MUNDELEIN, Ill. -- When asked to name a Christian movie, Zena Dell Schroeder doesn't go for the Bible-based epics. "The Ten Commandments"? Nope, no stone tablets here. "The Greatest Story Ever Told"?

Born in Wales in 1974, Christian Bale is one of the British actors who have become internationally known. Bale started his professional acting career in the late 1980s and appeared in over 50 movies ...