10 Insane Facts You Didn't Know About Christopher Lee

3. He Spoke Five Languages Fluently

Christopher Lee was a man of many talents, but did you also know he was a master of languages? Along with English, Lee could speak French, German, Spanish and Italian, his mother's native language. In addition to speaking these five languages fluently, he also claimed he could "get along" in Greek, Russian and Swedish. Which is the kind of understatement you should probably expect from someone who was used to setting world records like it was a recreational sport. Early on, Lee was getting by in the film industry by dubbing foreign films into English and other languages. But when he became a movie star in his own right, it meant Lee had the rare opportunity to dub his own roles into other languages himself, an opportunity he relished - for the German version of The Last Unicorn, Lee even did the work for free out of his love for the film.