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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Happy Birthday Beard of the Day

Christian Bale

Biography and Career :

He spent his childhood in England, Portugal and USA. Due to his "creative" family, Christian Bale made his debut at the age of 10 in "The Nerd". Two years later, in 1986, he made his debut in television, in the soap-opera "Anastasia: the Mystery of Ama".

Christian Bale's debut in film came on the next year in "Empire of the Sun" by Steven Spielberg. His first part as an adult was in 1992 in the musical "Nevis". Success after success came on for Christian in "Swing Kids" (1993), in "Little Women" (1994) or "Pocahontas" (1995) and "The Secret Agent". Another films were to make him even more fa
mous: "The Portrait of a Lady", "Metroland", "Velvet Goldmine" and "All the Little Animals". In 1999 he starred in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". His talent was noticed by Mary Harron and Bret Easton Ellis so the the star was chosen to act in "American Psyco" (2000).

Christian Bale is keen on reading and also he is fond of different accents which he used in every filmed he starred. He loves riding horses and dancing, adores animals and has two dogs: Ulojo and Ramone and three cats: Miriam, Molly and Lilly.

He is considered to be one of the most handsome actors in Hollywood having the same success as a teenager as well as an adult. He is married to Sibi Blazic and they have a daughter.

Trivia :

- His first daughter was born 27 March, 2005 in Santa Monica, California.
- His best role was as James Graham in "Empire of the Sun" (1987).
- He lost 1/3 of his body weight for his role in "The Machinist".
- He doesn't eat red meat.
- He has an uncanny ear for accents - he has used a different accent for each of his films to date.
- He is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.
- He trained for 10 weeks in dancing and martial arts for the dance sequences in Newsies and Swing Kids.

Quotes :

- "It's not who i am underneath but what i do that defines me."

- "What I love about my wife is that she's a really strong-minded, stubborn, fiery woman. I find that sexier than anything else."

- "I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do."

- "If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest."





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