The Evolution of Christian Bale

The Evolution of Christian Bale The Terminator: Salvation star's rise from child actor to action hero
Warner Bros.

Terminator Salvation, 2009
Bale is chosen to play the lead in yet another action mega-franchise. This time he portrays John Connor, the commander of a resistance movement against machines whose genocidal tendencies have brought humans to the brink of extinction. The film opens on May 21, 2009.

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