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
There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
I was attached to the SAS from time to time, but we are forbidden - former, present, or future - to discuss any specific operations.
I don't think anyone has ever succeeded in putting Ian Fleming's James Bond up on the screen. The closest in my opinion is Pierce Brosnan.
I am never going to stop playing the villain. I would be foolish to do so because the audiences apparently enjoy watching me, and who am I to say no?
I have made a lot of movies, but I don't see any point in talking about films I don't think are terribly good. I have been in a few. I don't know any actor that hasn't.
Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind there.
The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.
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.