Christopher Lee
Born 1922-05-27, Westminster, London, England, UK, Died 2015-06-07
Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
Star Wars
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) as Count Dooku
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) as Count Dooku (voice)
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Count Dooku
Middle-earth
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Saruman
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Saruman
James Bond
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Francisco Scaramanga
Sherlock Holmes
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) as Sir Henry Baskerville
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) as Mycroft Holmes
Steven Spielberg
- 1941 (1979) as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Martin Scorsese
- Hugo (2011) as Monsieur Labisse