Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBEwas an English actor, singer, and author. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogyand The Hobbit film trilogy, and Count Dooku in the final two films of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth27 May 1922
CityLondon, England
I made three films with Boris Karloff. He was absolutely wonderful.
A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'
There are many vampires in the world today... you only have to think of the film business.
The most important film I made, in terms of its subject and the great responsibility I had as an actor, was a film I did about the founder of Pakistan called 'Jinnah.'
My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carandini, Madame Carandini.
Somebody once asked me how I found Peter Jackson, and I said: 'Well, I parted his hair, and there he was.'
It's what you don't see that keeps you on the edge of your seat in any kind of film - leave it to the imagination of the viewer.
I knew Vincent Price from films - he was a big movie star - but the first time I met him was when we filmed 'The Oblong Box.'
I did play Ramses II once, who lived to be 91 and had 120 children, but he died 4,000 years ago.
I was always interested in enchantment and magicians and still am.
Intuit made their bed five years ago when they said they wouldn't be updating QuickBooks for the Mac. Now they're doing the same with QuickBooks for the Web. Obviously, they don't consider the Mac experience as important, but we do. Those who like the Mac platform should check us out.
I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.
To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!
I did radio, I did television, I did opera, I did films in which I had very, very little to say. But I had a lot of experience in front of the camera, and that's what really counts