Hollywood star Christian Bale was spotted on Mykonos over the weekend as he took a well-deserved break from his acting career to enjoy the Greek Cycladic island.
Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
Mykonos Live TV captured Bale enjoying an evening stroll at Matogiannia accompanied by his wife Sibi Blazic and their two children, 18-year-old Emmeline and 9-year-old Joseph. Matogiannia is located at Mykonos town and is the place to see and be seen.
Earlier in June, Greek-American journalist, television presenter and actress Maria Menounos was also spotted in Mykonos with her husband, Keven Undergaro, few days before the birth of their first child via surrogacy. “Great food and great fun,” she commented about her stay on the cosmopolitan Greek island.
The illustrious career of Christian Bale
Born in Wales to English parents, Bale had his breakthrough role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg’s 1987 war film Empire of the Sun.
After more than a decade of performing in leading and supporting roles in films, he gained wider recognition for his portrayals of serial killer Patrick Bateman in the black comedy American Psycho (2000) and the titular role in the psychological thriller The Machinist (2004).
In 2005, he played superhero Batman in Batman Begins and again in The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), garnering acclaim for his performance in the trilogy, which is one of the highest-grossing film franchises.
Bale continued in starring roles in a range of films outside his work as Batman, including the period drama The Prestige (2006), the action film Terminator Salvation (2009), the crime drama Public Enemies (2009), the epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) and the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
For his portrayal of boxer Dicky Eklund in the 2010 biographical film The Fighter, he won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Further Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations came for his work in the black comedy American Hustle (2013) and the biographical dramedies The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018).
His performances as politician Dick Cheney in Vice and race car driver Ken Miles in the sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019) earned him a second win and a fifth nomination respectively at the Golden Globe Awards.
Bale has lived in Los Angeles since the 1990s. He holds US citizenship. Bale married Sandra “Sibi” Blazic, a former model, in Las Vegas on 29 January 2000.
Bale became a vegetarian at seven years old but in 2009 said he was “in and out of the vegetarianism now”.
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