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Christopher Lee

1922 - 2015

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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning more than sixty years, Lee became known as an actor with a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Lee is the 49th most popular actor (up from 61st in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Actor.

Christopher Lee is most famous for his role as Count Dracula in the Hammer Horror films.

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Among actors, Christopher Lee ranks 49 out of 13,578. Before him are Debbie Reynolds, Paul Newman, Charles Bronson, Gina Lollobrigida, Terence Hill, and Michael Douglas. After him are Shah Rukh Khan, Ingrid Bergman, Catherine Deneuve, Harrison Ford, Chuck Norris, and Anthony Quinn.

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Among people born in 1922, Christopher Lee ranks 5. Before him are Kurt Vonnegut, José Saramago, Yitzhak Rabin, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. After him are Judy Garland, Stan Lee, Hiroo Onoda, Norodom Sihanouk, Franjo Tuđman, Thomas Kuhn, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Among people deceased in 2015, Christopher Lee ranks 8. Before him are Lee Kuan Yew, B.B. King, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Charles H. Townes, Günter Grass, and Lemmy. After him are Tomas Tranströmer, Nicholas Winton, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Demis Roussos, Terry Pratchett, and Omar Sharif.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 136 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward I of England (1239), Edward Elgar (1857), Diana, Princess of Wales (1961), Henry VII of England (1457), Paul McCartney (1942), and Alfred the Great (849). After him are Mary Shelley (1797), William Harvey (1578), Catherine Parr (1512), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), Henry Morgan (1635), and Rosalind Franklin (1920).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 6. Before him are Charlie Chaplin (1889), Anthony Hopkins (1937), Richard Burton (1925), Sean Connery (1930), and Elizabeth Taylor (1932). After him are Alan Rickman (1946), Liam Neeson (1952), Maggie Smith (1934), Ian McKellen (1939), Michael Caine (1933), and Rowan Atkinson (1955).

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