Christian Bale Born January 30 1974 Made His Recording Debut With The 1992 Disney Musical Newsies For His Role As Jack Kelly. He Also Starred In The 2000 Film American Psycho In Which He Portrayed Self-Absorbed Serial Killer Patrick Bateman. Bale's Psychotic Reading Of Bret Easton Ellis's Work Was Backed By Original Music By M.J. Mynarski And The Velvet Underground Alum John Cale.