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Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an Welsh and American actor and voice 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. Born in Wales to English parents, Bale had his breakthrough role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg's 1987 war film Empire of the Sun. After more than a decade of performing in leading and supporting roles in films, he gained wider recognition for his portrayals of serial killer Patrick Bateman in the black comedy American Psycho (2000) and the titular role in the psychological thriller The Machinist (2004). In 2005, he played superhero Batman in Batman Begins and again in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), garnering acclaim for his performance in the trilogy, which is one of the highest-grossing film franchises. Bale continued in starring roles in a range of films outside his work as Batman, including the period drama The Prestige (2006), the action film Terminator Salvation (2009), the crime drama Public Enemies (2009), the epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) and the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). For his portrayal of boxer Dicky Eklund in the 2010 biographical film The Fighter, he won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Further Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations came for his work in the black comedy American Hustle (2013) and the biographical dramedies The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018). His performances as politician Dick Cheney in Vice and race car driver Ken Miles in the sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019) earned him a second win and a fifth nomination respectively at the Golden Globe Awards.
Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne/Batman
for Bruce Wayne/Batman in Shadow Of The Bat
Suggested by jacobgordon
If Heath Ledger never died. This is what Nolan originally had planned for his Batman Franchise. So I am making a fan cast post for the series originally was going to be 5 Films. So in this film “Shadow Of The Bat” it was supposed to take place 8 years later after The Dark Knight and the girl who Gordon’s Wife was holding on to as well as the son was apparently according to Nolan was supposed to be 10 year old Barbara Gordon at the time so now 8 years later she is working for the GPD and she eventually would have worked for Batman and The Joker would have shot her and made her handicapped like in the killing joke but with a Nolan twist obviously and Harvey Dent would be alive from The Dark Knight and in this movie he would have became two face by an intense court scene where the joker is in court and Harvey dent is there to “bring him down” and the joker had something planned unexpectedly and something like Joker acid on Dents face and body something like that and he escaped with his goons killing everyone in the court house and kidnapping Harvey. So I’m pretty sure that the ending of two face in The Dark Knight would have ended in this film but with more two face. And not only does joker throw acid I think he exploded the court and that’s what burnt his body but also what I do remember as well is that all of the mind games joker did to dent after becoming two face were supposed to be in this film as well even more apparently.
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