Christopher Lee
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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
Credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Saruman
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
as Saruman the White
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
as Saruman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
as Dr. Wonka
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
as Saruman the White
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Jabberwocky (voice)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
as Burgomaster
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Count Dooku
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
as Count Dooku
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
as Saruman (voice)
Dark Shadows (2012)
as Clarney
The Golden Compass (2007)
as First High Councilor
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
as Doctor Catheter
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
as Francisco Scaramanga
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
as Count Dooku (voice)
The Wicker Man (1973)
as Lord Summerisle
Hugo (2011)
as Monsieur Labisse
Poor Devil (1973)
as Lucifer
Beloved Count (2007)
as Self
Vampir Cuadecuc (1972)
as Self
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Bloody Jess (2007)
as Self
Treasure Island (1990)
as Blind Pew
The Three Musketeers (1973)
as Rochefort
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
as Emerich
1941 (1979)
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
as Commandant Rakov
Serial (1980)
as Luckman Skull
Dracula (1958)
as Count Dracula
Quo Vadis (1951)
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
as Count Dracula
I, Monster (1971)
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Death Line (1972)
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
The Last Unicorn (1982)
as King Haggard (voice)
Casanova (1987)
as Branicki
Horror Express (1972)
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Innocent Blood (1992)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
The City of the Dead (1960)
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Manolo
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
as Duc de Richleau
Airport '77 (1977)
as Martin Wallace
Caravans (1978)
as Sardar Khan
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
as Mycroft Holmes
The French Revolution (1989)
as Sanson
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
as The Creature
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
The Girl (1987)
as Peter Storm
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
as Father Bartholomeu
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
as Dracula
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
as Joseph - Military Attaché
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
as Self
Once Upon a Spy (1980)
as Marcus Valorium
The Resident (2011)
as August
The Four Musketeers (1974)
as Rochefort
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
as Count Dracula
The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (2003)
as Self
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Manuela (1957)
as Voice (voice)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
as Caliph Alquazar
Horror!!! (1964)
as Self
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
as Sir Henry Baskerville
Hannie Caulder (1971)
as Bailey
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
as Count Dracula
Dracula and Son (1976)
as Le prince des Ténèbres
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Ship's Vampire
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
as Spanish Captain
Final Column (1955)
Actor
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
as Paul Allen
Burke & Hare (2010)
as Old Joseph
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
as Rochefort
Taste of Fear (1961)
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
as Kato
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
as The Lord Provost
Scars of Dracula (1970)
as Dracula
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
as Victor Gannon
Albino (1976)
as Bill
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
as Franklyn Marsh
Hamlet (1948)
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
as Self
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)
as Stefan Crosscoe
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
as J.D. Morley
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
as Morgan Canfield
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (2008)
as Death (synchro)
Alexander the Great (1956)
as Nectenabus (voice)
Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Count Dracula (1970)
as Dracula
Triage (2009)
as Joaquín Morales
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
as Fremont
The Bengal Lancers! (1984)
as Sir James Hunter
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (2005)
Actor
The Awakening (1954)
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
as Dracula
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (2002)
as Self
Face of Unity (2014)
as Self
Playboy's Playmate Party (1977)
Actor
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
as Dragon #4
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II (2002)
as Self / Count Dooku
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy (1998)
as Sir Richard Turkel
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (2002)
as Self
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
The Oblong Box (1969)
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
as Corrigan
New Magic (1983)
as Mr. Kellar
The Whip and the Body (1963)
as Kurt Menliff
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (2008)
as Death (synchro)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
as Self
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Prelude to Fame (1950)
as Newsman
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
as Father Michael
One More Time (1970)
as Dracula
Ten Little Indians (1965)
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
as Fu Manchu
Beauty and the Beast (1992)
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
The Gorgon (1964)
as Prof. Karl Meister
Bear Island (1979)
as Lechinski
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002)
as Self
Eugenie (1970)
as Dolmance
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
She (1965)
as Billali
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
as King Lico (Licos)
Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
as Miguel
Death Train (1993)
as General Konstanin Benin
The Girl from Nagasaki (2013)
as Old Officer Pinkerton
The Mummy (1959)
as Kharis, the Mummy
The Stupids (1996)
as Evil Sender
The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)
as Jaeger
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth (2002)
as Self
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
as Godfrey Hanson
The Bloody Judge (1970)
as Lord George Jeffreys
Umbracle (1972)
as The Man
Nothing But the Night (1973)
as Col. Charles Bingham
Journey of Honor (1991)
as King Philip
Moulin Rouge (1952)
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
The Skull (1965)
as Sir Matthew Phillips
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
as Grigori Rasputin
Julius Caesar (1970)
as Artemidorus
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
as Charles Highbury
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
as Narrator (voice) / Self
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
as Karaga Pasha
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film (1939)
as Himself
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Salamander (1981)
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Bitter Victory (1957)
as Sgt. Barney
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Self
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)
as Dr. Pearson
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
The Passage (1979)
as Gypsy
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2006)
as Self
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
as Bernard Day
Funny Man (1994)
as Callum Chance
Challenge the Devil (1963)
as Mephistoles
Circle of Iron (1978)
as Zetan
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Marquis St. Evremonde
The Dark Avenger (1955)
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
as Sherlock Holmes
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
as Self
Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
as James Hildern
The Mummy (1998)
as Self - Host
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
as Captain LaRoche
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Corridors of Blood (1958)
as Resurrection Joe
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
as Chung King
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
as Nero the magician
Horror Castle (1963)
as Erich
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)
as Narrator
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
as Novak
Battle of the V-1 (1958)
as Brunner
The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
as Capt. Allerman
Best Ever Bond (2002)
as Self / Scaramanga
The Heavy (2010)
as Mr. Mason
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
as German officer at The Dentist's office
Extraordinary Tales (2015)
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Ghost (1991)
as Self - Narrator
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
as Dr. Fu Manchu
Private's Progress (1956)
as Major Schultz
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004)
as Self
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000)
as Self
Jocks (1986)
as President White
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
as Ling Chu
Glorious 39 (2009)
as Older Walter Page
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
as Self
Hollywood Chinese (2007)
as Self
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
as Captain Robeles
Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
Starship Invasions (1977)
as Captain Rameses
The Traitor (1957)
as Doctor Neumann
Beat Girl (1960)
as Kenny King
Welcome to the Discworld (1996)
as Death
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
as Adam Caine
Children of The Wicker Man (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
End of the World (1977)
as Father Pergado / Zindar
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003)
as Self
100 Years of Horror (1998)
as Presenter
Jinnah (1998)
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Narrator
The Devil's Agent (1962)
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)
as Self
The Wicker Tree (2011)
as Old Man
Angels in Notting Hill (2015)
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
For Better or for Worse (1989)
as Lazos
They Were Not Divided (1950)
as Chris Lewis
The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2006)
as Self
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
as Mr. Midnight
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah (1998)
as Self
Circus of Fear (1966)
as Gregor
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)
as Self / Various (Archive)
Valley of the Eagles (1951)
as Det. Holt
Night of the Eagles (1989)
as Walter Strauss
The Trail of Dracula (2013)
as Self (Archival Footage)
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
as Count Drago
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014)
as Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988)
as Luis Morel
Quest for the Ring (2001)
as Self
The Truth About Women (1957)
as Francois Thiers
Dark Places (1973)
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
The Gillian Hills Trilogy (2013)
Actor
Alias John Preston (1955)
as John Preston
The Rainbow Thief (1994)
as Uncle Rudolf
The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
as King
The Face of Eve (1968)
as Colonel Stuart
The Wicker Man Enigma (2001)
as Himself
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001)
as Self
Paul Temple Returns (1952)
as Sir Felix Raybourne
Killer Force (1976)
as Major Chilton
Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
as Jonathan Blair
The Miser (1990)
as Cardinale Spinosi
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
as Prince Philip
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! (1985)
as Self - Narrator
The Fall of the House Of Usher (2012)
as The Narrator
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
Cyber Eden (1992)
as Cedric
A Feast at Midnight (1994)
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Murder Story (1989)
as Willard Hope
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
as Gil Rossi
Theatre of Death (1967)
as Philippe Darvas
Double Vision (1992)
as Mr. Bernard
Dracula vs. Vampir (2012)
Actor
Innocents in Paris (1953)
as Lieutenant Whitlock
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012)
as Self
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
as King Vladimir V
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (1977)
as Narrator
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012)
Actor
That Lady (1955)
as Capitán
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000)
as Self
Evil Stalks This House (1981)
as Host
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
as Charles
Soul Music (1997)
as Death (voice)
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James (1995)
as Self
The Care of Time (1990)
as Karlis Zander
One Night with You (1948)
as Pirelli's Assistant
Police Dog (1955)
as Johnny, a constable
The Wicker Man at 50 (2023)
as Lord Summerisle
The Best of All Time Horror Classics (1985)
Actor
Contraband Spain (1955)
as Narrador (voz)
Trottie True (1949)
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz (2001)
as Narrator
The Disputation (1986)
as King James of Aragon
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick (2003)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (2012)
as Narrator
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
The Keeper (1976)
as The Keeper
Creepy Classics (1987)
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Fear in the Dark (1991)
as Narrator
Mask of Murder (1985)
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Massarati and the Brain (1982)
as Victor Leopold
A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
as Auguste
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001)
Actor
Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998)
as Self
Drácula Barcelona (2017)
as Himself
Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)
as On-Screen Narrator
Safari 3000 (1982)
as Count Borgia
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
as Himself - Presenter
Top Secret (1952)
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror (2012)
as Self
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007)
as Narrator
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)
as Himself
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)
as Self
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending (2023)
as Lord Summerisle
Cross-Roads (1955)
as Harry Cooper
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975)
as Satanus / Van Krig
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002)
Actor
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
as Narrator
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012)
as Dracula (archive footage)
Port Afrique (1956)
as Franz Vermes
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
Actor
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror (2010)
as Self
Diagnosis: Murder (1974)
as Dr. Stephen Hayward
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rank Charm School (1982)
as Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)
Actor
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)
Actor
Constel·lació Portabella (2024)
as (archive footage)
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996)
as Self
The Mirror and Markheim (1954)
as Visitant
Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955)
as A Stage Manager /Flask
Olympus Force: The Key (1988)
as Filly
Perversion Stories (2002)
as Self
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands (2007)
as Self
Desperate Moves (1980)
as Dr. Carl Boxer
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula (1969)
as Self
Drácula en la Hammer (2003)
as Christopher Lee
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Babes in Bagdad (1952)
as Slave Dealer
The Top and the Ball (1953)
as Father
Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007)
as Self
Faces of Death (2023)
as (archive footage)
In Search of Dracula (1975)
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula