Lambert Wilson was born in Paris and studied acting at the Drama Centrein London.

A fluent English speaker, he made his feature film debut at the age oftwenty-two in Fred Zinnemann's Five Days One Summer (1981) starringopposite Sean Connery. He went on to work with many of France's mostprestigious auteur directors, playing leads in Andrzej Zulawski's LaFemme Publique, (1983), Véra Belmont's Rouge Baiser (1984), AndréTéchiné's Rendez-vous, (Official Selection at Cannes and winner of theBest Director Award, 1984), Luigi Comencini's La Storia (1985), ClaudeChabrol's Le Sang des Autres (1987), Philippe de Broca's Chouans (1987)and Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect (1987). He starred inhis actor/director father Georges Wilson's feature film debut, LaVouivre (1988), and won the Jean Gabin Award for his performance inDenis Amar's Winter '54, (1989). Further film work includes JamesIvory's Jefferson in Paris (1994) opposite Nick Nolte and GwynethPaltrow and John Duigan's The Leading Man, with Thandie Newton and JohnBon Jovi (1996). He has made four films with Alain Resnais: Same OldSong (1997), Not on the Lips, 2003, Private Fears in Public Places,(2006) and You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (2012) and has worked withJacques Doillon in Trop (peu) d'amour, (1997), Deborah Warner in TheLast September, with Maggie Smith, Fiona Shaw, Jane Birkin and MichaelGambon (1998) and starred in Raùl Ruiz's Combat d'amour en songe(2000).

His more recent, English language work includes the Wachowski brothers'Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions (2001), Pitof's Catwoman (2004)with Halle Berry and Sharon Stone, Breck Eisner's Sahara, (2005),Michael Radford's Flawless (2006) with Demi Moore and Michael Caine,and Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D. (2007) with Vin Diesel andCharlotte Rampling. He has just starred in three internationalproductions, Lulu Wang's Posthumous with Jack Huston and Britt Marling,Victor Levin's 5 to 7 with Anton Yelchin, Glenn Close and FrankLangella, and Suite Française, opposite Michelle Williams, KristinScott Thomas and Matthias Shoenaerts, all due for release in 2014.

Highlights from his latter French filmography include: ValérieLemercier's Palais Royal! (2004), Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men,Cannes Official Selection and Winner, Grand Prize of the Jury (2009),Bertrand Tavernier The Princess of Montpensier (2009), Alain Chabat'sLe Marsupilami (2011), Philippe Le Guay's Cycling with Moliere (2012).

In the summer of 2013, he played the lead in Eric Lavaine's Barbecue,opposite Florence Foresti, Franck Dubosc, Guillaume de Tonquédec,Lionel Abelanski, Jérôme Commandeur, Valérie Crouzet, Sophie Duez etLysiane Meis (2014).

Lambert Wilson is a Chevalier and Officier des Arts et des Lettres andChevalier and Officier de l'Ordre National du Merite.