Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (Order of the British Empire), CStJ (Venerable Order of Saint John) (born 27 May 1922) is an English (English people) actor. He initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror (Hammer Film Productions) films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (The Wicker Man (1973 film)) (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (The Man with the Golden Gun (film)) (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars series, as well as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (The Lord of the Rings film trilogy). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistans founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (Jinnah (film)) (1998). Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948.

Lee was knighted (Knight Bachelor) in the Queens Birthday Honours in 2009.