Bale won a 2010 Academy Award for his role as Eklund in the film The Fighter .
Bale went on the win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 83rd Academy Awards for his role as Eklund . *Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming : Russell said of the actress , `` There are very few things that a director can have at his disposal better than an actress who 's dying to break type and is extremely motivated to break type .
The Fighter