Christian Bale Body Transformations

Actors often undergo huge body changes to fit a role. Whether its bulking up to play a super hero or slimming down to play a drug addict, the changes are often immensely difficult and drastic. Christian Bale has done both. The Welsh actor is notorious for changing his body roles, made infamous by his jaw-dropping performance in The Machinist, where he lost 60 pounds (1/3 of his body weight). Bale then immediately put on slabs of muscle to play the caped crusader in Batman Begins. Instead of staying built for the Batman sequels, he had to lose weight for roles in between each film, essentially erasing all the progress he made. Sure, his changes are probably easier for him to do with Hollywood personal trainers, but an exceptional discipline is definitely required. The photo below shows all of his transformations in the past twelve years and with The Fighter 2 expected to happen, Bale's transformations are far from over as he will likely have to slim down once again.

A method actor, Bale has become a physical chameleon fitting into the desired shape each role commands.