# List of awards and nominations received by Christian Bale
[Christian Bale](https://www.edgepedia.org/christian-bale)'s major-award record centers on one Academy Award, won for playing [Dicky Eklund](https://www.edgepedia.org/dicky-eklund) in *The Fighter* at the 83rd ceremony, and two Golden Globes, one for *The Fighter* and one for *Vice* in 2019. Across the four bodies most often cited, the Academy's database records one win from four nominations, the British academy records four nominations without a win, the Golden Globes show two wins from four nominations, and the [Screen Actors Guild](https://www.edgepedia.org/screen-actors-guild) shows one individual win plus ensemble recognition.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) • [2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/christian-bale/) • [3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/) • [4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Academy Award | Winner, Actor in a Supporting Role, 83rd ceremony (2010 ceremony year), for *The Fighter* as Dicky Eklund[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) |
| Other Oscar nominations | Lead for *American Hustle* (86th), supporting for *The Big Short* (88th), lead for *Vice* (91st); no wins[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) |
| BAFTA record | Four nominations (*The Fighter*, *American Hustle*, *The Big Short*, *Vice*), no win[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/) |
| Golden Globes | Winner 2011 (supporting, *The Fighter*) and 2019 (Musical or Comedy, *Vice*); nominated 2016 (*The Big Short*) and 2020 (*Ford v Ferrari*)[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/christian-bale/) |
| SAG Awards | Winner, Male Actor in a Supporting Role, 2011, *The Fighter*; shared the 2014 Cast award for *American Hustle*; ensemble nominations for *The Fighter* and *3:10 to Yuma*[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) • [5](https://www.choisirunfilm.fr/personne/christian-bale-3623/recompenses.htm) |
| Early honors | 1987 Special Citation for Outstanding Juvenile Performance; 1989 Young Artist Award; 2006 Saturn Award for Best Actor[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) |
| Tracker total | One French awards tracker tallies 14 awards and 41 nominations overall[5](https://www.choisirunfilm.fr/personne/christian-bale-3623/recompenses.htm) |
## Academy Awards
The Academy's own database lists four nominations and one win. The win came at the 83rd ceremony for the 2010 ceremony year, Actor in a Supporting Role, for *The Fighter* as Dicky Eklund, marked with a statuette in the record.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) The three losing nominations span both acting categories: Actor in a Leading Role for *American Hustle* as Irving Rosenfeld at the 86th ceremony (2013), Actor in a Supporting Role for *[The Big Short](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-big-short-film)* as [Michael Burry](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-burry) at the 88th (2015), and Actor in a Leading Role for *Vice* as [Dick Cheney](https://www.edgepedia.org/dick-cheney) at the 91st (2018), his most recent entry in the database.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
Two frequently assumed contenders do not appear: the database shows no Oscar nominations for *American Psycho* or *[The Prestige](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-prestige-film)*.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
## BAFTA Awards
Bale's record at the British academy is the inverse of his American one: four nominations, no win. AlloCiné's palmarès lists supporting-actor nominations at the 64th BAFTAs for *The Fighter* and the 69th for *The Big Short*, and lead nominations for *American Hustle* (2014, listed under its French title *American Bluff*) and *Vice* (2019).[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/) That same year he won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe.[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/)
## Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Golden Globes official site records two wins. The first was Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for *The Fighter* (2011); the second was Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, for *Vice* at the 2019 ceremony.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/christian-bale/) • [4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) The two nominations came in the Musical or Comedy category for *The Big Short* (2016) and in Drama for *Ford v Ferrari* (2020), the latter listed under its French release title *Le Mans 66* in AlloCiné's record.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/christian-bale/) • [3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/) The 2019 *Vice* campaign thus produced a Globe win but an Oscar loss, with AlloCiné also recording BAFTA and SAG nominations that year.[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/)
At the [Screen Actors Guild Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/screen-actors-guild-awards), Bale won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in 2011 for *The Fighter*, matching his Oscar and Globe.[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) Ensemble recognition runs alongside the individual record: the *American Hustle* cast won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (2014 ceremony year), and Choisir un film records SAG ensemble nominations for *The Fighter* and for *3:10 to Yuma*.[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) • [5](https://www.choisirunfilm.fr/personne/christian-bale-3623/recompenses.htm)
## Critics' circles, genre and early honors
Bale's awards history begins in childhood. [TV Guide](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-guide) records a 1987 Special Citation for Outstanding Juvenile Performance and the 1989 Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama.[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) Genre and ensemble honors followed in his adult career: the 2006 Saturn Award for Best Actor and a shared 2008 Robert Altman Award as part of an ensemble cast.[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/)
The International Press Academy's Satellite Awards record wins for Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, for *[Rescue Dawn](https://www.edgepedia.org/rescue-dawn)* (distributed by MGM), and for Actor in a Supporting Role for both *The Fighter* (Paramount) and *The Big Short*.[6](https://www.pressacademy.com/recipient/christian-bale/) The International Press Academy listing also includes *American Hustle* (Sony).[6](https://www.pressacademy.com/recipient/christian-bale/) • [4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/)
The 2010 season shows how the Oscar campaign built. TV Guide records a sweep of critics'-circle Best Supporting Actor wins for *The Fighter*, including the [National Board of Review](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-board-of-review), Boston, Chicago, Dallas–Fort Worth, Florida, and Online Film Critics awards, all before the 2011 ceremonies.[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) Later, the 2019 Critics' Choice Awards gave him two wins for *Vice*, Best Actor and Best Actor in a Comedy.[4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/)
## By the numbers
Counting only the four major bodies: 1 win from 4 Oscar nominations; 0 wins from 4 BAFTA nominations; 2 wins from 4 Golden Globe nominations; and at the SAG Awards one individual win plus one shared cast win and two ensemble nominations.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) • [3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/) • [2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/christian-bale/) • [4](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/) • [5](https://www.choisirunfilm.fr/personne/christian-bale-3623/recompenses.htm)
Aggregate totals vary by database. Choisir un film tallies 14 awards and 41 nominations across all bodies it tracks; the official Academy and Golden Globes databases and the secondary AlloCiné and TV Guide records state no overall total, and their per-body scopes imply a narrower count. No audited career total exists, so any single figure depends on which bodies and categories a tracker includes.[5](https://www.choisirunfilm.fr/personne/christian-bale-3623/recompenses.htm) • [3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/)
## Notable near-misses
Three of Bale's four Oscar nominations ended in losses, in both categories: lead for *American Hustle* (86th) and *Vice* (91st), supporting for *The Big Short* (88th).[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) *Vice* won him a Golden Globe while losing at the Oscars, and also drew BAFTA and SAG nominations without wins.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/christian-bale/) • [3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/) *American Psycho* and *The Prestige*, roles often assumed to be awards contenders, drew no major-academy recognition in the Academy's record.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
## References
1. [Academy Awards Search — Christian Bale, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Christian+Bale%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
2. [Christian Bale — Golden Globes (official site)](https://goldenglobes.com/person/christian-bale/)
3. [Christian Bale : Récompenses et nominations — AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-8471/palmares/)
4. [Christian Bale Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards — TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christian-bale/bio/3000169569/)
5. [Les récompenses attribuées à Christian Bale — Choisir un film](https://www.choisirunfilm.fr/personne/christian-bale-3623/recompenses.htm)
6. [Christian Bale | Recipients — International Press Academy (Satellite Awards)](https://www.pressacademy.com/recipient/christian-bale/)
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