Christopher Lee was born on May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London,
England.
Sometimes Christopher Lee is credited as Cristopher Lee his
birth name is Christopher Frank Carandini Lee.
In 2001, Christopher Lee was made a Commander of the Order
of the British Empire in recognition of his contributions
to the film and television industries.
Although Christopher Lee has been in over 210 films, he was
usually cast as a villian, rarely did you see Lee playing
a hero.
Count Dracula was a role the Christopher Lee went on to play
in a number of Hammer sequels, until the early 70s.
The blood dripping fangs, worn by Christopher Lee in many
of his vampire films were created by Irish dental technician
Sean Mulhall.
Christopher Lee is possibly the only actor who has portrayed
three different Sherlock Holmes characters: Sherlock Holmes,
Mycroft Holmes and Henry Baskerville.
Lee has Played a staggering amount of Victorian characters. Christopher
Lee played Count Dracula 10 times, Dr. Fu Manchu 5 times,
Sherlock Holmes 3 times, Mycroft Holmes and Sir Henry Baskerville
both 1 time.
In 1947 Christopher Lee joined the Rank Organization, training
as an actor in their Charm School and playing a number of
bit parts in such films as CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS (1948).
The role that made Christopher Lee a star was when he played
the monster in the Hammer film, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
(1957) ,this film lead to Lee being signed on for future roles
in Hammer Films Productions.
In the early 2000 Christopher Lee's career was revitalized,
by his appearances in two blockbuster films THE LORD OF THE
RINGS as Saruman the White and STAR WARS as Count Dooku.
Christopher Lee's other notable credit's include...
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (2008)
THE GOLDEN COMPASS (2007)
CORPSE BRIDE (2005)
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005)
STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH
(2005)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)
POLICE ACADEMY: MISSION TO MOSCOW (1994)
THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS (1989)
AN EYE FOR AN EYE (1981)
RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN (1978)
DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)
THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL (1960)
