Editing Lambert Wilson

{{Short description|French actor (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Lambert Wilson
| image              = Lambert_Wilson_Cannes_2017.jpg
| caption            = Wilson in 2017
| birth_name         = Lambert Nicolas Willson
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1958|8|3}}
| birth_place        = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|Director}}
| years_active       = 1977–present
| father             = [[Georges Wilson]]
}}
'''Lambert Nicolas Wilson''' ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃bɛʁ wilsɔn|lang}}; [[né]] '''Willson''', 3 August 1958) is a French actor and theatre director. He is a seven-time [[Cesar Award]] nominee, four for [[César Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and three for [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]. Internationally, he is known for playing [[List of Matrix series characters#Merovingian|The Merovingian]] in ''[[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]'' film series, beginning with ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. 

==Biography==
===Early life===
Wilson is the son of [[Georges Wilson]], who was an actor, theatrical manager and director of the [[Théâtre National Populaire]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/12/Lambert-Wilson.html Lambert Wilson profile], filmreference.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.</ref> As a teenager, he had little interest in the French theatre and aimed to become an "American actor" and appear in Hollywood pictures. He studied acting at the [[Drama Centre London]] to learn English. He played his first movie role in the 1977 American film ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'', directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]]. 

Five years later, he played his first starring role in another film by Zinneman, ''[[Five Days One Summer]]'', opposite [[Sean Connery]]. But the film was not a commercial success, and neither was ''[[Sahara (1983 film)|Sahara]]'' in which Wilson co-starred with [[Brooke Shields]].<ref name="NYTimes">[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/movies/20wilson.html?_r=0 Worldly Actor Finds Method in a Monastery], ''The New York Times'', 18 February 2011</ref> Wilson ultimately found success in his home country: during the 1980s, he became popular with French audiences by appearing in successful films such as ''[[La Boum 2]]'', ''[[The Public Woman]]'' and ''[[Rendez-vous (1985 film)|Rendez-vous]]''. At the time, he was often cast either as tormented characters or in romantic parts, although he found himself more convincing in the former kind of roles.<ref name="télérama2010">[http://www.telerama.fr/cinema/lambert-wilson-c-est-douloureux-d-accepter-ses-limites,62069.php Lambert Wilson : “C’est douloureux d’accepter ses limites”], ''Télérama'', 5 November 2010 (in French).</ref> 

Wilson screen tested for ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' (1987) for the role of [[James Bond]], appearing in test footage opposite [[Maryam d'Abo]] (the [[Bond girl]] in ''[[The Living Daylights]]'') as [[Tatiana Romanova]], re-enacting scenes from ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' (1963). In 1991, Wilson was featured in a series of [[Calvin Klein]] ads for its Eternity perfume brand, featuring [[Christy Turlington]], reuniting for a poster ad in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.de/beauty/beauty-tipps/christy-turlington-supermodel-privat|title=Supermodel privat: 5 Highlights aus den 90ern von Christy Turlington|access-date=26 October 2017|date=6 March 2017}}</ref>

===Career===
[[File:Lambert Wilson Valérie Lemercier Cannes.jpg|thumb|left|[[Valérie Lemercier]] and Lambert Wilson at the [[2005 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In musical theatre Wilson has appeared as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in the 1995 [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre London]] production of ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', where "every word and note was fiercely projected",<ref>[[Rodney Milnes|Milnes, Rodney]]. At the musical - A Little Night Music - Royal National Theatre (Olivier). ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', November 1995, Vol 46 No 11, p1369.</ref> and of which a recording was later issued. In 2007 he was Voltaire/Pangloss (bilingually) in [[Robert Carsen]]'s production of ''[[Candide (operetta)|Candide]]'' at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris.<ref>Canning, Hugh. Report from Paris. ''Opera'', April 2007, Vol.58 No.4, p431-2.</ref> He appeared as Eric Thomson in [[Alain Resnais|Resnais]]'s [[Pas sur la bouche (2003 film)|2003 film version]] of the 1925 comédie musicale ''Pas sur la bouche'' by [[Maurice Yvain|Yvain]].

Wilson released ''Musicals'' on the [[EMI]] label in 1989 (re-issued in 2004), with [[John McGlinn]] conducting [[Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo]]. It features him singing songs of the American Musical Theatre catalogue, those well-known ("[[Maria (1956 song)|Maria]]" from ''[[West Side Story]]'', "There But For You Go I" from Lerner & Loewe's ''[[Brigadoon (musical)|Brigadoon]]'', "[[The ABC Café|The Cafe Song]]" from ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'', "Johanna" from [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]''), rare ("Love Song" from [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Alan Jay Lerner]]'s ''[[Love Life (musical)|Love Life]]'', "It Must Be So" from [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s ''[[Candide (musical)|Candide]]'', and "Silly People", which was cut from Sondheim's ''[[A Little Night Music]]''), and those in-between ("Finishing the Hat" from ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'', "You Do Something to Me" from [[Cole Porter]]'s ''[[Fifty Million Frenchmen]]'', "Never Will I Marry" from [[Frank Loesser]]'s ''[[Greenwillow]]'').{{cn|date=June 2015}}

He has directed stage presentations of [[Alfred de Musset]]'s ''[[Les Caprices de Marianne]]'' starring Laure Marsac at Paris' [[Bouffes du Nord]] as well as [[Jean Racine]]'s ''[[Bérénice]]'' starring [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] and Didier Sandre at [[Avignon]] and then [[Chaillot]].{{cn|date=June 2015}}

[[File:Lambert Wilson Cannes 2016 2.jpg|thumb|Wilson at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 1989, his performance as [[Abbé Pierre]] in the film ''[[Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre]]'', for which he received the [[Prix Jean Gabin|Jean Gabin prize]], won him critical accolades. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, however, his screen career suffered from a series of box office failures, such as ''[[The Possessed (1988 film)|The Possessed]]'' and ''[[El Dorado (1988 film)|El Dorado]]''.

He later said that the French producers had come, at the time, to regard him as "box office poison". He eventually won back the favour of French audiences by appearing in the successful comedies ''[[Same Old Song]]'' (1997) and ''[[Jet Set (film)|Jet Set]]'' (2000).<ref name="Entretiens102106">Lambert Wilson and Hervé Pons, ''Entretiens'', Éditions du Rocher, 2009, pp. 102–106.</ref>

Wilson was cast in the role of [[List of Matrix series characters#Merovingian|The Merovingian]] in ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' (2002) and ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'' (2003), perhaps his best-known role in the American cinema. Being completely fluent in English, his strong French accent in the film is fabricated for the role.<ref name="NYTimes" /> The role also popularised the [[Necktie#Knots|Ediety tie knot]], now commonly referred to as "The Merovingian".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mensjournal.com/expert-advice/how-to-tie-a-tie-10-ways-20131031/the-merovingian|title=How to Tie a Tie – The Merovingian|author=Todd Plummer|access-date=26 October 2017|date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

===Recent years===
[[File:Lambert Wilson flaneries musicales 18297.jpg|thumb|Wilson in 2017]]
In November 2012, he was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2012 [[International Film Festival of Marrakech]]. In April 2013, Wilson was invited by [[United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti|MINUSTAH]] (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) to visit Haiti in the capacity of helping with various UN-backed environment and cultural programmes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minustah.tumblr.com/|title=Le blog de Lambert Wilson (MINUSTAH)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503025934/http://minustah.tumblr.com/|archive-date=3 May 2013}}</ref>

He was the master of ceremonies for the opening and closing ceremonies of the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival|2014]] and [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]].

In February 2016, he released a tribute album called ''Wilson chante Montand'' to the singer [[Yves Montand]] to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of the artist. Among the 17 tracks on the album there is ''[[What Can I Do? (Édith Piaf song)|Mais qu’est-ce que j’ai ?]]'' which was composed by [[Henri Betti]] with the lyrics by [[Édith Piaf]] in 1947. The musical arrangements of the 17 songs were made by Bruno Fontaine. Also in 2016, he portrayed [[Jacques Cousteau]] in the biopic ''[[The Odyssey (2016 film)|The Odyssey]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/world-premiere-wild-bunch-the-odyssey-san-sebastian-1201836337/|title=World Premiere of Wild Bunch-Sold 'The Odyssey' Closes San Sebastian|website=Variety|date=12 August 2016 |access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref>

Wilson's commitment to safeguarding the environment is manifest in his support of Greenpeace and Agir pour l'Environnement amongst others. He works on behalf of the Fondation Abbé-Pierre and the [[Emmaus (charity)|Mouvement Emmaü]]s in France to eradicate hunger and poverty. Wilson is an ambassador for Les Toiles Enchantées (an association that brings contemporary cinema to hospitals and hospices for children), and ''parrain'' (patron) for a proposed new cinema at the [[Institut Français]] in London.

Wilson is Chevalier and Officier des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier and Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite. He was raised to Commandeur de l’Ordre du Mérite by President [[Emmanuel Macron]] in 2017.

In January 2018 he engaged to assist the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)<ref>[http://www.fao.org/home/en/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)].</ref> in communications regarding work to eradicate world hunger and poverty ("Working for Zero Hunger"). The same year he starred in ''[[Volontaire]]'' by [[Hélène Fillières]].

In 2021, Wilson reprised his role of The Merovingian from ''The Matrix'' franchise in ''[[The Matrix Resurrections]]''.<ref name="konbini-announcement">{{cite web|url=https://www.konbini.com/fr/cinema/officiel-merovingien-retour-matrix-4/|title=C'est officiel : le Mérovingien sera de retour dans Matrix 4|work=Konbini|date=27 February 2020 |access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
|Denotes works that have not yet been released
|}

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|rowspan=1| 1977
| ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
| Walter Franz
| English
| [[Fred Zinnemann]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=4| 1979
| ''[[The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials]]''
| An alien
| French
| [[Jean Girault]]
| 
|-
| ''New Generation''
| Jean-Charles
| French
| Jean-Pierre Lowf Legoff
| 
|-
| ''[[Lady Oscar (film)|Lady Oscar]]''
| Cocky soldier
| English
| [[Jacques Demy]]
| 
|-
| ''[[From Hell to Victory]]''
| Patrice
| English
| [[Umberto Lenzi]]
| 
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Chanel Solitaire]]''
| 
| English
| [[George Kaczender]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1982
| ''[[Five Days One Summer]]''
| Johann Biari
| English
| [[Fred Zinnemann]]
| 
|-
| ''[[La Boum 2]]''
| Félix Maréchal
| French
| [[Claude Pinoteau]]
| 
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Sahara (1983 film)|Sahara]]''
| Sheikh Ahmed Al Jaffar
| English
| [[Andrew V. McLaglen]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1984
| ''[[The Blood of Others (film)|The Blood of Others]]''
| Paul
| English
| [[Claude Chabrol]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Public Woman]]''
| Milan Mliska
| French
| [[Andrzej Żuławski]]
| Nominated: [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
|rowspan=3| 1985
| ''[[Rendez-vous (1985 film)|Rendez-vous]]''
| Quentin
| French
| [[André Téchiné]]
| Nominated: [[César Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| ''{{Ill|L'Homme aux yeux d'argent|fr}}''
| Villain
| French
| [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Red Kiss]]''
| Stéphane
| French
| [[Véra Belmont]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1986
| ''{{Ill|Bleu comme l'enfer|fr}}''
| Ned
| French
| [[Yves Boisset]]
| 
|-
| ''Corps et biens''
| Michel Sauvage
| French
| [[Benoît Jacquot]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=1| 1987
| ''[[The Belly of an Architect]]''
| Caspasian Speckler
| English
| [[Peter Greenaway]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 1988
| ''[[The Possessed (1988 film)|The Possessed]]''
| Nikolaj Stavrogin
| French
| [[Andrzej Wajda]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Chouans!]]''
| Tarquin Larmor
| French
| [[Philippe de Broca]]
| 
|-
| ''[[El Dorado (1988 film)|El Dorado]]''
| [[Pedro de Ursúa]]
| Spanish
| [[Carlos Saura]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 1989
| ''La Vouivre''
| Arsène Muselier
| French
| [[Georges Wilson]]
| 
|-
| ''Suivez cet avion''
| Rémi Cerneaux
| French
| Patrice Ambard
| 
|-
| ''[[Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre]]''
| [[Abbé Pierre]]
| French
| Denis Amar
| Nominated: [[César Award for Best Actor]]<br>Won – [[Prix Jean Gabin]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 1991
| ''Un homme et deux femmes''
| Doctor Paul Baudoin
| French
| Valérie Stroh
| 
|-
| ''[[Shuttlecock (film)|Shuttlecock]]''
| John Prentis
| English
| [[Andrew Piddington]]
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Warszawa. Rok 5703|Warsaw – Year 5703]]''
| Alek
| French
| Janusz Kijowski
| 
|-
|rowspan=1| 1993
| ''L'Instinct de l'ange''
| Henry
| French
| [[Richard Dembo]]
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Jefferson in Paris]]''
| [[Marquis de Lafayette]]
| English
| [[James Ivory]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1996
| ''[[Unpredictable Nature of the River]]''
| Monsieur de la Malène
| French
| [[Bernard Giraudeau]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Leading Man]]''
| Felix Webb
| English
| [[John Duigan]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 1997
| ''[[Marquise (film)|Marquise]]''
| [[Jean Racine]]
| French
| [[Véra Belmont]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Same Old Song]]''
| Marc Duveyrier
| French
| [[Alain Resnais]]
| Nominated: [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
|rowspan=1| 1998
| ''[[Too Much (Little) Love]]''
| Paul
| French
| [[Jacques Doillon]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=1| 1999
| ''[[The Last September (film)|The Last September]]''
| Hugo Montmorency
| English
| [[Deborah Warner]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 2000
| ''[[Jet Set (film)|Jet Set]]''
| Arthus de Poulignac
| French
| [[Fabien Onteniente]]
| Nominated: [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| ''[[Love Torn in a Dream]]''
| Sebatol
| French
| [[Raúl Ruiz (director)|Raúl Ruiz]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 2001
| ''HS – hors service''
| Francis
| French
| [[Jean-Paul Lilienfeld]]
| 
|-
| ''Far from China''
| Jean-Pierre
| French
| [[C. S. Leigh]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=1| 2002
| ''Les tombales''
| Joseph
| French
| [[Christophe Barratier]]
| Short film
|-
|rowspan=6| 2003
| ''[[It's Easier for a Camel...]]''
| Aurelio
| French
| [[Valeria Bruni Tedeschi]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''
| [[List of Matrix series characters#Merovingian|The Merovingian]]
| English
| [[The Wachowskis]]
| 
|-
| ''Dédales''
| Brennac
| French
| René Manzor
| 
|-
| ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]''
| The Merovingian
| English
| The Wachowskis
| 
|-
| ''[[Timeline (2003 film)|Timeline]]''
| Lord Arnaut
| English
| [[Richard Donner]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Not on the Lips]]''
| Eric Thomson
| French
| [[Alain Resnais]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=2| 2004
| ''[[People (2004 film)|People]]''
| Brother Arthus
| French
| [[Fabien Onteniente]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]''
| George Hedare
| English
| [[Pitof]]
| Nominated: [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor]]
|-
|rowspan=4 | 2005
| ''[[Sahara (2005 film)|Sahara]]''
| Yves Massarde
| English
| [[Breck Eisner]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Good Girl (film)|Good Girl]]''
| Philippe
| French
| [[Sophie Fillières]]
| 
|-
| ''L'Anniversaire''
| Raphaël
| French
| [[Diane Kurys]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Palais royal!]]''
| Prince Arnaud
| French
| [[Valérie Lemercier]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=1| 2006
| ''[[Private Fears in Public Places (film)|Private Fears in Public Places]]''
| Dan
| French
| [[Alain Resnais]]
| Nominated: [[Lumière Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 2007
| ''[[Flawless (2007 film)|Flawless]]''
| Finch
| English
| [[Michael Radford]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure]]''
| [[Lucky Luke]] (voice)
| French
| [[Olivier Jean-Marie]]
|
|-
|rowspan=5| 2008
| ''[[Dante 01]]''
| Saint-Georges
| French
| [[Marc Caro]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Great Alibi]]''
| Pierre Collier
| French
| [[Pascal Bonitzer]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Baby Love (2008 film)|Comme les autres]]''
| Emmanuel François Xavier Bernier
| French
| Vincent Garenq
| 
|-
| ''[[Babylon A.D.]]''
| Dr. Arthur Darquandier
| English
| [[Mathieu Kassovitz]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Lazarus Project (film)|The Lazarus Project]]''
| Avery
| English
| [[John Glenn (screenwriter)|John Glenn]]
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Victor (2009 film)|Victor]]''
| Jérôme Courcelle
| French
| Thomas Gilou
| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 2010
| ''Imogène McCarthery''
| Samuel Tyler
| French
| Alexandre Charlot<br>Franck Magnier
| 
|-
| ''[[The Princess of Montpensier]]''
| François de Chabannes
| French
| [[Bertrand Tavernier]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Of Gods and Men (film)|Of Gods and Men]]''
| Christian
| French
| [[Xavier Beauvois]]
| Nominated: [[César Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|rowspan=4| 2012
| ''[[Blind Man (film)|Blind Man]]''
| Narvik
| French
| Xavier Palud
| 
|-
| ''[[HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami]]''
| General Pochero
| French
| [[Alain Chabat]]
| 
|-
| ''[[You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (film)|You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet]]''
| Lambert Wilson
| French
| [[Alain Resnais]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Ernest & Celestine]]''
| Ernest (voice)
| French
| [[Stéphane Aubier]]<br>[[Vincent Patar]]<br>[[Benjamin Renner]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2013
| ''[[Bicycling with Molière]]''
| Gauthier Valence
| French
| Philippe Le Guay
| 
|-
| ''[[ReWined]]''
| The Professor
| Italian
| Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani
| 
|-
|rowspan=4| 2014
| ''[[Barbecue (film)|Barbecue]]''
| Antoine Chevalier
| French
| [[Éric Lavaine]]
| 
|-
| ''[[5 to 7]]''
| Valéry Pierpont
| English
| Victor Levin
| 
|-
| ''[[The Nostalgist]]''
| The Man
| English
| [[Giacomo Cimini]]
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Posthumous (2014 film)|Posthumous]]''
| Daniel S. Volpe
| English
| Lulu Wang
| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 2015
| ''[[Suite Française (film)|Suite Française]]''
| Viscount de Montmort
| English
| [[Saul Dibb]]
| 
|-
| ''Sins of a Father''
| John
| English
| [[Andrew Piddington]]
| 
|-
|''[[Rabid Dogs (2015 film)|Rabid Dogs]]''
| The Father
| French
| Éric Hannezo
| 
|-
|rowspan=6| 2016
| ''[[The Odyssey (2016 film)|The Odyssey]]''
|[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau]]
| French
| [[Jérôme Salle]]
| Nominated: [[Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| ''[[One Man and His Cow]]''
| Philippe
| French
| Mohamed Hamidi
|
|-
| ''[[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|The Jungle Book]]''
| [[Baloo]] (voice)
|English
| [[Jon Favreau]]
| French dub
|-
| ''[[Tout de suite maintenant]]''
| Barsac
| French
| [[Pascal Bonitzer]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Confessions (film)|The Confessions]]''
| Roché's lover
|Italian
| [[Roberto Andò]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Solo (2016 film)|Solo]]''
| Michel
|Italian
| [[Laura Morante]]
| 
|-
|rowspan=4| 2017
| ''[[Baby Bumps]]''
| Marc
| French
| [[Noémie Saglio]]
|
|-
| ''[[Corporate (2017 film)|Corporate]]''
| Stéphane Froncart
| French
| Nicolas Silhol
| 
|-
| ''[[The Royal Exchange (film)|The Royal Exchange]]''
| [[Philip V of Spain|Philippe V]]
| French
| [[Marc Dugain]]
| 
|-
| ''[[March of the Penguins#Sequel|L'Empereur]]''
| Narrator
| French
| [[Luc Jacquet]]
| Nature documentary film
|-
| rowspan=2|2018
| ''Au bout des doigts'' (''In Your Hands'')
| Pierre Geithner
| French
| [[Ludovic Bernard]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Volontaire]]''
| Rivière
| French
| [[Hélène Fillières]]
|
|-
|2019
|''[[The Translators]]''
| Éric Angstrom
| French
| Régis Roinsard
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[De Gaulle (film)|De Gaulle]]''
| [[Charles de Gaulle]]
| French
| Gabriel Le Bomin
| Nominated: [[César Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Benedetta (film)|Benedetta]]''
| The Nuncio
| French
| [[Paul Verhoeven]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Matrix Resurrections]]''
| The Merovingian<ref name="konbini-announcement" />
| English
| [[Lana Wachowski]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| ''[[Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris]]''
| Marquis de Chassagne
| English
| [[Anthony Fabian]]
|
|-
| ''[[Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia]]''
| Ernest (voice)
| French
| Julien Chheng<br>Jean-Christophe Roger
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{TableTBA}}
| style="background:#FFFFCC;" | ''[[Chopin, Chopin!]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
| [[Louis Philippe I]]
| Polish, French, Spanish
| [[Michał Kwieciński]]
|
|-
| style="background:#FFFFCC;" | ''[[The Bitter End (film)|The Bitter End]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
|
|English
|[[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1978
| ''Gaston Phébus''
| Yvain
| French
| [[Bernard Borderie]]
| 6 episodes
|-
|rowspan=3| 1980
| ''Cinéma 16: Les filles d'Adam''
| Gilbert
| French
| [[Éric Le Hung]]
| rowspan="5" | TV film
|-
| ''Au feu le préfet''
| Patrick Callaghan
| French
| Alain Boudet
|-
| ''L'Inconnue d'Arras''
| The grandfather
| French
| [[Raymond Rouleau]]
|-
|rowspan=3| 1981
| ''Quatre femmes, quatre vies: La Maison bleue''
| Jean-Paul Taillandier
| French
| Robert Mazoyer
|-
| ''La dernière nuit''
| The assistant executioner
| French
| [[Didier Decoin]]
|-
| ''Histoire contemporaine''
| Henri de Brèce
| French
| [[Michel Boisrond]]
| Miniseries
|-
| 1982
| ''The Trojan War Will Not Take Place''
| [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]]
| French
| [[Raymond Rouleau]]
| rowspan="13" | TV film
|-
| 1983
| ''La Caravane''
| Éric
| French
| Roger Gillioz
|-
| 1986
| ''[[La Storia (film)|La Storia]]''
| Carlo Vivaldi / Davide Segre
| Italian
| [[Luigi Comencini]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 1992
| ''[[Strangers (1992 film)|Strangers]]''
| The Guy
| English
| [[Joan Tewkesbury]]
|-
| ''[[Frankenstein (1992 film)|Frankenstein]]''
| Dr. Henry Clerval
| English
| David Wickes
|-
|rowspan=3| 1994
| ''Une qui promet''
| Ferdinand
| French
| Marianne Lamour 
|-
| ''Les Caprices de Marianne''
| Octave
| French
| Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
|-
| ''Rage and Outrage: The Dreyfus Affair''
| Drumont
|French
| Raoul Sangla
|-
| 1995
| ''Pour une vie ou deux''
| Noël Gregorio
| French
| Marc Angelo
|-
| 1996
| ''Le Secret d'Iris''
| Pierrot
| French
| [[Élisabeth Rappeneau]]
|-
| 1997
| ''Quand le chat sourit''
| 
| French
| [[Sabine Azéma]]
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Don Quixote (2000 film)|Don Quixote]]''
| Duke
| English
| [[Peter Yates]] 
|-
| 2001
| ''Le divin enfant''
| Father Marc Aubray
| French
| [[Stéphane Clavier]]
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Colette, une femme libre]]''
| [[Henry de Jouvenel]]
| French
| [[Nadine Trintignant]]
| Miniseries; 2 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Philanthropist (TV series)|The Philanthropist]]''
| Yves Moehringer
| English
| [[Duane Clark]]
| Episode: "Paris"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Hollow Crown (TV series)|The Hollow Crown]]''
| [[Charles VI of France|Charles, King of France]]
| English
| [[Thea Sharrock]]
| Episode: "[[Henry V (The Hollow Crown)|Henry V]]"
|-
| 2013
| ''Manipulations''
| Franck Barrot
| French
| Laurent Herbiet
| TV film<br>Nominated: [[Monte-Carlo Television Festival]],<br>Best Performance by an Actor
|-
|2022
|''Totems''
|Charles Contignet
|French
|Frédéric Jardin <br>Jérôme Salle <br>Antoine Blossier
|Amazon TV Series
|-
|2023
|''[[Star Wars: Visions]]''
|Jon (voice)
|English
|Julien Chheng
|Episode: "The Spy Dancer"
|-
|2024
|''{{illm|La Maison (série télévisée)|lt=La Maison|fr|La Maison (série télévisée)|}}''
|Vincent Ledu
|French
|Fabrice Gobert <br>[[Daniel Grou]]
|Apple TV Series - main role
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
| rowspan=2| [[List of Matrix series characters#Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 
| rowspan=2| English
| rowspan=2| [[The Wachowskis]]
| rowspan=2| Voice role
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Matrix Online]]''
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{IMDb name|933727|Lambert Wilson}}

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[[Category:Male actors from Neuilly-sur-Seine]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Drama Centre London]]
[[Category:French bisexual male actors]]
[[Category:French male film actors]]
[[Category:French male television actors]]
[[Category:French male video game actors]]
[[Category:French male voice actors]]
[[Category:French people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:20th-century French male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century French male actors]]