Editing Christopher Lee (section)

== Honours and legacy ==
{{See also|Christopher Lee filmography}}

Lee was the subject of the BBC's ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1974, where he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]].{{sfn|Pohle|Hart|Baldwin|2017|p=329}} In 1994, for his influence on the horror genre, he received the [[Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Horror Writers Association – Lifetime Achievement Award |url=http://horror.org/awards/laawd.htm|access-date=11 June 2023 |website=horror.org}}</ref> In 1997, he was appointed a [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John]].<ref name="LG 16 January 1997">{{London Gazette |issue=54652 |date=16 January 1997 |page=595}}</ref> On 16 June 2001, as part of [[2001 Birthday Honours|that year's]] [[Birthday Honours|Queen's Birthday Honours]], Lee was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] "for services to Drama."<ref name="LG 16 June 2001">{{London Gazette |issue=56237 |date=16 June 2001 |pages=7–8 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 June 2001 |title=Dudley Moore celebrates CBE |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1390310.stm|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref> He was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] "For services to Drama and to Charity" on 13 June as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours [[2009 Birthday Honours|in 2009]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59090 |date=13 June 2009 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref> The French government made him a [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Commander of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor who made Count Dracula role his own |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/actor-who-made-count-dracula-role-his-own-1.2247803 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=24 July 2021 |date=13 June 2015}}</ref>

Lee was named 2005's "most marketable star in the world" in a ''[[USA Today]]'' newspaper poll, after three of the films he appeared in grossed US$640&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=4 January 2006 |title=In brief: Christopher Lee 'most bankable' star |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jan/04/news1|access-date=11 June 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2010, he was identified as the [[IMDb]] member with the greatest [[closeness centrality]], implying he was the [[Centrality|best-connected]] person in the business.<ref>{{cite book |last=Newman |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Newman |title=Networks: An Introduction |year=2010 |url=http://math.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/xiaodong/course/Networks%20An%20introduction.pdf |chapter=Chapter 7 |isbn=978-0-19-920665-0 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |edition=1st |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728132820/http://math.sjtu.edu.cn/faculty/xiaodong/course/Networks%20An%20introduction.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2008, Lee in his role as Count Dracula featured on a [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2000–2009|commemorative UK postage stamp]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]] to mark 50 years since the release of ''Dracula'' (1958) by [[Hammer Films]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dracula sinks his teeth into Royal Mail history |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/dracula-sinks-his-teeth-into-royal-mail-history-jxdwsnc7npx |access-date=22 September 2022 |work=The Sunday Times}}</ref> In 2010, Lee received the Spirit of Hammer award at the [[Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards]], for his contribution to the metal genre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metal Hammer Golden Gods Winners |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/metal-hammer-golden-gods-winners// |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 June 2010 |title=Metal Hammer honour for Sir Christopher Lee |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10316731|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref> In 2011, Lee was awarded a [[BAFTA Fellowship]];<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12395181 |title=Christopher Lee to receive Bafta Fellowship |work=[[BBC News]] |date=8 February 2011| access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> he received a [[British Film Institute Fellowship|BFI Fellowship]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 October 2013 |title=Depp surprises Sir Christopher Lee with film award |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-24600683|access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>

In 2011, accompanied by his wife Birgit, and on the 164th anniversary of the birth of Bram Stoker, Lee was honoured with a tribute by [[University College Dublin]], and described his honorary life membership of the UCD Law Society as "in some ways as special as the Oscars".<ref>*[http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1109/leec.html "Christopher Lee honoured by UCD"]. ''RTÉ Ten''. 9 November 2011.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110064511/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1109/leec.html |date=10 November 2011}}
* Byrne, Luke. [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fangs-for-the-memories-as-legend-lee-honoured-2929338.html "Fangs for the memories as legend Lee honoured"]. ''[[Irish Independent]]''. 9 November 2011.</ref> He was awarded the Bram Stoker Gold Medal by the Trinity College Philosophical Society, of which Stoker had been president, and a copy of ''Collected Ghost Stories of MR James'' by Trinity College's School of English.<ref>{{cite news |last=Duncan |first=Pamela |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1109/breaking53.html |title=Lee receives Bram Stoker award |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=9 November 2011 |access-date=10 January 2022 |archive-date=10 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110184331/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1109/breaking53.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>