Christopher Lambert
Born 1957 · American actor
Christophe Guy Denis Lambert, often credited as Christopher Lambert, is an American actor and film producer. He started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous for portraying Tarzan in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). For his performance in the film Subway (1985), he received the César Award for Best Actor. He is known for his role as Connor MacLeod in the adventure-fantasy film Highlander (1986) and the subsequent television and film franchise of the same title, Raiden in Mortal Kombat (1995), Methodius in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011), and Arne Seslum in Hail, Caesar! (2016). He also served as executive producer for Nine Months (1995).
Christopher Lambert, in order
- 1979 Ciao, les mecs: acted · directed by Sergio Gobbi
- 1980 Le bar du téléphone: acted · directed by Claude Barrois
- 1981 Asphalt: acted · directed by Denis Amar
- 1981 Une sale affaire: acted · directed by Alain Bonnot
- 1982 Légitime violence: acted · directed by Serge Leroy
- 1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes: acted · directed by Hugh Hudson · critics 79%, audiences 61% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 1984 Love Songs: acted · directed by Élie Chouraqui
- 1985 Subway: acted · directed by Luc Besson
- 1986 Highlander: acted · directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 1986 I Love You: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
- 1987 The Sicilian: acted · directed by Michael Cimino
- 1988 Love Dream: acted · directed by Charles Finch
- 1988 To Kill a Priest: acted · directed by Agnieszka Holland
- 1990 Why Me?: acted · directed by Gene Quintano
- 1991 Highlander II: The Quickening: acted · directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 1992 Fortress: acted · directed by Stuart Gordon
- 1992 Knight Moves: acted · directed by Carl Schenkel
- 1992 Max et Jérémie: acted · directed by Claire Devers
- 1993 Loaded Weapon 1: acted · directed by Gene Quintano · critics 21%, audiences 50% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
- 1993 Neuf mois: produced · directed by Patrick Braoudé
- 1994 Gunmen: acted · directed by Deran Sarafian
- 1994 Highlander III: The Sorcerer: acted · directed by Andy Morahan
- 1994 Roadflower: acted · directed by Deran Sarafian
- 1995 Don't Forget You're Going to Die: produced · directed by Xavier Beauvois
- 1995 Mortal Kombat: acted · directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- 1995 The Hunted: acted · directed by J. F. Lawton
- 1996 Adrenalin: Fear the Rush: acted · directed by Albert Pyun
- 1996 Hercule et Sherlock: acted · directed by Jeannot Szwarc
- 1996 North Star: directed, produced, acted
- 1996 When Saturday Comes: produced · directed by Maria Giese
- 1997 Arlette: acted · directed by Claude Zidi
- 1997 Mean Guns: acted · directed by Albert Pyun
- 1997 Nirvana: acted · directed by Gabriele Salvatores
- 1998 Beowulf: acted · directed by Graham Baker
- 1998 Operation Splitsville: produced, acted · directed by Lynn Hamrick
- 1999 Fortress 2: Re-Entry: acted · directed by Geoff Murphy
- 1999 Gideon: produced, acted · directed by Claudia Hoover
- 1999 Resurrection: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Russell Mulcahy · critics 17%, audiences 54% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fandango at Home (free)
- 2000 Highlander: Endgame: acted · directed by Douglas Aarniokoski
- 2001 Druids: acted · directed by Jacques Dorfmann
- 2001 The Point Men: acted · directed by John Glen
- 2002 The Piano Player: acted · directed by Jean-Pierre Roux
- 2003 Absolon: acted · directed by David De Bartolome
- 2004 À ton image: acted · directed by Aruna Villiers
- 2006 Day of Wrath: produced, acted · directed by Adrian Rudomin
- 2006 Le Lièvre de Vatanen: acted · directed by Marc Rivière
- 2006 Southland Tales: acted · directed by Richard Kelly
- 2007 Metamorphosis: acted · directed by Jenő Hódi
- 2007 Trivial: acted · directed by Sophie Marceau
- 2009 Cartagena: acted · directed by Alain Monne
- 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles (TV series): acted · audiences 62%
- 2009 White Material: acted · directed by Claire Denis
- 2010 The Gardener of God: acted · directed by Liana Marabini
- 2010 The Secret of the Whales (TV movie): acted · directed by Philipp Kadelbach
- 2012 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance: acted · directed by Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine · critics 18%, audiences 31% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 2012 Limousine: acted · directed by Jérôme Dassier
- 2012 Ma bonne étoile: acted · directed by Anne Fassio
- 2013 It Boy: produced · directed by David Moreau
- 2013 La source (TV series): acted
- 2014 Electric Slide: acted · directed by Tristan Patterson
- 2015 10 Days in a Madhouse: acted · directed by Timothy Hines
- 2015 Shades of Truth: acted · directed by Liana Marabini
- 2016 Hail, Caesar!: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 86%, audiences 44%
- 2016 La folle histoire de Max et Léon: acted · directed by Jonathan Barré
- 2016 The Broken Key: acted · directed by Louis Nero
- 2017 Mata Hari (TV series): acted · directed by Dennis Berry
- 2018 Bel Canto: acted · directed by Paul Weitz
- 2018 Kickboxer: Retaliation: acted · directed by Dimitri Logothetis · critics 93%, audiences 84% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Roku Channel
- 2018 Sobibor: acted · directed by Konstantin Khabensky
- 2025 The Creeps: acted · directed by Marko Mäkilaakso
- Na plovarne (TV series): acted · directed by Jan Hojtaš
- Someone Dies Tonight: acted · directed by Aurelio Toni Agliata