Christopher Lambert

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Birthday:

29 March 1957, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA

Birth Name:

Christophe Guy Denis Lambert

Height:

180 cm

Though born in Great Neck, Long Island, Christopher Lambert's family left the US when he was only two years old. His father was a United Nations diplomat assigned to Switzerland and, as a result, Chris was educated at private boarding schools in Geneva. Inspired through his having appeared in a play at age 12, he went to the Paris Conservatoire where he remained for two years. After a few small parts in French films, beginning in 1980, he successfully competed for the title role in Warner Bros. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). His co-stars included Ian Holm, James Fox and Ralph Richardson (in his final film performance). The movie was popular with Tarzan buffs for remaining faithful (in the first half at least) to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original story. Two years later Lambert brought to the screen Gregory Widens' legendary Connor MacLeod, the immortal Highlander (1986), born in the Highlands of Scotland in 1518 and carrying over into the futuristic Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) and Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994). In recent years he has become a producer while continuing to act in mostly action/adventure films. Show less «

It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, "I don't want to be famou...Show more »

It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, "I don't want to be famous." But the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work. Show less «

It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everythin...Show more »

It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A "Highlander" movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre. I would love to do a "Rain Man," but I think ultimately this is my thing. Show less «

[Advice to struggling actors] The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to accept the pains that sometimes go along with the bu...Show more »

[Advice to struggling actors] The most important thing is to be passionate and ready to accept the pains that sometimes go along with the business. Show less «

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.

[2010 - On if always being questioned about Highlander bothers him] No. It's like, would people like Clint Eastwood be upset because they ta...Show more »

[2010 - On if always being questioned about Highlander bothers him] No. It's like, would people like Clint Eastwood be upset because they talk about Dirty Harry? Or Mel Gibson because they talk about Mad Max or Harrison Ford because they talk about Indiana Jones? I think in some ways it's good to have at least one thing for which you could be really immortal, you know? Show less «

I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action. When I read Highl...Show more »

I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action. When I read Highlander, what interested me was the romance, the pain that this guy was carrying, not being able to die and looking around him at all the people he loved going before him. Show less «