Christian Bale reflects on years as the 'Dark Knight' The Dark Knight rises in movie theaters this Friday on the wings of huge anticipation for the final film of director Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, but there is one man who remains calm in the face of the media hype, Batman actor Christian Bale. Bale slips into the bat costume of Gotham City's crime-fighting superhero for the last time in "The Dark Knight Rises, which like its predecessors has received strong early reviews. Watch a video interview (above)