Lee Grinner Pace was born on March 25,1979 and is an American actor.
27 Facts About Lee Pace
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Lee Pace is known for starring as Thranduil the Elvenking in The Hobbit trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the AMC period drama television series Halt and Catch Fire.
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Lee Pace has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first played in Guardians of the Galaxy and reprised in Captain Marvel.
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Lee Pace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Charlotte, a schoolteacher, and James, an engineer.
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Lee Pace attended Klein High School in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, with actor Matt Bomer.
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Lee Pace briefly stopped attending high school to act at Houston's Alley Theatre before returning to graduate.
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Lee Pace graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
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Lee Pace starred in a production of Craig Lucas's Small Tragedy, for which he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Actor.
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In 2006, Lee Pace starred in the two-character play Guardians by Peter Morris, which earned Lee Pace his second nomination for a Lortel Award as Outstanding Actor.
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Lee Pace made his Broadway debut in Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart, portraying Bruce Niles.
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Lee Pace was cast as composer Vincenzo Bellini in Golden Age, which began previews November 15,2012.
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Lee Pace played the role of Joe Pitt in the Broadway revival of the National Theatre's production of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.
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Lee Pace first gained recognition for his role in the 2003 film Soldier's Girl, based on real events, in which he played the central role of Calpernia Addams.
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Lee Pace won a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor and was nominated for several other awards, including a Golden Globe Award, for his work in this film.
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Lee Pace played supporting roles in The White Countess, Infamous, When in Rome and The Good Shepherd.
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In 2010, Lee Pace appeared as Phil Winslow in the film Marmaduke.
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The announcement was made by Peter Jackson himself, who revealed on his Facebook page that Lee Pace had been his favorite for the part, ever since he saw his performance in The Fall.
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Lee Pace made three trips to New Zealand, and called it a "fantastic experience".
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On July 28,2011, it was announced that Lee Pace had been cast in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, as the one-time New York City mayor Fernando Wood, an early Confederate supporter.
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However, Lee Pace was not included among the Lincoln ensemble's nomination, and several bloggers were annoyed by this, including Katey Rich of Cinemablend.
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Lee Pace played Aaron Tyler in the acclaimed but short-lived 2004 television series Wonderfalls, which was co-created by Bryan Fuller.
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Lee Pace received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance.
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In 2018, Lee Pace was cast as Sam Colin in Hong Kong action crime television series Flying Tiger 2 produced by Shaw Brothers Studios.
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In 2019, Apple announced that Lee Pace had joined the cast of its adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation, which premiered in September 2021, playing the role of Brother Day, the Galactic Empire's current Emperor.
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Lee Pace was the narrator of the horror podcast entitled Darkest Night, which was produced by the Paragon Collective and AMC's streaming service Shudder.
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McKellen's "outing" was described in the press as a blunder and an accident on his part, as Lee Pace had never addressed the subject.
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Lee Pace is married to Matthew Foley, an executive at Thom Browne.