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The Fighter is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and stars Mark Wahlberg (who also produced), Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the lives of professional boxer Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother and former boxer Dicky Eklund (Bale).
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English American actor. ... Motion Picture for his role in The Fighter and Best Actor ...
Christian Bale is an English actor. Over his career he has received various awards including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, six Critics' Choice Movie Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Bale started his career making his film debut in Steven Spielberg's coming-of-age war epic Empire of the Sun ...
The Fighter earned Bale the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 83rd Academy Awards. [28] In 2012, Bale starred in the third, and final, installment of Nolan's Batman film trilogy entitled The Dark Knight Rises as Batman. As with its predecessors, the film received acclaim from movie critics.
Paramount Pictures' 2010 drama The Fighter chronicles the rise of Eklund's younger half-brother Micky Ward. Directed by David O. Russell , the film stars Christian Bale as Eklund and Mark Wahlberg as Ward.
The Fighter also received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Russell, the first of his career, [39] and earned awards for both Bale and Leo, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund. John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop Dolly; Jeremy Renner – The Town as Jem Coughlin; Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield; Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue; Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward. Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
She has appeared in a dozen films including the David O. Russell-directed biographical film The Fighter (2010), nominated for seven Academy Awards and winning the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo). Hunter portrayed one of the seven sisters of Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg.