Christian Bale

Age: 52

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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.

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Christian Bale

Thomas Wayne

for Thomas Wayne in Tales of the Bat-Family Season Eight

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Tales of the Bat-Family Season Eight

One night the Dynamic Duo was trying to stop a hostage situation by the criminal Cluemaster and they receive help from a new vigilante calling herself the Spoiler. When Cluemaster escapes she goes after him and they lose track of them. When a string of murders appears Batman tasks Tim with figuring out who she is. The murder victim had their face surgically removed then bandages wrapped around their head with the word HUSH painted on them in blood. All of the victims are in the uppermost classes among the richest and most powerful in Gotham and Batman begins to investigate these murders he figures out that it is his childhood friend Tommy Elliot who had been sent to Arkham as a child for killing his parents. One night Hush breaks in to Wayne Manor and finds Barbara babysitting Tiffany Fox and when he is about to kill them he is stopped by Lucius but it came at the cost of his life. Bruce then goes to Harvey Dent for help, hoping that he can break through to his old friend who had stayed in touch with Tommy better than Bruce. Eventually Harvey tells Bruce where Tommy had last been living and they come to a stand off when suddenly Hush is shot in the back by Harvey, who had escaped Arkham in order to help and they put Hush back into Arkham, where he is then quickly dispatched by an assassin clad in black and gold. While this is going on, Tim finds out that she is the daughter of Cluemaster Stephanie Brown. They then defeat Cluemaster and begin a relationship

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