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Christopher Lee (1922)

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Background[]

The late Sir Christopher Lee ( b. 27 May 1922 - d. 7 June 2015 ) was a highly accomplished English actor and opera singer with a career spanning over 60 years. He appeared in live action television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances.

Lee was renowned for his imposing height as well as his deep, commanding, and stentorian voice. He was also extremely well known for performing in a number of villainous roles over the course of his lengthy career. He was best known for his multiple appearances as Count Dracula from 1958 to 1976, appearing in six different films as the legendary vampire; as Count Dooku aka Darth Tyrannus from the Star Wars Franchise Series; and as Saruman the White from the Middle-Earth Franchise Series.

Biography[]

Personal Life[]

Filmography[]

Trivia[]

  • Was fluent in Italian and German. He was also conversant in French as well.
  • Is the second oldest living performer to ever enter the Billboard Music Charts and is the oldest person to have a Top 20 Hit for his heavy metal 2013 song "Jingle Hell" at the age of 91.
  • Was the only cast member of the Lord of the Rings trilogy who had actually met the original author, J.R.R. Tolkien. He was a great fan of the series and of the author, professing that he read the books at least once a year ever since they were published.

Quotes[]

  • "When the Second World War finished, I was 23, and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd seen dreadful, dreadful things, without saying a word. So seeing horror depicted on film doesn't affect me much."
  • "Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them."
  • "We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not."
  • "I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy."
  • "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."
  • "To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!"
  • "What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me, too."
  • "Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting ― I sing and I've written books, for instance ― but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose."
  • "The thing that I have tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect."
  • "There is a dark side in all of us. And for us 'bad' people, the bad side dominates. I think there is a great sadness in villains, and I have tried to put that across. We cannot stop ourselves doing what we are doing."
  • "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?"
  • "Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult."

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