Lee Pace Biography
Summary
"Lee Grinner Pace" (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor. Pace has been featured in film, stage and television. He is best known for his starring role as Ned in the ABC series "Pushing Daisies", as well as his supporting role as Aaron on the series "Wonderfalls".
Early life
Pace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. As a child, Pace spent several years in Saudi Arabia, where his father was in the oil business; the family later moved to Houston, Texas. Pace temporarily quit high school to act at Houston's Alley Theatre before returning to graduate. At the Alley, he appeared in productions of "The Spider's Web" and "The Greeks".
Pace attended Klein High School, just outside of Houston, with fellow actor Matthew Bomer.
In 1997, Pace was accepted by the Juilliard School's drama division (Group 30). While there, he acted in several plays, including "Romeo and Juliet" as Romeo, "Richard II" in the title role, and "Julius Caesar" as Cassius. He graduated with a BFA and was a classmate of actors Anthony Mackie and Tracie Thoms.
Career
Theater
After graduation, Pace starred in several off-Broadway plays, including "The Credaux Canvas" and "The Fourth Sister". He also starred in a production of Craig Lucas's "Small Tragedy". For this role, he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Actor. In 2006, Pace starred in the two-character play "Guardians" by Peter Morris. This role earned Pace his second nomination for a Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Actor.
Film
Pace first gained recognition for his role in the 2003 film "Soldier's Girl", based on fact, in which he played the central role of Calpernia Addams, a transgender woman dating Army soldier Barry Winchell, played by Troy Garity. Winchell was murdered because of his sexuality and his relationship with Addams.
Of the role, Pace said:
Pace won a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor and was nominated for several other awards, including a Golden Globe, for his work in this film.
He starred in the film "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" and in Tarsem Singh's "The Fall", both released in 2008. His next film is the movie "Possession" with Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Pace also played supporting roles in "The White Countess", "Infamous", and "The Good Shepherd".
Television
Pace played Aaron Tyler in the acclaimed but short-lived 2004 television series "Wonderfalls", which was co-created by Bryan Fuller. Later, Fuller cast Pace in the lead role of Ned in the series "Pushing Daisies", which debuted on ABC in October 2007 and returned for its second, and final, season on October 1, 2008.
Pace has also appeared on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".
External links
(Interview) at Sci-fi-online.com
Credit
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article about Lee Pace.
