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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, author, and World War II veteran. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005).
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 considered his best performance to be that of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998), and his best film to be the British horror film The Wicker Man (1973). He frequently appeared opposite Peter Cushing in Hammer Horror films, and late in his career had roles in six Tim Burton films.
Christopher Lee Meng Soon (born 23 July 1971) is a Malaysian Singapore-based actor, host and singer.
Lee studied up to form 5 in Sekolah Menangah Seri Kota, Air Leleh, Malacca, Malaysia. He was an active student in school, serving as a prefect and representing his school in rugby competitions. He has an older sister and two younger brothers, the youngest being Frederick Lee Meng Chong, who is also an actor and model in Malaysia.
Lee joined TCS (later MediaCorp) on a contract in 1995 after emerging as 1st runner-up in the male category of the Star Search programme in 1995. He worked as a model before becoming an actor. Lee first started acting in Chinese-language television dramas produced by Channel 8.
Lee rose to prominence in his career after winning the Best Actor award at the Star Awards 1997 for his role as a hanjian in the television drama The Price of Peace, set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. In 1998, he starred as Yang Guo in The Return of the Condor Heroes, an adaptation of Louis Cha's novel of the same title. He was voted in as Taiwan's Most Popular MediaCorp Male Artiste at the Star Awards 1998 for his performance. Since then, Lee has acted in many television series jointly-produced by Singapore and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, co-starring with actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, such as Nadia Chan, Vincent Chiao, Jimmy Lin and Jordan Chan.
Christopher Lee is a chef who specializes in New American cuisine.
Lee received his culinary education from the California Culinary Academy and later went on to work at many restaurants in New York City and San Francisco, such as Restaurant Daniel, under Chef Daniel Boulud, Jean Georges, and The Fifth Floor.
Chef Lee's career took off when he accepted the sous chef position at seafood restaurant Oceana in New York, under chef Cornelius Gallagher. The restaurant received glowing reviews from The New York Times and The New York Post. Afterward, Chef Lee was recruited by Gotham Bar and Grill's Alfred Portale for the chef de cuisine position at Stephen Starr's remake of the Striped Bass, in Philadelphia. Lee quickly rose to the executive chef position.
In August 2006, Chef Lee moved back to New York to accept the Executive Chef position at Gilt, which earned him international acclaim. The restaurant received four stars from Crain's New York Business, and under Chef Lee's guidance, Gilt also earned its first-ever Michelin 2-star rating.
Christopher Lee (September 4, 1964 – December 22, 2012) was an Asian-American transgender activist and filmmaker in the San Francisco Bay Area community. He was also the co-founder of Tranny Fest, now called the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF). Lee’s death and the designation of his assigned gender at birth on his death certificate rather than his self-identified gender was the impetus behind the “Respect After Death Act” or AB 1577 Bill which was passed in California on September 26, 2014.
Christopher Lee was born in San Diego, California. His biological family includes his father Curtis Lee, mother Helen Lee Rios, uncle Charles Thorne, sisters Sabrina Lim, Roberta Lee, Melinda Tolmie, and Lori VanSteenberge. Christopher also identifies with two other families who are the Scott-Chung family of Oakland, CA, and the Hadley Carranza family. The Scott-Chung family includes MeiBeck (Chino) and Maya Scott-Chung, their daughter Luna and MeiBeck’s (Chino’s) mother Teresa Chung. The Hadley Carranza family includes Jae Carranza/J Zapata, Cosmo Joseph Hadley Carranza and Lisa Marie Hadley. Lee was also in a relationship with his boyfriend, Spencer F.
Christopher David Lee (born 28 March 1947) is an Australian award-winning scriptwriter who has been an Australian Associated Press journalist and foreign correspondent and has worked as a script consultant in New Zealand, Singapore and New York. He has won an AFI Award and four AWGIE Awards and is the recipient of a Centenary Medal and a Queensland Premier’s Literary Award.
Lee is the son of a country doctor and grew up in western New South Wales. He attended Newington College (1962-1964) as a boarder and studied at Sydney University (BA) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
He was the creator and writer of the ABC drama series Stringer, head writer and then script executive of the ABC-BBC drama series Police Rescue. He wrote four of the six Cody telemovies, and was co-creator and Head Writer of Big Sky. He was an originating writer (with Judi McCrossin) of The Secret Life of Us and co-creator and Head Writer of the short-lived soapie Echo Point. He is the co-creator of the television series Rush. He wrote the SBS teleplay That Man’s Father, co-wrote the telemovie, Secret Men's Business (with Nicholas Hammond) and wrote the 4-hour mini-series Do or Die. Most recently, Lee has been the writer of the 2011 mini-series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo and the 2012 mini-series Howzat! Kerry Packer's War.
Christopher Hoiles Lee is Founder and Managing Partner of AIG Highstar Capital, a fourth generation fund manager, was formed in 1998 to make value added, operationally focused private equity investments in infrastructure and has invested over $5 billion for its limited partners and co-investors.
Lee graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1974 with a BA in history. He attended the London School of Economics during 1975. Prior to founding Highstar,. his career in finance began in 1977, including periods with Chase Manhattan and Lehman Brothers, and as CFO of a NYSE listed company based in Mexico City, Grupo Tribasa. He has a particular expertise in public private partnerships, and appears in the media on infrastructure related issues.
Recently he co-authored an Op Ed for Politico with Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Ports America's recent 50-year PPP in the Port of Baltimore.
He serves as a member of both the Board of Trustees of Johns Hopkins. and the Dean's Advisory Board for the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins. He is also a Vice Chair of the South Street Seaport Museum in New York.
I took this part out of a whole interview because I wanted to preserve the essence of that interview. I thought this part was the most important message and could make a real difference in the life of a person. Often we just need to hear the right words in the right moment to have a lifelong positive impact on our life. Thank you for all the love in the comments for this great man! Great actor, smart man, good man. He was a rare individual.
Peter Jackson tries to tell Christopher Lee how to do a scene
Discover the linguistic abilities of the British actor Christopher Lee as he speaks five different languages: English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. In addition to these, Lee also had the ability to communicate in Swedish, Russian, and Greek, showcasing his remarkable polyglot skills. This video highlights his diverse language skills and his efforts to engage with various audiences around the world.
this is a moment from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey appendices. it’s my favourite moment from them and out of respect for him and in light of his death, i reckon everyone should see him in his final glory. oh yeah and please be respectful in the comments. i’ve seen some that aren’t really nice.
A clip from the 1996 documentary: "The Many Faces of Christopher Lee."
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Christopher Lee had one of the most fascinating lives of all time - From fighting Nazis to holding not one but THREE Guinness World Records to playing some truly iconic film roles, beloved actor 00:59 War Hero 02:08 Guinness World Record Holder 03:31 Related to Charlemagne 05:05 Witness to History 06:07 Opera Singer 07:02 Mt Vesuvius 07:26 Met Rasputin's Assassins 08:10 Met Tolkien 08:37 Heavy Metal Singer 09:48 Dracula 10:47 The Occult 11:20 The Wicker Man 12:21 Man of Many Languages 12:57 Band on the Run 13:58 Hosted SNL #christopherlee #reallifebadass #weirdhistory
Chrissie Mayr Podcast Recording with Mark Christopher Lee - UFO Expert! Mark Christopher Lee is the writer and creator of a new Amazon Prime documentary on the royal interest in UFO's, entitled 'The King of UFOs'. The King of UFOs is a new entertaining thought-provoking documentary which explores the British royal family’s interest in UFOS and the unexplained - appealing to both UFO believers and fans of The Crown! It's out now streaming on Amazon Prime. They discuss Mark's back story, how he got into UFOs, his indie band and more! #chrissiemayr #ufo #markchristopherlee The Great US Treasure Hunt: www.thegreatustreasurehunt.com We've got another nationwide treasure hunt coming up, with clue books in a comic book format. Pre-order with code CMP to save $5. 10 states! 10 coins! $10,000 u...
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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, author, and World War II veteran. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Count Dooku in the final two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005).
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 considered his best performance to be that of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998), and his best film to be the British horror film The Wicker Man (1973). He frequently appeared opposite Peter Cushing in Hammer Horror films, and late in his career had roles in six Tim Burton films.
(Reporters) We are here to interview a lady known to you because of her ability as the glamorous, amorous lady they call...
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