Christian Charles Philip Bale is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Forbes magazine ranked him as one of the highest-paid actors in 2014.
Bale in 2019
Bale at the Spanish premiere of The Dark Knight in 2008
Bale (far left) at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, where he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Bale at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival
Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tom Stoppard, based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the same name. The film tells the story of Jamie "Jim" Graham, a young boy who goes from living with his wealthy British family in Shanghai to becoming a prisoner of war in an internment camp operated by the Japanese during World War II.
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Christian Bale, pictured here in 1988, played Jamie "Jim" Graham.
Image: Steven Spielberg by Gage Skidmore
Image: Image Tom Stoppard 1 (cropped)