Christopher Lee

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1922 age 0

   Born

2. 1948 age 26

   CreditHamlet

3. 1951 age 29

   CreditQuo Vadis

4. 1952 age 30

   CreditMoulin Rouge

5. 1958 age 36

   CreditDracula

6. 1959 age 37

   CreditThe Hound of the Baskervilles

7. 1965 age 43

   CreditThe Greatest Story Ever Told

8. 1973 age 51

   CreditThe Three Musketeers

   CreditThe Wicker Man

9. 1974 age 52

   CreditThe Man with the Golden Gun

10. 1979 age 57

    Credit1941

11. 1990 age 68

    CreditGremlins 2: The New Batch

12. 1999 age 77

    CreditSleepy Hollow

13. 2001 age 79

    CreditThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

14. 2002 age 80

    CreditStar Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

    CreditThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

15. 2003 age 81

    CreditThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

16. 2005 age 83

    CreditCharlie and the Chocolate Factory

    CreditStar Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

17. 2007 age 85

    CreditSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    CreditThe Golden Compass

18. 2010 age 88

    CreditAlice in Wonderland

19. 2011 age 89

    CreditHugo

    CreditSeason of the Witch

20. 2012 age 90

    CreditDark Shadows

    CreditThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

21. 2014 age 92

    CreditThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

22. 2015 age 93

    Died

• HSHoward Shore6 titles
• JDJohnny Depp6 titles
• HWHugo Weaving5 titles
• PJPeter Jackson5 titles
• FWFran Walsh5 titles
• PBPhilippa Boyens5 titles
• IMIan McKellen5 titles
• CBCate Blanchett5 titles
• ALAndrew Lesnie5 titles
• RTRichard Taylor5 titles

• I never thought of him as a vampire, ever. I mean, the blood is the life. That's one thing you have to bear in mind. And it is for all of us, isn't it? Here's a man who is immortal. Here is a man who, through being immortal, is a lost soul. Here is a man who experiences the loneliness of evil, something he can't control, who wants to die but there is a force in him, a malefic force, which drives him to do these terrible things. I said earlier the character is heroic, based on the real man - a war leader and a national hero, I may say, in Romania to this day - Vlad the Impaler. Certainly a bloodthirsty character, without a doubt. I also told you that the character is romantic - so he is, as far as women are concerned, and erotic. And there's, of course, the obvious association with the bite in a sexual sense, if you like. So I tried to put all those particular characteristics into the character. It appears that I succeeded.

  Christopher Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Fun seems to be a three-letter word these days, although with directors like Tim Burton and George Lucas, it's fun, fun, fun while working yourself to death. But if you compare those Hammer movies to what has been made in the last 20 years - Brian de Palma, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Wes Craven, Tim Burton and Peter Jackson have all said the same thing to me: 'We were brought up on your movies.' And it certainly shows in theirs.

  Christopher Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0

• He looked like a miniature Edward G. Robinson, and had the vigour of six, with the promiscuity of six for that matter, as if he wanted to make the most of every second of a life that would not be very long.

  Christopher Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0

• That is real horror and blood. When the Second World War finished I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I’d seen dreadful, dreadful things, without saying a word. So seeing horror depicted on film doesn't affect me much.

  Christopher Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0