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Lambert Nicolas Wilson (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃bɛʁ wilsɔn]; born Willson, 3 August 1958) is a French actor. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in 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. 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, 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 in which Wilson co-starred with Brooke Shields. 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. 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.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 (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. Career In musical theatre Wilson has appeared as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in the 1995 National Theatre London production of A Little Night Music, where "every word and note was fiercely projected", and of which a recording was later issued. In 2007 he was Voltaire/Pangloss (bilingually) in Robert Carsen's production of Candide at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He appeared as Eric Thomson in Resnais's 2003 film version of the 1925 comédie musicale Pas sur la bouche by 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" from West Side Story, "There But For You Go I" from Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon, "The Cafe Song" from Les Misérables, "Johanna" from Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd), rare ("Love Song" from Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner's Love Life, "It Must Be So" from Leonard Bernstein's 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).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. In 1989, his performance as Abbé Pierre in the film Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre, for which he received the 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 and 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 (2000).Wilson was cast in the role of 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. The role also popularised the Ediety tie knot, now commonly referred to as "The Merovingian". Recent years 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 MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) to visit Haiti in the capacity of helping with various UN-backed environment and cultural programmes.He was the master of ceremonies for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 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 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.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 Mouvement Emmaüs 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) 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. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links Lambert Wilson at IMDb. Discover the Nicolas Wilson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nicolas Wilson books.

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  • Selected Short Stories Featuring Analog Memory synopsis, comments

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Analog Memory

    Nicolas Wilson

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Analog Memory collects fifteen of Nicolas Wilson's earlier short stories. These stories are dark, brooding, and entirely too intimate. Analog Memo...

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    Selected Short Stories Featuring Cockfight

    Nicolas Wilson

    Conflict: A woman becomes possessed by the ancestors of those murdered to obtain the diamond for her wedding ring.Marvin's Dead: A woman mourns the man she loves.Jahannam: A young ...

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    Homeless

    Nicolas Wilson

    Humanity has been decimated by a violent new species that nests in any enclosed spaces, and slaughters everything unfortunate enough to come indoors. Mitch is a 'Wall Banger', an e...

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    Kindred Spirits

    Nicolas Wilson

    The Portland Gambit survived the Black King's takeover, but not all of the enemies have been identified, and fewer yet have been captured. Wit No Han, a war criminal who assisted t...

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    Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As

    Nicolas Wilson

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As contains fifteen short stories and flash fiction ranging from cyberpunk to literary fiction. 1:1: A family deals with a difficult decision...

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    Nexus

    Nicolas Wilson

    As national governments cede society to international and soontobe intergalactic corporations, Sontem launches the Nexus and the Argus, two intergenerational starships sent as emis...

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    Next of Kin

    Nicolas Wilson

    Conrad's brother died by violence. Not that this is a surprise the man ran with criminals for years. But new laws passed after a spate of police corruption scandals and budget cuts...

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    Selected Short Stories Featuring Cinderella Shoes

    Nicolas Wilson

    Cinderella Shoes contains 15 short stories, including the titular story. Stiletto: An exotic dancer struggles to make a living after encountering a murderinprogress on the job. C...

  • Selected Short Stories Featuring Ghost Dust synopsis, comments

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Ghost Dust

    Nicolas Wilson

    Hypotenuse: A detective and a witness become acquainted as he investigates the death of one of their neighbors.Colossus: An arctic scientist explores the habitat of the Colossal Sq...

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    Homeless

    Nicolas Wilson

    Humanity has been decimated by a violent new species that nests in any enclosed spaces, and slaughters everything unfortunate enough to come indoors. Mitch is a 'Wall Banger', an e...

  • Blood Moon synopsis, comments

    Blood Moon

    Nicolas Wilson

    When the local vampire colony asks a favor of Knight, sheriff of Portland's magical government, he must team up with his vampiric counterpart to solve a series of murders rooted in...

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    Dag

    Nicolas Wilson

    Dagney Morgan, a sarcastic Department of Agriculture employee with an affinity for paperwork, has a chance runin with a farmer covered in toxic chemicals, and walks away with a gen...

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    Diversity Is Coming

    Nicolas Wilson

    The days of unified culture and singular Great Kingdoms are over. In their place, bold new visions are redefining the world of fantasy. Eight authors tackle stories with a focus on...

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    Dogs of War

    Nicolas Wilson

    Two explosive ordnance disposal soldiers, a man and his canine partner, nurse each other through injuries received onduty.

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    Twist

    Nicolas Wilson

    When Harvey awoke, his girlfriend and dog were gone, and his world was empty. In days, he hasn't seen a soul except for his naked, dead grandmother. As his reality crumbles, and he...

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    Whores

    Nicolas Wilson

    In the near future, women’s rights are eroding, and those who buck the system are hunted as gender criminals by the authorities and rogue militias. This harrowing dystopia is seen ...

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    Octopied

    Nicolas Wilson

    Octopied is a short story of approximately 5,500 words, set between Nexus and Nexus 2: Sins of the Past.Elle, head of security on the Nexus, should have her hands full preparing fo...

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    Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf

    Nicolas Wilson

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf features fifteen diverse short stories, subject matter including space travel, werewolves, cannibalism, and commitment issues. It includes...

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    Wetiko

    Paul Levy & Larry Dossey

    Explores how wetiko covertly operates both out in the world and within our minds and how it underlies every form of selfdestruction, both individual and collective Reveals how we...

  • Selected Short Stories Featuring New Corpse Smell synopsis, comments

    Selected Short Stories Featuring New Corpse Smell

    Nicolas Wilson

    Selected Short Stories Featuring New Corpse Smell includes fifteen short stories ranging from science fiction, to horror, to thriller. Shades of Cray: The story of the first tran...

  • Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf synopsis, comments

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf

    Nicolas Wilson

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf features fifteen diverse short stories, subject matter including space travel, werewolves, cannibalism, and one night stands. It includes ...

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    The Singularity

    Nicolas Wilson

    Dr. Claire Bank's career has largely been a joke. She's derided by her colleagues for chasing a molecular component that may enable time travel, and has yet to definitively prove i...

  • Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As synopsis, comments

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As

    Nicolas Wilson

    Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As contains fifteen short stories and flash fiction ranging from cyberpunk to literary fiction.1:1: A family deals with a difficult decision, ...

  • Nexus synopsis, comments

    Nexus

    Nicolas Wilson

    As national governments cede society to international and soontobe intergalactic corporations, Sontem launches the Nexus and the Argus, two intergenerational starships sent as emis...

  • Dogs of War synopsis, comments

    Dogs of War

    Nicolas Wilson

    Two Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldiers help each other through PTSD, after they are injured during a bombing.