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Lambert Wilson
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Lambert Wilson in 2015 - Copyright free image from wikimedia
This is Lambert Wilson's 2023 actor card.
On this card you'll find everything you need to know about Lambert Wilson. This includes his extensive filmography with over 110 movies and where to watch some of them in the U.S. The card also provides detailed information about Lambert's origins, his biography, the official video trailer of Matrix Reloaded where Lambert Wilson was cast as Merovingian. You'll also be able to watch Lambert talk about Mrs Harris Goes to Paris in another video. We've also made it easy for you to access his social media pages and enjoy other verified facts about your favorite star French actor.
Quick facts on Lambert Wilson
- Born on August 3rd, 1958 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
- Actor, voice actor
- Astrological sign: Leo
- Height 6’28 (1,90 m)
- Speaks French, Italian and English
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Where is Lambert Wilson from?
Lambert Wilson was born in the suburbs of Paris, at Neuilly-sur-Seine, in France. He’s the son of Nicole Mulon and the actor and theater director Georges Wilson.
How old is Lambert Wilson?
Lambert Wilson is 64 years old, as of 2023. He was born on August 3rd, 1958.
What is Lambert Wilson known for?
Lambert Wilson's career has been marked by his willingness to take on a wide range of roles and his love for intimate dramas as well as popular comedies. Lambert Wilson is well-known in France for his role in the biopic of l’Abbé Pierre, Hiver 54, for Charles de Gaulle in De Gaulle, and for his collaboration with French director Alain Resnais. They worked on many films together, including the box-office hit On connaît la chanson - which was awarded Best film at the 1997 Césars ceremony. Lambert Wilson always dreamed of a career in the U.S. and was cast in a few Hollywood movies.
To American audiences, he will always be known for his role of The Merovingian in Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions, and for the famous scene in which he delicately curses in French, glass of wine in hand.
Where to watch Lambert Wilson’s movies?
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Who is Lambert Wilson?
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Biography
Lambert Wilson was brought up in a creative and artistic environment. His dad, Georges Wilson, was a play director and an actor appearing in many films, including the war 60’s blockbuster The Longest Day, as well as the classic French movies La Jument Verte and Le Château de ma mère. Early on, Lambert Wilson would spend his time off school backstage at his dad’s theater set, often talking to actors and directors. He didn’t want to follow exactly into his father's footsteps, the French theater industry didn’t interest him much at first. Lambert Wilson dreamed of being a Hollywood superstar. “The star-system came to my head. I wanted to see my face on the big screen, act in big productions and become Robert Redford”, said the French actor in a 2010 interview for Télérama.
He quickly realized that stage was a natural start to becoming an actor. So he began performing in school plays and local theater productions. He then left Paris for London to study at the Drama Centre London. First, this was to try to make it without the help of his father, but also with the hope that learning English would help him land roles in British movies. The experience was not as successful or fulfilling as he had hoped, and he returned to France to be a comedian in plays where his father was involved as an actor or director.
Lambert Wilson began his acting career in the late 70’s. He landed small roles in French and American movies. His very first one was in Fred Zinnemann’s Julia. The director, convinced by Lambert Wilson’s potential, would cast him in the title role of his next movie Five Days One Summer, starring opposite Sean Connery. What Lambert Wilson thought would be the start of his career in Hollywood ended up being a massive flop at the box-office, followed by another flop, Sahara, this time with Brooke Shields.
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The failure of the two movies convinced him to move back to France and try to make it in his own country. He appeared in a few films, never as the lead, but enough to get a call back for more roles until 1985, when André Téchnié cast him in Rendez-vous. This role got him his first nomination at the Césars for best actor. He quickly made a name for himself in the French film industry as the stud, a sort of James Dean with charm and wit. So much so that he came really close to replacing Roger Moore as James Bond in 1986 for The Living Daylights, Bond’s 15th adventure. He was one of the last seven to be considered for the role, alongside Sam Neill and Pierce Brosnan. The producer Albert R. Broccoli really wanted him but the director and other producers decided to give the role to Timothy Dalton.
Determined to not play ‘the pretty boy’ throughout his entire career, he took on more difficult and complex roles. The 90’s were his defining years as he established himself as a prominent figure in the French film industry. That’s also when he started his long collaboration with director Alain Resnais with On connait la chanson (1997), Lambert Wilson’s most acclaimed films. The musical, in which Lambert Wilson can showcase his suave voice, won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and 7 César awards, including Best film. Lambert Wilson was also nominated for his performance in On connait la chanson but the César went to his co-star in the film Jean-Pierre Bacri. The 2000’s were really a testament to Lambert Wilson’s versatility as an actor. He appeared in more critically acclaimed dramas by Alain Resnais (Pas sur la bouche, Cœurs), as well as box-office comedies despised by the same press (Jet Set, HS Service, L’anniversaire). Watch and stream French movies with TV5MONDE USA, the best offer for French movies with English subtitles in America.
The decade also marked his return to Hollywood. Now a successful actor in France, Lambert Wilson tried his luck once more at making it in America. He made his Hollywood comeback in The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003) as the character "The Merovingian". His over the top, mesmerizing monologue gained him real recognition among fans of the Matrix saga. He then went to be cast in Catwoman (2004), another movie titled Sahara and Mathieu Kassovitz’ ambitious but flawed sci-fi movie Babylon A.D..
In 2010, he was nominated (and lost) a sixth time for the César award for best actor for his role in Of Gods and Men. He also landed roles in many other successful French movies: Sur la piste du Marsupilami, Alceste à bicyclette, Barbecue, La Vache. He received praise for two biopics, L’Odyssée, in which he played oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, and Charles de Gaulle in Gabriel Le Bomin’s De Gaulle. He also appeared in the highly regarded dramedy with Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Lacoste Tout de suite maintenant, available on TV5MONDE USA.
Lambert Wilson on video
Watch Lambert Wilson talk in English about his role in Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Lambert Wilson’s filmography
Richard
2023
Des mains en or (post-production)
François
2023
Vincent
2022
Ernest et Célestine: Le voyage en Charabie
Ernest (voice)
2022
Antoine Chevalier
2022
Marquis de Chassagne
2021-2022
Totems (TV Series)
Charles Contignet
2021
The Merovingian
2021
Le nonce
2020
John Prentis
2020
Charles de Gaulle
2019
Eric Angstrom
2019
Calls (TV Series)
Paul Donner
2019
Pierre Geithner
2018
Commandant Rivière
2017
Philippe V
2017
Marc Daursault
2017
Stéphane Froncart
2016
Barsac
2016
Kis
2016
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
2016
Philippe
2016
Michele
2015
Le père
2014
Viscount de Montmort
2014
Daniel S. Volpe
2014
Valéry / husband
2014
Antoine Chevalier
2013
Professore
2013
Gauthier Valence
2012
Manipulations (TV Movie)
Franck Barrot
2012
The Hollow Crown (TV Series)
Charles, King of France
2012
Ernest (voice)
2012
Lambert Wilson / Orphée #2
2012
Général Pochero
2012
Narvik
2011
Claire Diterzi - Aux marches du palais - Rosa la Rouge (Video short)
2010
Christian
2010
François de Chabannes
2010
Samuel Tyler
2009
Courcelle
2009
The Philanthropist (TV Series)
Yves Moehringer
2008
Avery
2008
Darquandier
2008
Le docteur Emmanuel François Xavier Bernier dit Manu
2008
Le docteur Pierre Collier
2008
Saint-Georges
2007
Finch
2006
Dan
2005
Prince Arnaud
2005
Raphaël
2005
Philippe
2005
Yves Massarde
2005
George Hedare
2004
Frère Arthus
2004
Colette, une femme libre (TV Mini Series)
Henry de Jouvenel
2003
Éric Thomson
2003
Lord Arnaut
2003
Merovingian
2003
Brennac
2003
Merovingian
2003
Il est plus facile pour un chameau...
Aurelio
2002
Le divin enfant (TV Movie)
Pere Marc Aubray
2001
Jean-Pierre
2001
Francis
2000
Sebatol / un Pirate
2000
Artus de Poulignac
2000
Don Quixote (TV Movie)
Duke
1999
Hugo Montmorency
1998
Paul / husband
1997
Marc Duveyrier
1997
Racine
1996
Felix Webb
1996
Monsieur de la Malène
1995
Noël Gregorio
1995
Marquis de Lafayette
1994
Octave
1994
Ferdinand
1993
Henry
1992
Clerval
1992
Alek
1992
Dr. Paul Baudoin
1991
John Prentis
1989
L'abbé Pierre
1989
Rémi Cerneaux
1989
Arsène Muselier
1988
Ursúa
1988
Tarquin
1988
Nikolaj Stavrogin
1987
Caspasian Speckler
1986
La storia (TV Series)
Carlo Vivaldi / Davide Segre
1986
Michel Sauvage
1986
Ned
1985
Stéphane
1985
Villain
1985
Quentin
1984
Milan Mliska
1984
Paul
1983
Éric
1983
Jaffar
1982
Antoine
1982
Félix Maréchal
1982
Johann Biari
1982
Henri de Brèce
1981
1981
L'aide-bourreau
1981
Jean-Paul Taillandier
1980
Le grand-père
1980
Patrick Callaghan
1980
Cinéma 16 (TV Series)
Gilbert
1979
Patrice - French Resistance Member
1979
Un soldat insolent
1979
Jean-Charles
1979
Le Gendarme et les Extra-terrestres
L'extra-terrestre qui parle avec Beaupied (uncredited)
1978
Yvain
1977
Walter Franz
1977
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2023-01-20
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2023-09-26
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