Christian Bale - Milestones

• 2004: Played a haunted insomniac factory worker in "The Machinist"
• 2002: Co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in "Reign of Fire"
• 2002: Reunited with Emily Watson in the futuristic thriller "Equilibrium"
• 2002: Starred opposite Frances McDormand in "Laurel Canyon"
• 2001: Cast as one leg of a romantic triangle in "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", co-starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz
• 2000: Starred as Wall Street executive Patrick Bateman who turns serial killer in the screen adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho"; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
• 2000: Played a villain in "Shaft", helmed by John Singleton
• 1999: Cast as Jesus in the NBC movie "Mary, Mother of Jesus"
• 1999: Played Demetrius in Michael Hoffman's all-star remake of "William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream"
• 1998: Co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in "Velvet Goldmine"; cast as a fan of glam rock who grows up to become a reporter asked to investigate the disappearance of one of its biggest stars
• 1997: Had first adult lead as Emily Watson's husband in "Metroland" (released in the USA in 1999)
• 1995: Provided the voice of Thomas in Disney's animated "Pocahontas"
• 1994: Portrayed Laurie opposite Wynona Ryder's Jo March in Gillian Armstrong's remake of "Little Women"; role revitalized career
• 1992: Made screen singing debut in the Disney musical "Newsies"
• 1990: Played Jim Hawkins in the TNT movie "Treasure Island"
• 1987: First starring role in a US feature, "Empire of the Sun", directed by Steven Spielberg
• 1987: Feature film debut, "Mio, min Mio/The Land of Faraway", a children's fantasy co-produced by USSR, Norway and Sweden; not released in USA until after "Empire of the Sun"
• 1986: American TV debut as Alexis in the two-part NBC movie, "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna"
• 1984: At age 10, made London stage debut in a West End production of the Larry Shue comedy, "The Nerd", starring Rowan Atkinson
• 1983: Acting debut in an commercial for Pac-Man cereal
• ---: Will portray English tobacco planter John Rolfe opposite Colin Farrell and Christopher Plummer in Terrence Malick's "The New World" (lensed 2004)
• ---: Teamed with director Christopher Nolan to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in "Batman Begins" (lensed 2004)
• Appeared on several British TV commercials
• TV debut as a spoiled brat in the BBC miniseries, "The Heart of the Country"
• Raised in Oxfordshire and Dorset in England and in Portugal and California
• Announced as the lead in the film version of "American Psycho" to be directed by Mary Harron; dropped when Lions Gate took on project and Leonardo DiCaprio was sought for the role; when DiCaprio opted to star in "The Beach", Bale and Harron rejoined project