Christopher Lambert is a famous Hollywood actor of French origin. During his long career, he starred in a huge number of films and was awarded the prestigious French film "Cesar" in 1986. He gained the greatest popularity in the 90s thanks to the main role in the film "Highlander".
Biography
In 1957, on March 29, the future actor Christophe Guy Denis Lambert was born. His father was a French diplomat, and at the time of his son's birth he was on a business trip to the United States. When the boy was two years old, the family left for Switzerland. Then he went to school.
Christophe had a very calm character, and because of this, he had problems communicating with peers. In addition, he had to wear glasses due to revealed myopia, which also did not add credibility to the modest boy. The constant ridicule of classmates led to the fact that Christopher began to regularly disrupt classes and skip school, which is why he was eventually expelled. To finally finish his education and get a certificate, the guy changed more than a dozen educational institutions.
Christopher Lambert, in his school years, encountered the theater, and he really liked this craft. After leaving school, he planned to go to acting school, but his father forbade him to do it. He believed that his son had only one road - to banking. Having collected the necessary documents, the parents of Lambert Jr. sent their son to London to study an economic course. It took only six months and Christopher returned home, he was expelled from the university for academic failure. The father no longer began to put pressure on his son, and he went with a calm soul to a theater university. But here, too, the study was very difficult, and two years later Lambert dropped out.
Career
Lambert played his first roles in cinema when he studied at the theater. These were episodic works in little-known French films. The real success came six years after the debut. In 1986, Lambert was invited to play the lead role in the cult action movie Highlander. After the release of the film, the whole world learned about the talented actor. Later, several more parts of this film were shot with Lambert in the title role.
To date, the famous artist has more than 80 works in films and TV shows behind his back. In 2018, he starred in the film "Sobibor" by Konstantin Khabensky. The picture tells about the events taking place in the concentration camp of the same name during the Second World War. Lambert played the role of a Nazi SS non-commissioned officer in the Sobibor camp.
In addition to acting, Lambert also produces 13 films in this role. And in 1999 he acted as a screenwriter for the film "Resurrection". In 2011, he debuted as a writer with Amulet Girl.
Personal life
Christopher Lambert was officially married three times. Has a child from his first marriage to American actress Diane Lane. Daughter Eleanor Jasmine Lambert was born in 1993.
