• Name: Christian Bale
  
• Birth Name: Christian Charles Philip Bale
  
• Height: 6' 2"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: Welsh
  
• Birth Date: January 30, 1974
  
• Birth Place: Haverford, West Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: college in Southern California in the mid-1990s
  
• Husband/Wife: Sibi Blasic (aka Sandra Bale; married on January 29, 2000)
  
• Father: David Bale (former commercial pilot; divorced)
  
• Mother: circus dancer
  
• Sister: Louise Bale (actress; born on July 22, 1972); Erin Bale (musician; older), and Sharon Bale (computer professional; older)
  
• Step Mother: Gloria Steinem (feminist activist; married on on September 3, 2000)
  
• Uncle: Rex Bale (actor)
  
• Claim to fame: as James Graham in Empire of the Sun (1987)
  

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• "An actor should never be larger than the film he's in." (Spin, March 96)
• "I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them. I think if you're a good enough actor, that's the way to longevity in the film business. Keep everybody guessing."
• "It was horrific. I was almost crying in interviews and running away during press conferences, pretending I was going to the bathroom and just disappearing." - on dealing with the resulting media attention of Empire of the Sun at age 13.
• "I enjoyed making the film, but I was shocked when I received all the attention when I got home to Bournemouth. Girls were all over me, boys wanted to fight me and I was being asked to open local fetes when all I wanted to do was ride my BMX bike in the woods. I told my parents I wasn't interested in doing anything again because the attention ruined it." - on the sudden fame that resulted after Empire of the Sun
• "I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous, but I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them." [on getting braces]
• "I started my career without fans."
• On his Internet fans: "It gives me a sort of smug smile that there are people who very thoroughly appreciate my work and talk about it. Some people would think it's creepy, but it doesn't enter into my daily life."

• National Board of Review: Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor, EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987)
• Young Artist Award: Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1989)

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