Christopher Lee
Birthday: 1922-05-27 | Place of Birth: Belgravia, Westminster, EnglandSir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born May 27, 1922, died June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, strong voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Self / Various (Archive)
as (archive footage)
as Lord Summerisle (archive edits)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
as Count Dooku
as Himself
as Himself
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
as Saruman
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
as Self
as Lord Summerisle
as Narrator
as Self
as Narrator
as Old Man
as Self
as The Narrator
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
