• He has an uncanny ear for accents – he has used a different accent for each of his films to date.
• Bale was handpicked by Winona Ryder for the coveted role of Laurie (Theodore Laurence) in Little Women (1994).
• His father, David Bale, married feminist icon Gloria Steinem on September 3, 2000.
• A devoted animal lover, Christian has two dogs [Mojo and Ramone] and three cats [Miriam, Molly, and Lilly], which are all strays that he found.
• Christian is active in many organizations, including Ark Trust, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Foundation, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the Redwings Sanctuary, and the Happy Child Mission, and a school for streetkids in Rio De Janeiro.
• His grandfather doubled for John Wayne in two movies, in Africa.
• His first on-screen role was in 1983 at age 9 in a British commercial for Pac-man cereal.
• Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
• He replaced Leonardo DiCaprio for the film American Psycho (2000).
• Stepson of feminist author Gloria Steinem
• His father, David Bale, died on 30 December 2003, from brain lymphoma at the age of 62.
• He was raised in England, Portugal and California.
• His great-uncle, Rex Bale, was an actor.
• His father was a former commercial pilot.
• Mother was a former circus dancer.
• He has three sisters: Erin Bale, a musician; Sharon Bale, a computer professional; and Louise Bale, a director/actress – she appeared in Newsies (1992).
• His grandfather was a stand-up comic and children’s entertainer.
• Met his wife through Winona Ryder; she was Ryder’s personal assistant.
• With Batman Begins (2005), he will become the seventh actor to play Batman and the only one since Adam West to stand the same height as Batman, who is 6-feet-2-inches tall according to the comic books.
• Dropped an amazing 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film Maquinista, El (2004) with only a single vitamin consultation with a nutritionist to guide him. For the most part, he only ate salads and apples, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and drank nonfat lattes.
• Considered getting formal acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) when he was twenty, but decided to focus on working instead.
• Has been in 2 versions of the John Smith/Pocahontas story. He provides the voice of Thomas in Pocahontas (1995) and plays John Rolfe in The New World (2005).
• Turned down the opportunity to reprise the role of Patrick Bateman in the Roger Avary-directed The Rules of Attraction (2002)
• His wife gave birth to the couple’s first child, a girl. The baby was born 27 March, 2005 in Santa Monica, California.
• In the “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” radio interview first aired June 13, 2005, he admitted to Gross that because Batman is “such an American icon,” he had decided not to perform his promotional interviews for the movie Batman Begins (2005) in his natural mixed Welsh/British accent. He instead spoke to Gross in an almost-inflectionless mid-American accent, only revealing his dialectic roots with a few words.
• Has 3 older sisters: Erin, Sharon & Louise Bale’
• Two of his most famous character’s names have a difference of only one letter. Bateman and Batman.
• Since a young age he was very ambitious about attending Drama School, and auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and the Central School of Speech And Drama at the age of twenty. He was accepted to all, but was convinced by his parents to continue working instead. To this day, he regrets not attending drama school for his personal passion of learning his craft.
• Auditioned for the role of Robin/Dick Grayson in Batman Forever (1995). About ten years later, he was cast as Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins (2005).
• The nameplate on his trailer for Batman Begins (2005) read “Bruce Wayne” as opposed to Bale’s name.
• First non-American actor to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne.
• Is the youngest actor to portray Batman.
• Owned a home he shared with his sister, Louise Bale, in Manhattan Beach.
• In July 2008, Bale had an angry tirade on the sets of Terminator Salvation, while filming in New Mexico.
• During an interview promoting his 2009 film Public Enemies Bale said he is a video game fan, specifically of the Metal Gear Solid series. When questioned if he was in the running to play Solid Snake, Bale stated that he prefers to devote his spare time to constructive things and dislikes discussing his personal life.
• In early 2010, Bale was confirmed to be starring in a romantic love story that will be directed by Terrence Malick and will also star Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams and Olga Kurylenko.
• According to a Nuts magazine interview, Bale stated that he will be in the running to play the role of Solid Snake in a film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. He has been cast alongside Mark Wahlberg in David O. Russell directed drama The Fighter 2010.