Christopher Lee
English actor and singer (1922-2015) · United Kingdom · Actors · Died at 93
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Something wrong?He gave Dracula a voice that could freeze blood, then spent six decades proving a villain could command any room - from Hammer Horror to Middle-earth, playing the antagonist so well that franchises kept calling him back.
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Night Train to LisbonFilm, Father Bartholomeu2011“That is real horror and blood. When the Second World War finished I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime.”In their wordsSir Christopher Lee interview: 'I’m softer than people think' (2011)BAFTA FellowshipAwardCommandeur des Arts et des LettresAward
HugoFilm, 2011Monsieur Labisse2009Knight BachelorAward2008
The Colour of MagicSeries, Death
Star Wars: The Clone WarsFilm, 2008Count Dooku (voice)2004
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the ApocalypseFilm, Emerich2003“He looked like a miniature Edward G.”In their wordsOn ; as quoted in Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2003) by Leslie Halliwell (ed. John Walker), p. 4712001“Fun seems to be a three-letter word these days, although with directors like Tim Burton and George Lucas, it's fun, fun, fun while working yourself to death.”In their words23 February 2001Work hard - and play plenty of golf (February 23, 2001)Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardAeschbacherSeries
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFilm, 2001Saruman1997Commander of the Order of Saint JohnAward1994Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime AchievementAward
BrisantSeries, 1994
Police Academy: Mission to MoscowFilm, 1994Commandant Rakov1992
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSeries, Count Ottokar Graf Czerin1990“I never thought of him as a vampire, ever. I mean, the blood is the life. That's one thing you have to bear in mind. And it is for all of us, isn't it?”In their wordsListen Back To A 1990 Interview With Actor Christopher Lee (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New BatchFilm, 1990Doctor Catheter1986
Shaka ZuluSeries, Lord Bathurst1983Sitges Film Festival Best Actor awardAward1981
Wetten, dass..?Series1979
1941Film, Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt1976
Charlie's AngelsSeries, Dale Woodman1974
The Four MusketeersFilm, Rochefort1973
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries, Arnaud1971
Hannie CaulderFilm, Bailey1966
Dracula: Prince of DarknessFilm, Count Dracula1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Karl Jorla1959
One Step BeyondSeries, Wilhelm Reitlinger1958
DraculaFilm, Count Dracula1951
Quo VadisFilm, Chariot Driver (uncredited)1922Born27 May 1922Also in Deutsch
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![Lee as the title character in Dracula (1958). He fixed the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture.[76]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Dracula_1958_c.jpg/500px-Dracula_1958_c.jpg)
Lee as the title character in Dracula (1958). He fixed the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture.[76]
Lee as Kharis in The Mummy (1959)![Lee and his close friend Peter Cushing in Horror Express (1972). They starred in twenty-two films together.[92]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Horror_express_gip.jpg/500px-Horror_express_gip.jpg)
Lee and his close friend Peter Cushing in Horror Express (1972). They starred in twenty-two films together.[92]
Lee at Festival des Passions in Aubagne, France, in September 1996
Lee at Forbidden Planet, New Oxford Street, London, signing The Two Towers
Lee filming Marcus Warren's The Heavy in Westminster, London in 2007In their own words 4
, That is real horror and blood. When the Second World War finished I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime.
He looked like a miniature Edward G.
Fun seems to be a three-letter word these days, although with directors like Tim Burton and George Lucas, it's fun, fun, fun while working yourself to death.
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Christopher Lee served as a Royal Air Force intelligence officer attached to No. 260 Squadron during the Second World War, working as a liaison for the Special Operations Executive before being discharged in 1946 as a flight lieutenant. He gained fame portraying Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, often appearing opposite his friend Peter Cushing, and his deep commanding voice and screen presence made him the go-to for villainy across generations. The roles grew larger: Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman across both The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) and The Hobbit (2012-2014) trilogies, Count Dooku in Star Wars (2002-2005), and five collaborations with Tim Burton late in his career. A classically trained singer with a passion for heavy metal, he recorded symphonic metal concept albums portraying Charlemagne in 2010 and 2013, projects that merged spoken word, singing, and dramatic narration into deeply personal work. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and BFI Fellowship in 2013, ending a sixty-year run still working.
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