Is an honorary member of three stuntmen's unions.

According to his 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.

Has worked with three James Bonds: Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Pierce Brosnan in "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I) (mini), and Daniel Craig in The Golden Compass (2007).

The white coffin used in one of his Dracula films was later used in Bananarama 's pop video "Venus".

Has worked with three different Gollums. The first Gollum, Brother Theodore, provided a voice in The Last Unicorn (1982). The second, Peter Woodthorpe, appeared with him in The Odyssey (1997) (TV). The last, Andy Serkis, appeared with him in the Lord of the Rings films.

Sustained an injury to his hand while filming a swordfight with a slightly drunk Errol Flynn for The Dark Avenger (1955).

Was upset about the deletion of his death scene in the theatrical version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). However, the scene was put back into the Extended Edition which is seen as the definitive version.

As of 2006, he has appeared in 227 films.

Is a Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

He has one child, Christina Erika Lee (b. November 23rd 1963) with his wife Birgit Kroencke Lee (Gitte Lee).

Was originally offered the role of Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). He turned it down and the role eventually went to his good friend Peter Cushing.

In 1972 he founded Charlemagne Productions Ltd.

According to his official website: He speaks French, Italian, Spanish and German and can "get along" in Swedish, Russian and Greek.

He struggled to get work early in his career as a supporting actor because almost all the male stars were shorter than he.

He studied at Summerfield Preparatory School and attended Wellington College.

Uncle of Harriet Walter.

One of his favorite bands is the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, and he has also appeared on one of their album (listen to the speech in the intro on the song "Unholy Warcry" on the album "The dark secret"). Lee also appears on the Rhapsody single "The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream", where he does a duet with Rhapsody vocalist Fabio Leoni in English, German, Italian and French versions of the song.

As Darth Tyranus, he plays the first Sith apprentice to act in both body and voice.

He is of noble Italian ancestry on his mother's side (Carandini).

He made his stage debut in school as the demonic lead in "Rumpelstiltskin," a sign of things to come.

In Dracula (1958), Lee in the title role had to drop a woman into a grave, but when he carried her, she was unexpectedly heavy and in trying to drop her into the grave, Lee also fell in with her.

His 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.

Has played a staggering amount of Victorian characters. He played Count Dracula ten times, Dr. Fu Manchu five times, Sherlock Holmes three times, Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother) once and Sir Henry Baskerville (a friend of Holmes) once. He also appeared in The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) and I, Monster (1971), adaptations of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", among others.

During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Air Force and in British Intelligence.

His films have made more money than any other actor's in history. As of May 2006, five of his films ('The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy and the two "Star Wars" films in which he played Count Dooku) had total grosses in excess of $4.4 billion. Even without considering Lee's other appearances dating back to 1948, his totals considerably surpass the figures of #3 billion and #3.8 billion claimed by Harrison Ford and Samuel L. Jackson, respectively.

As a veritable J.R.R. Tolkien expert and the only member of the cast who had met Tolkien himself, he often visited the Production department on the sets of the various "Lord of the Rings" movies to give advice and tips on the various attributes of the films.

In a bonding of two generations of Frankenstein's monsters, Lee and his wife were good friends with Boris Karloff and his wife. This friendship wasn't as a result of them working together (they made two films together, Corridors of Blood (1958) and Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)) but by the coincidence that they lived next door to each other in England.

One of the most prolific actors of all time, he has acted in nearly 230 films, although he later admitted that his film work was not always chosen on quality but often on whether they could support his family. His peak years of productivity were 1955 and 1970, as Lee starred in nine films in both years.

Was made "Officier des arts et lettres" by French culture minister JJ Aillagon on December 11th 2002.

On July 21st 2004 he 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.

In his role as the title character, The Mummy (1959), in which he co-starred with Peter Cushing, Lee got severely injured in the course of the filming. All that smashing through real glass windows and doors had dislocated his shoulder and pulled his neck muscles, especially when he had to carry an actress with arms fully extended across a swamp, walking as much as 87 yards, which damaged his shoulders considerably.

Two of his roles have been as leaders of a separatist movement. The first was Jinnah (1998), about Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. The second was in the "Star Wars" series as Count Dooku, the former mentor of Qui-Gon Jinn.

Released the music album "Christopher Lee: Revelation" in the UK in October 2006. It includes songs like The Toreador March, O Sole Mio, Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' & My Way.

Wanted to attend the Heavy Metal Festival Earthshaker Fest in 2005 to support his favorite bands, the Italian band Rhapsody and the American band Manowar, but had to cancel at the last moment because of an important filming appointment. He recorded a message to the fans in advance, which was shown right before Rhapsody appeared on-stage.

Has three roles in common with Boris Karloff. They have both played Fu Manchu, The Mummy and Frankenstein's Monster.

From 1948 until present (2004) has had at least one film released every year with the exception of 1995.

He appears in a scene from The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) on screen during the drive-in sequence in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962).

He is the tallest of the many actors who have played Count Dracula.

Both he and his fellow Star Wars Sith Lord, David Prowse, have played Frankenstein's Monster opposite Peter Cushing.

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.

Played King Haggard in both the animated and live-action versions of The Last Unicorn (1982).

Has starred in three different movies/TV shows in which he had either known or met the (late) author of the original work: "Gormenghast" (2000) (mini) (Mervyn Peake), Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) (Ian Fleming, his cousin).

His stepfather (his mother's second husband) was the maternal uncle of writer Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame). Lee and Fleming are therefore step-cousins.

A stunt double performed the stunts and lightsaber fights in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Lee's face was imposed on the double's body. Lee mentioned that in the last 40 years he has done more sword fights than any other actor, but "not any more."

Shot all his scenes for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) in one day.

Like his Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson, he has appeared in films with three generations of Astins.

When he arrived in the recording studio to do the voice over for King Haggard in the original animated version of The Last Unicorn (1982) he came armed with his own copy of the book with certain excerpts marked pertaining to parts of the book that he felt should not have been omitted.

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.

He is possibly the only actor in cinematic history to have achieved a unique trifecta. He has played a Star Wars villain (Count Dooku), a James Bond villain (Francisco Scaramanga), and a classic movie horror monster (Dracula, the Mummy, and Frankenstein`s Monster).

Has worked with three James Bonds: Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Pierce Brosnan in "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I), and Daniel Craig in The Golden Compass (2007).

He was cast as a ballad soloist called The Gentleman Ghost in the film adaption of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, but his role was cut when the ballad numbers were omitted. He never filmed the scenes, however, he was present for the recording session.

His favorite director is Tim Burton.

Although he and Peter Cushing were often mortal enemies on-screen, off screen they were inseparable friends.

Has starred in three movies with Johnny Depp: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sleepy Hollow (1999).

He was one of the few people to voluntarily fight on the Finnish side in the Russo-Finnish winter war in 1939-1940.

Although he has been in well over 200 films, he has very rarely played a hero, having been a villain in perhaps about 85% of his films (even his bit parts lean towards the unsympathetic).

At 6 feet 5 inches, he is entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as "The Tallest Leading Actor"

Speaks very good French, good enough to understand questions and give long replies in a press conference.

From an acting dynasty, his great-grandparents founded the first Australian opera company.

He is fluent in German.

Served in British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1941 to 1946. During that time he was an active member of the Special Forces.

Appears on the album cover "Band on the Run", performed by Paul McCartney`s band `Wings`.

Was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in her birthday honours list. [15 June 2001]

In a radio interview in South Africa, Lee claimed that he held the record for number of film roles by an actor. [2001]

Is listed as the Center of the Hollywood Universe by the Oracle of Kevin Bacon web site at the University of Virginia, because he can be linked to any one in Hollywood on average in 2.59 steps. That is less than either Charlton Heston or Kevin Bacon himself.

The blood dripping fangs worn by Lee in many of his vampire films were created by Irish dental technician Sean Mulhall.

Was one of the judges for the 1995 Miss World beauty pageant.

Vincent Price and Christopher Lee were born on the same day (27th May) and Peter Cushing was born on the 26th.

A distant cousin and frequent golfing partner of Bond creator Ian Fleming, Lee was the author`s personal pick for the role of Dr. No (1962) in the first 007 film. The part, of course, went to actor Joseph Wiseman, who was brilliant. However, fans of the literary Bond might want to check out Lee`s portrayal of Chinese master criminal Fu Manchu, for an idea of how Ian Fleming himself envisioned Dr. No.

Possibly the only actor who has portrayed three different Sherlock Holmes characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes and Henry Baskerville.

Classically trained singer.

Turned down Donald Pleasence`s role in Halloween (1978). (He later remarked that this was his biggest mistake.)

Spouse: Gitte Lee (17 March 1961 - present) 1 child