Christian Bale's Most Iconic Roles

5. Alfred Borden: Bale was a magician in ‘The Prestige,’ and he played his role with such intriguing duplicity that it forces you to watch the movie again and again.

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4. Dicky Ecklund: Bale has to lose an immense amount of weight to play the drug addict Dicky Ecklund alongside Mark Wahlberg in ‘The Fighter’.

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3. Dick Cheney: Bale embodied the former Vice President of the United States in more than just the look, he was almost a mirror image of the original person.

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2. Patrick Bateman: American Psycho lead Patrick Bateman is a cold, calculated, insane man who wants to create an idea of who he is as opposed to just being himself.

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1.Bruce Wayne: Many actors have played the iconic role of Batman on the big screen but Christian Bale’s Dark Knight tops them all.

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