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2025 Christian Bale is set to play Frankenstein's monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal's fantasy period film The Bride, which is scheduled for release in 2025.
2023 Bale contributed his voice to a character in the English-language dub of Hayao Miyazaki's film The Boy and the Heron, marking his second collaboration with the renowned director.
December 2022 Christian Bale appeared in Scott Cooper's thriller The Pale Blue Eye, which was released in December 2022. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
October 2022 Bale produced and appeared in David O. Russell's period film Amsterdam, which was released in October 2022 but received poor reviews and underperformed at the box office.
July 2022 Christian Bale portrayed Gorr the God Butcher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder, which was released in July 2022. His performance received critical acclaim for being 'grounded and non-campy'.
2019 He played Ken Miles in the sports drama Ford v Ferrari.
2018 Bale received another Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of politician Dick Cheney in Vice, which also won him a second Golden Globe Award.
2017 Bale starred in Hostiles as a US Army officer in the post-Civil War era, claiming the film had modern-day resonance; he also learned the Cheyenne language for his role.
2016 Bale was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Big Short.
2016 In the historical drama The Promise, Bale played an American journalist involved in a love triangle during the Armenian Genocide, though the film was critically panned and suffered significant financial losses.
2015 He earned another Academy Award nomination for his performance in Adam McKay's biographical satire The Big Short.
2015 Bale received a nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama at the Golden Globe Awards for his performance in Ford v Ferrari.
February 2015 During the premiere of Terrence Malick's film Knight of Cups at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, Bale revealed he filmed the project without having learned any dialogue.
December 2014 Bale portrayed Moses in Ridley Scott's epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings, which faced criticism for casting decisions and received mixed critical responses, with one critic calling his performance apathetic.
2013 Bale received an Academy Award nomination for his role in David O. Russell's black comedy American Hustle.
2013 Bale's performance in American Hustle led to him receiving a nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards.
2013 Bale was part of the cast of American Hustle, which won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
2013 Christian Bale starred in Scott Cooper's thriller Out of the Furnace, with critics commending his performance as a steel mill worker, marking an excellent start to the next phase of his career post-Batman.
2012 Bale finally met Chen Guangcheng at a dinner held by the nonprofit Human Rights First, where he presented Chen with an award.
2012 Following a tragic shooting at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, Bale and his wife visited survivors and first responders at The Medical Center of Aurora.
July 2012 The Dark Knight Rises was released, marking Bale's return as Batman and becoming the 11th film to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.
2011 Bale starred in The Flowers of War, which became the highest-grossing Chinese film of the year.
December 2011 While promoting 'The Flowers of War', Bale attempted to visit blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng in eastern China but was forced to retreat after scuffling with guards at a checkpoint.
2010 Bale won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in The Fighter.
2010 For his role as boxer Dicky Eklund in The Fighter, Bale won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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