Christian Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on 30th January 1974, but later moved to England. Christian caught the acting bug early on in life, and by the age of ten was already appearing in a West End production of The Nerd. Television work soon followed, but it was in 1987's Empire of the Sun that he first made his mark worldwide. Next came Swing Kids, the story of some carefree German boys with a love of dancing who are caught up in the second world war and forced to become Nazis. The compelling story impressed critics, even if it was not commercially successful. A role in an adaptation of Little Women, for which Winona Ryder received an Oscar nomination, capped off Bale's trilogy of youth flicks. His signature role was in American Psycho, which helped consolidate him as an actor and heartthrob. Christian's latest film success is Batman movie "The Dark Knight'