I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful.
There was a gap of seven years between the first and second Dracula movies. In the second one as everybody knows, I didn't speak, because I said I couldn't say the lines.
Christopher has appeared in more sword fights on tv or in the movies than probably any other actor in acting history.
Christopher was completely blind when he wore the red contacts for the role of Dracula.
Christopher spent five years working for the RAF and British Intelligence during WWII. He reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
Christopher is the only actor made a member of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, the oldest golf club in the world founded in 1744.
Christopher wrote 'Tall, Dark and Gruesome' his autobiography) in 1977 and was re-released in 1999.
Christopher wrote 'Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors' in 1974.
Christopher provided the voice of Scaramanga in the video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent.
Christopher is a direct lineal descendent of Charlemagne through his mother's side.
Christopher was the Center of the Hollywood Universe, according to data at the Movie Oracle, http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/center.html, but is now second to Rod Steiger.
Christopher did his own stunts for his role in 'Airport'77' including his "dead scene".
Christopher was at first discriminated against as he was taller than the leading male actors of his time and was foreign-looking.
Christopher is the voice of "Pastor Galswells" in the animated movie Corpse Bride (2005).
Christopher did excellent impersonations of "Daffy Duck" and "Elmer Fudd" when he guest hosted Caroline's Comedy Hour on the A&E Network in 1991.
Both Christopher and his fellow Star Wars Sith Lord, David Prowse, have played "Frankenstein's Monster" opposite Peter Cushing.
Christopher was voted no. 31 on the recent British televised poll "The Greatest Movie Stars Of All Time" above the likes of John Wayne, Michael Caine and Humphrey Bogart.
Christopher appeared in the play The Constant Nymph in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
Christopher appeared in the play Libel in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
Christopher appeared in the play By Candlelight in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
Christopher appeared in the play Major Barbara in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
Christopher appeared in the play The Wishing Well in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
Christopher recorded a double cassette reading of four tales by Edgar Allan Poe.
In 2003, Christopher won the Living Treasure Award at the Seattle Film Critics Awards.
In 2003, Christopher & co. were nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
In 2003, Christopher & co. won the PFCS Award for Best Acting Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
In 2002, Christopher was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
In 2003, Christopher won the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).
In 1984, Christopher won the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actor for his contributions to the fantastc film genre at the Fantasporto.
In 2002, Christopher won a Special Award for lifetime achievement. from the Evening Standard British Film Awards.
In 2003, Christopher & co. was nominated for the DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
In 1979, Christopher received a Life Career Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA.
In 1980, Christopher was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor for: Arabian Adventure (1979).
Christopher's father was a Colonel in the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps (originally the Royal Americans) and was decorated for gallantry in the Boer War and First World War.
Christopher was one of the judges for the 1995 Miss World beauty pageant.
Christopher struggled to get work early in his career as a supporting actor because almost all the male stars were shorter than he.
Christopher made "Officier des arts et lettres" by French culture minister JJ Aillagon on December 11th 2002.
On July 21st 2004 Christopher was given the honorary citizenship of the Italian city of Casina (Province of Reggio Emilia) where Sarzano, the castle of his ancestors is situated. He gave his speech of thanks in Italian.
Christopher has one child, a daughter named Christina.
Christopher's daughter, Christina, was born with her legs severely deformed. They were bent at such a severe angle that they were almost backwards. She spent her first 2 years in splints. She eventually learned how to walk after the age of three and no longer needed splints.
Christopher speaks French, Italian, Spanish and German and can "get along" in Swedish, Russian and Greek.
Christopher volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War against the Soviet Union in 1939.
According to Christopher's friend Norman Lloyd, he has a somewhat eccentric hobby: he is fascinated by public executioners and knows the names of every official executioner England has had since the middle of the 15th century.
In Dracula (1958) , Christopher in the title role had to drop a woman into a coffin. But when he carried her, she was unexpectedly heavy and in trying to drop her into the coffin, Lee also fell into the coffin along with her.
Christopher has starred in three different movies/TV shows in which he had either known or met the (late) author of the original work: Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake), Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) and The Man With The Golden Gun (Ian Fleming, his step-cousin).
Christopher was paid $1,360 to play the leading role in Dracula (1958).
Christopher was dear friends with fellow Hammer Horror actor, Peter Cushing.
Christopher is 6' 5" (1.96 m) tall.
It is rumoured that Christopher is related to General Robert E.Lee.
Christopher's stepfather (his mother's second husband) was the maternal uncle of writer Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame). Lee and Ian Fleming are therefore step-cousins.
Christopher is from an acting dynasty, his great-grandparents founded the first Australian opera company.
The white coffin used in one of Christopher's Dracula films was later used in Bananarama's pop video "Venus."
Christopher appears on the album cover Band on the Run, performed by Paul McCartney's band Wings .
Christopher is a classically trained singer.
Christopher did all his own stunt work and lightsabre fighting in Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones, which is very impressive, considering he was eighty years old at the time of the shooting!
Christopher reads the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy every year. As a result, he was the only cast member of the LOTR movies who did not have to be told what his character was like by Peter Jackson. He already knew his character of Saruman inside and out.
Christopher turned down the Hal Holbrook role in The Fog (1980).
Christopher is possibly the only actor who has portrayed three different Sherlock Holmes characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes and Henry Baskerville.
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