Early life

Lambert was born in Great Neck, New York. His father was a French diplomat in the United Nations. Lambert was raised in Geneva, Switzerland from infancy, and moved to Paris in his teens.

Career

After appearing in supporting parts in several French films, Lambert was discovered by international audiences when director Hugh Hudson cast him in the title role of Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). That same year, he also played his first lead role in a French film by appearing opposite Catherine Deneuve in Paroles et musique.

In 1985, Lambert played the male lead in Luc Besson's Subway, for which he was awarded a César Award for Best Actor the next year. Highlander (1986), in which he starred as Connor MacLeod, was an international success, as well as his most famous role. He appeared in all three sequels that were released in cinemas - although he was not in the 2007 movie made for the Sci-Fi Channel - and had a cameo appearance in the pilot episode of the television series. Lambert also appeared as MacLeod in the music video for Queen's "Princes of the Universe".

The Sicilian, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Lambert as Salvatore Giuliano, was released in 1987, and was less successful than his previous pictures, receiving a lukewarm reception by critics and being only marginally profitable. To Kill a Priest, in which he played a character based on Jerzy Popiełuszko, was well received by critics but was a financial failure. Lacking a recent box-office success, Lambert agreed to appear in the first Highlander sequel, Highlander II: The Quickening, which was poorly received.

During the 1990s, Lambert starred in action, thriller and science fiction films such as Knight Moves, Fortress (1993), Gunmen (1994) and Mean Guns (1997), and the Italian-produced Nirvana (1997). His filmography included low-budget films such as Adrenalin: Fear the Rush, which were generally poorly received by critics. Some of his films had only a direct-to-video release. In the course of that decade, Lambert also occasionally appeared in French films such as Max et Jérémie (1992).

In 1995, he played the role of the thunder god Raiden in a movie adaptation of the popular video game series Mortal Kombat. Lambert was interested in reprising his character in the sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, but he was committed to his role in Beowulf (1999), and the role was given to James Remar. Lambert is also active as a film producer and has produced French films such as Patrick Braoudé's Génial, mes parents divorcent (1990) and Neuf mois (1994). In 2001, he played the lead role of Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix in the France-Canada production Druids, which was a critical and financial failure.

In 2009, Lambert was a lead in Claire Denis' White Material; both the film and Lambert's performance received critical acclaim. Lambert had a role in the Marvel Comics film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 2012.

He underwent sword training for three months and shaved his head. Shortly afterwards, he appeared as Marcel Janvier, alias "the Chameleon", in 6 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles.

Personal life

Lambert was married to Diane Lane from October 1988 to 1994. They have a daughter, Eleanor Jasmine.

Lambert married Jaiymse Haft on 6 February 1999 but that union was dissolved. Since 2007, he had been in a relationship with Sophie Marceau, with whom he appeared in La disparue de Deauville. They married in 2012 and announced their amicable separation on 11 July 2014.

Lambert is currently dating for the second time Italian actress and activist Alba Parietti, with whom he had a relationship twenty years before, in 1996.

Lambert has profound myopia and cannot see without his glasses. Because he cannot wear contact lenses, he is often forced to act while virtually blind. This has led to injuries while performing his own stunts without glasses.

Business interests

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Along with owning a mineral water business and food processing plant, Lambert produces Côtes-du-Rhône wines with partner Eric Beaumard at a vineyard located in Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, France. He is also sole owner of Lamb Bear Productions, the name of the company is a play on his name "pronounced Lamb-bear".

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	Who's Minding the Store?	Child Actor	Uncredited
1979	Ciao, les mecs (fr)	Un loubard à la soirée dansante	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1980	Telephone Bar, TheThe Telephone Bar	Paul "Bébé" Franchi	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1981	Douchka		TV movie
	Asphalte (fr)	Un médecin à l'hôpital / The doctor	Credited as Christophe Lambert
	sale affaire, Une !Une sale affaire (fr)	Mullard	Credited as Christophe Lambert
	Putain d'histoire d'amour (fr)	Inspecteur de police	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1982	Légitime violence (fr)	Jockey	Credited as Christophe Lambert
	Cinéma 16 (fr)	Marcel	TV (one episode)
1984	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	John Clayton / Tarzan
1985	Paroles et Musique (fr)	Jeremy	Credited as Christophe Lambert
	Subway	Fred	César Award for Best Actor Credited as Christophe Lambert
1986	Highlander	Connor MacLeod / Russell Nash
	I Love You	Michel	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1987	Sicilian, TheThe Sicilian	Salvatore Giuliano
1988	Love Dream	Menrou
	To Kill a Priest	Father Alek
1990	Why Me?	Gus Cardinale
1991	Highlander II: The Quickening	Connor MacLeod
1992	Knight Moves	Peter Sanderson
1992	Highlander: The Series	Connor MacLeod	TV (one episode)
1992	Max et Jérémie	Jeremie Kolachowsky	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1992	Gunmen	Dani Servigo
1993	Loaded Weapon 1	Man with Car Phone	Uncredited
1993	Fortress	John Henry Brennick
1994	Roadflower	Jack
1994	Highlander III: The Sorcerer	Connor MacLeod / Russell Nash
1995	Hunted, TheThe Hunted	Paul Racine
1995	Nine Months		Executive producer
1995	Mortal Kombat	Lord Raiden
1996	North Star	Hudson Saanteek	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1996	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush	Lemieux
1996	Hercule et Sherlock	Vincent	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1997	Nirvana	Jimi Dini
1997	Arlette	Frank Martin	Credited as Christophe Lambert
1997	Mean Guns	Lou
1999	Operation Splitsville	Max, P.E. Teacher
1999	Resurrection	John Prudhomme
1999	Beowulf	Beowulf
1999	Gideon	Gideon Oliver Dobbs
2000	Fortress 2: Re-Entry	John Henry Brennick
2000	Highlander: Endgame	Connor MacLeod
2001	Aparté		Short film
2001	Druids	Vercingétorix	Credited as Christophe Lambert
2001	Mazinkaiser	Additional Voices	Video game
2001	Point Men, TheThe Point Men	Tony Eckhardt
2002	King of Bandit Jing	Additional Voices	Television miniseries, credited as Chris Lambert
2002	Piano Player, TheThe Piano Player	Alex Laney
2003	Absolon	Detective Norman Scot
2003	Janis and John	Léon
2004	À ton image	Thomas
2005	Dalida	Richard Chanfray, dit le comte de Saint-Germain	Television miniseries
2006	Day of Wrath	Ruy de Mendoza
2006	Southland Tales	Walter Mung
2006	Lièvre de Vatanen, LeLe Lièvre de Vatanen	Tom Vatanen	Credited as Christophe Lambert
2007	Metamorphosis	Constantine Thurzo
2007	Trivial	Jacques	Credited as Christophe Lambert
2008	The Chauffeur	Devereaux
2008	Cartagena	Cine Nomine	Thelma Films, Arte France Cinéma
2009	White Material	Andre Vial	Credited as Christophe Lambert
2009	Associés, LesLes Associés	Philippe Kaminski	Television film; credited as Christophe Lambert
2009	Homme De Chevet !L'homme de chevet (fr)	Leo	Credited as Christophe Lambert
2010	Secret of the Whales, TheThe Secret of the Whales	Chris Cassell	Television film
2012	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Methodius
2012	Blood Shot	The President
2012	The Foreigner	Vincent
2012-2013	NCIS: Los Angeles	Marcel Janvier / The Chameleon	TV series (6 episodes)
2013	The Gardener of God	Gregor Mendel
2015	Shades of Truth	Cardinal Ennio Salvemini
2015	10 Days in a Madhouse	Dr. Dent
2015	Un plus une	Samuel Hamon
2016	Hail, Caesar!	Arne Slessum

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