Discuss Christopher Lee
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posted by wonder2wonderSTAFFMOD on May 27, 2017 at 3:15 PM
on his birthday, Sir Christopher Lee, best known for his roles as Count Dracula in the "Hammer Horror" movies, as Count Dooku in the movies Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)" and "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)" and as Saruman in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy and also "The Hobbit" movie trilogy.
Reply by rudely_murray
on May 27, 2017 at 7:03 PM
As well as a great, commanding actor Lee was a WW2 flight lieutenant, an author and recorded heavy metal albums!
My personal favourite performance of his is as Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, and he was of course an iconic Dracula.
He was the only member of the Lord of the Rings cast and crew to have personally known Tolkien.
Reply by NotoriousRio
on May 28, 2017 at 8:06 PM
He was great in pretty much everything, even the terrible movies he was in like Howling 2.
Another stand out performance was in Gormenghast.
Reply by rudely_murray
on May 28, 2017 at 8:37 PM
Here's the lovely moment when Christopher Lee received the BAFTA fellowship in 2011. Well deserved, an iconic actor and a lovely man. And so prolific!
Christopher Lee BAFTA 2011