Leung says on 2/Jul/08
THEeuropean,
I don’t know how you calculated 4” as 11.5cm.
An inch is equivalent to 2.54cm, therefore 4” is approx 10cm (or 10.2cm to be more accurate).

THEeuropean says on 2/Jul/08
To marc (from 3rd March 08):
Mate, with all do respect, yet the pic of bale abd liam doesnt show 10cm diff. its more like 12-15cm. moreover, 4'' is not 10cm, but a 11.5cm. And finally, I do agree with you, bale is no more than 6'=182,82cm.
Regards, lads

TNTinCA says on 26/Jun/08
Did he wear lifts in American Psycho? Because I got the impression he was 6'2" in that movie. In Batman, he was clearly shorter than Michael Caine so I thought 6 foot was more likely.

Sean says on 23/Jun/08
I stood less than 3 feet from Bale when he was in Chicago last year at the convention and though he has horrible posture and slouches, he was about my height slouching and I'm 5'11 without shoes.

Hugh says on 20/Jun/08
That picture proves that Bale could be over 6ft.

Robd says on 19/Jun/08
How can you explain this pic with Caine and freeman ? my guess is that freeman and Caine are shorter or Bale is really taller . To me they look like 183 cm for Caine 186 cm for Freeman and 182/3 Bale !check this out :Click Here

DCfan says on 19/Jun/08
He's telling the truth. Bale's probably the only actor in Hollywood who tells the truth about his height. I've seen him several times in person and he is a legitimate six-footer.

Fred says on 18/Jun/08
As u can see at the picture from Robert J , chris nolan ( batman director) is standing at the right , he is 5'11 and Bale is a bit taller then him , i guess Bale telling the truth about beeing 6 foot tall

anthony says on 17/Jun/08
i saw Bale many times in santa monica and believe me guys hes way more than 5'11 iam sur 6' no doubt about it i am 5'9 and i wore boots he wore newbalance, still he was wayyyy taller

RobertJ says on 12/Jun/08
Here's Christian next to Maggie. You can't see her footwear but she's obviously wearing heels and Bale's got normal dress shoes.

Click Here

Myself says on 4/Jun/08
He never looks the same heigh than maggye, besides in some Batman Begins premiere pictures he looks the same heigh as Ken Watanabe, and sometimes a bit taller, and also he has like 3 or 4 inches over katie holmes, rated 5'9 here as well.

dits says on 3/Jun/08
he never looked really tall.but 6 foot could be right,although he does look shorter than it at times.

diana says on 2/Jun/08
yeah in pictures with maggie gylanhaal(can't spell it) they seem the exact same height and she's spot on 5'9 so i'm gonna say he's prolly 5'11.75 if you wanna be exact

Lenad says on 28/May/08
6foot is the most I can accept for this guy. I think hes marginally under it to tell you the truth

cm / inches says on 17/May/08
To me based on the image from Dennis message , he's about 183 cm and thats a proof that Freeman is not 188 cm nowadays but in fact is 183 cm even , and the same story for Caine ..

Dylan says on 17/May/08
I dont know, I was really thinking Bale looked to be at about 5'10-5'11 after seeing both "Batman Begins" and "3:10 to Yuma". But I began to think he actually looks a bit broader in those two movies then in some of his others. Some may say otherwise, but I think when you look broader you tend to look shorter. For instance my step father is literally 1/8 of an inch taller then I am, and yet everyone I have met always acts like he is 2-3 inches taller then I am when we arent side by side. But he is fairly thin and has pretty average shoulders. I on the other hand am, at the shoulders, 14 inches larger around (measuring the shoulders all the way around that is). So from personal experience and taking note of peoples remarks I would say being a bit more filled out can actually make you look shorter. As far as average height in America goes, the lastest reports put it at 5'9 and alot of experts say that that is only going to continue to go down due to the poor diet of the average american.

balegirl says on 13/May/08
I was looking at Dark Knight movie stills on the fansite christian-bale.org and he looks considerably taller next to caine and freeman than he did in Batman Begins. Makes me think he is using lifts to push him close to 6'1 in this movie. I think 5'11 is more like it for him.

Viper says on 13/May/08
He is?

Hugh says on 12/May/08
He's built like a 6ft2 guy.

Isaac says on 12/May/08
I have just seen on of the trailers of the next Batman movie. In some scenes Magye Gyllenhall is standing next to Aaron Eckhart, listed here as 179, and they seem to be the same heigh, maybe because she was wearing heels or whatever. How ever in the scenes with Bale he seems tobe taller than her for at least two inches. This could mean that Bale is at least two inches taller than Eckhart, which takes us to the same place: Bale is between 6ft an 6'1''

jello says on 9/May/08
He is here in Madison right now filming. I was an extra on the movie and a set worker who didn't know who Christian Bale was (what?) kept referring to him as "the tall one" compared to Billy Crudup. When I actually met Christian, he was between 6 ft and 6'1". I'm 5'10" and we were wearing the same shoes

Marco says on 6/May/08
Michael Caine migth have lost two inches as much nowadays, but anyway let's say that he's still 6ft1. I have seen a picture in which he's standing beside Bale, and yes, Bale is slightly shorter, but he isn't standing straight at all. So if we take that into consideration, we can say that they stand the same heigh, whatever it is 6ft or 6ft1.

glenn says on 30/Apr/08
perhaps.

glenn says on 29/Apr/08
hugh is correct.thats very possible.

Hugh says on 29/Apr/08
I stand by my claim. With good posture he's probably 186cm.

Marco says on 22/Apr/08
In this case, I think we need a picture of you Rob and Bale, although I strongly believe his at least 6ft tall. Don't you have one?

Hugh says on 21/Apr/08
James, I cannot see Bale being as low as a pathetic 5ft11.5 okay. To my eyes he's at least 6ft0.5.

MD says on 2/Apr/08
Off subject, but does anyone know how much Bale weighed in "Rescue Dawn"? We know he weighed something like 122lb for "The Machinist", and 190lb for "Batman", but I see no mention of his height in "Rescue Dawn", and he dropped quite a bit of weight for that movie, too.

Random Person says on 2/Apr/08
It's funny how he can go from looking at least 6 foot (if not more 6'1") in American Psycho to looking barely 5'11" in 3:10 to Yuma. I say he's telling the truth with 6 foot even.

Marco says on 1/Apr/08
Ok, so, they're considered tall, but not too tall. Thanks.

Adam Brennon says on 30/Mar/08
Average height statistics tend to vary. I have a friend from Sweden who told me the average height for a grown man there is 177cm (a hair under 5' 10"). I'm not sure where he got this figure, but I shouldn't think he'd have any reason to make it up as he's 185cm (about 6' 1" I think).

Adam Brennon says on 30/Mar/08
I never realised Bale was 13 in 'Empire of the Sun'. Very impressive how they made him look younger. He didn't look tall for his age. He must have had a dramatic growth spurt.

Hugh says on 27/Mar/08
183-184cm sounds reasonable. I was actually joking when I said Bale was 6ft2.

Tom says on 25/Mar/08
James are you Hugh's uncle in disguise? Lol I wonder.

Kevint says on 24/Mar/08
Hugh: In Holland and Scandanavia, six feet tall is probably average; in the US, it's taller than average. Average height for men is 5' 10", and if you knock off an inch for wishful thinking, it's probably 5' 9".

Out of his Batman costume, Bale looks no taller than 5' 11", max.

Hugh says on 23/Mar/08
James did I ever say I was tall? No I didn't. Judging by the way your saying things I'd say your 6ft3 tops. Your saying to be seriousely tall you have to be at least 6ft4. In that case people who 6ft and no more are below average, yes?

Matt says on 21/Mar/08
Leung,
Actually 6' (which is considered "tall") guys are not very common, even less so are those over that height. 6'4" and above is legitimately "very tall". It also depends on geographic area as well too.

Leung says on 19/Mar/08
Hugh,
Regarding your Uncle, I think 6’ in general is considered tall, but it’s not exceptionally tall because 6’ guys are very common. It sounds as though your Uncle might have been boasting about his height and you were just giving him a reality check and letting him know that his height is nothing special.

You at 6’2.5” would definitely be considered a legitimate tall man, at your height I wouldn’t be surprised if it was common for people to comment on your height.

thekiddd says on 18/Mar/08
he he, the maximum I can see IS 6'0 1/2" Lol.

Hugh says on 18/Mar/08
My uncle is 6ft and he claims to be tall. The other day I decided to shut him by up saying 'Your not tall, Your average. Deal with it!' When I think about it now I suppose I was being a bit harsh. And thats coming from a legit 6ft2.5 man. Bale can look 6ft2 or close to it. The minimum I can see is 6ft0.5.

Robbie H says on 14/Mar/08
i would say 6ft is at least above average, can be quite tall

Marco says on 12/Mar/08
could you tell me if nowadays a 6 ft man is considered as tall? Or just in the average.

mo says on 10/Mar/08
met him at the premiere of Batman begins. i'm 5'8'' and he's quite taller than me. that's certain. i glanced down and he was wearing normal shoes. i'd say 6ft and a bit.

RB says on 6/Mar/08
He looks little over 6' in his earlier films American Psycho and Equlibrium.

Hugh says on 6/Mar/08
Christian Bale looks about 186-187cm beside Michael Caine (188cm).

Leana says on 5/Mar/08
Can we all agree that short or tall, C Bale is HOT?
Also, can somebody tell me what color his hair is???

Matt says on 3/Mar/08
hi guys have a look here Click Here
Christian Bale towers Mr Russell Crowe. He is at least a six footer, maybe a 6.1
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Marco says on 29/Feb/08
Then how do you explain the 2-inches shorter that he looked standing besides Hackman in "The Prestige" premiere? I mean, if Hackman is as tall as Routh. It was 'cause the red carpet wasn´t on concret ground or something? I think that something that makes him look shorter is because he's always in a bad posture.

anthony says on 29/Feb/08
i talked to M.Bale a year ago on 3 rd street Santa Monica, and talked to him again last week he is no less for sure sure than 6ft !!

G says on 26/Feb/08
I saw Christian Bale in London last October and I think I agree with Johnny Boy, he does not look anything close to 6ft, I would say around 5ft 10 5ft 11 at the most.

Johnny Boy says on 22/Feb/08
Tough One - looks taller than Crowe in the 3:10 to Yuma Premiere red carpet pics but Crowe is wearing ridiculously casual shoes (not sneakers but similar) and Bale is wearing leather one with large heels so I don't know about those (plus the Carpet was not on concrete ground, but grass or something). I think Bale is 5'11.5 if he were put to the ruler.

Batfan says on 20/Feb/08
I remember that sometime ago somebody posted a link to some photos of Bale and Crowe in a movie premier. Crowe looked very short. In fact, I'd say bale had at least 5 cm over Crowe, who is claimed 179. Besides, i've seen other photos of Bale and Jackman in another premier and Jackman did look taller than bale, but just for around 5 cm as well. So, 183 is perfect to me.

saw him o says on 20/Feb/08
saw him on mtv last 2006 with brandon routh. if routh is 6'2-3" this guy must be 5'10" tops! i swear this guy isn't that tall...i think' time for a downgrade.

Richie says on 20/Feb/08
And here r a few screenies to support my claim!!!
Click Here
Rob, time to downsize!!

Richie says on 17/Feb/08
3:10 to Yuma!

Same height as Russel Crow, if not shorter! 5'10" tops! o rmayb 179cm
Also, batman Begins! Liam Nesson! Was 6'4" in his prime, now a little over 6'3"!
He has like five inches over Bale!!!
I wouldnt have done that movie with him and still claim to be 6'2" :)

I guess we can downsize him to 179!

And for all the people who think he is to well proportioned to be that short, d'you think Mel Gibson looks as short as he is? He looks 6' and hes 5'10"!

Leana says on 13/Feb/08
Chris Bale may be 6 feet tall but I don't think he's any taller than that. In all the films I've seen him in, he seems to be average height. One thing that I notice is that his upper body seems short, so that may make him appear to be shorter than his height. He could very well be 6 feet but not any taller. Also, Michael Cane and Morgan Freeman are pretty tall guys, so even a 6 foot tall guy would be a shorty around them. None-the-less Chris is hot hot hot. My other questions is: what color is his hair? It seems darker these days but I always thought his hair was a lighter brown in past films.

dmeyer says on 6/Feb/08
bale does look 6 footer in pics for some reason he looks more 5'11 to 5'11.5 in movies

Melkor says on 30/Jan/08
A good actor (excluding Laurel Canyon, Newsies et. al). I only began thinking about his height when I saw Batman Begins, I was very suprised he got the role but then again, Batman Begins was mostly made in Britain and Chris Nolan is British himself. Anyway, in most scenes by himself, Bale seems 5'11 to 6'. But what I have the most problems with is his footwear in the film. In his Bat-suit he has massive rubber boots (see behind the scenes documentary). I don't know how many inches this adds but it seems like more than 1.5. Yet when Bale interacts with other males in the movie he seems short. The fact that he put on so much weight for the role doesn't help his height perception either. If I were to make a bet, I'd say 5'11 barefoot, maybe 5'11.5 with normal shoes.

Marley says on 17/Jan/08
You can't go by what you see in films. Camera angles and other techniques are used to minimise any noticeable height differences between the actors, and also to add height to the leading man. I say Bale is 6ft max, probably 5'11.

Boxing Fighter says on 14/Jan/08
I think he is 6ft1.
If he really is 6ft0 tall, Crowe is 5ft9.5

Johnny says on 12/Jan/08
I think 1.84m is the tallest height you can give him. He's deffinetely not a 6'2 as put on sites. 1.85m is too much to give him.

Anonymous says on 10/Jan/08
come on, the guys not proportioned like a man of anything below 6'. His torsoe in America Psycho and build resembles that of a longer, slender, body. I dont care how muscular Jeremy Pivens gets, hes not going to have that underwear model physique that only taller, leaner, men like Bale have. Looking at his body, Bales is nothing under 5'11

Viper says on 8/Jan/08
I thought he looked closer to 6-2 in American Psycho.

untamedromeo says on 7/Jan/08
clearly 6 foot! goodness me, 5'10 is ridiculous.

Adam Brennon says on 7/Jan/08
In my opinion Bale looks: 5' 0" in Empire of the Sun, 6'0.5" in American Phycho, 5' 11.5" in Batman Begins, 6' 1" in The Machinist, 5' 11" in Reign of Fire and 6' 0" in Equalibrium.

Leung says on 6/Jan/08
rock solid

Le Dude says on 6/Jan/08
Yeah, those photos do prove it. The guy looks like a solid sixer.

Anonymous says on 2/Jan/08
Looks about 6'0.5" to 6'1.5". And those photos with Crowe prove this.

Ilie A'bout Myhite says on 31/Dec/07
But wait "le Dude", don't watch 3:10 or The Prestige, look here. Click Here

Le Dude says on 31/Dec/07
If you guys watch 3:10 To Yuma, there are many scenes where Bale and Crowe are standing next to each other, and they're pretty much the exact same height. If Crowe's listed as 5'10", then Bale must be a tad closer to that than 6'0". I'd say he's 5'11" max. Every time I watch The Prestige, he just doesn't stand up to Jackman as a 6'0" dude would.

Ilie A'bout Myhite says on 30/Dec/07
I think you guys are wrong on this one. Look at Bale here with 5ft 7 Steven Spielberg: Click Here

170at14kris says on 27/Dec/07
he seems about 6'1 or 6'0.5

cari says on 26/Dec/07
I've met Christian Bale. I have brothers who are 6'1" to 6'-3". Mr. Bale is definitely without a doubt 6'-2".
He refers to himself as 6 foot, because it is the British way to generalize, I know. It also made many Batman fans happy that he was actually the height of the Batman from mythos. So, argue all you want, your perceptions are off if you think or assume else.

Gago says on 26/Dec/07
He's 183 or 6'0, very calm and polite person, he was saying how he's not into all "fake hollywood celebrity lifestyle", very casual, won't even valet his vehicle, parked at the meter.

balegirl says on 25/Dec/07
Look at CB relative to Jared Leto in American Psycho (he looks 2-3 inches taller) and look at Jared Leto in Lord of War with Nicholas Cage and Leto looks 3-4 inches shorter than Cage. I think Cage and Bale are maybe about the same height.

B says on 25/Dec/07
RobertJ why are you saying 6' 1'' maximum ? the man himself said 6 foot, sure he could be 5' 11.5 but the maximum height he could be is 6 foot.

john 0 says on 25/Dec/07
is 1.82 or 1.83................. take a look here
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RobertJ says on 25/Dec/07
Not possible richard, not to say your lying in seeing him but ALL photograph/video evidence and most encounters put him at 5'11'' minimum and 6'1'' maximum.

richard faulkner12 says on 24/Dec/07
Sorry folks, he is 6 ft 0 max, probably more like 5 ft 10. I've seen him in a film premiere in London last year, and he's noticeably shorter than me, and I am 6 ft. In most of his movies, the director of photography tries desperately to film the scenes in such a way that would make Christian look taller (you will notice this in many movies with Tom Cruise as well: the cameraman simply avoids shooting from afar without zooming and shooting from above), but unfortunately that rarely worked.

balegirl says on 23/Dec/07
fair point perhaps. i concede that CB towers over the actors in rescue dawn but who says steve zahn is 5 ft 8inch? he seems much shorter. closer to 5ft 6in in other films, namely the one where he plays an escaped convict that teaches the kids a dance routine. Happy Texas is the title maybe? his co-star jeremy northam towers over him in every scene and illeana douglas, his love interest, seems taller than him. check it out.

Billy says on 22/Dec/07
christian bale is atleast 6 foot, maybe closer to 6 ft 1 even. in rescue dawn there is a scene where 5 ft 8 steve zahn ( or however you spell his last name) is face to face with bale , both barefoot. zahn is looking up at bale, while bale is looking down at him, and bale was towering him, atleast a good 4 inches.

balegirl says on 20/Dec/07
I had already accepted that his heigh wasmore like 5'11 than taller but then i saw the Today show clip where he is shown in a scene with Aaron Eckerd (aka Harvey Dent) inthe new Dark Knight previews. And he appears to be shorter than Eckerd who is listed on this site as 5'11. I predict one year from now Bale will be downgraded to 5'10. Nothing wrong with that in my book but 6'0 seems too high. I do respect those that have met him but I can't reconcile those anecdotes with the pictures of him seeminly dwarfed by other actors. Sorry folks.

anthony says on 20/Dec/07
I shook his hand on 3rd street promenade few months ago iam 5'9 the man is a solid 6' 6'1 , the guy is impressive!

F1 says on 4/Dec/07
In Rescue Dawn, a barefoot Bale is standing in next to 5'9.5" Greg Quiyum(who I knew well in Chicago). GQ is wearing pretty big army boots and is probably hitting 5'11" with the boots on. It looks like Bale is still an inch taller than GQ. So, I'd say 6'0" barefoot is right.

joe says on 30/Nov/07
probably as close to exactly 6 feet as a celebrity is. This is no b.s. 6 foot listing like some people say who are actually 5'10. Thats probably why he looks a little over 6 feet on screen.

amazing grace says on 28/Nov/07
He is 6ft so lets not give him 6'1 that would make a mockery of this whole site.
C you are right other than B ball players and the Dutch it's not really short,however these days its no longer tall.
How tall are you or is it confidential?
In which case you are an actor

C. says on 27/Nov/07
Even if he was 5'11", since when was that considered short? I swear, people these days...

sam says on 27/Nov/07
just give the guy 6'0 3/4 or 6'1. You know if he stood his very straightest he'd clear the 6' mark...

amazing grace says on 17/Nov/07
He has always said 6 not 6'2 this was added to make him the same height as batman.
In the premier shots Chris Nolan and him are wearing the same dress shoes and Chris is at least 1 inch taller.
Michael Caine has shrunk is now more like 6'1 from a 6.25@peak.
Add Nolan at 6 feet 1

Dennis says on 11/Nov/07
That could be true Sam.

I really don't think Bale gives a crap about his height.

Leung says on 11/Nov/07
A solid 6 footer, maybe 6’0.5”
And in my opinion the greatest Batman.

sam says on 10/Nov/07
also he looks about 2 inches shorter than morgan freeman who is about 6'3. bale could be 6'1 but may have just said "i'm 6 foot, its just not healthy" to make the sentence smoother. I mean it wouldn't sound as natural to say "i'm 6 foot one, its just not healthy" problably just a matter of rounding it but I bet he could be 6'1 if you actually measured him

Dennis says on 10/Nov/07
He did'nt look short in general in The Prestige, but he did look shorter than he use to.
Then again, who does'nt look short besides Hugh Jackman in a top hat.

supes78 says on 9/Nov/07
He looks like a solid 6 footer to me. There's just no convincing photographic evidence to suggest any shorter.

Leung says on 7/Nov/07
Anonymous, Bale does not look short in The Prestige, that’s ridiculous. Bale is shorter than Michael Caine and Hugh Jackman but he never looks short.

Anonymous says on 6/Nov/07
He did look short in The Prestige, I think it was the clothes that made him look rather stubby.

RobertJ says on 5/Nov/07
There's no way silver, your mistaken. He's no less than 5'11'', everyone agrees with that and all evidence backs that up.

Anonymous says on 5/Nov/07
in the prestige he looks like a legit 5'11 so he can be 6'0 in smalls lifts..

silver says on 5/Nov/07
in "the prestige" he looks much shorter than hugh jackman and shorter than other of his movies. I think he's 177 cm

Shane says on 24/Oct/07
6'0 to 6'1....look at "HARSH TIMES"

GothamChampion says on 7/Oct/07
I was face to face with Bale at a comic con in Chicago this past summer. I'm about 5'11, 6' on a good day and he was about my height but he does have bad posture so he may be bigger. Definitely not 6'2 though.

Da Man says on 28/Sep/07
He looked 6'0" in American Psycho, no more.

HeightMaster says on 19/Sep/07
I'd say at least 6ft, if not 6'1". Looked too big in American Psycho to be any less.

Adam Brennon says on 17/Sep/07
I don't believe Bale is any more than 6 foot.

Dennis says on 16/Sep/07
I thought this picture was interesting.
Bale with fairly good posture and somebody with not so good posture.
Click Here

Valeri says on 4/Sep/07
anonymous.hes probably using bigger footwear,justl ike they did to make jude law half na inch shorter only than caine but then at hte premiere hes 2.25-2.75in under.

Anonymous says on 2/Sep/07
Well Dennis' pic backs up D's thoughts of him being 6'1.25 as he an caine look quite close in that pic, and caine is a 185-186 type guy now a days, down from his peak of 188

Here is the pic again
Click Here

balegirl says on 30/Aug/07
the red carpet pics from the LA premiere of 3:10 to yuma (check out imd) certainly lends credence to the 6 foot claim IF you buy that russell crowe is anywhere near 5'10. Bale is clearly 2-3 inches taller than crowe in all of the pics and they are standing side by side.

Dennis says on 19/Aug/07
Click Here

Dennis says on 19/Aug/07
How do you post links at this website exactly?
All I get is a message that says I have to use tinyurl.com

D says on 17/Aug/07
I'd say 6'1.25", 186 cm, but he has bad posture, so he looks 5'10", look at this picture where he's stand up strait next to Liam Neeson.

Click Here

Anthony says on 17/Aug/07
He is nowhere near 5'9-5'10. I can't see Bale below 5'11 1/2 minimum.

AAAA says on 17/Aug/07
Neeson is 6'4, so if bale is 4 inches shorter, then he is as he claimed. 6' ft even

Lmeister says on 17/Aug/07
5'10'' u must be kidding. The only reason why he might look shortish sometimes is that he is staring with guys around 6'2''- 6'4'' range in Batman. a Legit 6'0''.

heightfan4lyfe says on 17/Aug/07
I agree with Robert, in Batman he looks around 5'9"-5'10"

RobertJ says on 16/Aug/07
barclay - I'd say 5'10''.

Dennis says on 13/Aug/07
oops sorry.
I got a message saying I had to use tinyurl.com, but it looks like I ****ed up.

Anonymous says on 12/Aug/07
hey Dennis, what kind of link is that? you want us to e-mail you first to see the pic or something? LOL

Dennis says on 11/Aug/07
183 seems right, I also noticed his legs may look stocky at times (but that could just be his pants)
Click Here

deustch says on 31/Jul/07
I have huge oubts over whether Bale is this tall, the picture with Neesen has him around 4 inches shorter. I just cant see how he can be 6ft, he appears areound 5ft10-5ft11

barclay says on 30/Jul/07
When somebody asks your height do you tell them your height in the morning when you are about 1 inch taller or tell them the height in the night when you are 1 inch shorter. For example my height is 5'10.5" in the morning and 5'9.5" in the night, so honestly whats my actual height?

RobertJ says on 23/Jul/07
Anonymous - his boots are more or less the same as the previous batman film so he'll be close to 6'2'' in them.

18,181 says on 21/Jul/07
for all I know out of bed he can be 6'1,but its the 6-8hourlater height,that you are most of the day,not when youre having breakfast and a shower. :)

Anonymous says on 15/Jul/07
What do reckon these boots are giving Bale in the new Batman movie?
Click Here
I think close to 2" easy.

17,181 says on 5/Jul/07
hes taller than most celebrities,if were talking stars,so 6f seems quite legit.

dmeyer says on 5/Jul/07
after looking at some pics he looks to be 5'11.75 182 cm solid there is a pic were he looks close to freman height but he clearly have weird shoes defenetly 6 ft or a lidl over 6 ft out of bed

dmeyer says on 5/Jul/07
i met liam he was 6'3 to 6'3.5 and bale looked 4 in under looks a solid 3 in under freeman noticably shorter than caine and way shorter than hackman so 5'11.5 might be closer

17,181 says on 4/Jul/07
This guy I believe is a legitimate 6ffoter,the guy seems intelligent enough to give he real height.hes not insecure.Why should he be,hes taller than almost any big star,Pitt,Clooney,Crowe,Dicaprio,Bloom,Jude Law,Depp,Robert Downey Jr,Cruise.The only ones that come to mind out of big stars are Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington,Carrey too,that aint smaller. Christian Bale is becoming a big star himself,with the batman movies and 3:10 to Yuma movie.

Alex says on 10/Jun/07
In Batman he looked anywhere from 5'11.5-6'0.5.

cate says on 6/Jun/07
hey i have'nt talked to you guy in a while,,,,yeah richard you're right but for batman he also gained too.

RICHARD says on 19/May/07
Always looked 6' in his films except in The Machinist; he looked 5'10 despite being very skinny(he lost 63 pounds for that role) but in Batman Begins he looked like a 6'2 macho man. So yeah his height is 6'.

TheJerk says on 11/May/07
I like Adam West too. He's hilarious in a very serious manner. That still doesn't mean that Bale isnt 6 foot though.

RobertJ says on 11/May/07
I still think he's 5'11''-6''. And I wanted to mention he lost 55 pounds for rescue down, crazy.

Leung says on 9/May/07
Kevin T,
Val Kilmer and Christian Bale are both 6 footers.
And what do you achieve by describing Bale as “chipmunk-like”?
The reoccurring theme in your comments is that you really like Adam West and that all the other Batman actors were too short for your liking. It really does sound like hero-worshipping of Adam West.

Kevin T says on 8/May/07
Val Kilmer was 6'0" with two inches of hair pouf. He's 5' 10", just like Keaton (who somehow always looks smaller onscreen), Clooney, and Bale. Adam West was the only tall, square-chinned Batman. In the case of Bale, all you have to do is compare him to Michael Caine, who almost certainly has shrunk from his original youthful height of 6' 2". Bale still looks chipmunk-like next to him in most screenshots.

Leung says on 6/May/07
yes all the smart money is on 6'

isabella says on 5/May/07
My money is on 6' too...pretty much all the other actors in Batman Begins are exceptionally tall, Morgan Freeman (6'3), Katie Holmes (5'9+ since she's in heels the whole movie), Liam Neeson (6'4), and Michael Caine (6'2). That along with the fact that a) he doesn't always have the best posture, and b) he was really buff in that movie which tends to make actors look stumpier, as opposed to if he was leaner. If he was shorter than 6' the other actors would have seemed like giants next to him, rather than there only have been a "noticeable" difference.

Jason says on 4/May/07
My money would be on 6'0''.

First of all says on 2/May/07
Christian Bale is 5 ft 11, Drew how did you come up with the idea that christian bale is a strong six footer? thats just ridiculous, in most of his movies he plays a head role or some important one....watch some premiere of batman begins photo's
i can place a bet now of 1 million that he is 5'11 i just really know for sure

Drew says on 26/Apr/07
Kevin T, seriously, are you kidding? Christian Bale is a strong six footer even though he doesn't have the best posture usually.

PC says on 26/Apr/07
You missed Val Kilmer, he's 6'0"

Viper says on 26/Apr/07
Bale looks no shorter than 5-11 really.

Kevin T says on 26/Apr/07
That anyone believes Bale is over 5'10" is testament to his popularity as a screen hero. He is obviously well under six feet, as per comparisons to Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, and Superman actor Brandon Routh, all of whom tower over him. But I have found that the more a man is regarded as a square-jawed hero, the taller people will believe he is, facts to the contrary. Everyone thinks Ronald Reagan was 6'2", John Wayne was 6'4", and so on. It's hero worship. The fact is that the only actor to play Batman onscreen who was six feet tall or taller was Adam West...all the others have been too short for the role, and Bale is no exception.

dmeyer says on 22/Apr/07
in some pics he looks 3 in under freeman but he has no mush heels snickers in another pics he looks alsmost as tall as freeman but his shoes are clearly elevators he has weird brown shoes that are build up in a way that you can see the ankle is going up but he is about 6 ft or 5'11.75

isabelle says on 21/Apr/07
bale cant be 5'11, thats how tall colin farrell is and bale is taller than him. they weren't shown together in 'new world', but bale was much taller than kilcher (pocahontus) and farrell wasn't.

dmeyer says on 20/Apr/07
he looked a hull 4 inches under liam who isnt a full 6'4 now i met him 2 month ago he looked about 4 inches on me also he loooks 3 in under freeman so 5'11.5 for this guy 6 ft morning

cate says on 6/Apr/07
when did rescue dawn come out.........

TheJerk says on 6/Apr/07
It's truely amazing how he can transform his body so quickly and easily. Either he is blessed in that department or very dedicated. Perhaps both. I wish losing weight were that easy for me. He looks quie thin for the more recent Rescue Dawn.

Lmeister says on 6/Apr/07
Mr Bale said the weights in an interview. He said he normally weighs around 185 and dropped 63 pounds for the Machinist. Then he went on about how hard it was to bulk up the weight for Batman.

sam says on 5/Apr/07
Don't really buy anything but 6 feet even for Bale. 5'10" seems especially unlikely.

cate says on 4/Apr/07
how do you know...(not to sound mean))

Lmeister says on 4/Apr/07
If Mr. Bale is 5'10''-5'11'' then Michael Ironside is max 5'8''...
Click Here

Btw C. Bale normally weighs around 185 pounds and dropped down to 121 for The Machinist. In the beginning of working out after the Machinist he went up to 220. During the filming of Batman Bale’s weight hovered around 190.

cate says on 4/Apr/07
oh did i make it sound like jonathan was in it sorry.;....

Viper says on 4/Apr/07
Bale cant be under 5-11.

cate says on 3/Apr/07
i hate when stars you like slouch that bad for them...

Lmeister says on 3/Apr/07
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is 5'9'' range. He isn't in Prestege. C. Bale tends to wear sneakers in events+slouches and still isn't drawfed by any of his co-stars. In bulky shoes he can look as tall as Michael Caine. He is a solids 6'0''. U can go to Click Here and check out the pics of Mr Bale. There is too many pics of him looking a solid 6'0'' even with a slouch...

farzaan says on 3/Apr/07
i think he is about 5"10...he does not look very tall..

cate says on 2/Apr/07
i just watched agin for the 5th time he is shorter

Jay says on 2/Apr/07
watched the prestige aswell, I dont think he looked 6ft once to me in that movie, looked more like 5'11 5'11.5, everyone was taller then him, he reminds me of a Luke Wilson, people say there 6'0 but I just dont see it for those guys.

cate says on 29/Mar/07
hey i just saw the prestige he is a solid oh probaly 6'1

Lmeister says on 25/Mar/07
Jonathan is clearly shorter. He tends to wear boots with high heels. Mr. Bale is a solid 6'0''.

cate says on 24/Mar/07
hey jonathan is shorter..

cate says on 15/Mar/07
i think his costarhe's 5'10 so that would make him taller than christian bale right??i love jonathan rhys meyers

cate says on 12/Mar/07
one of his costar jonathan rhys meyers is the same hieght..

Lmeister says on 12/Mar/07
I think he is honest about his height. One of the best/most versatile actors nowadays...

dmeyer says on 12/Mar/07
bale is no more than 6 ft i met lian he was about 4 inches taller than me or about 6'3.5 no sure a full 6 ft 4 190 to 192 cm and he looks 4 inches taller than bale

AAAA says on 24/Feb/07
Misha
Well if they are a lot shorter than you.... It is hard to differentiate between head height elevation. and shoulders aren't always that reliable. what do you say in your theory

glenn says on 24/Feb/07
compared to you im neanderthal in my ways.but i know we appreciate each other.i dont ever want to offend you.that will never be my intention.fantasize on,as with you,its paints you as a unique individual.im impressed by your knowledge.as for stallone,the battle rages on......

misha says on 24/Feb/07
Thank you for your kind words, Glenn. I don't deny I live in a dream world, but I relish the power of art over trash and mourn the gradual erosion of high standards that has taken place in just about every field of human endeavor except technology. What do you think it would take to resolve the Stallone controversy as it has shaped up on this site? Of course, having him get on doctor's scales and then measuring him with the adjustable ruler in the back would do it, but he would never consent to such a thing. Also, why are women often such terrible judges of height? I think I know the answer, but am curious as to how others explain it. A girl I knew long ago who worked with Clint Eastwood on the set of "The Gauntlet" said he was only marginally taller than me at six feet, and this was back when he was a true 6'4". However, in their defense, women notice many subtleties about men that men themselves miss.

Misha says on 22/Feb/07
Thanks for the clarification, Glenn. I knew you couldn't have meant I was scraping the bottom of the barrel with the names I was mnetioning, as they were almost all of iconic status. Listing great directors, I forgot to mention Ingmar Bergman, again around six feet tall (5'11"). Glenn, do you think there is a pattern here? Bergman is almost ninety, and Jules Dassin is ninety-five!
Rent the original "Night and the City" (1950) and you'll see film noir at its
most darkly brilliant. I hope Dassin makes a movie in 2011 to celebrate his 100th birthday.

Misha says on 22/Feb/07
Rob, were you asking me? Sorry, I don't understand the question.

[Editor Rob: no, I wanted to know the phone glenn now uses, so I could know the browser it uses]

Editor Rob says on 22/Feb/07
What phone are you on now?

cate says on 21/Feb/07
I heard that he was 6'1 or 6'2...cate

glenn says on 21/Feb/07
i meant zach is scraping for anything that can make stallone 5-8.not you guys.sorry for the confusion.this new smartphone im using has me writing funny too.i still dont know how to do capitals.bale doesnt pose for photo with.never saw him.friends tell me this.love you all!

cate says on 20/Feb/07
yeah waht do you mean by scrapinng??glenn

kevin t says on 20/Feb/07
Glenn, we need a photo of you with Bale. :-)

Misha says on 20/Feb/07
Glenn: "Scraping" meaning what?

Anthony says on 20/Feb/07
Thanks misha. I was introduced to the Golden Age of Cinema at an early age. I love the older actors, though I still need to get into The Silent Era.

glenn says on 20/Feb/07
scraping.

Misha says on 19/Feb/07
Hey, Anthony, a short post from Misha (what's going on here?)- I am heartened that you love Hitchcock - I regard his oeuvre as easily the most compelling of all cinema - and am glad you think Grace Kelly the ultimate screen beauty - she was. A few more of mine: Silent era: Lillian Gish, no one runs even a distant second. Sound era: Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, & Audrey Hepburn. Some very gifted actors of the past: Conrad Veidt, Orson Welles, Charles Laughton, Joseph Cotten, James Dean, Montgomery Clift. Robert Mitchum is easy to underrate because his intensity is often veiled by a studied indifference, but he was a master of his craft.

Zach says on 19/Feb/07
Misha , you have some excellent points. You should post on the Stallone page.

misha says on 18/Feb/07
By the way, Anthony, 6'0.5 sounds perfect for Bale - he could be as short as 5'11.5", but so what, these heights are close enough to make continued controversy a waste of time and space. Interestingly, I just measured myself after I spent fouteen hours out cold catching up on a week during which I got very little sleep. To my surprise I was six feet tall. I could hardly believe it, and it does alter somewhat upwardly a few of my in-person celeb estimates -I'm willing to give 5'11" to guys I may have thought to be 5'9". However, I still hold that there would not be so many heated and repeated entries about Stallone being 5'7" if he were truly 5'11". William Goldman and I myself saw Stallone up close in the 5'9" range - I'm boosting Goldman's poolside sighting in bare feet because I think it's fair to adjust for today's shoes, some of which have generous heels. But on Stallone's own site is an extended quote by the "shoe technician" who built his specially made shoes through the years. The guy does exaggerate a bit about how much extra height he was giving Stallone, but still this is the kind of source you can't ignore. And Anthony, does Stallone really look like he's 6'1" in any of the photos to which you referred? I just don't see it - to me he looks about 5'10", and that's with his built-up shoes. The many boxing ring scenes from the various Rocky films make it quite clear, in a setting where he cannot hide it, that he has short legs and a squat torso, that this is simply not a tall man we are looking at. I believe that these overall body indicators tell a truer tale than the apparent height a celeb attains after slipping on a pair of specially built-up shoes. In judging a celeb's height, we need to look carefully at all of these parameters where there is a persistent controversy.

misha says on 18/Feb/07
I am not so sure Slade's comments are laden with taurine droppings(as in Taurus the Bull). If screenwriter William Goldman tells us he saw Stallone in his bare feet coming out of a swimming pool and put him at 5'7", why don't we think he's made an accurate observation, instead attacking him as a jealous jerk who loves to tear apart legends? Frankly, at 6-1 Goldman couldn't give a rat's derriere about Stallone's height. What Slade said is simply true - many of the stars he listed are shockingly short in person. We can even be wrong about "obviously tall" people if we only see them on the screen. Jude Law himself said "I'm actually only 5'9", though sometimes I feel six feet." I was floored when I read this, for six feet was exactly what I had put him at over the years. By the way, this is a perfect example, because it validates Slade's comment that Matt Damon is short, as he seemed less tall than Jude Law, though not by much, all through "The Talented Mr. Ripley". For purposes of this site, I would alter the old adage "one pciture is worth a thousand words" to "one close-up barefoot sighting is worth a thousand photographs." In closing, has anyone besides me noticed that it's nearly always these guys who could be in the 5'7" to 5'9" category that all the endless heated debate seems to center on? The reason is obvious - I wonder if everyone else can see it.

Anthony says on 18/Feb/07
I truly believe Bale is 6'0.5.

cate says on 17/Feb/07
hey,I think your right anonymous he's 5'11

Anthony says on 17/Feb/07
You're welcome, Glenn.

glenn says on 17/Feb/07
thank you anthony.amen to that horse.

Anonymous says on 17/Feb/07
Good feedback Slade. Appreciated. I first thought Bale was 6 foot when he hit the scene first but now I think 5'11" is more accurate.
BTW The Horse of FUNK, why bull? What's the problem?

The Horse of FUNK says on 17/Feb/07
Wow Slade... I've read a lot of BS lately, but your comment certainly puts the cherry on the BS sundae.

Slade says on 16/Feb/07
Christian Bale is 5'11. Having met him a few times, I can say that with a degree of certainty. He is amongst the taller of the hollywood actors I have met.
The Sly Stallone comments here are hilarious. I have met sly quite a few times having organised and attended many celebrity events and I have to say that just the thought he is 5'10 or 5'11 is preposterious. Sly is sadly only 5'7. He wears lifts on a daily basis and in shoes can appear as much as 5'10.5 but without them he is no more than 5'7 at best. SOrry if I have shattered a few dreams. Other incredibly short actors that I have met include obvious candidates such as Owen Wilson, Tom Cruise, Ben Stiller and Stanley Tucci who are all 5'6 or 5'7 at best. George Clooney, Matt Damon and Russel Crowe are all shockingly short as well in person. But the all time champion is Ryan Seacrest who is almost a dwarf.

Anthony says on 16/Feb/07
I don't know, Misha. I agree, Sly is tricky. But hwo can you account him looking a consistant 6'1 at the "Rocky Balboa" premiere? How od you explain him looking 5'11 in sandles next to Glenn? Perhaps you caught Sly with a slouch (he can't always being standing that erwct). Perhaps you or your brother's footwear that day made one of you taller than usual and neither one of you was aware of that? I mean, Dolph Lundgren is at least 6'4 and probably 6'5, and Sly looked at a max 4 inches shorter than him at the premiere of "Rocky Balboa".

And I am open to the surgery possibility, but there's a lot of complications involved with it. It takes at least a year to fully recover from it, and that alone has me fishy on the whole surgery issue.

misha says on 16/Feb/07
Anthony, getting back to you on Stallone, perusal of many photos discloses that his height can vary significantly in different shots with the same people. If these people are consistent in their own photos with other third parties, then it definitely red-flags Stallone as a "heavy lifter". We who frequent this site know a person can do many things to augment their height. But what can they do to lessen it? The burden is on you to explain how I at 5'11.5" clearly perceived someone you say is my height to be at least three inches shorter than me when he was standing so close we could have touched each other. What is your explanation?

Viper says on 15/Feb/07
Misha, do you think Sly had the surgery? The guy can look over 6-0.

Anthony says on 15/Feb/07
That's okay, Misha. You saw Stallone yourself, I haven't. However, Glenn has also seen him, many more times than you, and all of his sightings as well as a lot of evidence on his page (including a barefoot shot with 5'11.75 Brigitte Nielsen) show that he truly is in the 5'10 range.

Misha says on 15/Feb/07
Anthony, I take your disagreement honorably and seriously, and am really conciliatory by nature - I don't have to be right about Stallone and actually would not mind being proven in error. Let me study a few hundred photos of Stallone in various situations with a wide assortment of poeple whose heights are well-established and get back to you with a response.

Anthony says on 15/Feb/07
Misha, Stallone is 5'10.5. How do you explain him looking 6'1, even closer to 6'2 in many photos? How the heck can he be 5'7? I know everyone will say it's his lifts and his rediculous posture, but even with those factors, I cannot for the life of me see how there's no way a 5'7 guy can look 6'1-6'2. If that was possible, wouldn't guys like Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson be able to look just as tall as Sly can?

Bottom line: Sly is 5'10.5. The absolute lowest I will except for him is 5'9.75, but I'm more apt to believe 5'10.5, which is what Glenn saw him at. IN SANDALS.

misha says on 15/Feb/07
Glenn, I don't want to scrap with you, but where was he hiding that 5'10.5"
when I at under six feet (though very little under) could have reached out and touched him and was quite surprised that he was only marginally (less than an
inch for sure) taller than my brother, who cannot push past 5'7" to save his life? We were on even footing, a black top parking lot type of surface. There is a scene in the original "Rambo" where he is booked into the local jail. Many players come in and out of various shots within this sequence. What struck me at the time I first saw it that I only remembered again when I was close to Stallone in person was that every single guy in that entire sequence towered over him. Glenn, for pete's sake, the guy is a notorious wearer of lifts and only has about an inch-and-a-half over your 5'8" in the photo with you at his site with those lifts on! How does that make him even yet another inch taller in his bare feet? The numbers simply don't add up (literally and figuratively). If someone is only an inch shorter than me, it is just not possible for me to guess they are four inches shorter when they are standing right next to me - I would have to have the discernment of an imbecile (let's allow a tempting response to that to pass for now, just give me your honest thoughts).

[Editor Rob: ultimately sightings with photos that can (sometimes they can't) back up an estimate are always compelling to visitors...]

Glenn says on 14/Feb/07
Stallone is 5-10.5.NOT ridiculous.

misha says on 14/Feb/07
Bale is a fascinating actor who not only portrays a wide range of personas with
frightening intensity - he also has an elusive, protean sense of physicality that can be overtly disturbing. It is almost impossible to believe that the protagonists in "The Machinist" and "American Psycho" are in real life the same person. It is not suprising that his section on this site contains an amount of material that is perhaps excessive for his moderate level of fame,
as his height is indeed difficult to gauge. Weighing everything, I put him exactly at six feet. He cannot possibly be shorter than 5'11.5", but neither do I think he could be as tall as 6'1". Publicity that has put him at 6'2"
and even 6'3" is the same sort of ludicrous nonsense that has put Tom Cruise and Sylvester Stallone at 5'11".

Thomas says on 5/Feb/07
Alex you seem to be hanging around the same pages I do heh. Well yes, I think bale is 183cm tall, possibly slightly more.