Christopher Lee
Acting
Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
Known for
Acting383
movieThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
Saruman (voice)
movieHammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieConstel·lació Portabella
2024
(archive footage)
movieChildren of the Wicker Man
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
Self / Various (Archive)
movieThe Wicker Man at 50
2023
Lord Summerisle
movieFaces of Death
2023
(archive footage)
tvLa gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieDrácula Barcelona
2017
Himself
movieDark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
movieAngels in Notting Hill
2015
The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
movieExtraordinary Tales
2015
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
movieFifty Shades of Erotica
2015
(archive footage)
movieThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Saruman the White
movieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Trail of Dracula
2013
Self (Archival Footage)
movieThe Girl from Nagasaki
2013
Old Officer Pinkerton
movieNight Train to Lisbon
2013
Father Bartholomeu
movieThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Saruman the White
movieThe Fall of the House Of Usher
2012
The Narrator
movieDark Shadows
2012
Clarney
movieBack to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
Dracula (archive footage)
movieHugo
2011
Monsieur Labisse
movieThe Wicker Tree
2011
Old Man
movieThe Resident
2011
August
movieSeason of the Witch
2011
Cardinal D'Ambroise
movieBurke & Hare
2010
Old Joseph
movieBoogie Woogie
2010
Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
movieThe Heavy
2010
Mr. Mason
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010
Jabberwocky (voice)
movieGlorious 39
2009
Older Walter Page
movieTriage
2009
Joaquín Morales
movieThe Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008
Narrator (voice)
movieStar Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Count Dooku (voice)
movieThe Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
Death (synchro)
movieThe Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
2008
Death (synchro)
movieThe Golden Compass
2007
First High Councilor
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
2007
Narrator
movieFamous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Self (archive footage)
tvPope John Paul II
2005
Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
movieThe Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
The Lord Provost
movieCorpse Bride
2005
Pastor Galswells (voice)
movieThe Story of Star Wars
2004
Count Dooku (archive footage)
movieDrácula en la Hammer
2003
Christopher Lee
movieWhales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003
Self - Narrator (voice)
Best Ever Bond
2002
Self / Scaramanga
movieFrom Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
Self / Count Dooku
tvIn the Beginning
2000
Rameses I
movieSleepy Hollow
1999
Burgomaster
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
movieJinnah
1998
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
movieRussell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998
Sir Richard Turkel
movie100 Years of Horror
1998
Presenter
movieThe Mummy
1998
Self - Host
tvSoul Music
1997
Death (voice)
tvThe Odyssey
1997
Tiresias
tvWyrd Sisters
1997
Death (voice)
movieSoul Music
1997
Death (voice)
tvIvanhoe
1997
Lucas de Beaumanoir
tv100 Years of Horror
1996
Self - Host
movieThe Stupids
1996
Evil Sender
tvMoses
1996
Pharaoh
movieA Century of Science Fiction
1996
Narrator (voice)
movieA Feast at Midnight
1994
V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
tvThe World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieFlesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
Narrator (voice) / Self
movieFunny Man
1994
Callum Chance
moviePolice Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
Commandant Rakov
movieThe Rainbow Thief
1994
Uncle Rudolf
tvBrisant
1994
Self
tvBlue Heelers
1993
Scott James
movieDeath Train
1993
General Konstanin Benin
movieCyber Eden
1992
Cedric
movieDouble Vision
1992
Mr. Bernard
movieInnocent Blood
1992
Count Dracula (archive footage)
tvThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
movieSherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
Sherlock Holmes
movieBeauty and the Beast
1992
Monsieur Renard (voice)
movieDracula in the Movies
1992
(archive footage)
movieSherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
Sherlock Holmes
movieFear in the Dark
1991
Narrator
movieHalloween Monster Bash
1991
Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
movieCurse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991
Dr. Pearson
movieJourney of Honor
1991
King Philip
movieGhosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
1991
Self - Narrator
movieThe Care of Time
1990
Karlis Zander
movieGremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Doctor Catheter
movieTreasure Island
1990
Blind Pew
movieThe Miser
1990
Cardinale Spinosi
tvStern TV
1990
Self
tvThe French Revolution
1989
Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
movieMurder Story
1989
Willard Hope
movieNight of the Eagles
1989
Walter Strauss
movieDark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
Luis Morel
movieCreepy Classics
1987
Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
movieThe Girl
1987
Peter Storm
movieCasanova
1987
Branicki
movieThe Disputation
1986
King James of Aragon
movieJocks
1986
President White
tvShaka Zulu
1986
Lord Bathurst
movieMask of Murder
1985
Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
movieHowling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
Stefan Crosscoe
movieThe Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
Himself - Presenter
movieThe Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
King Vladimir V
movieThe Bengal Lancers!
1984
Sir James Hunter
tvThe Far Pavilions
1984
Rao-Sahib
movieThe Return of Captain Invincible
1983
Mr. Midnight
New Magic
1983
Mr. Kellar
movieThe Last Unicorn
1982
King Haggard (voice)
movieCharles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
Prince Philip
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
King Vladimir V
movieMassarati and the Brain
1982
Victor Leopold
movieSafari 3000
1982
Count Borgia
movieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Self (archive footage)
tvGoliath Awaits
1981
John McKenzie
movieAn Eye for an Eye
1981
Morgan Canfield
movieThe Salamander
1981
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
movieOnce Upon a Spy
1980
Marcus Valorium
movieSerial
1980
Luckman Skull
movieDesperate Moves
1980
Dr. Carl Boxer
movie1941
1979
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
movieBear Island
1979
Lechinski
movieJaguar Lives!
1979
Adam Caine
movieArabian Adventure
1979
Caliph Alquazar
movieThe Passage
1979
Gypsy
movieThe Horror Show
1979
(archive footage)
movieThe Pirate
1978
Samir Al Fay
movieCaravans
1978
Sardar Khan
movieReturn from Witch Mountain
1978
Victor Gannon
tvThe Pirate
1977
Samir Al Fay
movieStarship Invasions
1977
Captain Rameses
movieEnd of the World
1977
Father Pergado / Zindar
movieAirport '77
1977
Martin Wallace
movieMeatcleaver Massacre
1977
On-Screen Narrator
tvHow the West Was Won
1977
The Grand Duke
tvCharlie's Angels
1976
Dale Woodman
movieDracula and Son
1976
Le prince des Ténèbres
movieAlbino
1976
Bill
movieTo the Devil a Daughter
1976
Father Michael
movieKiller Force
1976
Major Chilton
movieThe Keeper
1976
The Keeper
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvSpace: 1999
1975
Captain Zandor
movieIn Search of Dracula
1975
Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
movieThe Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
Satanus / Van Krig
movieThe Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Francisco Scaramanga
movieThe Four Musketeers
1974
Rochefort
movieDiagnosis: Murder
1974
Dr. Stephen Hayward
movieThe Three Musketeers
1973
Rochefort
movieThe Wicker Man
1973
Lord Summerisle
movieDark Places
1973
Dr. Ian Mandeville
movieThe Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
Count Dracula
movieNothing But the Night
1973
Col. Charles Bingham
moviePoor Devil
1973
Lucifer
movieThe Creeping Flesh
1973
James Hildern
movieDeath Line
1972
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
movieHorror Express
1972
Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
movieDracula A.D. 1972
1972
Count Dracula
movieUmbracle
1972
The Man
movieHannie Caulder
1971
Bailey
movieI, Monster
1971
Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
tvTheatre Macabre
1971
Self – Host
movieThe House That Dripped Blood
1971
John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
movieScars of Dracula
1970
Dracula
movieThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
Mycroft Holmes
movieJulius Caesar
1970
Artemidorus
movieOne More Time
1970
Dracula
movieCount Dracula
1970
Dracula
movieEugenie
1970
Dolmance
movieThe Bloody Judge
1970
Lord George Jeffreys
movieThe Magic Christian
1969
Ship's Vampire
movieThe Oblong Box
1969
Dr. J. Neuhartt
movieThe Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
Dr. Fu Man Chu
movieCurse of the Crimson Altar
1968
J.D. Morley
movieThe Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
Dr. Fu Man Chu
movieThe Devil Rides Out
1968
Duc de Richleau
movieThe Face of Eve
1968
Colonel Stuart
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968
Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
movieThe Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967
Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
movieFive Golden Dragons
1967
Dragon #4
movieTheatre of Death
1967
Philippe Darvas
movieThe Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967
Dr. Fu Manchu
movieNight of the Big Heat
1967
Godfrey Hanson
movieThe Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
Fu Manchu
movieCircus of Fear
1966
Gregor
movieRasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
Grigori Rasputin
movieDracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
Count Dracula
movieThe Skull
1965
Sir Matthew Phillips
movieThe Face of Fu Manchu
1965
Dr. Fu Man Chu
movieTen Little Indians
1965
Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
movieShe
1965
Billali
movieDr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
Franklyn Marsh
movieThe Gorgon
1964
Prof. Karl Meister
movieThe Castle of the Living Dead
1964
Count Drago
movieThe Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
Captain Robeles
movieCrypt of the Vampire
1964
Count Ludwig Karnstein
movieThe Whip and the Body
1963
Kurt Menliff
movieChallenge the Devil
1963
Mephistoles
movieSherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
Sherlock Holmes
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Karl Jorla
movieThe Devil's Agent
1962
Baron Ferdi von Staub
movieThe Pirates of Blood River
1962
Captain LaRoche
movieThe Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
Capt. Allerman
movieHercules in the Haunted World
1961
King Lico (Licos)
movieThe Devil's Daffodil
1961
Ling Chu
movieTaste of Fear
1961
Doctor Pierre Gerrard
movieThe Terror of the Tongs
1961
Chung King
tvThe Avengers
1961
Professor Stone / Colonel Mannering
movieThe Hands of Orlac
1960
Nero the magician
movieThe Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
Paul Allen
movieThe City of the Dead
1960
Prof. Alan Driscoll
movieBeat Girl
1960
Kenny King
movieUncle Was a Vampire
1959
Baron Roderico da Frankurten
movieThe Mummy
1959
Kharis, the Mummy
movieThe Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
Dr. Pierre Gerrard
movieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Sir Henry Baskerville
tvOne Step Beyond
1959
Wilhelm Reitlinger
movieCorridors of Blood
1958
Resurrection Joe
tvThe Adventures of William Tell
1958
Prince Erik
movieDracula
1958
Count Dracula
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1958
Marquis St. Evremonde
tvIvanhoe
1958
Sir Otto from the Rhine
movieBattle of the V-1
1958
Brunner
movieThe Truth About Women
1957
Francois Thiers
movieBitter Victory
1957
Sgt. Barney
movieManuela
1957
Voice (voice)
tvSailor of Fortune
1957
Yusif Carnot
movieThe Curse of Frankenstein
1957
The Creature
movieFortune Is a Woman
1957
Charles Highbury
movieThe Traitor
1957
Doctor Neumann
movieIll Met by Moonlight
1957
German officer at The Dentist's office
movieBeyond Mombasa
1956
Gil Rossi
tvThe Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
The Visitant / Compte de Merret / Maurice Gabet / General Hamelin
moviePort Afrique
1956
Franz Vermes
movieAlexander the Great
1956
Nectenabus (voice)
tvColonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
Jeanpierre
moviePrivate's Progress
1956
Major Schultz
movieStorm Over the Nile
1955
Karaga Pasha
movieAlias John Preston
1955
John Preston
movieThe Cockleshell Heroes
1955
Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
tvThe Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
Louis (uncredited)
movieMoby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
A Stage Manager /Flask
moviePolice Dog
1955
Johnny, a constable
movieThe Dark Avenger
1955
French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
movieContraband Spain
1955
Narrador (voz)
movieThat Lady
1955
Capitán
movieCross-Roads
1955
Harry Cooper
tvMark Saber
1954
Larry Spence
movieThe Awakening
1954
Factory proprietor (uncredited)
movieThe Mirror and Markheim
1954
Visitant
movieInnocents in Paris
1953
Lieutenant Whitlock
movieBabes in Bagdad
1952
Slave Dealer
moviePaul Temple Returns
1952
Sir Felix Raybourne
movieTop Secret
1952
Russian Agent (uncredited)
movieMoulin Rouge
1952
Georges Seurat (uncredited)
movieThe Crimson Pirate
1952
Joseph (attache)
movieQuo Vadis
1951
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
movieValley of the Eagles
1951
Det. Holt
movieCaptain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
Spanish Captain
moviePrelude to Fame
1950
Newsman
movieThey Were Not Divided
1950
Chris Lewis
movieTrottie True
1949
Hon. Bongo Icklesham
movieHamlet
1948
Palace Guard (uncredited)
movieScott of the Antarctic
1948
Bernard Day
movieSaraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
moviePenny and the Pownall Case
1948
Jonathan Blair
movieA Song for Tomorrow
1948
Auguste
movieOne Night with You
1948
Pirelli's Assistant
movieCorridor of Mirrors
1948
Charles
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movieNothing But the Night
1973
Producer