Oscars 2011: Christian Bale wins fight for best supporting actor award

The British actor Christian Bale 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.