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FACTS

Tiny bits of stuff you maybe didn't know...

His great uncle, Rex Bale, is an actor.

His grandfather is a stand up comic and children's entertainer.

He auditioned for the role of Jack Dawson in 'Titanic', but was turned down because James Cameron didn't want two British people playing the lead roles of two Americans.

He got his teeth capped for the role of Patrick Bateman in 'American Psycho'.

He hates shopping.

He is known for his flawless ability to mimic accents. He has used a different one in almost every movie he has acted in. He also tends to continue using a role's accent during the promotional interviews he does for a film, so as not to confuse his potential audience.

He is an excellent horseman, an avid reader, and also has a reputation as a great animal lover.

He does not eat red meat and is active in several environmental and animal protection organizations .

He is 6 ft 2 (183 cm).

He was crowned as one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures" of the past decade in the 10th Anniversary issue of "Entertainment Weekly"

He played Thor in Larry Shue's "The Nerd", Aldwych Theatre, London (1984-5).

He was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive for 2007.

He was one of several actors considered for the role of Will Turner in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

He has a scar underneath his right eye, due to an accident during his high school years.

He was named #1 out of 137, on Entertainment Weekly's Must List in 2004.

He auditioned with 4,000 other children for the role in Empire of the Sun.

He was named as one of the "Hottest Leading Men Under 30" by Premiere Magazine.

He trained for 10 weeks to sing and dance in the 1992 musical Newsies.

He replaced Leonardo DiCaprio as Patrick Bateman in the film American Psycho (2000). This role made Christian more widely known as an actor.

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