Christopher Lee was 78 in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring when he played the character 'Saruman'.
That was over 22 years ago in 2001.
In 2015 he died aged 93, starring in 288 films in his career, 66 of those after The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was first released. If he were alive today he would be 102.
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, I think Christopher Lee looks: