List of awards and nominations received by Christian Bale

Christian Bale awards and nominations
	Bale at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival
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Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
Totals
Wins	76
Nominations	196
	Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

Christian Bale is an English actor. Over his career he has received various awards including an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award nominations, six Critics' Choice Movie Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Bale started his career making his film debut in Steven Spielberg's coming-of-age war epic Empire of the Sun (1987). He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as boxing trainer Dicky Eklund in the sports drama The Fighter (2010). He received further Academy Award nominations for his performances as con man Irving Rosenfeld in the crime comedy American Hustle (2013), Michael Burry in the financial comedy-drama The Big Short (2015), and Dick Cheney in the political satire Vice (2018).

He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for The Fighter (2010) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Vice. He was Golden Globe-nominated for his roles in American Hustle (2014), The Big Short (2015), Ford v Ferrari (2019). He was BAFTA Award-nominated for The Fighter (2010), American Hustle (2013), The Big Short (2015), and Vice (2018).

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Supporting Actor	The Fighter	Won	^[2]
2014	Best Actor	American Hustle	Nominated	^[3]
2016	Best Supporting Actor	The Big Short	Nominated	^[4]
2019	Best Actor	Vice	Nominated	^[5]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Fighter	Nominated	^[7]
2014	Best Actor in a Leading Role	American Hustle	Nominated	^[8]
2016	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Big Short	Nominated	^[9]
2019	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Vice	Nominated	^[10]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Fighter	Won	^[12]
2014	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	American Hustle	Nominated	^[13]
2016		The Big Short	Nominated	^[14]
2019		Vice	Won	^[15]
2020	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Ford v Ferrari	Nominated	^[16]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	3:10 to Yuma	Nominated	^[18]
2011	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	The Fighter	Nominated	^[19]
2011	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	The Fighter	Won	^[19]
2014	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	American Hustle	Won	^[20]
2016	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	The Big Short	Nominated	^[21]
2016	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	The Big Short	Nominated	^[21]
2019	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	Vice	Nominated	^[22]
2020	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	Ford v Ferrari	Nominated	^[23]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Actor	American Hustle	Nominated	^[25]
2016	Best Supporting Actor	The Big Short	Nominated	^[26]
2019	Best Actor	Vice	Nominated	^[27]
2020	Best Actor	Ford v Ferrari	Nominated	^[28]

Major associations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Hero	Batman Begins	Won	^[50]
2009	Best Male Performance	The Dark Knight	Nominated	^[51]
2009	Best Fight ^[a]	The Dark Knight	Nominated	^[51]
2013	Best Shirtless Performance	The Dark Knight Rises	Nominated	^[52]
	Best Hero		Nominated
	Best Fight ^[b]		Nominated
2014	Best On-Screen Transformation	American Hustle	Nominated	^[53]
2014	Best On-Screen Duo ^[c]	American Hustle	Nominated	^[53]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Favorite Leading Man	The Dark Knight	Nominated	^[62] ^[63]
	Favorite Male Action Star		Nominated
	Favorite Superhero		Won
	Favorite On-Screen Match-Up ^[a]		Won
	Favorite Cast		Won
2010	Favorite Action Star	Terminator Salvation	Nominated	^[64]
2013	Favorite Action Movie Star	The Dark Knight Rises	Nominated	^[65]
2013	Favorite Movie Superhero	The Dark Knight Rises	Nominated	^[65]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Superhero	Batman Begins	Nominated	^[83]
2006	Most Heroic Performance	Batman Begins	Nominated	^[83]
2008	Best Fantasy Actor	The Dark Knight	Nominated	^[84] ^[85]
2008	Best Superhero	The Dark Knight	Won	^[84] ^[85]