Christopher Lee
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The ThumbScore for Christopher Lee (83.1%) is the average audience approval rating across 24 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Christopher's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning over 60 years, he became known as an actor with tremendous screen presence and a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in June 2009 by King Charles III (when Charles was the Prince of Wales), received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013. Lee gained fame for portraying Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in two Star Wars films (2002–2005) and Saruman in both The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014). Lee frequently appeared opposite his friend Peter Cushing in horror films and had roles in five Tim Burton films late in his career, including Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012).
With his operatic bass voice, Lee sang on The Wicker Man soundtrack, performing Paul Giovanni's composition, "The Tinker of Rye." He sang the closing credits song of the 1994 horror film Funny Man. In 1977, Lee appeared on Peter Knight and Bob Johnson's (from Steeleye Span) concept album The King of Elfland's Daughter. Lee's first contact with heavy metal music came by singing a duet with Fabio Lione, lead vocalist of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire on the single "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream" from their 2004 album Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret, although Lee only performs backing vocals on the album version. Later, he appeared as a narrator and backing vocalist on the band's four albums Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret, Triumph or Agony, The Frozen Tears of Angels, and From Chaos to Eternity, as well as on the EP The Cold Embrace of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony, portraying the Wizard King. Lee worked with Manowar while they were recording a new version of their first album, Battle Hymns, replacing the original voiceover of Orson Welles, who died in 1985.
Born 1922-05-27 in Westminster, London, England, UK. Died 2015-06-07.
On ThumbScore, Christopher Lee appears in 24 films with an average audience score of 83.1%, most frequently in the Adventure genre.
