41 Facts About Christopher Lambert

Christopher Lambert started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous for portraying Tarzan in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.

Christopher Lambert served as executive producer for Nine Months.

Christophe Guy Denis Lambert was born in Great Neck, New York, on March 29,1957, the son of Yolande Agnes Henriette, and Georges Lambert-Lamond, a French diplomat at the United Nations.

Director Hugh Hudson and Warner Brothers sought out Christopher Lambert, wanting an unknown actor to play Tarzan, a human raised by apes in the jungle.

Christopher Lambert got the role beating out Viggo Mortensen and Stellan Skarsgard partly due to his myopia, because when he took off his glasses it seemed he was always looking into the distance.

Also that year, Christopher Lambert starred opposite Catherine Deneuve in Love Songs.

Christopher Lambert played the lead in Luc Besson's stylistic film Subway, about a man being hunted in the underground subways of Paris.

In 1986, Christopher Lambert would appear in Highlander a role he would be best known for.

Christopher Lambert was cast in the role after Kurt Russell dropped out of the film and after director Russell Mulcahy saw a picture of him in a magazine.

The film became a cult hit and was an international box-office success, rock group Queen composed and performed the soundtrack, and Christopher Lambert appeared as MacLeod in the music video for Queen's "Princes of the Universe".

In 1987, Christopher Lambert played the leading role of Salvatore Giuliano in The Sicilian, directed by Michael Cimino.

Christopher Lambert was offered the role of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon but he turned the role down.

Christopher Lambert was John Glen's first choice for the role of James Bond in The Living Daylights.

Christopher Lambert was considered for the lead role of Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman back when the film was known as 3000.

Christopher Lambert appeared in the first episode of the television show Highlander: The Series, passing on the lead role to actor Adrian Paul.

Christopher Lambert appeared in the French crime thriller Max et Jeremie, co-starring Philippe Noiret and Jean-Pierre Marielle.

In 1993, Carl Schenkel's suspense thriller Knight Moves premiered, in which Christopher Lambert was both an executive producer and the lead.

Later that year, Stuart Gordon's science fiction film Fortress premiered, with Christopher Lambert playing the lead.

Christopher Lambert later reprised the role in the MK Movie Skin Pack in the 2020 game Mortal Kombat 11.

Christopher Lambert was an executive producer on Chris Columbus' Nine Months, an English-language remake of Neuf mois.

In 1996, Christopher Lambert was an executive producer and the lead in Nils Gaup's western film North Star, co-starring James Caan.

The film tells the story of a virtual reality game designer, played by Christopher Lambert, who discovers that the main character of his game has achieved sentience due to an attack by a computer virus.

Christopher Lambert starred in John Glen's The Point Men, about a team of Israeli agents being killed off one-by-one after a botched anti-terrorist operation.

Christopher Lambert was an executive producer on the film The Confessor starring Christian Slater, Molly Parker, and Stephen Rea.

Christopher Lambert played a supporting role in Richard Kelly's Southland Tales.

Christopher Lambert starred in the Sophie Marceau directed French film Trivial.

In 2009, Christopher Lambert was a lead in Claire Denis' White Material; both the film and Christopher Lambert's performance received critical acclaim.

In 2011, Christopher Lambert starred as the villainous head monk Methodius in the Ghost Rider sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, starring Nicolas Cage, in 2011.

Christopher Lambert underwent sword training for three months and shaved his head.

Christopher Lambert co-starred in the biographical film 10 Days in a Madhouse, about the experiences of undercover journalist Nellie Bly.

Christopher Lambert had a recurring role in the Russian-Portuguese biographical television show Mata Hari.

Christopher Lambert plays the role of SS officer Karl Frenzel in the Russian film Sobibor by director Konstantin Khabensky, which was released in 2018.

Christopher Lambert received high praise for "an outstanding and nuanced performance; he is unrecognisable as Frenzel, a demonic, fractured character".

Christopher Lambert was part of the ensemble cast of Bel Canto from director Paul Weitz, an adaptation of the 2002 novel of the same name, by Ann Patchett.

Christopher Lambert received praise, along with the rest of the cast, for "performances [that] are uniformly excellent".

Christopher Lambert has written two novels: La fille porte-bonheur in 2011 and Le juge in 2015.

Beaumard has primary creative control of the winery, but Christopher Lambert conducts barrel tests and monitors the various stages of the wine's evolution.

Christopher Lambert was married to American actress Diane Lane from 1988 until their divorce in 1994.

Christopher Lambert married American actress Jaimyse Haft in 1999, and they divorced in 2000.

Christopher Lambert has profound myopia and cannot see without his glasses.

Christopher Lambert cannot wear contact lenses and often has to perform while virtually blind, which has led to injuries while performing his own stunts.