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