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Lee played the corrupted wizard Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. The role has been described as "one of the most powerful villains in cinema history", relying on Lee's "physical appearance", in contrast to the Dark Lord Sauron.
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (May 27, 1922 — June 7, 2015) was an English actor, author, and singer who portrayed the wizard Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings (2001 - 2003) and The Hobbit (2012 - 2014) trilogies. Sir Christopher was born on May 27 in Belgravia, Westminster...
Jun 11, 2015 · Actor Christopher Lee has died, but his memory will live on in the absolute crazy stories, poems and songs the world is currently sharing online. For instance, the time Lee gave director Peter...
The beginning of the new millennium relaunched his career to some degree, during which he has played Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and as Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Oct 16, 2022 · Profile. Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE ( 1922 - 2015) [1] was an English actor, who portrayed Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, The Hobbit film trilogy, and read the The Children of Húrin audiobook .
Jun 11, 2015 · June 11, 2015. Christopher Lee, the physically towering British movie actor who lent his distinguished good looks, Shakespearean voice and aristocratic presence to a gallery of villains, from a...
He read the Lord of the Rings trilogy once a year for decades, long before the film series ever even began. He appeared in three different films in which he had either known or met the author of the original work: Gormenghast (2000) ( Mervyn Peake ), The Lord of the Rings ( J.R.R. Tolkien ) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) ( Ian Fleming ...
