Despite appearing in two of the decade's biggest film franchises — The Hobbit and The Twilight Saga — the 35-year-old actor continues to exist amid an aura of mystery, with little known about his life before starring in two critically adored television shows, Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies (both from creator Bryan Fuller), and his stunning turn in Showtime's 2003 biopic Soldier's Girl, in which he played trans woman Calpernia Addams. Trust me, if I had something interesting to say about myself, I would." Those clamoring for details about his life should look no further than his body of work: "To be honest, the characters I play are revealing enough." Case in point: the aforementioned Soldier's Girl, in which Pace played trans soldier Calpernia Addams, who inspired a formal review of Don't Ask, Don't Tell after her lover, Barry Winchell, was murdered in 1999.