Once declared himself an unconditional fan of Gene Hackman.
One of his favorite bands is the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, and he has also appeared on one of their album (listen to the speech in the intro on the song "Unholy Warcry" on the album "The Dark Secret"). Lee also appears on the Rhapsody single "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream", where he does a duet with Rhapsody vocalist Fabio Leoni in English, German, Italian and French versions of the song.
One of the few actors who has portrayed three different Sherlock Holmes characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes and Sir Henry Baskerville.
One of the most prolific actors of all time, he has acted in nearly 230 films, although he later admitted that his film work was not always chosen on quality but often on whether they could support his family. His peak years of productivity were 1955 and 1970, as Lee starred in nine films in both years.
Played King Haggard in both the animated and live-action versions of The Last Unicorn (1982).
Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy once a year for decades, long before the film series ever got started.
Released the music album "Christopher Lee: Revelation" in the United Kingdom in October 2006. It includes songs like "The Toreador March", "O Sole Mio", "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "My Way".
Served in the British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1941 to 1946. During that time, he was an active member of the Special Forces.
Shot all his scenes for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) in one day.
Since his feature film debut in Corridor of Mirrors (1948) in 1948, he has had at least one film role every year except for 1995 and 2006.
Speaks very good French, good enough to understand questions and give long replies in a press conference.
Sustained an injury to his hand while filming a swordfight with a slightly drunk Errol Flynn for The Dark Avenger (1955).
The blooddripping fangs worn by Lee in many of his vampire films were created by Irish dental technician Sean Mulhall.
The white coffin used in one of his Dracula films was later used in Bananarama's music video "Venus".
Turned down Donald Pleasence's role in Halloween (1978). (He later remarked that this was his biggest mistake.)
Two of his roles have been as leaders of a separatist movement. The first was Jinnah (1998), about Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. The second was in the "Star Wars" series as Count Dooku, the former mentor of Qui-Gon Jinn.
Uncle of Harriet Walter.
Wanted to attend the Heavy Metal Festival Earthshaker Fest in 2005 to support his favorite bands, the Italian band "Rhapsody" and the American band Manowar, but had to cancel at the last moment because of an important filming appointment. He recorded a message to the fans in advance, which was shown right before "Rhapsody" appeared on-stage.
Was a very good friend of Josip Broz Tito, a partisan leader and a president of a former country of Yugoslavia.
Was made "Officier des arts et lettres" by French culture minister J.J. Aillagon on December 11th 2002.