How old was Christopher Lee in the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?

Christopher Lee was 89 in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey when he played the character 'Saruman'.

That was over 11 years ago in 2012.

In 2015 he died aged 93, starring in 288 films in his career, 14 of those after The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was first released. If he were alive today he would be 101.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, I think Christopher Lee looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Peter Jackson has worked with Christopher Lee a total of 5 times in his career.
  • Christopher Lee's first movie was as 'Charles' in Corridor of Mirrors, released in 1948 when he was 24
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey scores 7.32 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Christopher Lee's other movies