{lambert wilson as merovingian}
Since graduating from London’s Drama Centre in 1977,
Paris-born French actor LAMBERT WILSON has worked extensively
in films with acclaimed directors such as Fred Zinneman, who
gave Wilson his first starring role in Five Days One Summer
opposite Sean Connery. Wilson also worked with Jodie Foster
in Claude Chabrol’s The Blood of Others; with director
Andre Techine for Rendez-Vous opposite Juliette Binoche; in
Andrzej Wajda’s The Possessed; Peter Greenaway’s
The Belly of an Architect; Carlos Saura’s El Dorado;
James Ivory’s acclaimed Jefferson in Paris; Vera Belmont
for both Red Kiss and Marquise; John Duigan’s The Leading
Man; Alain Resnais’ Same Old Song; Jacques Doillon’s
Trop(peu) d’amour; Deborah Warner’s The Last September;
and Raul Ruiz’ Combat d’amour en Songe, among others.
Wilson has been nominated five times for the French Cesar
Academy Awards, most recently for Best Supporting Actor for
his performance in Fabian Onteniente’s 1999 comedy Jetset.
He recently completed Timeline, directed by Richard Donner,
and is currently shooting with Audrey Tatou for Alain Resnais’
new picture Pas Sur la Bouche.
On stage, Wilson has performed in both French and English.
He starred in A Little Night Music, directed by Sean Matthias,
with Judi Dench for the Royal National Theater in London in
1996, as well as in Harold Pinter’s Ashes to Ashes in
1998. His stage credits include L’Amour de L’Amour,
La Machine Infernale, La Celestine, Eurydice and Ruy Blas.
Wilson has also directed himself in Musset’s Les Caprices
de Marianne, which opened in Peter Brooks’ Theatre des
Bouffes du Nord in Paris in 1994, and subsequently toured
throughout France. In 2002 he directed Kristen Scott Thomas
and performed in Racine’s Berenice at the Avignon Festival
and at the Chaillot National Theatre in Paris.
As a singer, Wilson recorded in 1989 an album of songs from
the Great American musicals entitled Musicals. The album,
released by EMI and produced by John McGlinn, formed the basis
of his concert series Lambert Wilson chante at the Casino
de Paris and on tour in 1990/91. In 1996 he recorded a collection
of classic songs from the golden age of French cinema entitled
Demon et Merveilles (Virgin Classics) and opened the new Theatre
des Abbesses in Paris in April 1997 with concert performances
based on these recordings. The show, eponymously titled Demons
et Merveilles, toured France and was presented in Canada,
Hong Kong, and Japan during the autumn/winter of 1997.
As a narrator, Wilson has also worked under the direction
of some of the world’s greatest conductors including
Rostropovitch, Pretre Mazur, Dutoit and Ozawana, in works
such as Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien, Berlioz’s
Lelio, Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soledat and Schuman’s
Manfred. Other recording work includes narrator of Homegger’s
Le Roi David and Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex (Welster-Most
EMI).
FILMOGRAPHY
The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) ... Merovingian
Il est plus facile pour un chameau... (2003) ... Aurelio
Les Tombales (2001) ... Joseph
Far From China (2001) ... Jean-Pierre
HS - hors service (2001) ... Francis
Combat d'amour en songe (aka Love Torn in Dream ) (2000) ...
Sebatol
Jet Set (2000) ... Arthus de Poulignac
The Last September (1999) ... Hugo Montmorency
Trop (peu) d'amour (aka Too Much (Little) Love) (1998) ...
Paul
On connaît la chanson (aka Same Old Song) (1997) ...
Marc Duveyrier
Marquise (1997) ... Racine
The Leading Man (1996) ... Felix Webb
Les Caprices d'un fleuve (Unpredictable Nature of the River)
(1996) ... Monsieur de la Malène
Jefferson in Paris (1995) ... Comte de Lafayette
L' Instinct de l'ange, (1993) ... Henry
Warszawa (aka Warsaw - Year 5703) (1992) ... Alek
Shuttlecock (aka Entre chien et loup) (1991) ... John Prentis
Strangers (1991) ... The Guy
Un homme et deux femmes (aka A Man and Two Women) (1991) ...
Dr. Paul Baudoin
Suivez cet avion (1989) ... Rémi Cerneaux
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (aka Winter of '54: Father
Pierre) (1989) ... L'abbé Pierre
La Vouivre (1989) ... Arsène Muselier
El Dorado (aka A peso d'oro) (1988) ... Ursúa
Chouans! (1988) ... Tarquin
Les Possédés (aka The Possessed) (1988) ...
Nikolaj Starogin
The Belly of an Architect (aka Il Ventre dell'architetto)
(1987) ... Caspasian Speckler
La Forêt noire (1986)
Corps et biens (aka With All Hands) (1986) ... Michel Sauvage
Bleu comme l'enfer (1986) ... Ned
Abandons (1985)
La Storia (aka History) (1985)
Rouge baiser (aka Red Kiss ) (1985) ... Stéphane
L' Homme aux yeux d'argent, (1985) ... Villain
Rendez-vous (1985) ... Quentin
La Femme publique (1984) ... Milan Mliska
The Public Woman (1984)
Le Sang des autres (aka The Blood of Others) (1984) ... Paul
Sahara (1983) ... Jaffar
Five Days One Summer (1982) ... Johann Biari
La Boum 2 (1982) ... Félix Maréchal
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
Da Dunkerque alla vittoria (aka From Hell to Victory) (1979)
New Generation (1979)
Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres (aka The Gendarme and
the Creatures from Outer Space) (1978)
Lady Oscar (aka Berusaiyu no bara) (1978) ... Un soldat insolent
Julia (1977)
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