- If he plays an American character, he will use an American accent in all the interviews related to the film. He says he does this so the audience is not confused.
- Holds the records for the most weight lost (63 pounds for The Machinist (2004)) and gained (80 pounds for Batman Begins (2005)) for film roles.
- Met his wife through Winona Ryder; she was Ryder's personal assistant.
- He replaced Leonardo DiCaprio for the film American Psycho (2000).
- Met Drew Barrymore on the set of Empire of the Sun (1987), who was visiting her godfather, Steven Spielberg. He was thirteen and she was twelve. Bale later revealed that during filming, they went out on only one date, in which they saw "some bloody awful horror film," and she never called again.
- Was good friends with the late actor Heath Ledger.
- 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 street kids in Rio De Janeiro.
- Dropped an amazing 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film The Machinist (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.
- Is the first non-American actor to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne.
- Has said that he considers it an honor to have been called a "mofo" by Samuel L. Jackson in a movie.
- 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.
- Is an avid fan of video games and cites Super Mario as one of his all-time favorites growing up.
- He has an uncanny ear for accents.
- The nameplate on his trailer for Batman Begins (2005) read "Bruce Wayne" as opposed to Bale's name.
- 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 age 20. 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.
- He is still an avid motorcyclist he but gave up track racing after getting into multiple accidents and receiving a steel plate for his broken wrist, a titanium clavicle and 25 screws for his hand. At one point he also lost the top of his finger but it was later reattached.
- Is the youngest actor to portray Batman.
- Beat out nearly 4,000 other auditions for the role of Jim Graham in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987).
- Bale was handpicked by Winona Ryder for the coveted role of Laurie (Theodore Laurence) in Little Women (1994).
- A very private individual, he has never publicly confirmed the name of his daughter.
- His father was an activist and adventurer and his mother a circus dancer so he never lived in one place for very long while growing up.
- Visited victims of the 2012 Aurora shooting spree.
- Dislikes doing interviews.
- He was a huge fan of the Terminator films long before being cast as John Connor.
- Is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.
- He was considered for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), which went to Daniel Craig.
- Was arrested over verbal assault allegations made by his mother and his sister just hours after he attended the European premiere of his movie The Dark Knight (2008) in London. Upon reviewing the case, the London police decided not to charge him with anything. (July 2008)
- Became a father for the 1st time at age 31 when his wife Sibi Blazic gave birth to their daughter Emmaline Bale on March 27, 2005.
- He was raised in England, Portugal and California.
- Auditioned for the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997) and almost got the role but people felt that it wouldn't be "fair" having two Brits playing two Americans (Rose was American as well; she says in the movie that the Titanic was a slave ship bringing her back to America).
- He was involved in an infamous incident where he was recorded verbally assaulting cinematographer Shane Hurlbut on the set of Terminator Salvation (2009) for interrupting him during an intense scene. Bale has since apologized, but the incident was widely heard across the Internet.
- He trained for 10 weeks in dancing and martial arts for the dance sequences in Newsies (1992) and Swing Kids (1993).
- Has played the character of Bruce Wayne/Batman in more live-action films than any other actor.
- His first on-screen role was in 1983 at age 9 in a British commercial for Pac-Man cereal.
- Turned down the opportunity to reprise the role of Patrick Bateman in the Roger Avary-directed The Rules of Attraction (2002).
- He was considered for the role of Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), which went to Orlando Bloom.
- 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 English accent. Instead he spoke to Gross in an almost inflection-less mid-American accent, only revealing his dialectic roots with a few words.
- Although born in Wales, his family is actually English. In 1976, when Bale was two years old, his family left Wales and returned to England.
- Before he played Batman in Batman Begins (2005), his sister Louise Bale played Batman's mother in The Death of Batman (2003).
- Has been in two 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).
- His grandfather was a stand-up comic and children's entertainer.
- He and his wife belong to the Board of Trustees in the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
- His grandfather doubled for John Wayne in two movies, in Africa.
- His father, David Bale, died on December 30, 2003, from brain lymphoma at age 62.
- In 1984, he made his stage debut in the West End play "The Nerd", opposite Rowan Atkinson.
- 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 role to Leonardo DiCaprio and then win it back again.
- Has lived in Los Angeles, California since 1992.
- Was introduced to acting by his sister, Louise Bale.
- His father, David Bale, married feminist icon Gloria Steinem on September 3, 2000.
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