Born in Wales and named after his parents’ favourite method of storing hay, Christian has gone on to become one of our most chameleonic actors. He is some chameleonic that he was actually approached by David Attenborough to play a chameleon in Planet Earth, but Christian was so immersed in a role that the Natural History legend couldn’t find him.
Personal Details
Born: 1974. Seven years after the Summer of Love
Height: The exact height of what scientists believe a bat would be if it were as tall as a man. Coincidence?
Spouse: A nice lady called Sandra
Trivia
Chris lived for six months as a bat in preparation for ‘Batman Begins’
Many people know Chris lost a whopping 62 pounds for ‘The Machinist’, but he also lost four inches in height
He won the role of Patrick Bateman in ‘American Psycho’ after impressing director Mary Harron with a three-week killing spree on the East Coast
He grew up in the 30s in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and the videos he made on his phone formed the basis of 1987’s ‘Empire of the Sun’
Films
Children of the Sun
The Prestige