Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ was an English actor, author, and singer. In an extremely long career, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimately playing the role nine times. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, Count Dooku in several Star Wars films, and Saruman in both the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the Hobbit film trilogy.