Christopher Lambert(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Voice Actor - Dubbing
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: The Final Dimension (1994).
In recent years he has become a producer while continuing to act in
mostly action/adventure films.
