Golden gloves ... Christian Bale (left) has won the best supporting actor Oscar for The Fighter. Photograph: Jojo Whilden
The British actor has won the best supporting actor Oscar for his performance as a drug-addicted former boxer in The Fighter.
Bale followed up his success at the Golden Globes with an Academy Award, coming out on top of a shortlist that also included Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech) and Jeremy Renner (The Town).
In The Fighter, Bale plays Dicky Eklund, the half-brother and trainer of fighting hopeful Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg.
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