Christopher Lee

...in the final two Star Wars films. Lee, whose mother was an Italian countess, will next be seen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, in which he plays neither a vampire nor a wizard but the Jabberwock. Prince Charles has been crowned the...

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...by an actor - having duelled in 17 films with foils, swords, light sabres and billiard cues - and Tallest Actor in a Leading Role (Lee is a lofty 6ft 5in) alongside Vince Vaughn. And in 2001 Lee collected his CBE from Buckingham Palace...

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..."Star Wars (Episode II: Attack of the Clones)"," Lee said. "What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me too." Lee became a household name as Dracula but admitted he...

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...a film in New Mexico It is for his long line of memorable villains that he is best known - a distinguished lineage that includes Bond bad guy Scaramanga and evil wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings. The Rings trilogy, coupled...

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...250 films and TV productions. He played Scaramanga in the James Bond story The Man with the Golden Gun and other memorable parts include The Lord of the Rings' Saruman and Count Dooku from the Star Wars universe. He is still working hard and...

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...Man with the Golden Gun" (1974). "I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy," Lee said. His more recent film credits...

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