克里斯托弗·李，英国演员。父母都是职业军人。在离婚后不久，李的母亲嫁给了一位银行家，14到17岁之间，李进入惠灵顿公学就读，毕业后成了航运公司的职员。

　　40年代末期，退伍后的李投身表演，1米96的高大身材和邪恶的面貌特质让他很快成为恶魔的化身，随后的20年间，他出演了大量恐怖电影，代表作包括《科学怪人的诅咒》、《傅满洲的城堡》《恐怖吸血鬼》和《永眠的诅咒》等。70年代中期，厌倦了以往戏路的他开始尝试出演主流电影，陆续出演了《福尔摩斯秘史》、《豪情三剑客》和《铁金刚大破金枪客》等。

　　随着这些影片的成功，李开始引起好莱坞的关注，转战好莱坞的他出现在大量经典影片之中，其在《星球大战》系列影片和《魔戒三部曲》中的出色表演给观众留下了深刻印象。

　　今年已经89岁，演了60年电影，用大器晚成来形容克里斯托弗·李已经有点不合适，因为他在人生的暮年才逐渐被影迷们所认识，虽然他演过60年的电影，但大部分都不是主流电影。直到魔幻巨片《指环王》寻找白衣巫师萨罗曼的演员时，当时已经78岁的克里斯托弗意识到，自己闪光的时刻到来了。《指环王》改编自同名魔幻小说，克里斯托弗年轻时就酷爱这部小说，他每次看时都要从头到尾重新阅读一遍，对其中的人物和台词可谓了如指掌。凭借这份精力和高大强壮的形象，他得到了大反派萨茹曼的角色。果然，影片《指环王》上映后，克里斯托弗·李名声大增，他扮演的萨茹曼不仅形似，而且神似，得到了影迷们的一致夸奖。连续三集《指环王》落幕后，克里斯托夫已经成为了欧美影坛最受人尊敬的老演员了。

Early life

born in Wallingford, Berkshire, son of stage actor Malcolm Keen.He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He then joined the Little Repertory Theatre in Bristol for whom he made his stage debut in 1932. After a year in repertory he stayed for a year in Cannes before being accepted for a place at the London School of Economics. In a last-minute change of mind, he entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal after only one year. He had just joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1939 when the war started. Keen enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, though also managed to appear in an Army instructional film for Carol Reed

Career

He made his full film debut in 1946 in Riders of the New Forest but soon appeared in better known films for Reed such as Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). He quickly became one of the busiest character actors, typically doing five films a year. He also continued to perform on stage, for instance as Iachimo in Peter Hall's 1957 production of Cymbeline, and a sadistic Turkish General in Terence Rattigan's controversial play Ross (1960).

Keen was cast mainly as establishment figures, including ministers, senior police officers and military figures, though he also appeared in working class roles in Chance of a Lifetime (1950) and Millions Like Us (1943). He often portrayed balding, cold-hearted, and sarcastic executives or lawyers. On television, he was one of the leads in BBC TV's long-running drama about the oil industry, The Troubleshooters, between 1965 and 1972.

On the big screen, he played the role of Minister of Defence Frederick Gray in six James Bond films between 1977-1987

He also appeared in notable films as The Spanish Gardener, Doctor Zhivago, Cromwell, and Born Free, as well as in numerous TV programmes. He even appeared in the Hammer Horror Film Taste the Blood of Dracula

In all, Keen had appeared in 100 films before he retired in 1991