Biography of Lee Pace

American actor Lee Grinner has appeared on film, stage, and television since 2011. He is best known for his portrayal of Thranduil the Elvenking in The Hobbit trilogy. He played Roy Walker/The Masked Bandit in the 2006 film The Fall. He has also appeared in a series of films, including The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 2. He played the villain Ronan the Accuser in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and will reprise the role of him. in the next Captain Marvel. (2019).

Early life and education of Lee Pace

Lee Grinner Pace is a film actor who was born in Oklahoma, United States of America. He was born the eldest of three children to parents Charlotte, a schoolteacher, and James Roy Pace, who was an engineer.

Originally living in Chickasha, he later spends part of his childhood in Saudi Arabia, where his father was sent to work for an oil company. The family later moved to Texas and settled in Houston. Born an American, Lee is Christian by religion and belongs to the white ethnicity.

He studied at Houston’s Klein High School , alongside actor Matthew Bomer. He was a fan of acting and as a child performed at some of his school events. Later, he left his school for a while to perform at the local Alley Theater.

After working there for some time, he then rejoined his school and completed his graduation. After applying to the drama team at the Juilliard School, he was selected in 1997. Before graduating from there, he appeared in various plays including Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar.

Lee Pace career

His first roles landed in non-Broadway acts like The Fourth Sister and The Credeaux Canvas. After acting in Little Tragedy which was directed by Craig Lucas, he was nominated for Outstanding Actor for the Lucille Lortel Award.

He was nominated for the same award the following year after appearing in a two-character play called Guardians. His first Broadway role came as late as 2011 when he played the role of Bruce Niles in The Normal Heart.

Her first movie role was in 2003’s Soldier Girl. His role as a transgender man won a lot of praise and for that he won a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor. Then in 2008, he worked on two movies called Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and The Fall. Besides that, he has also appeared in The Good Shepherd, The White Countess, When in Rome, and Infamous.

His other famous work includes Steven Spielberg Lincoln (2012), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2011), Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: The Battle of the five armies (2014).

Besides movies, Pace has also been in TV series like Wonderfalls (2004). He also landed a leading role in ABC’s Pushing Daisies (2007) for which he was nominated for several awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

He also played in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Arrest and Set Fire, and HBO’s Miracle Year.

Lee Pace Net Worth and Salary

Lee Pace’s net worth is $5 million today. He has earned a decent amount of salary working in movies, TV shows, and theater in his career.

He has appeared in movies and TV shows like The Party’s Just Beginning, Revolt, The Book of Henry, The Hobbit franchise, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Ceremony, The Resident, Possession, A Single El man, the good shepherd, the fall and infamous.

Lee Pace’s personal life

Lee Pace has dated both men and women, but he did not identify with a single sexual identity label, as he himself stated in an interview in February 2018.

He was identified as gay in 2012 by Ian McKellen, who worked with him on The Hobbit movies. McKellen’s ‘exit’ was described in the press as a mistake and accident on his part, as Pace had not exited by then.

Pace did not comment on his romantic life until February 2018, and then came out as gay in an interview with The New York Times.