Christopher Lambert

At 67 years old, Christopher Lambert has this physical status:

Christophe Guy Denis Lambert (born 29 March 1957) is a French actor and producer.

He began his career in several French films and became internationally known for his role as Tarzan in Greystoke: Lord of the Apes, 1984.

Lambert received the César Award for his role in Subway, 1985.

Connor MacLeod, the well-known actor in the 1986 cult adventure-fantasy film Highlander and the subsequent film franchise series of the same name, was his best-known role.

In the first film version of Mortal Kombat (1995), he also played the thunder god Raiden.

White Material, Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance, Kickboxer: Fortress, I Love You, and the French comedy film Neuf Mois, which was the American remake Nine Months, are among his films.

Early life

Lambert was born March 29, 1957, in Great Neck, New York, the son of Yolande Agnès Henriette (née de Caritat de Peruzzis, 1928) and Georges Lambert-Lamond (1910–2003), a French diplomat then at the United Nations. His father was a French Jew. Lambert was born and educated in Geneva from infancy and migrated to Paris in his teens.

Personal life

Lambert married Diane Lane in October 1988, but the pair divorced in 1994. Eleanor Jasmine, their daughter, was born in 1993.

Lambert married Jaimyse Haft on February 6, 1999. He was in a love with Sophie Marceau, with whom he appeared in La disparue de Deauville from 2007 to 2007. On July 11, the two couples announced their separation on July 11, 2014.

Lambert has a profound myopia and is unable to see without glasses. He can't wear contact lenses anymore and often has to act completely blind when doing his own stunts, causing injuries.

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Career

Lambert began his career as a support actor in several French films, including Le bar du téléphone (1981), Douchka (1981), Le bar du téléphone (1981), and one episode of Cinéma (1679).

Hugh Hudson, the director of Chariots of Fire (1981), had just wrapped up his Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire (1981), and Warner Brothers was desperate to get him to direct another film. After reviewing all of their available scripts, he decided to do a film adaptation of novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs' iconic character Tarzan, a man who was raised by an unknown species of great apes in the jungle. Hudson tried several young actors to see if they wanted an unknown celebrity to play the role. Lambert figured out the role partly because of his myopia, because he took off his glasses it seemed he was still looking into the distance.

Greystoke, 1984: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, was met with soaring critical esteem by both Lambert and its director. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards and received a BAFTA Award as well as a César Award among other accolades.

He appeared in Paroles et musique, opposite Catherine Deneuve, Richard Anconina, and Jacques Perrin in the same year.

Lambert was the lead in Luc Besson's experimental film Subway, about a man being hunted in Paris's underground subways. Both the film and the French box office were a hit at the French box office and the critically acclaimed. Lambert was given a César Award for Best Actor next year.

Russell Mulcahy's Highlander premiered on March 7, 1986. Lambert starred in the film as Connor MacLeod of the Highlands, one of a string of immortal warriors who can only be killed by decapitation. MacLeod, who played Ramirez in Sean Connery's initial training, has lived on for many decades, eventually settling in New York City with an antiques shop. Brenda, a police forensic scientist, falls in love with MacLeod. He also finds out that he must confront his biggest rival, the Kurgan, who plays Clancy Brown, who aims to kill MacLeod and gain "the Trophy," a coveted attribute granted to the last living immortal warrior. The film became a hit in the international box-office as well as his most well-known role. Queen produced and performed the album, and Lambert appeared in the Queen's "Princes of the Universe" music video. Lambert played a key role in Marco Ferreri's I Love You in the first year. At the Cannes Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists and was nominated for the Silver Ribbon.

Lambert was the leading actor in The Sicilian's unsuccessful production, which was based on the Mario Puzo book by the same name, and opened in 1988 in the United States. Salvatore Giuliano, an egocentric bandit who fights the Catholic Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry, while leading a nascent movement for Sicilian independence, appears on film. The directors' cut of the film was cut down by the studios. It was published in 1987 and was less profitable than his previous films, drawing a lukewarm reception from critics and being only marginally profitable. Upon its introduction in France, however, the director's cut received higher praise.

He appeared in To Kill a Priest, Agnieszka Holland's 1988, in which he played a character based on Jerzy Popieuszko and his assassination under Polish communist rule. Critics loved it.

He appeared in Priceless Beauty with actress Diane Lane during that year. They married that year, and their marriage lasted until 1994.

He appeared on Why Me? in 1990, co-starring Christopher Lloyd. They're robbers who get into trouble after stealing a sacred ruby from Turkey.

The Highlander sequel, Highlander II: The Quickening premiered on November 1, 1991. Lambert reunited with producer Russell Mulcahy and fellow actor Sean Connery in it. Mulcahy did not like the film and the production team was compelled to shoot it in Argentina to cut production costs; the country, however, was still suffering from a financial crisis. Much of the script was not shot, and the final product is a patchwork. Mulcahy's poor result could possibly have been a result of the bonding company's interference with the director; after watching the film's world premiere, he walked out. Lambert threatened to walk out of the scheme when it was nearing completion for similar reasons. However, he did not do so due to contractual obligations.

Patrick Braoudé's first producer credit in the French film Génial, mes parents divorced last year.

He appeared in three projects in 1992. He appeared in the first episode of Highlander: The Series on television, in which he played the lead role to actor Adrian Paul. He appeared in the French crime drama Max et Jérémie, co-starring Philippe Noiret and Jean-Pierre Marielle.

Carl Schenkel's suspense thriller Knight Moves premiered on January 22, 1993, in which Lambert was both an executive producer and the lead. Lambert is accused of murder in chess. Fortress, by Stuart Gordon, was the first book to appear on September 3rd, where Lambert was the lead. The tale takes place in a dystopian future in which a man and his wife are taken to a maximum-security jail because they are expecting a second child, which is against the strict one-child policy. The film was a hit at the box office. He made an uncredited appearance in Loaded Weapon 1 this year.

Two collaborations with actor Mario Van Peebles were announced in 1994. Van Peebles was the main villain in Highlander III: The Sorcerer, and they were on the team's lead in the action film Gunmen. Connor MacLeod is forced to face a new, lethal enemy, Kane, a powerful sorcerer who aims to win world dominance. Lambert appeared in the action film Roadflower as well. He made his second Patrick Braoudé film, Neuf mois, which was nominated for two Césars in France. Bruce Ramsay played Brumbell in the film Dead Beat in the United States.

In 1995, he appeared in the Paul W. Anderson's film adaptation of the famous video game series Mortal Kombat as the thunder god Raiden. In a tournament to save Earth, the film follows warrior monk Liu Kang, actor Johnny Cage, and soldier Sonya Blade, all three led by the god Raiden. Mortal Kombat spent three weeks as the number one film at the US box office, grossing over $122 million annually. Lambert later reprised his role in the MK Movie Skin Pack in the 2020 game Mortal Kombat 11.

He produced N'oublie pas tu vas mourir, which received the Special Jury Award at the Gijón International Film Festival in 1995, also in 1995, and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He was also a producer on Chris Columbus' Nine Months, an English-lanuage version of Neuf mois that saw a net $138 million. That year, the martial-arts thriller The Hunted, in which he was the lead, was also released.

He served as an executive producer and the lead in Nils Gaup's western film North Star, co-starring James Caan. In the action film Adrenalin: Fear the RUSH, he appeared as the lead. He was eventually one of the leading characters in the French film Hercule et Sherlock. During the year, he also produced When Saturday Comes, a football sport drama starring Sean Bean.

He appeared in Gabriele Salvatore's cyberpunk science fiction film Nirvana in 1997. The film follows the story of a virtual reality game developer played by Lambert, who discovers that the main character of his game has received sentencing as a result of a computer virus attack. The film was not in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It went on to win eight David di Donatello Awards, was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, two in Italy, and three others were nominated for five awards of the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.

In the action film Mean Guns, he also co-lead with Ice-T this year. Claude Zidi's French film Arlette starred him. He made the French film J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici.

He produced and appeared in two films in 1998. Operation Splitsville was a revival of Génial, mes parents divorced, which he produced many years earlier. The second was called Gideon, where he plays a man with a mental disorder who reintegrates into a senior home in Lakeview, which is home to many senior citizens.

He produced and starred in Russell Mulcahy's Resurrection, where he plays a detective in the savage murder of a man who has bled to death from a fractured arm. He appeared in Beowulf, a science fantasy-action film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf.

He appeared in Highlander: Endgame, his fourth installment of the Highlander franchise. Adrian Paul, the actor of the series, was reunited in the film. This will be Lambert's last sequel. The source was released in 2007. Paul made Highlander, the final film in the series seven years ago.

He appeared in Fortress 2: Re-Entry, where his character from the first film is also on the run from authorities.

In 2001, he played the leading role in Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix in the France-Canada production Druids. He appeared in The Point Men, a film starring a team of Israeli agents that were killed one by one after a botched anti-terrorist mission. He also appeared in the English dub of the animated film Mazinkaiser.

In 2002, he was an executive producer and a co-lead in Dennis Hopper's thriller The Piano Player. He also appeared in the English dub of Jing: King of Bandits.

He appeared in Absolon, a post-apocalyptic science fiction thriller film released in 2003. He appeared in the French film Janis and John as a supporting actor. He appeared in the short film Qui veut la peau de Roberto Santini?

In 2004, he appeared in the French film ton image opposite Nastassja Kinski. He appeared in one episode of Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom. He was an executive producer on the film The Confessor, starring Christian Slater, Molly Parker, and Stephen Rea. The film follows a straying Catholic priest's deposition, played by Slater, in the wake of a troubled teen's enigmatic death. It was nominated for two awards at the Directors Guild of Canada.

He appeared in Dalida, the television film biopic.

He appeared on the film Day of Wrath in 2006 as an executive producer and actor. In Le Lièvre de Vatanen, he appeared in the French film Le Lièvre de Vatanen. He also appeared in Richard Kelly's Southland Tales as a supporting actor.

He appeared in the vampire film Metamorphosis in 2007. He appeared in Sophie Marceau's French film Trivial. It's about a police inspector struggling with depression after his wife's death and probing a mysterious missing person's case at the request of a mysterious woman. He began a relationship with Marceau during this period.

He appeared in the French crime drama Limousine in 2008. Lambert was a lead in Claire Denis' White Material in 2009; both the film and Lambert's performance received critical acclaim. Isabelle Huppert plays a struggling French coffee producer in an unidentified French speaking African nation who has decided to remain at her coffee plantation despite an escalating civil war. The film has appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2010. At the Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Golden Lion for Best Foreign Language Film, a Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film, etc.

He appeared in Cartagena last year, with Sophie Marceau playing a glamorous, free-spirited woman who becomes bedridden after a tragic accident. She employs a alcoholic middle-aged former boxer (Lambert) to cook and care for her against her better judgment. Despite being unqualified for the position, he is desperate for work and is slowly earning the woman's respect, who teaches him how to read. Several awards have been given to the film in France.

He appeared in Les Associés, a French television film.

He appeared in Philipp Kadelbach's Das Geheimnis der Wale in 2010. The film follows the widow of a whale researcher who joins forces with an environmentalist played by Lambert to combat an oil company. He appeared in The Gardener of God, a biopic about Gregor Mendel, that year.

Lambert starred in the Ghost Rider sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage in 2011. He underwent sword training for three months and shaved his head. Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, and Idris Elba were among the other co-stars. The film earned $132.6 million worldwide.

He appeared in Bulgarian film The Foreigner and Italian film L'una e l'altra in 2012 and Italy's film L'una e l'altra. He appeared in films including Ma bonne étoile opposite Claude Brasseur, Fleur Lise Heuet, and one episode of the television series Very Bad Blagues in France.

Marcel Janvier (alias "The Chameleon"), a recurring villain in award-winning hit crime TV drama NCIS: Los Angeles, appeared in a short time shortly after. His character appeared in six episodes from 2012 to 2013 – the show's two highest-rated seasons.

He was one of the cast members of Blood Shot's horror film in 2013. He has appeared in La source, a French television show.

In 2014, he appeared in Electric Slide, a biographical crime drama film about Los Angeles-based bank robber Eddie Dodson. Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Patricia Arquette, and Chloe Sevigny were among his co-stars.

He co-starred in Un plus une, Claude Lelouch's French romantic comedy film starring Jean Dujardin, Elsa Zylberstein, and Alice Pol, in 2015. He appeared in the biographical film 10 Days in a Madhouse about undercover journalist Nellie Bly's experiences.

He co-starred in Hail, Caesar!, a comedy film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen in 2016. Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum were among the film's ensemble cast members, including Josh Brolin, George Clooney, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Tilda Swinton. It's a fictional tale about Eddie Mannix (Brolin), a real-life "fixer" who worked in Hollywood in the 1950s, trying to find out what happened to a cast member who disappeared during the filming of a biblical epic.

In La folle histoire de Max et Léon, a French World War II comedy film, he appeared as a French Army Captain that year. In addition, he appeared in Mata Hari, the Russian-Portuguguguese biographical television series.

He re-collaborated with Claude Lelouch in the film satire Chacun sa vie et son in time conviction in 2017. He appeared in Rutger Hauer, Michael Madsen, Geraldine Chaplin, Franco Nero, and William Baldwin in the drama The Broken Key. In one episode of the French television show Call My Agent, he also played himself.

In the year 2000, he appeared as the lead villain in the martial arts film Kickboxer: Retaliation. The film stars Alain Moussi and Jean-Claude Van Damme, and co-stars Ronaldinho, Mike Tyson, and Haf l'us Björnsson, according to a sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance.

In the Russian film Sobibor, directed Konstantin Khabensky, which was released in 2018, Lambert plays SS officer Karl Frenzel. The film is a World War II drama about the only successful uprising in a Nazi death camp. At the 91st Academy Awards, it was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film. Lambert received acclaim for his "exceptional and nuanced appearance; he is unrecognizable as Frenzel, a demonic, fractured figure."

Lambert was a member of the Bel Canto ensemble cast, a visualization of Ann Patchett's 2002 novel of the same name. Lambert played the role of a French ambassador in Lima, Peru, who was also affected by the Lima Crisis. Lambert, as well as the rest of the cast, received acclaim for "excellent" results.

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