Christopher Lambert is a famous Hollywood actor of French descent. During his long career, he starred in a huge number of films and was awarded the prestigious French film award "Cesar" in 1986. It gained the greatest popularity in the 90s due to the main role in the film "Highlander".
Biography
In March 1957, on March 29, the future actor Christoph Guy Denis Lambert was born. His father was a French diplomat, and at the time of the birth of his son, 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.
Christoph had a very calm character, and because of this he had problems communicating with his peers. In addition, he had to wear glasses because of the revealed myopia, which also did not add credibility to the modest boy. Constant ridicule of classmates led to the fact that Christopher began to regularly disrupt lessons and skip school, because of which he was eventually expelled. To finally finish his education and get a certificate, the guy replaced more than a dozen educational institutions.
Christopher Lambert, in his school years, ran into 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 this. He believed that his son had one road - to banking. Having collected the necessary documents, the parents of Lambert Jr. sent his son to London to study on an economic course. Only six months passed and Christopher returned home, he was expelled from the university for poor performance. The father no longer began to put pressure on his son, and he with a calm soul went to the theater university. But here study was very difficult, and two years later Lambert dropped out of school.
Career
Lambert played his first film roles when he studied at the theater. These were episodic works in little-known French films. Real success came six years after the debut. In 1986, Lambert was invited to star in the cult action movie Highlander. After the release of the film, the whole world learned about a 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. 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 the fascist non-commissioned officer of the SS in the Sobibor camp.
In addition to acting, Lambert is also engaged in producing and in this role on his account 13 films. And in 1999, he acted as a screenwriter for the movie "Resurrection." In 2011, he debuted as a writer with the book Amulet Girl.
