After it emerged Thursday that British character actor Christopher Lee had died, fellow actors and other noted people took to Twitter to mourn the passing of the actor who had appeared in over 250 productions. Lee was known for playing iconic villains such as Dracula, and most recently Saruman the White in the Lord of The Rings trilogy.
His LOTR costar Dominic Monaghan weighed in:
Other actors did too:
As well as the man who played James Bond to his eponymous villain in The Man With the Golden Gun:
Musicians spoke out:
And even the Mayor of London and the UK Prime Minister expressed their condolences:
Christopher Lee’s Career in Pictures
![The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee and Daliah Lavi in The Whip and the Body (1963)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1963).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-17.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man (1973).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee and Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-9.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee in House of the Long Shadows (1983).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee in Howling II- ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Gremlins 2: New Batch (1990)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-16.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee in Star Wars- Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars- Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-7.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee and Paz Vega in Triage (2009).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-18.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee and Charlotte Rampling in Boogie Woogie (2009).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee and Gary Stretch in The Heavy (2010).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee in The Resident (2011).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee in Season of the Witch (2011).](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-15.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Christopher Lee and Asa Butterfield in Hugo (2011)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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