Christopher Lee. An actor born in 1922. He is famous for portraying horror characters (Particularly Dracula) and roles such as Count Dooku and Saruman the White.
He is a god and everybody should love him.
He is a god and everybody should love him.
by Mama DeZiyah February 14, 2009
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ, (born 27 May 1922) is an English actor and singer. Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a string of popular Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002, 2005).
He was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011. Lee considers his most important role to be that of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998), and his best role to be Lord Summerisle in the British cult classic The Wicker Man (1973), which he also considers his best film.
Always noted as an actor for his deep, strong voice, he has, more recently, also taken to using his singing ability, recording various opera and musical pieces between 1986 and 1998 and the symphonic metal album Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross in 2010 after having worked with several metal bands since 2005. The heavy metal follow-up titled Charlemagne: The Omens of Death was released on 27 May 2013. He was honoured with the "Spirit of Metal" award in the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden God awards ceremony.
He was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011. Lee considers his most important role to be that of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998), and his best role to be Lord Summerisle in the British cult classic The Wicker Man (1973), which he also considers his best film.
Always noted as an actor for his deep, strong voice, he has, more recently, also taken to using his singing ability, recording various opera and musical pieces between 1986 and 1998 and the symphonic metal album Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross in 2010 after having worked with several metal bands since 2005. The heavy metal follow-up titled Charlemagne: The Omens of Death was released on 27 May 2013. He was honoured with the "Spirit of Metal" award in the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden God awards ceremony.
Christopher Lee played Saruman in the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In the commentary, he states he had a decades-long dream to play Gandalf but that he was now too old and his physical limitations prevented his being considered. The role of Saruman, by contrast, required no horseback riding and much less fighting. Lee had met J.R.R. Tolkien once (making him the only person in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy to have done so) and makes a habit of reading the novels at least once a year. In addition, he performed for the album The Lord of the Rings: Songs and Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien in 2003. Lee's appearance in the final film in the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, was cut from the theatrical release, but the scene was reinstated in the extended edition.
The Lord of the Rings marked the beginning of a major career revival that continued in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), in which he played the villainous Count Dooku. His autobiography states that he did much of the swordplay himself, though a double was required for the more vigorous footwork.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee
The Lord of the Rings marked the beginning of a major career revival that continued in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), in which he played the villainous Count Dooku. His autobiography states that he did much of the swordplay himself, though a double was required for the more vigorous footwork.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee
by The Centurion December 31, 2013
A real-life bad ass who hunted Nazis after World War II. Also, a very good actor and all-around nice guy (unless you're a Nazi.)
Dude1: "Christopher Lee was the shit."
Dude2: "Who the hell is Christopher Lee?"
Dude1: "You know, the guy that played Count Dooku and Saruman. He's been acting like forever."
Dude2: "Yeah, he was pretty cool I guess... just an actor and an old dude."
Dude1: "Bullshit. He hunted fuckin' Nazis after World War II as part of some secret British operation. He was a war veteran and a bonafide bad ass."
Dude2: "Damn! He truly *was* the shit. I bet when he was 90 years old he still kicked the shit out of people that deserved it. He's was like a white 'Shaft'!"
Dude1: "You're damn right. He was one bad motherfucker."
Dude2: "Who the hell is Christopher Lee?"
Dude1: "You know, the guy that played Count Dooku and Saruman. He's been acting like forever."
Dude2: "Yeah, he was pretty cool I guess... just an actor and an old dude."
Dude1: "Bullshit. He hunted fuckin' Nazis after World War II as part of some secret British operation. He was a war veteran and a bonafide bad ass."
Dude2: "Damn! He truly *was* the shit. I bet when he was 90 years old he still kicked the shit out of people that deserved it. He's was like a white 'Shaft'!"
Dude1: "You're damn right. He was one bad motherfucker."
by Coosey Junt May 14, 2016