{"id":849,"date":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/09\/highlander-actor-christopher-lambert-69-collapses-at-fan-convention-abruptly-taken-away-by-ambulance\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","slug":"highlander-actor-christopher-lambert-69-collapses-at-fan-convention-abruptly-taken-away-by-ambulance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/09\/highlander-actor-christopher-lambert-69-collapses-at-fan-convention-abruptly-taken-away-by-ambulance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHighlander\u201d Actor Christopher Lambert, 69, Collapses at Fan Convention, Abruptly Taken Away by Ambulance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He is set to return to Steel City Con for photo ops and a panel on Sunday, Aug. 9<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/sA39L1vN7bXZtiFoN_0F6HUHvJM=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/christopher-lambert-paris-080926-03bc9a85f99b459f801f4dc41f7a55fa.jpg\" alt=\"Christophe Lambert poses during a portrait session in ParisCredit: Eric Fougere\/Corbis via Getty\" title=\"Actor Christophe Lambert poses during a portrait session in Paris, France\" \/><figcaption><i>Christophe Lambert poses during a portrait session in Paris<br \/>Credit: Eric Fougere\/Corbis via Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Lambert left the Steel City Con in Philadelphia early on Saturday, Aug. 8<\/li>\n<li>Event organizers said the 69-year-old actor exited due to a \u201cpersonal issue,\u201d and TMZ later reported that Lambert suffered a medical emergency and was escorted out of the convention in an ambulance<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Highlander<\/em> star is set to return to Steel City Con for photo ops and a panel on Sunday, Aug. 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Christopher Lambert left a fan convention early after he collapsed at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Steel City Con in Philadelphia \u2014 one of the largest comic book and pop culture conventions in the United States \u2014 announced on <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1FBWQZHV6r\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> on Saturday, Aug. 8, that the actor, 69, suddenly left the event due to a \u201cpersonal issue,\u201d forcing organizers to cancel his previously scheduled photo ops.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/08\/highlander-star-christopher-lambert-collapses-at-comic-con\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TMZ<\/a> later reported that Lambert suffered a medical emergency and was taken from the convention in an ambulance. An eyewitness told the outlet that the actor suddenly collapsed.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/PxHR8JJf_kiDdYD2fjXeS5GuiWY=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/christopher-lambert-highlander-080926-f39d8bf264914cd688e9a960919fb2d5.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Lambert in \u2018Highlander\u2019Credit: Georges DE\u00c2 KEERLE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty\" title=\"Christopher Lambert in Highlander\" \/><figcaption><i>Christopher Lambert in \u2018Highlander\u2019<br \/>Credit: Georges DE\u00c2 KEERLE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\">PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p>Steel City Con told PEOPLE in a statement on Sunday, Aug. 9, that Lambert would be returning for the convention that day at 11:30 a.m. local time for photo ops and a panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristopher was feeling a little overheated and dehydrated. He had to sit down, but he is doing great today,\u201d organizers said.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Lambert did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Best known for his role in 1986\u2019s <em>Highlander<\/em>, Lambert is also recognized for playing Tarzan in 1984\u2019s <em>Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes<\/em>, as well as Lord Raiden in the 1995 live-action movie adaptation of <em>Mortal Kombat<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The French actor is scheduled to make appearances at Fan Expo Chicago and Mad Monster Expo in North Carolina later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/mPNcTkhSWbPdwHa_wVej4O2iqKs=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/christopher-lambert-venice-film-festival-080926-7991dcff132b42b3ad704f9a9c215de1.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Lambert attends the \u2018Wolfs\u2019 red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film FestivalCredit: Maria Moratti\/Getty\" title=\"Christopher Lambert attends the \" \/><figcaption><i>Christopher Lambert attends the \u2018Wolfs\u2019 red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival<br \/>Credit: Maria Moratti\/Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lambert\u2019s latest health ordeal comes more than one year after he canceled one of his scheduled appearances at the Swedish festival SciFi World in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He fell down a set of stairs at a hotel and sustained a back injury, <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/13\/highlander-star-christopher-lambert-recovering-after-hotel-stairs-fall\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TMZ<\/a> reported at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an actor, filming and promoting his films are an absolute priority and has always been, and while he has the highest respect for people organizing events and fans who attend,\u201d Lambert\u2019s rep said in a statement to <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity\/christopher-lambert-highlander-star-hospitalised-after-accident-at-hotel-20250314-p5polv.html\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nine.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cUnfortunately, this time he will not be able to attend the comic con.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is set to return to Steel City Con for photo ops and a panel on Sunday, Aug. 9 Christophe Lambert poses during a portrait session in ParisCredit: Eric Fougere\/Corbis via Getty NEED TO KNOW Christopher Lambert left the Steel City Con in Philadelphia early on Saturday, Aug. 8 Event organizers said the 69-year-old actor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}