Christian Bale grips his Oscar

Actor Christian Bale raises his Oscar statuette backstage at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. This was in the press room at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on February 27, 2011. Christian Bale had just won the Oscar as best supporting actor for the drama The Fighter. Christian Bale was born in 1974, so he turned 37 the year this photo was taken.