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Lambert Wilson in The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

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Lambert Wilson

  • Screen tested for GoldenEye (1995) for the role of James Bond, appearing in footage opposite Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights (1987)) as Tania Romanova, re-enacting scenes from From Russia with Love (1963).
  • For his role as the Merovingian in the Matrix movies, he exaggerated his French accent significantly. Fans of the movies who met him in person were surprised that his accent is much less pronounced.
  • When Lambert was a child, his father used to tell the journalists that he lived alone, while he was a married family man, to protect his family from the paparazzi, and that's why Lambert and his brother grew up tranquilly.
  • He is half Irish, half French.
  • Performs on stage in both French and English, and co-starred in "A Little Night Music" with Judi Dench for the Royal National Theater in London in 1996,.
  • Son of Georges Wilson
  • As a singer, is a baritone.
  • As a singer, he recorded two albums: "Musicals" and "Demon e & Merveilles".
  • Attended London's Drama Centre from September 1975 until December 1977, leaving before completing the acting course in order to make his professional theatrical debut in Paris in a play with his father, Georges Wilson.
  • Has starred in two different films whose title is 'Sahara' - first in Andrew V. McLaglen's movie (1983), starring Brooke Shields, and in Breck Eisner's movie (2005), starring Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz.
  • Mother is named Nicole and used to be a photo model.
  • Sings in a show called "La Nuit Americaine" in Paris.
  • As a narrator, he has worked under the direction of some of the world's greatest conductors including Rostropovitch, Prêtre, Mazur, Dutoit, and Ozawa.
  • He attended the Drama Centre, then re-located in the Chalk Farm area of London, between 1975-1978.
  • Was featured in a series of artsy Calvin Klein ads featuring Christy Turlington for Eternity in 1991, as well as a poster ad for Eternity in 1998.
  • Appeared as Pangloss/Voltaire/Martin in the new John Axelrod production of Leonard Bernstein's opera Candide. Production played at LaScala June 20, 22, 26, 28 and July 4, 6, 10, 13, 18, 2007. (June 2007)

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