Christian Bale Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Christian Bale filmography covers 57 movie titles and 1 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Christian Bale movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Empire of the Sun (1987) as Jim
• Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987) as Jum-Jum / Benke
• Henry V (1989) as Robin the Luggage-Boy
• Treasure Island (1990) as Jim Hawkins
• A Murder of Quality (1991) as Tim Perkins
• Newsies (1992) as Jack 'Cowboy' Kelly
• Swing Kids (1993) as Thomas Berger
• Little Women (1994) as Laurie
• Prince of Jutland (1994) as Amled
• Pocahontas (1995) as Thomas (voice)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996) as Edward Rosier
• The Secret Agent (1996) as Stevie
• Metroland (1997) as Chris
• Velvet Goldmine (1998) as Arthur Stuart
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) as Demetrius
• All the Little Animals (1999) as Bobby Platt
• American Psycho (2000) as Patrick Bateman
• Shaft (2000) as Walter Wade, Jr.
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) as Mandras
• Equilibrium (2002) as John Preston
• Reign of Fire (2002) as Quinn Abercromby
• Laurel Canyon (2003) as Sam
• The Machinist (2004) as Trevor Reznik
• Batman Begins (2005) as Bruce Wayne / Batman
• Harsh Times (2005) as Jim Luther Davis
• The New World (2005) as John Rolfe
• The Prestige (2006) as Alfred Borden
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007) as Dan Evans
• I'm Not There (2007) as Jack / Pastor John
• Rescue Dawn (2007) as Dieter Dengler
• Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight (2008) as Self
• The Dark Knight (2008) as Bruce Wayne
• Public Enemies (2009) as Melvin Purvis
• Terminator Salvation (2009) as John Connor
• The Fighter (2010) as Dicky Eklund
• The Flowers of War (2011) as John Miller
• Ending the Knight (2012) as Self
• The Batmobile (2012) as Self
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Bruce Wayne
• American Hustle (2013) as Irving Rosenfeld
• Out of the Furnace (2013) as Russell Baze
• Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) as Moses
• Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015) as Self
• Knight of Cups (2015) as Rick
• The Big Short (2015) as Michael Burry
• The Promise (2016) as Chris Myers
• Hostiles (2017) as Captain Joseph J. Blocker
• Spielberg (2017) as Self - Segment "Empire of the Sun"
• Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) as Bagheera (voice)
• Vice (2018) as Dick Cheney
• Ford v Ferrari (2019) as Ken Miles
• Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020) as Self
• Amsterdam (2022) as Burt Berendsen
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) as Self - Gorr
• The Pale Blue Eye (2022) as Augustus Landor
• Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) as Gorr
• The Bride! (2026) as Frank

Christian Bale television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Christian Bale; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• E! True Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Christian Bale's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.