Terminator Salvation stars someone born in 1974.
Christian Charles Philip Bale ( born 30 January 1974 ) is an English actor . Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13 , when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg 's Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ) . Terminator Salvation is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic science fiction war film directed by McG and starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington .