Lambert Wilson

Actor · Born August 3, 1958 (68) · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Lambert Wilson (born August 3, 1958) is a French actor, singer, and activist. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: August 3, 1958 (68)
From: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Works as: Actor
Titles: 69 on MovieCove · 129 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 17% in 30 days

What are Lambert Wilson's films like?

Across their 59 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama16 titles48^th

Comedy14 titles52^nd

Action8 titles29^th

Adventure8 titles40^th

Biography3 titles59^th

Crime3 titles69^th

Animation2 titles94^th

Documentary2 titles75^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

29%

Bonds

21%

Morality

14%

Society

10%

Power

10%

Survival

Ideas

Romantic love13 Purpose11 Family bonds7 Identity9 Ambition6 Community6 Obsession6 Friendship5

What they feel like to watch

their average across 57 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 1 · Wry 6 · Earnest 50

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 23 · Serious 12 · Dark 22

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 25 · Stylized 23 · Heightened 9

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 16 · Charged 24 · Intense 17

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 27 · Shifting 25 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 31 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 7

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 29 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 3

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 21 · Engaged 28 · Full focus 8

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 21 · Affecting 23 · Heavy 13

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 36 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

50 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 12 of 50 analyzed roles.

Shadow

12 of 50

Hero

12 of 50

Threshold guardian

7 of 50

Mentor

7 of 50

Trickster

4 of 50

Shapeshifter

3 of 50

Herald

3 of 50

Ally

2 of 50

Show the 50 roles

Threshold guardianas Johann Biari in Five Days One Summer (1982)
Shadowas Sheikh Ahmed al Jaffar in Sahara (1983)
Allyas Milan Mliska in The Public Woman (1984)
Shadowas Quentin in Rendez-vous (1985)
Heroas Ned in Bleu comme l'enfer (1986)
Shapeshifteras Caspasian Speckler in The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Shadowas Nikolaj Stavrogin in The Possessed (1988)
Shadowas Tarquin in Chouans! (1988)
Shadowas John Prentis in Shuttlecock (1991)
Heroas Felix Webb in The Leading Man (1996)
Shapeshifteras Racine in Marquise (1997)
Tricksteras Marc Duveyrier in Same Old Song (1997)
Tricksteras Duke in Don Quixote (2000)
Heroas Brennac in Dédales (2003)
Heraldas George Hedare in Catwoman (2004)
Shadowas Yves Massarde in Sahara (2005)
Heraldas Prince Arnaud in Palais royal! (2005)
Shadowas Finch in Flawless (2007)
Heroas Saint-Georges in Dante 01 (2008)
Threshold guardianas Darquandier in Babylon A.D. (2008)
Shapeshifteras Avery in The Lazarus Project (2008)
Mentoras François de Chabannes in The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Heroas Christian in Of Gods and Men (2010)
Shadowas Narvik in Blind Man (2012)
Shadowas Général Pochero in HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012)
Heroas Ernest in Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Mentoras Gauthier Valence in Bicycling with Molière (2013)
Tricksteras Gauthier Valence in Bicycling with Molière (2013)
Threshold guardianas Valéry Pierpont in 5 to 7 (2014)
Heroas Antoine Chevalier in Barbecue (2014)
Heroas Le père in Rabid Dogs (2015)
Heroas Jacques-Yves Cousteau in The Odyssey (2016)
Mentoras Jacques-Yves Cousteau in The Odyssey (2016)
Shadowas Jacques-Yves Cousteau in The Odyssey (2016)
Threshold guardianas Barsac in Right Here Right Now (2016)
Allyas Philippe in One Man and His Cow (2016)
Shadowas Stéphane Froncart in Corporate (2017)
Mentoras Pierre Geithner in In Your Hands (2018)
Mentoras Commandant Rivière in Raising Colors (2018)
Threshold guardianas Commandant Rivière in Raising Colors (2018)
Shadowas Eric Angstrom in The Translators (2019)
Heroas Charles de Gaulle in De Gaulle (2020)
Threshold guardianas Le nonce in Benedetta (2021)
Mentoras Charles Contignet in Totems (2021)
Heroas Ernest in Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2022)
Threshold guardianas Marquis de Chassagne in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Tricksteras Antoine in Happy 50 (2022)
Heraldas Antoine in Happy 50 (2022)
Heroas Vincent in A Great Friend (2023)
Mentoras Vincent Ledu in La Maison (2024)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Melancholic

Warm

Hopeful

Romantic

Other

How their films linger

Bittersweet29 Thought-provoking22 Feel-good15 Hopeful16 Haunting10 Unsettling9

How their films end · 7 with a twist

Happy16
Bittersweet21
Tragic8
Ambiguous13
Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lambert Wilson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 69 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

France Channel4 titles, show their 4 titles on France Channel
Sundance Now4 titles, show their 4 titles on Sundance Now
ViX2 titles, show their 2 titles on ViX
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
Magnolia Selects1 title, show their title on Magnolia Selects
Warriors & Gangsters1 title, show their title on Warriors & Gangsters

Subscription and free streaming for Lambert Wilson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

129 credits, 69 with a MovieCove page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Maudits Français (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
as Charles-Henri
Aquí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
as Álvaro
The Cinema of Francis Lai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Actor
Arthur Honegger : Le Roi David Avec Amira Casar et Lambert Wilson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Actor
Chopin, Chopin!(2025)
as King Louis Philippe
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Klandestin WT (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Richard
La Maison(2024)
Show 10 episodes · as Vincent Ledu
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
5 Hectares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Franck Bernard
Des mains en or (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Philippe
A Great Friend(2023)
as Vincent
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia(2022)
as Ernest (voice)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Happy 50(2022)
as Antoine
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Royaumes de Glace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Show 4 episodes · as Narrateur
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris(2022)
as Marquis de Chassagne
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Totems(2021)
Show 8 episodes · as Charles Contignet
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
The Matrix Resurrections(2021)
as The Merovingian
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Star Wars: Visions(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Jon (voice)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Benedetta(2021)
as Nuncio
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Shuttlecock(1991)
as John Prentis
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Selfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
as Narrator
De Gaulle(2020)
as Le Général de Gaulle
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Translators(2019)
as Éric Angstrom
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Une nuit, le Louvre avec Lambert Wilson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Lui-même
Les conquérants de l'espace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 2 episodes · as Narrateur
Coco Chanel's battles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Narrator (voice)
In Your Hands(2018)
as Pierre Geithner
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Raising Colors(2018)
as Rivière
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Royal Exchange(2017)
as Philip V
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Corporate(2017)
as Stéphane Froncart
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Baby Bump(s)(2017)
as Marc
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step(2017)
as Narrator (French voice)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Odyssey(2016)
as Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Right Here Right Now(2016)
as Arnaud Barsac, one of the two directors
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Paris Couture 1945-1968 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Actor
The Confessions(2016)
as Kis
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Hugo Pratt, trait pour trait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Narrator (voice)
One Man and His Cow(2016)
as Philippe
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Qui n'a pas sa part d'ombre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Voix off
Assolo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Michele
Rabid Dogs(2015)
as The Father
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Suite Française(2014)
as Viscount Montmort
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Posthumous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Daniel S. Volpe
Les ailes de Johnny May (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Narrator
The Nostalgist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as The Man
Barbecue(2014)
as Antoine
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
5 to 7(2014)
as Valery Pierpont
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Enchanted Kingdom(2014)
as Narrateur
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Vinodentro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Professore
Bicycling with Molière(2013)
as Gauthier Valence
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Ernest & Celestine(2012)
as Ernest (voice)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet(2012)
as Orphée #2
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Hollow Crown(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Charles, King of France
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
State Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Franck Barrot
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami(2012)
as Général Pochero
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Blind Man(2012)
as Narvik
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Africa, Blood & Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Actor
The Princess of Montpensier(2010)
as François de Chabannes
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Of Gods and Men(2010)
as Christian
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Imogène McCarthery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Samuel Tyler
Victor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Courcelle
The Philanthropist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Baby Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Docteur Emmanuel François Xavier Bernier dit / Manu
The Lazarus Project(2008)
as Avery
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Babylon A.D.(2008)
as Dr. Arthur Darquandier
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Tara : Voyage au cœur de la machine climatique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Voix en VF
The Great Alibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Pierre Collier
Dante 01(2008)
as Saint-Georges
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Flawless(2007)
as Finch
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Lucky Luke (voice)
Candide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Pangloss, Martin and Voltaire
Private Fears in Public Places (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Dan
Gentille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Philipe
Palais royal!(2005)
as Prince Arnaud
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
L'Anniversaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Raphaël
Sahara(2005)
as Yves Massarde
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Catwoman(2004)
as George Hedare
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
People(2004)
as Frère Arthus
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Colette, une femme libre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 2 episodes · as Henry de Jouvenel
Not on the Lips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Eric Thomson
Timeline(2003)
as Lord Arnaut
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Matrix Revolutions(2003)
as Merovingian
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Dédales(2003)
as Brennac
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Matrix Reloaded(2003)
as The Merovingian
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Il est plus facile pour un chameau...(2003)
as Aurelio
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Tombs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Joseph
The Holy Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Pere Marc Aubray
Far from China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Jean-Pierre
Hors Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Francis
Love Torn in a Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Sebatol / un Pirate
Jet Set (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Arthus de Poulignac
The Last September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Hugo Montmorency
Don Quixote(2000)
as Duke
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Too Much (Little) Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Paul
Same Old Song(1997)
as Marc Duveyrier
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Marquise(1997)
as Racine
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Leading Man(1996)
as Felix Webb
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Jefferson in Paris(1995)
as Marquis de Lafayette
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Frankenstein(1992)
as Clerval
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Shuttlecock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as John Prentis
Angel's Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Henry
Warsaw: Year 5703 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Alek
Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as The Guy (Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows)
A Man and Two Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Dr. Paul Baudoin
Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as L'abbé Pierre
Suivez cet avion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Rémi Cerneaux
La Vouivre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Arsène Muselier
El Dorado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Ursúa
Chouans!(1988)
as Tarquin
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Possessed(1988)
as Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Belly of an Architect(1987)
as Caspasian Speckler
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Show 3 episodes · as Carlo Vivaldi / Davide Segre
With All Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Michel Sauvage
Bleu comme l'enfer(1986)
as Ned
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Red Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Stéphane
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Villain
Rendez-vous(1985)
as Quentin
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
The Blood of Others(1984)
as Paul
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Public Woman(1984)
as Milan Mliska
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Sahara(1983)
as Jaffar
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Party 2(1982)
as Félix Maréchal
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Five Days One Summer(1982)
as Johann Biari
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Chanel Solitaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Actor
From Hell to Victory(1979)
Actor
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Lady Oscar(1979)
as Un soldat insolent
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials(1979)
as L'extra-terrestre qui parle avec Beaupied
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Gaston Phébus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Show 6 episodes · as Yvain
Julia(1977)
as Walter Franz
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Duchess and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as General Georges Spillman
Unité (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Jean Pierre

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 128 titles, 124 of them dated from 1977 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

$742M worldwide

Highest rated

Ernest & Celestine (2012)

Midcredits 98^th

Film career

19772026

Peak 2017 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 26 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1977Screen debut· Julia
1985First top-billed film· Rendez-vous
2016Career best· The Odyssey
2022Career best· Totems

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting128 of 128 · 48^th

By decade

1970s5 · acting1980s19 · acting1990s11 · acting2000s33 · acting2010s37 · acting2020s19 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 26% of 70 roles

17%

36%

27%

30%

57%

77879707121722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Lambert Wilson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48^th percentile, the median of all 65; across their 57 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 57

Approval · how many liked their films

46^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 57

Reach · how many have seen their films

77^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 57

Midcredits score across 69 titles, by percentile

75^th and up12
50^th to 74^th22
25^th to 49^th25
Below 25^th10

Shape of the crowd

33 of their 69 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved1
Universally Panned2
Crowd Pleaser33
Broadly Agreed16
Mixed17

Most divisive · actor

Lady Oscar (1979)

66^th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Ernest & Celestine (2012)

Midcredits 98^th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 49 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Lambert Wilson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore9 titles6–68 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all films

Sex & Nudity15 titles7–73 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all films

Profanity7 titles21–58 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all films

Alcohol & Drugs8 titles14–36 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense8 titles9–63 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.