FrameThrower · Actors · Christian Bale
Christian Bale
19 films · 1,163 frames · top-billed in 16 · 1987–2022
Born 30 January 1974 · Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Christian Charles Philip Bale is an English 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 19 films · 1,163 frames · top-billed in 16 · 1987–2022
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor2011
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Comedy2016
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,163 frames from the 19 films we hold. This is the look of the work Christian takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 19 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Christian takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Gorr
Amsterdam
2022 · Burt Berendsen
Ford V Ferrari
2019 · Ken Miles
Knight of Cups
2015 · Rick
American Hustle
2013 · Irving Rosenfeld
Out of the Furnace
2013 · Russell Baze
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Bruce Wayne
The Fighter
2010 · Dicky Eklund
The Dark Knight
2008 · Bruce Wayne
I’m Not There
2007 · Jack / Pastor John
The Prestige
2006 · Alfred Borden
Batman Begins
2005 · Bruce Wayne / Batman
The Machinist
2004 · Trevor Reznik
American Psycho
2000 · Patrick Bateman
Empire of the Sun
1987 · Jim
Rescue Dawn
· Dieter Dengler
The New World
2005 · John Rolfe
Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Arthur Stuart
The Portait of a Lady
1996 · Edward Rosier
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,163 frames from Christian Bale's 19 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.