Christian Bale
Bale in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Christian Charles Philip Bale
Place of Birth: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Date of Birth: 30 January, 1974
Ethnicity: English, small amount of Cornish, distant Channel Islander [Guernsey] and German
Christian Bale is an English actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter (2010). He is also known for his roles in the films Empire of the Sun, Newsies (1992), American Psycho, The Machinist, the Batman trilogy, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises; The New World, The Prestige, Terminator Salvation, Public Enemies, Out of the Furnace, American Hustle, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Big Short, Vice, Ford v Ferrari, Thor: Love and Thunder, and The Pale Blue Eye.
Christian was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and was raised in England, in Surrey and Dorset, and Portugal, among other places. He is now also a U.S. citizen.
His father, David Charles Howard Bale, an entrepreneur, was born in South Africa, and had English, and distant Channel Islander [Guernsey] and German, ancestry. His mother, Jennifer “Jenny” (James), is English. While Christian is often described as a Welsh actor, it is not clear if he has any Welsh ancestry. Among Christian’s siblings is director and actress Louise Bale.
Christian is married to actress, model, and make-up artist Sibi Blazic, with whom he has two children. Christian’s father was married to American activist Gloria Steinem, until his death.
Christian’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced to his great-great-grandfather, John Bale, who was born, c. 1811, in Stoke, Devonshire, England.
Christian’s paternal grandfather was Phillip/Philip W. Bale (the son of Alfred Bale and Florence Elizabeth Williams). Phillip was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Alfred was the son of William Henry Bale and Emily Sarah Bunce.
Christian’s paternal grandmother was Doreen Beswick Fuzzey (the daughter of Leonard Charles Fuzzey and Louie Beswick). Leonard was born on St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, the son of Frederick George Fuzzey and Emily Rosa/N. Higgins. Louie was the daughter of Thomas Beswick and Eliza Murgatroyd.
Christian’s maternal grandfather was named Henry G. James.
Christian’s maternal grandmother was Violet Edna Neno (the daughter of William Henry Lucroft Neno and Daisy L. B. Siddall). Edna was born in West Ham, Essex, England. William was the son of Thomas Daniel Neno and Ann Blatchford. The name Neno goes back in England many generations. Daisy was the daughter of Albert Edward Siddall and Ellen Mary Godbolt, who had Cornish ancestry.
Sources: Christian says that he is English rather than Welsh – http://www.youtube.com
Genealogy of Christian Bale – http://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogies of Christian Bale (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com
https://www.geni.com
Christian’s paternal great-grandfather, Leonard Charles Fuzzey, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org
he claims to be English, but how curious is that a Welshman named Gareth Bale has just became the most paid footballer of all-time
How do you know, Gareth Bale, doesn’t have English ancestry?
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Bale
http://surname.sofeminine.co.uk/w/surnames/surname-bale.html
Gareth Bale was eligible to play for England through his grandmother
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-472869/Bale-I-played-England-playing-Wales-honour.html
There is no such thing as “pure ethnic heritage”, England being no exception. Modern “native” population of England are descendent from the English, as well as from the Irish, Welsh, Germans, French, Scandinavians. It suffices to mention that Edward III of England, who is considered an ancestor of at least 70% of population in England, was of mixed English, French, Danish, Dutch, German, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Czech, and a lot more ancestries. I even managed to calculate the British actress, Alice St Claire, is a descendant of Lazar, Prince of Serbia (who fought in the Battle of Kosovo), through her paternal ancestry line.
The information about CB’s ancestry being much harder to find than that about St Claire’s, we are confined to agree that his ancestry is English, which still doesn’t (have to) mean he’s only English.
Obsessed much?
I thought he was Welsh, but it appears that he was just born there.
No.. why would u think that.. I’m just recommending u to fix it so it can be accurate…
hey ETHNIC, christian bale is ONLY English! Can u please FIX it! Thanks!
Is that an order?
Christian Bale stated that he is just ONLY English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muo7zu3airQ