Sir Christopher Lee's the finest, most distinguished, charming, hilarious, and one of the tallest actors ever. He's starred in two hundred and something films, was recently knighted and is still going. But boy can he sing!

During his incredible performance in The Return of Captain Invincible he could not resist bursting into song, with a delightful song written by legendary Richard O'Brien (writer of The Rocky Horror Show and presenter of The Crystal Maze!). The result is interesting, some would say ridiculous. With lyrics like "There's nothing sicker in society than a lack of liquor and sobriety" and "If you don't name your poison i'll have to get the boys in", combined with dancing neo-punk rock chicks and Lee's dulcet bass tones, I confess it is terrifyingly terrific - just like Dracula.

But this is not the first time Lee let the world know of his remarkable vocal talent, in the cult classic The Wicker Man, he delivers a moving performance of 'The Tinker of Rye'. And that's not all, no no. Combining the unlikely, heavy metal band Inner Terrestrials and Lee's operatic rendition of the Toreador Song (together at last!), the result again is surprisingly brilliant.

Most brilliantly of all though is his teaming up with the Danish Tolkein Ensemble, where he takes part in the group's musical interpretations of the poems and songs of The Lord of the Rings, and why not eh? With his proven track record of singing and obvious affiliation with the works of Tolkein, he's the man for the job. Lee assures us that the spirit of the songs and poems remains within the variations created by the ensemble, and who would argue with him? He himself offers his thunderous baritone voice to great effect. The talent must be in his blood I think to myself, only to find out his great-grandparents set up Australia's first opera company.

Having dabbled with singing and sung with such aplomb over the years, I wonder, would he have become an international singing star had he not chosen acting? In his own words, "I could have had a very successful career as a singer, in fact I regret I didn't choose it over acting".