Trivia

Turned down the role of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon (1987).

Was John Glen's first choice for the role of James Bond in The Living Daylights. But he was ultimately turned down due to his accent.

Daughter, with Diane Lane, Eleanor Lambert (born Sept. 5 1993).

The patented, intense gaze he often shows in his roles is the result of myopia at an early age.

Parents were Yolande (de Caritat de Peruzzis) and Georges Lazare Maurice Lambert-Lamond. His father was a French diplomat who was working at the U.N. at the time of Christopher's birth.

Close friend of Mario Van Peebles and Sean Connery.

In a 2010 interview, he stated that nowadays he lives "mostly on an airplane" and he can't stay anywhere longer than a few months. When not on location, he divides his time between his "main residence" in Switzerland, a winery in Provence and his 16-year-old daughter in Los Angeles.

Met first wife Diane Lane in 1985, when they were both in Rome on separate publicity junkets. They married three years later.

In francophone markets on his US films, his forename in credits is repainted as "Christophe", which is his birth name.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

(July 11, 2014) Separated from his girlfriend of 7 years Sophie Marceau from 2007.

Suffers from myopia (also known as near-sightedness), a condition that causes the eyes to focus incorrectly, making distant objects appear blurred. (2010)

His favorite horror films are The Shining (1980), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Evil Dead (1981) and the original Halloween (1978).

In 1991 he was scheduled to play the role of Martin Decoud in David Lean's adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Nostromo. Lean's death in April 1991 brought the project to an end.

His father was from a Jewish family, of both Ashkenazi and Sephardi descent. Through many lines, they had lived in France and Lorraine since the 1600s, and were mainly from Germany before that. Christopher's mother had Dutch, Belgian (Flemish) and French ancestry.

He was born in New York while his father was English/ French.

Had his own production company but at the time of being executive producer on Knight Moves he was really just sitting on the side lines learning about the production side of things and leaving the actual work to others. with the hope of later being a director.

Mentioned by name in Vincent Delerm's song "Cosmopolitan".

In his early film days he used to have a voice coach on set.

On Highlander he spent 5 months on the film and had a voice coach who took him carefully through his part in the script line by line.

He likes comedy but realistic style not actual comedy.

He admits that The Scillian was a good film but his character went against all that he wanted him to do.

He was voice coach on the film Highlander despite him having to learn Scottish accent.

On Scillian he considered it to be a good film all round but considered that his character went against everything he wanted him to do.

Has French, English and Belgian ancestry.