Who has had the distinction of portraying Counts Dooku and Dracula, The Man With the Golden Gun and Middle-earth’s treacherous wizard Saruman?

If your answer is Christopher Lee, you’re only half right — it’s Sir Christopher Lee to you, now.

The 87-year-old Hammer Studios alumnus was knighted Saturday by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, along with X2: X-Men United actor Alan Cumming and celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon.

(Via Underwire)

See also:

• 10 long years in the shadow of ‘The Phantom Menace’
• Review: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’
  
• Can’t wait 3 years for ‘The Hobbit’?

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