
Biography
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, (27. Mai 1922 – 7. Juni 2015) war ein englischer Schauspieler, Sänger und Autor. Mit einer fast sieben Jahrzehnte dauernden Karriere war Lee bekannt für seine Rolle als Graf Dracula in einer Sequenz von Hammer Horrorfilmen. Zu seinen weiteren Filmrollen gehören Francisco Scaramanga im James Bond-Film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (2002–2005) und Saruman in the Lord of the Rings Filmtrilogy (2001–2003) sowie die Hobbit-Filmtrilogie (2012–2014).Lee wurde 2009 für Verdienste um Drama und Wohltätigkeit geritten, erhielt 2011 das BAFTA Fellowship und erhielt 2013 das BFI-Stipendium. Lee schrieb drei Filme "für mich in den Vordergrund" als Schauspieler, A Tale of Two Cities (1958), in denen er den villainösen Marquis spielte, und zwei Horrorfilme, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) und Dracula (1958). In vielen Horrorfilmen trat er häufig seinem Freund Peter Cushing gegenüber, und in fünf Tim Burton-Filmen hatte er in seiner Karriere Rollen.Vor seiner Schauspielkarriere diente Lee in der Royal Air Force, wo er an die No. 260 Squadron RAF als Geheimdienstoffizier angebunden wurde, wo er als Verbindungsoffizier für den Special Operations Executive tätig war, obwohl er unwahrscheinlich hinter feindlichen Linien steckte.Nach seinem Zweiten Weltkrieg zog er sich 1946 mit dem Rang eines Flugleutnants aus der RAF zurück.Immer als Schauspieler für seine tiefe, starke Stimme bekannt, Lee war auch bekannt für seine Gesangsfähigkeit, Aufnahme verschiedener Opern- und Musikstücke zwischen 1986 und 1998 und das symphonische Metalalbum Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross 2010, nachdem er seit 2005 mit mehreren Metalbands gearbeitet hatte.
Filmography
All 355
Movies 306
Self 61
TV Shows 49
Narrator 19
Voice 10
Director 1

Faces of Death (2023)

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)

Drácula Barcelona (2017)

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)

Angels in Notting Hill (2015)

Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Face of Unity (2014)

The Trail of Dracula (2013)

The Girl from Nagasaki (2013)

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2013)

Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

Extraordinary Tales (2013)

Christopher Lee - A Legacy Of Horror & Terror (2012)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

The Fall Of The House Of Usher (2012)

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)

Dracula vs. Vampir (2012)

Everything or Nothing (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012)

Dark Shadows (2012)

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012)

Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (2012)

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012)

Hugo (2011)

The Wicker Tree (2011)

The Resident (2011)

Season of the Witch (2011)

Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens (2010)

Burke & Hare (2010)

Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)

The Heavy (2010)

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Glorious 39 (2009)

Triage (2009)

Boogie Woogie (2009)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (2008)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

The Colour of Magic (2008)

Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)

The Golden Compass (2007)

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)

100 Years Under the Sea: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean (2007)

The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)

Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007)

Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands (2007)

Mummies Secrets Of The Pharaohs (2007)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)

Hollywood Chinese (2007)

Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007)

Beloved Count (2007)

Bloody Jess (2007)

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring (2006)

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)

Pope John Paul II (2005)

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)

Corpse Bride (2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Science of Star Wars (2005)

The Story of Star Wars (2004)

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz (2004)

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Drácula en la Hammer (2003)

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick (2003)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Best Ever Bond (2002)

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002)

Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)

Perversion Stories (2002)

To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001)

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' (2001)

Quest for the Ring (2001)

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)

The Wicker Man Enigma (2001)

The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz (2001)

Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)

In the Beginning (2000)

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000)

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)

Gormenghast (2000)

Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000)

The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Jinnah (1998)

Tale of the Mummy (1998)

The Mummy (1998)

Soul Music (1997)

The Odyssey (1997)

The Odyssey (1997)

Wyrd Sisters (1997)

Soul Music (1997)

Ivanhoe (1997)

Welcome to the Discworld (1996)

100 Years of Horror (1996)

In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross (1996)

The Stupids (1996)

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)

Moses (1996)

The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996)

Alisea and the Dream Prince (1996)

A Century of Science Fiction (1996)

The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)

A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James (1995)

Moses (1995)

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1995)

Tales of Mistery & Imagination (1995)

A Feast At Midnight (1994)

The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead (1994)

The World of Hammer (1994)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

Funny Man (1994)

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)

Street Gear (1994)

The Rainbow Thief (1994)

Blue Heelers (1993)

Death Train (1993)

Cyber Eden (1992)

Double Vision (1992)

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)

Dracula in the Movies (1992)

Beauty and the Beast (1992)

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)

Fear in the Dark (1991)

Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)

Journey of Honor (1991)

The Care of Time (1990)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

The Miser (1990)

Stern TV (1990)

Treasure Island (1990)

Honeymoon Academy (1989)

Murder Story (1989)

Night of the Eagles (1989)

The French Revolution (1989)

Around the World in 80 Days (1989)

The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988)

Olympus Force: The Key (1988)

Seitenblicke (1987)

Creepy Classics (1987)

The Girl (1987)

Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)

The Disputation (1986)

Un métier de seigneur (1986)

Jocks (1986)

Shaka Zulu (1986)

Mask of Murder (1985)

Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)

Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! (1985)

The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)

The Bengal Lancers! (1984)

The Far Pavilions (1984)

House of the Long Shadows (1983)

The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)

New Magic (1983)

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)

The Last Unicorn (1982)

The Rank Charm School (1982)

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)

Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)

Massarati and the Brain (1982)

Safari 3000 (1982)

Champs-Elysées (1982)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)

Goliath Awaits (1981)

An Eye for an Eye (1981)

Evil Stalks This House (1981)

Wetten, dass..? (1981)

The Salamander (1981)

Once Upon a Spy (1980)

Serial (1980)

Desperate Moves (1980)

1941 (1979)

Bear Island (1979)

Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)

Jaguar Lives! (1979)

Arabian Adventure (1979)

The Passage (1979)

Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)

The Horror Show (1979)

The Pirate (1978)

Caravans (1978)

Circle of Iron (1978)

Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

Starship Invasions (1977)

The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (1977)

End of the World (1977)

Airport '77 (1977)

Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)

Auf los geht's los (1977)

Charlie's Angels (1976)

Dracula and Son (1976)

Albino (1976)

To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Killer Force (1976)

The Keeper (1976)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Space: 1999 (1975)

In Search of Dracula (1975)

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

The Four Musketeers (1974)

Diagnosis: Murder (1974)

The Three Musketeers (1973)

The Wicker Man (1973)

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)

Dark Places (1973)

Eugenie de Sade (1973)

Nothing But the Night (1973)

Poor Devil (1973)

The Creeping Flesh (1973)

Death Line (1972)

Horror Express (1972)

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

Vampir Cuadecuc (1972)

Umbracle (1972)

Hannie Caulder (1971)

I, Monster (1971)

Theatre Macabre (1971)

First Love (1971)

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

Scars of Dracula (1970)

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Julius Caesar (1970)

Treffpunkte (1970)

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

One More Time (1970)

Count Dracula (1970)

Eugenie (1970)

The Bloody Judge (1970)

Scream and Scream Again (1970)

The Magic Christian (1969)

Whicker's World (1969)

The Oblong Box (1969)

The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)

Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula (1969)

Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Eve (1968)

The Movie Orgy (1968)

Theatre of Death (1967)

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)

Five Golden Dragons (1967)

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)

Night of the Big Heat (1967)

The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)

Circus of Fear (1966)

Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

The Skull (1965)

The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

Ten Little Indians (1965)

She (1965)

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

The Gorgon (1964)

The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)

The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)

Crypt of the Vampire (1964)

Horror!!! (1964)

The Whip and the Body (1963)

Horror Castle (1963)

Challenge the Devil (1963)

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

The Devil's Agent (1962)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

The Devil's Daffodil (1961)

Taste of Fear (1961)

The Terror of the Tongs (1961)

The Avengers (1961)

Too Hot to Handle (1960)

The Hands of Orlac (1960)

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

The City of the Dead (1960)

Beat Girl (1960)

Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)

The Mummy (1959)

The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)

The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Stars in der Manege (1959)

One Step Beyond (1959)

Corridors of Blood (1958)

The Adventures of William Tell (1958)

Dracula (1958)

A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

Ivanhoe (1958)

Battle of the V-1 (1958)

The Truth About Women (1957)

Bitter Victory (1957)

Manuela (1957)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Fortune Is a Woman (1957)

The Traitor (1957)

Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

Beyond Mombasa (1956)

Port Afrique (1956)

Alexander the Great (1956)

Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956)

Private's Progress (1956)

Storm Over the Nile (1955)

Alias John Preston (1955)

The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)

That Lady (1955)

Police Dog (1955)

The Dark Avenger (1955)

Contraband Spain (1955)

Cross-Roads (1955)

The Awakening (1954)

The Mirror and Markheim (1954)

Innocents in Paris (1953)

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1953)

The Top and the Ball (1953)

Moulin Rouge (1952)

Babes in Bagdad (1952)

Paul Temple Returns (1952)

Top Secret (1952)

The Crimson Pirate (1952)

Quo Vadis (1951)

Valley of the Eagles (1951)

Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)

Prelude to Fame (1950)

They Were Not Divided (1950)

Trottie True (1949)

Hamlet (1948)

Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)

A Song for Tomorrow (1948)

One Night with You (1948)

Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

Man in Demand

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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-05-27
Deathday2015-06-07 (93 years old)
Birth nameChristopher Frank Carandini Lee
Place of birthBelgravia, United Kingdom
Height
RelationshipsBirgit Kroencke (1961-03-17 - 2015-06-07)
ChildrenChristina Lee
FatherGeoffrey Trollope Lee
MotherEstelle Maria Carandini
SiblingsXandra Carandini Lee
RelativesGuido Carandini, Ian Fleming, Andrea Carandini
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also known asКристофер Ли , Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, Σερ Κρίστοφερ Φρανκ Καραντίνι Λι, Κρίστοφερ Φρανκ Καραντίνι Λι, Κρίστοφερ Λι
AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor, Steiger Award, Academy Fellowship Award, Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
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