Who is Lee Pace?

Lee Pace is an American actor.

Lee Pace – Age, Parents, Siblings

Lee Pace’s birth took place on March 25, 1979, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, U.S.A. His birth name/full name is Lee Grinner Pace and his parents are Charlotte Kloeckler, a schoolteacher, and James Roy Pace, an engineer. Pace also has two siblings- a sister named Sally Pace and a younger brother named  Willam James Pace.

Growing up, Lee Pace lived in Saudi Arabia where his father worked in the oil business. Later the family moved to  Houston, Texas, where he was raised along with his siblings. 

Education, Ethnicity

For education, Pace attended Klein High School along with now-actor Matt Bomer. He quit school temporarily to attend Houston's Alley Theatre and returned to school to graduate. Pace then went on to enroll at the Juilliard School's Drama Division, graduating from the same with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He attended Julliard along with actors Anthony Mackie and Tracie Thoms.

His ethnicity includes English, Scottish, German, and Welsh.

Lee Pace – Sexuality, Boyfriend, Husband, Children

In 2012, his co-star in The Hobbit Ian McKellen identified Pace as gay. This sexuality identification by McKellen was believed to be a blunder and an accident due to the fact that Lee Pace had not revealed it. 

In a February 2018 interview with W magazine, flustered and surprised Pace revealed that he has dated both men and women. Only later on, in an interview with The New York Times, Pace shared that he is in fact gay by sexuality. He also talked about the struggles working as an actor after revealing he was gay,

“Look — yeah. I remember when I signed with a new agent, we worked together for a year. He took me to some coffee shop in the middle of the afternoon and I knew he wanted to talk about something. He said, ‘I heard you’re gay, is that true?’ I said, ‘Is that a problem?’ And of course he said, ‘No, fine, just felt like I needed to know.’ But within about a year, he was no longer working with me.”

Pace is very secretive about his romantic affairs, especially after the criticism he faced after coming out as gay. In the past, he has been rumored to have dated James Calleri, Carter Smith, and Jason Moore (2006) while he was known to date Anna Friel (2006-2007), and Laura Donnelly (2015-2016). 

He is currently in a relationship with Matthew Foley. He and his boyfriend began dating in mid-2019 and confirmed their marriage in August 2022. He and his husband don't have children as of yet.

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Lee Pace – Career

Early Days

Lee Pace while at Houston's Alley Theatre, appeared in the production of The Spider's Web and The Greeks. And while at Juilliard School, Pace had roles in plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar.

Pace’s professional career started right after his graduation. He starred in several off-Broadway plays such as The Credeaux, The Fourth Sister. Other theatre work of his includes Craig Lucas's Small Tragedy, Guardians, Golden Age, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, etc. 

Films, Series

Lee Pace first gained recognition with Soldier’s Girl (2003). This was followed by roles in movies such as Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), The Fall (2006), The Good Shepherd (2006), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), The Hobbit (2012, 2013, 2014), as Ronan the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Book of Henry (2017), Driven (2018), Captain Marvel (2019).

Lee Pace has also worked in TV series including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002), Wonderfalls (2004), Pushing Daisies (2007–2009), Halt and Catch Fire (2014-2017), The Mindy Project (2015), Robot Chicken (2015).

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Co-stars

On the set of Robot Chicken, Lee Pace has worked with Zachary Gordon, Seth Green, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eden Espinosa, and Jamie Kaler.

Lee Pace – Awards, Nominations

Pace has earned several nominations including Gotham Award, Golden Globe Award (2004, 2008), Satellite Award (2004, 2007, 2008, 2014), Independent Spirit Award (2004), Silver Bear (2007), Primetime Emmy Award (2008), Saturn Award (2008), etc.

 Among the nominations, he has won Gotham Award and Silver Bear for his role in Soldier's Girl and The Good Shepherd respectively.

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Lee Pace – Net Worth, Salary

Although Pace's annual salary/income is not known, his net worth is estimated at around $5 million.

Lee Pace – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media sites Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Lee Pace is followed by several hundred thousand followers.

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