- He grew up in the UK, Portugal and California.
- Although accepted, he never went to drama school.
- His mother Jenny was a circus performer.
- His father David Bale married Gloria Steinem in 2000.
- He has three older sisters.
- He married Winona Ryder's personal assistant, Sandra "Sibi" Blazic in 2000.
- Has one daughter, Emmaline, born March 27th, 2005.
- Was voted by Entertainment Weekly as one of the Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures.
- Was the youngest to play Batman.
- He's an animal rights supporter with a menagerie of dogs and cats he's found.
Christian's Mars in Taurus squares three of his prominent planets -- Sun, Mercury and Jupiter -- giving him a brooding temperament. He may have lots of brilliant schemes, but often find his feet are made of clay. Mars in Taurus gives him a scruffy, earthy sensuality, and forces him to build things with tedious deliberateness. The gap between his visions and what's actually do-able can bring on great tensions, even rage. He's grappled with depression, and notably they happen when he's between jobs. Being able to fully engage both his mind and body in a character brings relief.
With a noon U.T. birth time, he's got a Taurus Moon that creates a kite of sextiles to the grand trine in air. When the Moon opposes Uranus, there's unpredicability, and a thirst for unusual experiences. Here's an actor that re-shapes his body to fit the role, and with the Moon as base or Soul, his Taurus Moon's physicality becomes his primary tool. Roger Ebert has said of Bale, "There is no instinct for self-preservation, and that is the mark of a good actor." He offers himself up to be taken over, almost like a possession, allowing a total transformation of body and soul to take place.
His fans, called "Baleheads" have made him the most downloaded man on the Internet. Perhaps his unknowable nature and willingness to take such psychic and physical risks for a role are mesmerizing to others. The more the public wants to know, the less he reveals. He's the Aquarian Everyman, experimenting with the entire spectrum of conceived human experience, from serial killers to superheroes.
Christian is a complex character with zero water planets in his chart. When the water element is missing, the emotions can seem underground, with a life of their own. It makes a person prone to depression, and even fear being overwhelmed by primal, bottomless emotion. Through work, he can channel and release that depth of feeling. And he's got Venus in Capricorn, at 29 degrees, making traditions and homelife a priority. Yet here again is a tendency to inexplicable, fathomless dark moods.
"If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest."
"I had spent weeks staring at the wall in my house out of depression because of things that had gone wrong and the choices I had made. When I read The Machinist, I just went, `Wow! This is perfect.' I was having dreams about the character and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I felt like this one was going to save my arse, and pull me out of the depressed state I had got into."
"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do. What I love about my wife is that she's a really strong-minded, stubborn, fiery woman. I find that sexier than anything else."
"It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience."
"I have a fear of being boring."
"An actor should never be larger than the film he's in."
