Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee

Birth Date

5/27/1922 (Age 93)

Birth Place

Westminster, London, England, UK

Death Date

6/7/2015

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Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – 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, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting...

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Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

108

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Saruman

Count Dooku

Saruman

Count Dooku

Dr. Wonka

Francisco Scaramanga

Frequent Collaborators

Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher

9 films together

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

12 films together

Jesús Franco

Jesús Franco

6 films together

Don Sharp

Don Sharp

5 films together

James Bernard

10 films together

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