Jul 25 2007
Biography - Lee Pace
Lee Pace as Ned
Following his breakthrough performance in “Soldier’s Girl” and several acclaimed turns on the stages of New York, Lee Pace stars this fall in ABC’s highly anticipated new series, “Pushing Daisies.” Written expressly for Pace by executive producer Bryan Fuller (“Heroes”), “Pushing Daisies’” protagonist Ned is a man who brings people back from the dead — with a single touch. Pace previously co-starred as Aaron Tyler, the older brother of a young woman who takes advice from inanimate objects in Fox’s cult series “Wonderfalls,” created by Fuller and Todd Holland.
In theatres Pace stars alongside Amy Adams and Frances McDormand next year in Bharat Nalluri’s “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.” Based on the novel by Winifred Watson, the Focus Features release concerns a dowdy governess sent to the home of a glamorous up and coming actress in 1938. Pace portrays Michael, a wild misfit piano player who, upon his return from prison, returns to persuade the actress (Adams) to marry him.
In Tarsem’s epic fantasy “The Fall” (which premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival), Pace stars as stuntman Roy Walker/The Black Bandit. He co-starred opposite Matt Damon in Robert De Niro’s CIA drama, “The Good Shepherd.” He also played Dick Hickcock in “Infamous,” Doug McGrath’s take on Truman Capote’s chronicle of the Clutter family murders which featured Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock and Daniel Craig, and stars opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in Joel Bergvall’s “Addicted” later this year.
Pace received a Gotham Award, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations for his performance as nightclub performer Calpernia Adams in Frank Pierson’s “Soldier’s Girl.” His motion picture credits also include James Ivory’s “The White Countess” with Ralph Fiennes and Natasha RIchardson.
A Juilliard School alumnus, Pace began his career on stage. He most recently garnered a 2007 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Leading Actor for “Guardians,” Peter Morris’ two-character play inspired by the Abu Ghraib scandals. Jason Moore directed “Guardians” for the Culture Project. For his performance as a haunted Bosnian economics student/Oedipus in Craig Lucas’ “Small Tragedy” (a play-within-a-lay, directed by Mark Wing-Davey for Playwrights Horizons), Pace received his first Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Actor and shared an Obie Award with the ensemble. He portrayed a gangster in Janusz Glowacki’s “The Fourth Sister” (director: Lisa Peterson, Vineyard Theatre), and a painter whose obsession with a French artist sends his life into a tailspin in the Playwrights Horizons production of Keith Bunin’s “The Credeaux Canvas,” directed by Michael Mayer.
[…] Lee Pace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on. As a young child, Pace spent several years in the Saudi Arabia (where his father was in the oil business), and they later moved to Houston. He temporarily quit high school to act at Houston’s Alley Theatre before returning to graduate. During his time at the Alley he was in productions of The Spider’s Web and The Greeks. (Continue reading Lee Pace’s bio…) […]
[…] that the episode was over, it was on to the good stuff, and by the good stuff I mean Lee Pace (my newest TV boyfriend). Lee, who plays Ned the Pie Maker, was joined by co-stars Anna Friel […]
[…] just launched six new mini-interviews with PUSHING DAISIES stars Anna Friel & Lee Pace. Each video explores a different aspect of the show from the writing, to the casting, to the unique […]
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I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read.
[…] all things Daises, there’s some HEROES talk, and he even was gentleman enough to escort star LEE PACE right to us (you’ll hear what we […]
That’s so weird! I was born & grew up in Chickasha, OK. lol It’s a small town about an hour south of OKC. I never knew he was from there. Very cool.
ooooooooooomggg……Lee is sooooooooooo HOT..HIS DEEP VOICE, HIS CHARM, HIS QUOTES….-melts awaaaaay-
I loved him in Soldier’s Girl! I mean, yeah, he played a transsexual but even then, it takes a real man to pull off some of those outfits he was wearing! Not only is Lee uber talented, he’s also absolutely gorgeous!
i love love love this man in Pushing Daisies. He is uber cute and his smile makes me melt and his charm and sense of stlye. so so so cute. and Pushing Daisies is my new favorite show
[…] another episode, pie baker/life restorer Ned (Lee Pace) discovers that one of hte dead guys he wakes up was killed by on of his four wives, who are all […]
Lee is sooooooooooooo hot! Its hard not to be attracted to him! I’m his biggest fan,
Lee lover forever!!!!!
I think Lee is such a great actor and he just strikes me as the type of guy you would want to be best friends with. Love his interviews and his previous work. His characters (in Soldier’s Girl, Infamous, and Wonderfulls) are so diverse and he nails it every time. Ned, the Pie Maker, is just another credit to his repetoire and no one can aruge with the success. I enjoy seeing actors achieve through talent, it almost makes the crappy celebrities tolerable.
Lee Pace…. keep up the good work! You make me look forward to Wednesdays.. finally something!
I just LOVE him!!!
You’ve gotta love it when the good-looking actors are actually good at what they do, because it really sucks to watch a one-trick pony on national TV every night. I can’t wait until next wednesday!!! Thanks for making this awesome show!:)
Nikky
Sorry ladies, but I am Lee’s biggest fan! Lee you are super adorable, and these ladies (and gentlemen) are right, you have the best smile. I usually don’t gush over celebrities, but you my dear deserve it!