<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1974</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Christian Bale is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On January 30, 1974, Christian Bale was born in Haverfordwest, Wales.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1984</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Starts Acting Career</div><div class='timeline-text'>Bale makes his film debut in the Steven Spielberg feature film "Empire of the Sun".</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1994</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Starring Role in Little Women</div><div class='timeline-text'>Gets his first starring role as Laurie in the movie adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women".</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2000</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>The Blockbuster Hit American Psycho</div><div class='timeline-text'>Bale stars as Patrick Bateman in Mary Harron's adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, "American Psycho".</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2005</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Leading Role in Batman Begins</div><div class='timeline-text'>Bale is cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Christopher Nolan's reboot of the Batman franchise, "Batman Begins".</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2010</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Nomination for Best Actor Academy Award</div><div class='timeline-text'>Bale receives an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance in the movie "The Fighter".</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2014</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Leads Cast of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar</div><div class='timeline-text'>Bale plays astronaut Cooper in Christopher Nolan's blockbuster sci-fi movie "Interstellar".</div></div></div>
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