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Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker
Date of Birth: 19 April 1981
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Star Wars role: Anakin Skywalker (Episode II & III)
Official Hayden
Info:
Hayden was born in Vancouver, but
his family later moved to the Toronto area, where he went to school. He has a
brother, 27, and two sisters, 25 and 15 years old. His parents are in the
communications business.
Hayden broke into acting in an
unusual way. His older sister did a commercial for Pringles (she was Junior
World Trampoline Champion). When she went to get a talent agent, "there
was no one to baby-sit me and I went along for the ride and they asked me if
I wanted to do some commercials and I said sure," Hayden added. When he
was 12 years old, Christensen had a continuing role in the first Canadian
television soap opera, the daily hour-long Family Passions.
Hayden is a 6-foot-1-inch athlete
who has played everything from hockey to football. He plays competitive beach
paddle tennis with his brother; works out on the trampoline; goes
skateboarding, rollerblading and mountain biking; and has practiced stage
fighting — a skill that Star Wars Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard is certain
to hone even more. "Growing up I played competitive Triple A hockey and
I played competitive tennis and hoped to get a tennis scholarship at
university, but I got a bit sidetracked with acting," he said.
Hayden was most recently seen on the
Fox Family Channel series Higher Ground, and is currently in the Sofia
Coppola film The Virgin Suicides. But he has been acting since he was seven
years old in commercials, theater and television, and has done two other
films: Strike and In the Mouth of Madness. Other recent television credits
include Purple Haze and Free Fall.
Filmography:
- Star Wars: Episode III (2005) .... Anakin
Skywalker
- Star Wars: Episode II (2002) .... Anakin
Skywalker
- Virgin Suicides (2000)
- Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000) .... Orin
Krieg
- Higher Ground (2000) TV Series ....
Scott Barringer
- Freefall (1999) .... Patrick
- No Greater Love (1996) .... Teddy Winfield
- Harrison Bergeron (1995) .... Eric
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995) .... Paper
Boy
- Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
(1995) .... Fletcher #2
- Street Law (1995) .... Young John Ryan
- Macht der Leidenschaft (1994) TV Series .... Skip
McDeere
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Christopher
Lee as Count
Dooku
Birth Name: Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
Date of Birth: 27 May 1922
Place of Birth: London, UK
Official Lee
Info:
Christopher Lee has defined the
macabre for generations of horror film enthusiasts. His long film career
began in 1947. In 1957, Lee appeared in his first Hammer Film Production, The
Curse of Frankenstein, opposite Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin in Star
Wars: A New Hope). With the success of Frankenstein, Lee would go on to star
in numerous Hammer films throughout the 60s and early 70s, often co-starring
with Cushing.
Lee's most legendary role is that of
Dracula, which he first portrayed in 1958's The Horror of Dracula. A
spectacular hit, this film propelled Lee's career to stardom.
"If you think it's easy, you're
not doing your job properly," Lee says of his craft. "If you hear
an actor say he or she isn't nervous, I'm telling you they're not probably
very good at their job. Of course one is nervous because one is trying to
play the character as the character should be played, to the best of one's
abilities. One is trying to give the performance the director wants. And
above all, one is trying to make a contribution to the entire overall story which
is a valid one and has meaning, and would be remembered."
In the 1970s, Lee expanded beyond
horror films to such work as The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, and
The Man With the Golden Gun. In 1972 he founded Charlemagne Productions
Limited. Lee's autobiography, Tall, Dark and Gruesome, was published in 1977
and updated in 1997.
His chiseled, handsome features and
deep voice give his characters a captivating intelligence and class - whether
as a ruthless villain like Dracula or as a noble hero like Sherlock Holmes.
Lee's lengthy filmography includes:
The Face of Fu Manchu, Rasputin: The Mad Monk, Dracula: Prince of Darkness;
Theatre of Death, The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, The Man With the
Golden Gun; 1941 and most recently The Lord of the Rings currently in
production. His 250 film and television credits have earned him a spot in the
Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats for the international star with the
most credits. He has also performed in a multitude of classical theatre productions
from Shakespeare to Coward.
Despite his busy schedule, Lee finds
relaxation in acting. "I think it was Brando who said 'an actor is only
truly himself when he's acting,'" he says. "I think I know what he
meant. An actor only really fulfills himself when he's creating a performance
of a character. Exercising my imagination and instincts as an actor -- if
it's working out correctly and properly -- is amazingly relaxing afterwards.
Not while you're doing it, but afterwards."
Although this is Lee's first involvement
with Star Wars, he is once again collaborating with familiars. Lee appeared
in 1999's Sleepy Hollow, which also boasted Ian McDiarmid (Senator Palpatine)
and Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard.
Christopher Lee lent his
considerable talents to the Austrian, 1917 episode of Lucasfilm's The Young
Indiana Jones Chronicles. As the diplomat Count Ottokar Graf Czernin, Lee
played an obstacle to Young Indy's secret mission to negotiate a peaceful end
to World War I.
"I know many members of that
family," explains Lee. "I knew a lot about this man, who was a very
devious character, indeed. He was the Austrian foreign minister, and he tried
to keep the Austrian Emperor - who in this instance was the last Emperor of
Austria - from sending this letter to the Kaiser, asking for peace. He was a
very sharp, very slippery customer. So I was very glad to do it. I enjoyed it
very much, as I knew members of the Czernin family." This episode is
available on videocassette as Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret
Service.
Of his role in Star Wars, Lee had
this to offer: "It will be more than another part. It will be another
'arrow in my quiver.' I'm looking forward to it enormously."
Filmography:
- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,
The (2003) .... Saruman the White
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The
(2002) .... Saruman the White
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring, The (2001) .... Saruman the White
- In the Beginning (2000) TV Series ....
Rameses
- Gormenghast (2000) TV Series .... Flay
- Interactive Rocky Horror Show, The (1999)
.... Narrator
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) .... Burgomaster
- Jinnah (1998) .... Mohammed Ali Jinnah
- Tale of the Mummy (1998) .... Sir Richard
Turkel
- Ivanhoe (1997) TV Series ....
Lucard de Beaumanoir
- Strictly Supernatural (1997) TV Series ....
Narrator
- Flesh and Blood (1997) .... Himself/Narrator
- Odyssey, The (1997) TV Series ....
Tiresias
- Soul Music (1996) TV Series ....
Death
- Wyrd Sisters (1996) TV Series (voice)
.... Death
- 100 Years of Horror (1996) .... Narrator
- Century of Science Fiction, A (1996) ....
Narrator
- Sorellina e il principe del sogno (1996)
.... Azaret
- Stupids, The (1996) .... Evil Sender
- Moses (1996) .... Ramses
- Many Faces of Christopher Lee, The (1995)
.... Himself
- Feast at Midnight, A (1994) .... V. E.
Longfellow, aka Raptor
- Funny Man (1994) .... Callum Chance
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
.... Commandant Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov
- Death Train (1993) .... General Benin
- Double Vision (1992) .... Mr. Bernard
- Jackpot (1992) .... Cedric
- Journey of Honor (1992) .... King Philip
- Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991) ....
Doctor Pearson
- Incident at Victoria Falls (1991) ....
Sherlock Holmes
- Care of Time, The (1990) .... Zander
- Honeymoon Academy (1990) .... Lazos
- Rainbow Thief, The (1990) .... Uncle Rudolf
- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1990)
.... Sherlock Holmes
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) .... Doctor
Catheter
- Treasure Island (1990) .... Blind Pew
- Around the World in 80 Days (1989) TV Series
- Avaro, L' (1989) .... Cardinale Spinosi
- Chute des aigles, La (1989) .... Walter
Strauss
- Murder Story (1989) .... Willard Hope
- Révolution française, La (1989) .... Sanson
- Return of the Musketeers, The (1989) ....
Rochefort
- Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) (1988) ....
Luis Morel
- Jocks (1987) .... President White
- Shaka Zulu (1987)
- Mio min Mio (1987) .... Kato
- Disputation, The (1986) .... King James of
Aragon
- Girl, The (1986) .... Peter Storm
- Mask of Murder (1985) .... Chief Rich
- Howling II (1985) .... Stefan Crosscoe
- Shaka Zulu (1984) TV Series .... Lord
Bathurst
- Rosebud Beach Hotel, The (1984) .... Mr.
King, the father
- Far Pavilions, The (1984) TV Series ....
Kaka-ji Rao
- House of the Long Shadows (1983) ....
Corrigan/Roderick Grisbane
- New Magic (1983) .... Mr. Kellar
- Return of Captain Invincible, The (1983)
.... Mr. Midnight
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
(1982) .... Prince Philip
- Last Unicorn, The (1982) (voice) .... King
Haggard
- Safari 3000 (1982) .... Lorenzo Borgia
- Massarati and the Brain (1982) .... Victor
Leopold
- Desperate Moves (1981) .... Dr. Carl Boxer
- Salamander, The (1981) .... Rector of
Counterintelligence Major General Prince Magusari
- Goliath Awaits (1981) .... John McKenzie
- Eye for an Eye, An (1981) .... Morgan
Canfield
- Serial (1980) .... Luckman Skull
- Once Upon a Spy (1980) .... Marcus Valorium
- Arabian Adventure (1979) .... Alquazar
- Jaguar Lives! (1979) .... Adam Caine
- Nutcracker Fantasy (1979) .... Uncle
Drosselmeyer/Street Singer/Puppeteer/Watchmaker
- 1941 (1979) .... Captain Wolfgang Von Kleinschmidt
- Bear Island (1979) .... Lechinski
- Captain America II (1979) .... Miguel
- Passage, The (1979) .... Head Gypsy
- Circle of Iron (1979) .... Zetan
- Caravans (1978) .... Sardar Khan
- Return from Witch Mountain (1978) .... Dr.
Victor Gannon
- Harold Robbins' The Pirate (1978) .... Samir
- End of the World (1977) .... Father
Pergado/Zindar
- Meatcleaver Massacre (1977) .... On-screen
narrator
- Starship Invasions (1977) .... Captain
Rameses
- Dracula père et fils (1977) .... Dracula
- Airport '77 (1977) .... Martin Wallace
- Albino (1976) .... Bill
- Keeper, The (1976) .... The Keeper
- To the Devil a Daughter (1976) .... Father
Michael Rayner
- Diagnosis: Murder (1975) .... Doctor Hayward
- Killer Force (1975) .... Major Chilton
- Vem var Dracula? (1975) .... Himself/Vlad Tepes/Count
Dracula
- Dark Places (1974) .... Dr. Mandeville
- Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1974) ....
Count Dracula
- Four Musketeers, The (1974) .... Rochefort
- Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974) ....
Francisco Scaramanga
- Boucher, la star et l'orpheline, Le (1973)
.... Van Krig/Himself
- Creeping Flesh, The (1973) .... James
Hildern
- Wicker Man, The (1973) .... Lord Summerisle
- Three Musketeers, The (1973) .... Rochefort
- Poor Devil (1973) .... Lucifer
- Death Line (1972) .... Stratton-Villiers,
MI5
- Horror Express (1972) .... Professor
Alexander Saxton
- Nothing But the Night (1972) .... Colonel
Charles Bingham
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) .... Count Dracula
- Vampir (1971) .... Himself/Count Dracula
- Hannie Caulder (1971) .... Bailey
- I, Monster (1971) .... Dr. Charles
Marlowe/Edward Blake
- House That Dripped Blood, The (1970) ....
John Reid
- Julius Caesar (1970) .... Artemidorus
- One More Time (1970) (uncredited) ....
Dracula
- Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) ....
Dracula
- Umbracle, El (1970) .... Himself
- Vampir-Cuadecuc (1970)
- Scars of Dracula (1970) .... Dracula
- Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)
.... Mycroft Holmes
- Conde Drácula, El (1970) .... Count Dracula
- Isla de la muerte, La (1969) .... Dolmance
- Night of the Blood Monster (1969) .... Lord
George Jeffreys
- Oblong Box, The (1969) .... Dr. J. Neuhart
- Scream and Scream Again (1969) .... Fremont
- Magic Christian, The (1969) .... Ship's
vampire
- Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Die (1969)
.... Fu Manchu
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) ....
Morley
- Vengeance of Fu Manchu, The (1968) .... Fu
Manchu
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) ....
Dracula
- Blood of Fu Manchu, The (1968) .... Fu
Manchu
- Face of Eve, The (1968) .... Colonel Stuart
- Devil Rides Out, The (1968) .... Duc de
Richleau
- Five Golden Dragons (1967) .... Dragon #4
- Night of the Big Heat (1967) .... Godfrey
Hanson
- Schlangengrube und das Pendel, Die (1967)
.... Count Frederic Regula, Graf von Andomai
- Theatre of Death (1967) .... Philippe Darvas
- Victims of Terror (1967) .... On-screen
narrator
- Brides of Fu Manchu, The (1966) .... Fu
Manchu
- Psycho-Circus (1966) .... Gregor
- Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) .... Grigori
Rasputin
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) ....
Dracula
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) ....
Franklyn Marsh
- Skull, The (1965) .... Sir Matthew Phillips
- Face of Fu Manchu, The (1965) .... Dr. Fu
Manchu
- She (1965) .... Billali
- Castello dei morti vivi, Il (1964) ....
Count Drago
- Gorgon, The (1964) .... Prof. Karl Meister
- Devil-Ship Pirates, The (1964) .... Captain Robeles
- Frusta e il corpo, La (1963) .... Kurt
Menliff
- Maldición de los Karnstein, La (1963) ....
Count Ludwig Karnstein
- Vergine di Norimberga, La (1963) .... Erich
- Longest Day, The (1962) (uncredited) ....
Several bits
- Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes
(1962) .... Sherlock Holmes
- Doctor from Seven Dials (1962) ....
Resurrection Joe
- Pirates of Blood River, The (1962) ....
Captain LaRoche
- Rätsel der roten Orchidee, Das (1962) ....
Captain Allerman
- Ercole al centro della terra (1961) ....
Lyco
- Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen, Das (1961)
.... Ling Chu
- Hands of Orlac, The (1961) .... Nero
- Mains d'Orlac, Les (1961)
- Taste of Fear (1961) .... Doctor Gerrard
- Devil's Agent, The (1961) .... Baron von
Staub
- Terror of the Tongs, The (1961) .... The
Tong Leader
- City of the Dead, The (1960) .... Professor
Alan Driscoll
- Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The (1960) ....
Paul Allen
- Beat Girl (1960) .... Kenny
- Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959) .... Baron
Rodrigo/Uncle Rinaldo
- Too Hot to Handle (1959) .... Novak
- Man Who Could Cheat Death, The (1959) ....
Dr. Pierre Gerard
- Treasure of San Teresa, The (1959) ....
Jaeger
- Mummy, The (1959) .... Kharis, the Mummy
- Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959) ....
Sir Henry Baskerville
- Truth About Women, The (1958) .... François
- Battle of the V.1, The (1958) .... Brunner
- Dracula (1958) .... Count Dracula
- Tale of Two Cities, A (1958/I) .... Marquis
St. Evremonde
- Amère victoire (1957) .... Sergeant Barney
- Traitor, The (1957) .... Doctor Neumann
- Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957) .... The
Creature
- Fortune Is a Woman (1957) .... Charles
Highbury
- Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) .... German
officer at dentists
- Alias John Preston (1956) .... David
Garrity, alias John Preston
- Battle of the River Plate, The (1956) ....
Manolo
- Beyond Mombasa (1956) .... Gil Rossi
- Port Afrique (1956) .... Franz Vermes
- Private's Progress (1956) .... General Von
Linbeck's Aide
- Crossroads (1955/I) .... The Ghost
- Dark Avenger, The (1955) .... Captain of the
Guards
- Final Column (1955)
- Man in Demand (1955)
- Police Dog (1955) .... Johnny, a constable
- Storm Over the Nile (1955) .... Karaga Pasha
- Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955) ....
Submarine Commander
- That Lady (1955) .... Segovian
Groom/Aide-de-Camp to the King/Captain of the Guard/Salamancan
Assassin/Rider on Arab Horse
- Destination Milan (1954)
- Innocents in Paris (1952) .... Lieutenant
Whitlock
- Moulin Rouge (1952) .... Georges Seurat
- Top Secret (1952)
- Babes in Bagdad (1952) .... Slave dealer
- Paul Temple Returns (1952) .... Sir Felix
Raybourne
- Crimson Pirate, The (1952) .... Joseph
(Attache)
- Valley of Eagles (1951) .... Det. Holt
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) ....
Spanish Captain
- Prelude to Fame (1950) .... Newsman
- They Were Not Divided (1950) .... Chris
Lewis
- Trottie True (1949) .... Bongo
- Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) ....
Jonathan Blair
- Scott of the Antarctic (1948) .... Bernard
Day
- Hamlet (1948) .... Spear carrier
- Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) .... Duke
Anthony von Wolfenbuttel
- My Brother's Keeper (1948) .... Second
Constable
- Song of Tomorrow (1948) .... Auguste
- One Night with You (1948) .... Pirelli's
Assistant
- Corridor of Mirrors (1948) .... Charles
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