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* ClusterFBomb: His infamous ''Terminator Salvation'' on-set tantrum, where he drops no less than thirty-nine F-bombs and various other profane words within the course of a few minutes.
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* FakeAmerican: Christian usually puts on an American accent if the role calls for it and keeps it while filming and advertising. This is present for both his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', and with a Midwestern accent in ''Film/PublicEnemies''. He didn't drop it during the infamous rant, but towards the end, he has a few OohMeAccentsSlipping moments. Hilariously, he startled the entire crew by reverting to his natural accent as soon as the final scene of ''Film/TheMachinist'' was shot. Creator/BenAffleck claims he didn't know Christian was British until right after he was cast in ''Film/BatmanVsSuperman'' and bumped into him in LA. It can be very jarring, if you've gotten used to him playing Americans, to see him in something like ''Film/ThePrestige'' where he speaks in a very heavy English accent.

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* FakeAmerican: Christian usually puts on an American accent if the role calls for it and keeps it while filming and advertising. This is present for both his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', and with a Midwestern accent in ''Film/PublicEnemies''. He didn't drop it during the infamous rant, but towards the end, he has a few OohMeAccentsSlipping moments. Hilariously, he startled the entire crew by reverting to his natural accent as soon as the final scene of ''Film/TheMachinist'' was shot. Creator/BenAffleck claims he didn't know Christian was British until right after he was cast in ''Film/BatmanVsSuperman'' ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and bumped into him in LA. It can be very jarring, if you've gotten used to him playing Americans, to see him in something like ''Film/ThePrestige'' where he speaks in a very heavy English accent.
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* Shoichi Maki, ''Anime/TheBoyAndTheHeron'' (2023, English Dub)
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Although Bale strives to keep details of his personal life away from the public eye, he's not immune to some controversy. In 2008, he was charged for verbal assault on his mother and sister, but he denied the allegations and the charges were dropped on the grounds of lack of evidence. On February 2009, an audio recording of Christian's lengthy tirade on the set of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', in which he verbally assaulted Director of Photography Shane Hurlburt for wandering about the set during the shooting of a pivotal scene one time too many, was leaked online. Following the leak, Christian issued a public apology, saying that his actions were "inexcusable" and that he "acted like a punk"; prior to the leak, Bale and Hurlburt talked out their problems almost immediately after the incident. The rant was turned into various [[StupidStatementDanceMix dance mixes]], such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSUonLW4t4 "Bale Out"]] (with an obligatory cameo by Music/BarbraStreisand), which is quite an earworm even by Bale's admission.

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Although Bale strives to keep details of his personal life away from the public eye, he's not immune to some controversy. In 2008, he was charged for verbal assault on his mother and sister, but he denied the allegations and the charges were dropped on the grounds of lack of evidence. On February 2009, an audio recording of Christian's lengthy tirade on the set of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', in which he verbally assaulted Director of Photography Shane Hurlburt for wandering about the set during the shooting of a pivotal scene one time too many, was leaked online. Following the leak, Christian issued a public apology, saying that his actions were "inexcusable" and that he "acted like a punk"; prior to the leak, Bale and Hurlburt talked out their problems almost immediately after the incident. The rant was turned into various [[StupidStatementDanceMix [[VoiceClipSong dance mixes]], such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSUonLW4t4 "Bale Out"]] (with an obligatory cameo by Music/BarbraStreisand), which is quite an earworm even by Bale's admission.
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* Alfred Borden, ''Film/ThePrestige'' (2006)

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* Alfred Borden, Borden [[spoiler:[[ActingForTwo and Fallon]]]], ''Film/ThePrestige'' (2006)
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%%* LargeHam: A few of his notable roles.

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%%* * LargeHam: A few of his notable roles.roles, most famously Patrick Bateman.
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[[Literature/AmericanPsycho Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Owen's trope page.]]

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[[Literature/AmericanPsycho Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Owen's Allen's trope page.]]
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[[Literature/AmericanPsycho Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Owen's trope page.]]
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(Yes he has, in fact, played Jesus, Moses and Batman).

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\n(Yes he has, in fact, played Jesus, Moses and Batman).* Augustus Landor, ''Film/ThePaleBlueEye'' (2022)
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Bale is a former child star turned very versatile leading man, with a reputation for taking any role that challenged him. While his most famous role prior to the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' films was as Patrick Bateman in ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', he's also known for being willing to [[DyeingForYourArt radically transform his body]] for a role. He lost 63 pounds for ''Film/TheMachinist'', immediately gained it back and then some (100) to play everyone's favorite masked vigilante in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''then'' went skeletal again to star in ''Rescue Dawn'', ''then'' gained it back for ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''then'' lost it '''''again''''' to star in ''Film/TheFighter''. And then made ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. And then put on 43 pounds to play an overweight man in ''Film/AmericanHustle''. '''''Then''''', he gained ''even more'' weight to [[https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/christian-bale-dick-cheney-adam-mckay-vice.png?w=807 play]] former US Vice-President UsefulNotes/DickCheney in ''[[Film/Vice2018 Vice]]'' with terrifying accuracy.

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Bale is a former child star turned very versatile leading man, with a reputation for taking any role that challenged him. While his most famous role prior to the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' films was as Patrick Bateman in ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', he's also known for being willing to [[DyeingForYourArt radically transform his body]] for a role. He lost 63 pounds for ''Film/TheMachinist'', immediately gained it back and then some (100) to play everyone's favorite masked vigilante in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', ''then'' then went skeletal again to star in ''Rescue Dawn'', ''then'' then gained it back for ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''then'' then lost it '''''again''''' again to star in ''Film/TheFighter''. And then made ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. And then put on 43 pounds to play an overweight man in ''Film/AmericanHustle''. '''''Then''''', Then he gained ''even more'' even more weight to [[https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/christian-bale-dick-cheney-adam-mckay-vice.png?w=807 play]] play former US Vice-President UsefulNotes/DickCheney in ''[[Film/Vice2018 Vice]]'' with terrifying accuracy.

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