Born in New York City and brought up by his French parents in Geneva, Christopher Lambert briefly worked at the London Stock Exchange, then studied acting at the National Conservatory in Paris, where he was expelled after three years. He soon landed a role in the French film Le Bar Du Telephone (1980) and within two years had appeared in three French films. His English language debut was in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984); an attractive, well-built man, he soon attracted a large following among women as a movie sex symbol, and in France he is something of a "pin-up." Lambert went on to work steadily in both American and French films, often in actioners. He is married to actress Diane Lane, with whom he appeared in Knight Moves (1992).