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Christopher Lee

actor
Born: 5/27/1922
Birthplace: London, England

True to the title of his autobiography, Tall, Dark, and Gruesome (1977), Lee has distinguished himself in dark and sinister roles, playing Rasputin and appearing numerous times as Fu Manchu and Dracula. Eerie examples from his dozens of films include Curse of Frankenstein (1957), The Mummy (1959), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), House of the Long Shadows (1982), and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). He is playing the wizard Saruman in the huge live-action The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the first installment, The Fellowship of the Ring, to be released in 2001.

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More on Christopher Lee from Infoplease:

Christopher Lee - Biography of Christopher Lee, Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy
The Mummy (1959) - Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer
Horror Express - Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio PeÃ±a
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse - Starring Jean Reno, BenoÃ®t Magimel, Christopher Lee, Camille Natta, Johnny Hallyday
The Curse of Frankenstein - Starring Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee, Melvyn Hayes

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