Jul 25 2007

Biography - Lee Pace

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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.

33 Responses to “Biography - Lee Pace”

  1. […] 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…) […]

  2. […] 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 […]

  3. […] 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 […]

  4. Erin Ellington Picon 11 Sep 2007 at 10:47 pm

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    I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read.

  5. […] 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 […]

  6. Jennyon 14 Sep 2007 at 12:50 am

    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. :D

  7. Jakeon 04 Oct 2007 at 9:37 am

    ooooooooooomggg……Lee is sooooooooooo HOT..HIS DEEP VOICE, HIS CHARM, HIS QUOTES….-melts awaaaaay-

  8. Erin in Hawaiion 10 Oct 2007 at 5:03 am

    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!

  9. Randaon 21 Oct 2007 at 10:33 pm

    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

  10. […] 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 […]

  11. Stephanieon 02 Nov 2007 at 10:11 pm

    Lee is sooooooooooooo hot! Its hard not to be attracted to him! I’m his biggest fan,
    Lee lover forever!!!!!

  12. Nicoleon 09 Nov 2007 at 2:25 pm

    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!

  13. Maryon 13 Nov 2007 at 1:36 pm

    I just LOVE him!!!

  14. Nikkyon 14 Nov 2007 at 11:55 am

    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

  15. Shaunaon 14 Jan 2008 at 1:55 pm

    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!

  16. bryonyon 25 Jun 2008 at 3:51 pm

    i absolutely looovvveeee lee pace :P
    hes a great singer aswell as a great actor!! :)

  17. Chantellon 02 Oct 2008 at 9:41 pm

    I think he is one of the best (and cuteist) Actors i have ever seen on tv. He is one of many. He is top three. I love him in this show and can’t wait to see him in one of his movies. Im so mad that i don’t have cable anymore and missed the 2nd seson premire but if i can i am going to watch every last cute lee pace episode moments on the internet. You can’t spell lee without l and you cant spell love without l,e. Lee=love

  18. Grazon 09 Dec 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Great actor, great singer, beautiful man with a sweet big smile….wow!!!!
    Good Luck Lee !!!

  19. c淳on 19 Dec 2008 at 10:35 am

    amazing amusing adorable,lee you are a A-rank actor(i am not exactly know the correct expression in English),the whole pushing daises made me touching and laughing
    …….but just can’t my eyes off you
    support you for good from distant Taiwan!!!!!!

  20. c淳on 19 Dec 2008 at 10:36 am

    amazing amusing adorable,lee you are a A-rank actor(i am not exactly know the correct expression in English),the whole pushing daises made me touching and laughing
    …….but just can’t take my eyes off you
    support you for good from distant Taiwan!!!!!!

  21. Miaon 22 Dec 2008 at 12:49 pm

    I LOVE HIM !!!

  22. Mariaon 28 Dec 2008 at 7:12 pm

    I first saw Lee Pace in ‘Miss Pettigrew’s day off’. It is rare to be struck by an actors innate passion. He quite leaves one breathless with how he uses his eyes and talent to portray a multilayered character despite the comedic nature of the movie.
    More recently I saw him in Tarsem’s ‘The Fall’ and oh my goodness, truly he is a master for one so young. I wept openly at his pain and his manipulation of little Alexandria. He was perfect in this tale of the tragedy of lost hope. Reading his bio I was amazed that he can translate stage acting to the film medium so flawlessly. The subtlety of his delivery makes for a remarkable performance that could so easily have been overplayed. It leaves me wanting more and more. Not one for television series I will make an exception and now go to search for Pushing Dasies. I will also be watching his prior movies and look for the first opportunity to see him on stage.
    He is a singularly handsome fine figured man which of course doesn’t hurt either!

  23. pushingdaisieslover12on 19 Jan 2009 at 2:04 pm

    I love him, 2! Also, he has a dog named Carl.

  24. Esther cresson 25 Mar 2009 at 2:53 am

    hey just wanted to say
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. esraon 04 May 2009 at 5:32 pm

    I absolutely love NED not lee pace… Ned is unobtainable man…. ı love him…

  26. Reneeon 15 May 2009 at 9:07 pm

    Well, Lee is unobtainable, too. *U_U* It sounds so much worse when you come right out and say it, huh?

  27. kateon 22 May 2009 at 1:19 pm

    can i just say pushing daisies and the gorgeous Lee Pace were fantastic, one of the best shows to ever come out of the states.

    After David Tennant Lee is my new super TV hero hunk!

  28. БPATAHon 23 Aug 2009 at 1:43 am

    Однажлы в студеную осеннюю пору. Бродил Я по интернету. Наткнулся на пост. Понравилось очень! Респект выражаю! И даже закладки себе добавляю!

  29. БaкинcкийPoмaнon 23 Aug 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Ну вы бы подрались еще, нашли о чем поспорить :)

  30. cheeslaaayon 22 Feb 2010 at 10:36 am

    WE LOVE YOU LEEEEEEEEEEEEE your amasing in every way we love pushing daisies with a passion and we want you back PLEASEEEEE!!!!!! <3….LOTS OF LOVE YOUR BIGGEST FANS BETH AND ESTHER AND CHEESLAAY xXxXxXxXxx…..by the way we love you x

  31. cheeslaaayon 22 Feb 2010 at 10:39 am

    i want your babies

  32. cheeslaaayon 22 Feb 2010 at 10:40 am

    sorry we nipped off to get a cuppa and this other kid in our english midia disided to be sexual in that unapropriate way…..sorry we do love you xxx but not in that way xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  33. Hellon 08 Mar 2010 at 3:08 am

    sweet :* what else can we say? xDDD

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