Christian Bale (1974)
91.0 TOPICAL actor score · #26 of 1,977 actors
Christian Bale (1974) has a TOPICAL actor score of 91.0 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are prime and career standing. They've won 3 acting honours from 5 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Their best ten-year run was 2004-2013. Best films: The Dark Knight (2008), Ford v Ferrari (2019), American Hustle (2013).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours86
Prime100
Their movies92
Credits50
Career standing98
- Acting honours3 wins, 5 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Comedy; Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
- Prime2004-2013
- Credits54 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 31 scored films (22 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 99 languages
“The Independent later named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Christian Bale's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | 1 |
| 214 | The Big Short | 2015 | 2 |
| 244 | Ford v Ferrari | 2019 | 2 |
| 257 | American Hustle | 2013 | 1 |
| 280 | The Prestige | 2006 | 2 |
| 323 | The Fighter | 2010 | 2 |
| 433 | Batman Begins | 2005 | 1 |
| 440 | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | 1 |
| 853 | Empire of the Sun | 1987 | 1 |
| 882 | 3:10 to Yuma | 2007 | 2 |
| 1,231 | Vice | 2018 | 1 |
| 1,320 | Little Women | 1994 | 6 |
| 1,424 | The Machinist | 2004 | 1 |
| 1,728 | Pocahontas | 1995 | 5 |
| 1,729 | I'm Not There | 2007 | 1 |
| 1,781 | American Psycho | 2000 | 1 |
| 2,093 | Public Enemies | 2009 | 2 |
| 2,505 | The New World | 2006 | 4 |
| 2,973 | Thor: Love and Thunder | 2022 | 3 |
| 3,174 | The Flowers of War | 2011 | 1 |
| 3,179 | Velvet Goldmine | 1998 | 4 |
| 3,340 | Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | 2018 | 2 |
| 3,386 | Equilibrium | 2002 | 1 |
| 3,924 | The Portrait of a Lady | 1996 | 5 |
| 3,938 | Terminator Salvation | 2009 | 1 |
| 4,345 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | 2014 | 1 |
| 4,355 | Shaft | 2000 | 4 |
| 4,541 | The Secret Agent | 1996 | 4 |
| 4,771 | Reign of Fire | 2002 | 1 |
| 4,912 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | 2001 | 4 |
| 5,239 | Amsterdam | 2022 | 1 |