Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee was a British actor, writer, character actor, military personnel, film producer, orator, and singer born on May 27, 1922, in Belgravia. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His birth name was Christopher Frank Carandini Lee. Lee was educated at the Summer Fields School and Wellington College. He had a child named Christina Lee.

Throughout his career, Lee appeared in various genres, including Westerns. Some of his notable works were The Wicker Man, The Lord of the Rings (film series), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002 video game), The Man with the Golden Gun, and Sleepy Hollow. He was a member of the SOE, a British World War II organization.

Lee received numerous awards during his lifetime, including those from the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Bram Stoker Award, Evening Standard British Film Awards, Fantasporto, Fantafestival, Empire Awards, BAFTA Award, MTV Movie & TV Award, Guinness World Records, CinEuphoria Award, Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Online Film Critics Society Awards, British Film Institute Awards, Awards Circuit Community Awards, London Critics Circle Film Awards, Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Akademie Science Fiction, Fantasy a Hororu, Locarno International Film Festival, Jules Verne Awards, Cinema for Peace Awards, Capri, Hollywood, Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival, and Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.

On June 7, 2015, Christopher Lee passed away at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.