Christopher has three roles in common with Boris Karloff. They have both played "Fu Manchu," "The Mummy" and "Frankenstein's Monster."
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Both Christopher and his fellow Star Wars Sith Lord, David Prowse, have played "Frankenstein's Monster" opposite Peter Cushing.
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Christopher sustained an injury to his hand while filming a swordfight with a slightly drunk Errol Flynn for The Dark Avenger (1955).
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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.
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Christopher is an honorary member of three stuntmen's unions.
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Christopher appeared in the play The Constant Nymph in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play As You Like It in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play Libel in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play See Naples and Die in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play By Candlelight in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play Man and Superman as the Devil in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play Major Barbara in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play Othello in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play The Wishing Well in 1948 in Worthing, England, UK.
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Christopher appeared in the play The Flat Next Door in 1949 in London, England, UK.
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Christopher recorded a double cassette reading of four tales by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Christopher did the voice over for the TV commercial for Save The Children in 2002.
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In 2003, Christopher won the Living Treasure Award at the Seattle Film Critics Awards.
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In 2002, 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 Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
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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).
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In 2002, Christopher & co. won the PFCS Award for Best Acting Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
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In 2003, Christopher & co. won the PFCS Award for Best Acting Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
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In 2003, Christopher & co. won the OFCS Award for Best Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
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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).
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In 2002, Christopher was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). He shared the nomination with Ian McKellen.
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In 2003, Christopher won the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).
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In 1994, Christopher received the Dilys Powell Award at the London Critics Circle Film Awards.
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In 1984, Christopher won the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actor for his contributions to the fantastc film genre at the Fantasporto.
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In 1993, Christopher received a Career Award at the Fantafestival.
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In 2002, Christopher won a Special Award for lifetime achievement. from the Evening Standard British Film Awards.
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In 2002, Christopher received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Empire Awards, UK.
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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).
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In 1983, Christopher won the Caixa de Catalunya for Best Actor for: House of the Long Shadows (1983). He shared the award with Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and John Carradine.
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In 1979, Christopher received a Life Career Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA.
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In 1979, Christopher was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor for: The Wicker Man (1973).
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In 1980, Christopher was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor for: Arabian Adventure (1979).
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Christopher's mother, Contessa Estelle Marie Carandini di Sarzano, was a noted Edwardian beauty and was painted by John Lavery, Oswald Birley and Olive Snell and sculpted by Clare Sheridan, a cousin of Winston Churchill.
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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.
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Christopher and Vincent Price were born on the same day (27th May), and Peter Cushing was born on the 26th.
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Christopher was one of the judges for the 1995 Miss World beauty pageant.
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Christopher made his stage debut in school as the demonic lead in Rumpelstiltskin, a sign of things to come.
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Christopher struggled to get work early in his career as a supporting actor because almost all the male stars were shorter than he.
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As Darth Tyranus, Christopher plays the first Sith apprentice to act in both body and voice.
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Christopher made "Officier des arts et lettres" by French culture minister JJ Aillagon on December 11th 2002.
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One of Christopher's favorite bands is the Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody.
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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.
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Christopher has one child, a daughter named Christina.
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Christopher founded Charlemagne Productions Ltd. in 1972.
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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.
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As of January 2005, Christopher has appeared in 223 films.
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Christopher speaks French, Italian, Spanish and German and can "get along" in Swedish, Russian and Greek.
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When Christopher arrived in the recording studio to do the voice over for King Haggard in the original The Last Unicorn (1982) he came armed with his own copy of the book with certain excerpts marked that he felt shouldn't have been omitted.
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Christopher volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War against the Soviet Union in 1939.
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Christopher wanted to attend the Heavy Metal Festival Earthshaker Fest in 2005 to support his favorite bands Rhapsody and Manowar, but had to cancel at the last moment because of an important filming appointment.
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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.
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In Christopher's 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.
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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.
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When filming his death scene in LOTR (2001) , in which Christopher is stabbed in the back, he gave Peter Jackson a long description of what actually happens when one is stabbed in that manner. Jackson elected not to ask where he had gotten the info.
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Christopher shot all his scenes for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) in one day.
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Christopher was paid $1,360 to play the leading role in Dracula (1958).
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Christopher has only been married once. He married Gitte Lee in March, 1961, and they are still together today.
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Christopher was dear friends with fellow Hammer Horror actor, Peter Cushing.
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Christopher was close friends with Lord of the Rings writer J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Christopher Lee was one of the first 100 to be honoured with his name set into the pavement in London's 'Avenue of the Stars' in Convent Garden.
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It is rumoured that Christopher is related to General Robert E.Lee.
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At 6 feet 5 inches, Christopher was entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as "The Tallest Leading Actor."
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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.
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Christopher is a Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
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Christopher is from an acting dynasty, his great-grandparents founded the first Australian opera company.
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Christopher is of royal Italian ancestry on his mother's side (Carandini).
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The white coffin used in one of Christopher's Dracula films was later used in Bananarama's pop video "Venus."
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Christopher served in British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1941 to 1946.
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Christopher is the uncle of Harriet Walter.
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Christopher is a classically trained singer.
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Christopher is the only member of the cast and crew of The Lord Of The Rings films to have actually met J.R.R. Tolkien.
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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!
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Christopher was made a Commander Of The Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in her birthday honours list.
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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 Saruman inside and out.
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Christopher holds record in the Guiness World Record book for starring in the most movies ever to date.
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Christopher turned down the Hal Holbrook role in The Fog (1980).
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Christopher turned down the role Donald Pleasence took on the film Halloween (1978).
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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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Christopher has starred in 3 movies with Johnny Depp: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), and Sleepy Hollow (1999) These were also all directed by Tim Burton.
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