10. He Moved 15 Times In 15 Years As A Child
Born in the town of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales in January 1974, Bale seldom had the chance to feel the ground beneath his feet as a child, moving fifteen times in as many years. Christian and his three sisters spent time in Wales, England and Portugal as children, and he moved to California with his father when his parents divorced in 1991. This itinerant lifestyle owed much to the fact that father of the family David was a commercial pilot, although that wasnt his only career. David was something of an entrepreneur, importing skateboards and jeans from Asia and selling them on in England at one point, but there is plenty of evidence that performing runs in the family. One of Bales grandfathers was a stand-up comedian, a childrens entertainer and a member of the Magic Circle, and the other was John Waynes stunt double for a period. His great uncle was also an actor and his mother was a circus clown something that would have a profound impact on his life:
There'd be all these gorgeous young women walking around topless in fishnets that was in Battersea, and I was about six. That was a great time, hanging around the back of the tents, and having a kiss with a young Polish trapeze artist. Fascinating time. That's probably what started it all.