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3Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is the son of a school teacher and an engineer. He was born in Chickasha, UsefulNotes/{{Oklahoma|USA}}, but lived in UsefulNotes/SaudiArabia for several years while his father worked in the oil business. After that, they moved to UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} and Lee took up acting, temporarily dropping out of high school to work at the Alley Theatre in Houston, and his career was born.
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5Pace's first role on the big screen was in 2003, playing the real-life trans woman Creator/CalperniaAddams in the movie ''Soldier's Girl'', which described her relationship with the late [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Winchell Barry Winchell.]] Pace is also known for his roles as [[Film/TheFall Roy Walker]], [[Series/PushingDaisies Ned the Piemaker]], [[{{Film/Lincoln}} Rep. Fernando Wood]], and most recently, [[Film/TheHobbit the Elvenking Thranduil]] and [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Ronan the Accuser]].
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8!! Selected filmography:
9* ''Soldier's Girl'' (2003) as Creator/CalperniaAddams
10* ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' (2004) as Aaron Tyler
11* ''Film/TheFall'' (2006) as Roy Walker
12* ''Film/TheGoodShepherd'' (2006) as Richard Hayes
13* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (2007 -- 2009) as Ned
14* ''Film/MissPettigrewLivesForADay'' (2008) as Michael Pardew
15* ''Film/ASingleMan'' (2009) as Grant
16* ''Film/WhenInRome'' (2010) as Brady Sacks
17* ''Film/{{Marmaduke}}'' (2010) as Phil Winslow
18* ''The Literature/{{The Twilight Saga}}: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2'' (2012) as Garrett
19* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' (2012) as Fernando Wood
20* ''Film/TheHobbit'' trilogy (2012 -- 2014) as Thranduil:
21** ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' (2012)
22** ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' (2013)
23** ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' (2014)
24* ''Series/HaltAndCatchFire'' (2014 -- 2017) as Joe [=MacMillan=]
25* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2014, 2019) as Ronan the Accuser:
26** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol1'' (2014)
27** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' (2019)
28* ''Film/TheBookOfHenry'' (2017) as David Daniels
29* ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' (2019) as Keisuke Suga (English dub)
30* ''Series/{{Foundation|2021}}'' (2021) as Brother Day
31* ''Film/BodiesBodiesBodies'' (2022) as Greg
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33!! Associated Tropes:
34* {{Angrish}}: Roy's freak-out in the hospital in ''Film/TheFall'' and scream-crying in the finale of ''Soldier's Girl'' were fueled by Pace's actual frustration and anger. Both scenes took all day to shoot, and Pace was fed up with all the fragmented takes they kept on remaking.
35* AwesomeDearBoy: Had no interest in doing TV until he saw the script for ''Pushing Daisies'' and "knew it was going to be great."
36* BigOlEyebrows: His most distinguishing quality.
37* CreatorBacklash: Claims he gave himself "a hard time" over doing ''Film/{{Marmaduke}}'' until numerous children came up to him and said they watched it over and over again.
38* DyeingForYourArt: To play a trans woman in ''Soldier's Girl'', he lost twenty-five pounds.
39* FakeBrit: In ''Film/MissPettigrewLivesForADay'',''Ceremony'', and (albeit via TheQueensLatin) ''Film/TheHobbit''. Many assumed he actually was English for a while, if [[http://screencrush.com/lee-pace-interview-the-hobbit/ this interview]] is anything to go by.
40* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from [[Series/PushingDaisies Ned]], many of his most notable roles have him playing characters who are incredibly cold, arrogant, rude and generally unpleasant.
41* MethodActing: One of the best examples--his character Roy Walker in ''Film/TheFall'' was bedridden and possibly paralyzed. He pretended to be a paraplegic and answered to the name "Roy" for the first 12 weeks of filming so his six-year-old fellow costar Catinca Untaru would [[EnforcedMethodActing act believably]]. Almost everyone on set thought he had lost the use of his legs in an accident, which the director encouraged. A lot of people were ticked when they found out the truth. A make-up artist apparently fainted with shock when she saw him standing up.
42* TallDarkAndHandsome: He stands at 6'5 and is definitely a looker.

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