Christopher Lee

Also known as Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, Flight Lieutenant Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

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Christopher Lee was an English actor and singer who had a long career in film and music from the 1920s until his death in 2015. He is remembered as a prominent figure in entertainment during the 20th century.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Christopher
Family name: Lee
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Belgravia
Place of death: London
Languages spoken: Swedish
Native language: English language
Award: Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
Notable work: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Participant in: Mio in the Land of Faraway
Field of work: acting
Genre: gothic film
Instrument: voice
Record label: EMI
Conflict: Battle of Monte Cassino
Military branch: Finnish Army
Military rank: flight lieutenant
Official website: www.ChristopherLeeWeb.com/index.php
Image: Christopher Lee 2009.jpg
Height: 194
Number of children: 1
Residence: London

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Voice type: bass
Commons category: Christopher Lee
date of birth: 1922-05-27
date of death: 2015-06-07
filmography: Christopher Lee filmography
birth name: Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
allegiance: United Kingdom
start of work period: 1948-00-00
end of work period: 2015-00-00
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: heart failure
name in native language: Christopher Lee
social media followers: 5010

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning over 60 years, he became known as an actor with tremendous screen presence and a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in June 2009 by Charles Prince of Wales, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013.

Lee gained fame for portraying Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in two Star Wars films (2002–2005) and Saruman in both The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014). Lee frequently appeared opposite his friend Peter Cushing in horror films and had roles in five Tim Burton films late in his career, including Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012). He had other notable roles in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958), A Tale of Two Cities (1958), Castle of the Living Dead (1964), The Wicker Man, (1973), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Jinnah (1998), Glorious 39 (2009) and Hugo (2011).

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