Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Lee CBE, CStJ
Lee in 1959.
Born	Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (1922-05-27)27 May 1922 Belgravia, London, England
Died	7 June 2015(2015-06-07) (aged 93) Chelsea, London, England
Nationality	British
Occupations	Actor author singer
Years active	1948–2015
Spouse	Birgit Krøncke ​ (m. 1961)​
Children	1
Relatives	Marie Carandini (great-grandmother) Harriet Walter (niece)
Allegiance	Finland (1939)  United Kingdom (1940–1946)
Service/branch	Finnish Army (1939) British Home Guard (1940) Royal Air Force (1941–1946)
Years of service	1939–1946
Rank	Flight Lieutenant
Battles/wars	Winter War World War II North African Campaign Allied invasion of Italy Battle of Monte Cassino

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor. He was a direct descendent of the Italian aristocrat Marie Carandini.

Lee was best known for his many movie characters. For example, Dracula and Fu Manchu in many movies during the 1950s through the 1970s. He became even better known as Scaramanga in the Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, Saruman the White in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

He performed roles in 275 movies since 1948. He appeared in over 75 television programs. Lee was also a voice actor, providing his voice in over 50 movies. This made him the Guinness World Record holder for most movie acting roles ever.^[1] Lee was also a singer and his latest album was released in 2013.

Lee lived in London. He was married to Danish model Birgit Kroencke.

1. ↑ "British actors in Guinness records". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}