00:00You know him as Dracula, the villain from James Bond, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars.
00:07But the real life of actor Christopher Lee was more incredible than any movie.
00:12During World War II, he wasn't pretending to be a villain, he was fighting them.
00:16He served as an intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive, a top-secret British unit.
00:22They were nicknamed the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
00:25His missions of espionage and sabotage behind enemy lines are still classified to this day.
00:31After the war, he helped hunt down Nazi war criminals.
00:34He was also a world champion fencer, spoke six languages, and released several heavy metal albums.
00:41A real-life super spy who just happened to be one of the greatest actors of all time.