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