1974 - Today
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and intensive method acting, he is the recipient of many awards, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, and was featured on the Time 100 list of 2011. Born in Haverfordwest, Wales to English parents, Bale had his first starring role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg's war film Empire of the Sun (1987). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Bale has received more than 20,292,347 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Christian Bale is the 509th most popular actor (down from 435th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 629th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Actor.
Christian Bale is most famous for his role as Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy.
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Among actors, Christian Bale ranks 509 out of 10,030. Before him are Bolo Yeung, Alida Valli, David Hasselhoff, Billy Bob Thornton, Mary Pickford, and Nebahat Çehre. After him are Jean Seberg, Maureen O'Hara, Claudine Auger, Danielle Darrieux, Forest Whitaker, and James Avery.
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 503
1921 - 2006
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 504
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 505
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 506
1892 - 1979
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 507
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 508
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 509
1938 - 1979
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 510
1920 - 2015
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 511
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 512
1917 - 2017
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 513
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 514
1945 - 2013
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 515
Among people born in 1974, Christian Bale ranks 5. Before him are Leonardo DiCaprio, Joaquin Phoenix, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, and Penélope Cruz. After him are Alessandro Del Piero, Alyson Hannigan, Amy Adams, Robbie Williams, Chris Kyle, Jenna Jameson, and Alexis Tsipras.
1974 - Present
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 1
1974 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 2
1974 - Present
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 3
1974 - Present
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 4
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 6
1974 - Present
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 7
1974 - Present
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 9
1974 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Christian Bale ranks 677 out of 6,924. Before him are Sawney Bean (1600), John Balliol (1249), Bruce Chatwin (1940), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), Harry Kroto (1939), and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881). After him are Roger Glover (1945), Nigel Farage (1964), Peter Greenaway (1942), Oliver Heaviside (1850), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), and Joan Clarke (1917).
1600 - 1600
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 671
1249 - 1314
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 672
1940 - 1989
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 673
1504 - 1536
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 674
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 675
1881 - 1955
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 676
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 677
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 678
1964 - Present
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 679
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 680
1850 - 1925
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 681
1766 - 1828
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 682
1917 - 1996
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 683
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Christian Bale ranks 79. Before him are Robert Carlyle (1961), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Jude Law (1972), Gerard Butler (1969), Richard Griffiths (1947), and Bill Nighy (1949). After him are Jessica Tandy (1909), John Rhys-Davies (1944), Naomi Watts (1968), Rex Harrison (1908), Terence Stamp (1938), and Peter Cushing (1913).
1961 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 73
1765 - 1815
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 74
1972 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 75
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 76
1947 - 2013
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 77
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 78
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 79
1909 - 1994
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 80
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 81
1968 - Present
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 82
1908 - 1990
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 83
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 84
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 85