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
Corpse Bride (2005)
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
as Saruman the White
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
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
as Burgomaster
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
as Count Dooku
Dark Shadows (2012)
as Clarney
The Golden Compass (2007)
as First High Councilor
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
as Saruman (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Count Dooku
Dracula (1958)
as Count Dracula
The Wicker Man (1973)
as Lord Summerisle
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
as Doctor Catheter
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Hugo (2011)
as Monsieur Labisse
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
as Francisco Scaramanga
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
as Count Dooku (voice)
The Resident (2011)
as August
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
as Commandant Rakov
The Last Unicorn (1982)
as King Haggard (voice)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
as Rochefort
Innocent Blood (1992)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Alexander the Great (1956)
as Nectenabus (voice)
1941 (1979)
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Ghost (1991)
as Self - Narrator
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
as Count Dracula
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
as Emerich
Treasure Island (1990)
as Blind Pew
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
as Morgan Canfield
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
as Count Dracula
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
as Father Bartholomeu
Quo Vadis (1951)
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Eugenie (1970)
as Dolmance
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
as The Creature
The Four Musketeers (1974)
as Rochefort
Hannie Caulder (1971)
as Bailey
Burke & Hare (2010)
as Old Joseph
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
as Spanish Captain
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy (1998)
as Sir Richard Turkel
Horror Express (1972)
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
as Duc de Richleau
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
as Dracula
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
as Victor Gannon
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
as Corrigan
Airport '77 (1977)
as Martin Wallace
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
as Mycroft Holmes
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
as Godfrey Hanson
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Manolo
Boogie Woogie (2010)
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II (2002)
as Self / Count Dooku
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
as Count Dracula
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
as Joseph - Military Attaché
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)
as Stefan Crosscoe
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
as Sir Henry Baskerville
Death Line (1972)
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Scars of Dracula (1970)
as Dracula
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
as Father Michael
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
as Dracula
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)
The Whip and the Body (1963)
as Kurt Menliff
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
as Miguel
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Count Dracula (1970)
as Dracula
I, Monster (1971)
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Triage (2009)
as Joaquín Morales
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
as Rochefort
The Stupids (1996)
as Evil Sender
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)
as Narrator
The Mummy (1959)
as Kharis, the Mummy
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
as King Lico (Licos)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
as Narrator (voice) / Self
The City of the Dead (1960)
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001)
as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
as Self
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
as J.D. Morley
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
as Franklyn Marsh
Hamlet (1948)
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Serial (1980)
as Luckman Skull
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
as Caliph Alquazar
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
as Self
Bear Island (1979)
as Lechinski
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
as Novak
The Salamander (1981)
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
as Kato
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
as Fu Manchu
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
as Paul Allen
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000)
as Self
Dracula and Son (1976)
as Le prince des Ténèbres
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
as Fremont
The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
as Ling Chu
The Bloody Judge (1970)
as Lord George Jeffreys
The Passage (1979)
as Gypsy
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Ship's Vampire
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Moulin Rouge (1952)
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
as Grigori Rasputin
Taste of Fear (1961)
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The French Revolution (1989)
as Sanson
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004)
as Self
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
as Bernard Day
Albino (1976)
as Bill
The Skull (1965)
as Sir Matthew Phillips
Death Train (1993)
as General Konstanin Benin
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Color of Magic 2in1 (2010)
as Smrt
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003)
as Self
End of the World (1977)
as Father Pergado / Zindar
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
as James Hildern
Poor Devil (1973)
as Lucifer
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
as Captain LaRoche
Caravans (1978)
as Sardar Khan
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
as The Lord Provost
Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
as Chung King
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
as Captain Robeles
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2006)
as Self
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
as Nero the magician
The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2006)
as Self
Julius Caesar (1970)
as Artemidorus
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
as Sherlock Holmes
Horror Castle (1963)
as Erich
Hollywood Chinese (2007)
as Self
Casanova (1987)
as Branicki
The Gorgon (1964)
as Prof. Karl Meister
The Mummy (1998)
as Self - Host
Manuela (1957)
as Voice (voice)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
as Mr. Midnight
Nothing But the Night (1973)
as Col. Charles Bingham
The Traitor (1957)
as Doctor Neumann
Circle of Iron (1978)
as Zetan
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
as Dragon #4
Playboy's Playmate Party (1977)
Actor
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
as Dr. Fu Manchu
Beauty and the Beast (1992)
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)
as Self
Vampir Cuadecuc (1972)
as Self
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
as Self
Beloved Count (2007)
as Self
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
as Karaga Pasha
The Devil's Agent (1962)
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
Quest for the Ring (2001)
as Self
Once Upon a Spy (1980)
as Marcus Valorium
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Dark Avenger (1955)
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Circus of Fear (1966)
as Gregor
The Care of Time (1990)
as Karlis Zander
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
as Self
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
One More Time (1970)
as Dracula
Best Ever Bond (2002)
as Self / Scaramanga
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)
as Self / Various (Archive)
Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
as King Vladimir V
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (2008)
as Death (synchro)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (2003)
as Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
as Sherlock Holmes
Ten Little Indians (1965)
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
Glorious 39 (2009)
as Older Walter Page
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (2005)
Actor
The Oblong Box (1969)
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
Battle of the V-1 (1958)
as Brunner
The Girl (1987)
as Peter Storm
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
as German officer at The Dentist's office
Massarati and the Brain (1982)
as Victor Leopold
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (2002)
as Self
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
as Sherlock Holmes
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)
as Dr. Pearson
The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
as King
Bitter Victory (1957)
as Sgt. Barney
The Rainbow Thief (1994)
as Uncle Rudolf
Journey of Honor (1991)
as King Philip
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
as Prince Philip
The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
as Capt. Allerman
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Final Column (1955)
Actor
For Better or for Worse (1989)
as Lazos
Murder Story (1989)
as Willard Hope
She (1965)
as Billali
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film (1939)
as Himself
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (2008)
as Death (synchro)
A Feast at Midnight (1994)
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)
Actor
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
as Count Drago
Horror!!! (1964)
as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Narrator
Night of the Eagles (1989)
as Walter Strauss
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
as Charles Highbury
Jinnah (1998)
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007)
as Self
Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
as Jonathan Blair
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001)
Actor
The Truth About Women (1957)
as Francois Thiers
Dark Places (1973)
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
Fear in the Dark (1991)
as Narrator
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975)
as Satanus / Van Krig
They Were Not Divided (1950)
as Chris Lewis
The Face of Eve (1968)
as Colonel Stuart
The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)
as Jaeger
New Magic (1983)
as Mr. Kellar
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (2002)
as Self
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
as Charles
Angels in Notting Hill (2015)
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
The Heavy (2010)
as Mr. Mason
Corridors of Blood (1958)
as Resurrection Joe
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014)
as Self
One Night with You (1948)
as Pirelli's Assistant
Starship Invasions (1977)
as Captain Rameses
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
as Himself - Presenter
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002)
as Self
The Girl from Nagasaki (2013)
as Old Officer Pinkerton
Bloody Jess (2007)
as Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012)
as Self
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988)
as Luis Morel
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Beat Girl (1960)
as Kenny King
Trottie True (1949)
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Theatre of Death (1967)
as Philippe Darvas
Killer Force (1976)
as Major Chilton
Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)
as Self
That Lady (1955)
as Capitán
The Mirror and Markheim (1954)
as Visitant
Extraordinary Tales (2015)
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
Actor
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
as Adam Caine
Welcome to the Discworld (1996)
as Death
The Awakening (1954)
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
Children of the Wicker Man (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
as Auguste
The Trail of Dracula (2013)
as Self (Archival Footage)
Double Vision (1992)
as Mr. Bernard
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002)
Actor
Funny Man (1994)
as Callum Chance
Private's Progress (1956)
as Major Schultz
The Disputation (1986)
as King James of Aragon
Evil Stalks This House (1981)
as Host
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012)
as Dracula (archive footage)
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000)
as Self
Valley of the Eagles (1951)
as Det. Holt
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012)
Actor
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror (2010)
as Self
Olympus Force: The Key (1988)
as Filly
The Wicker Man Enigma (2001)
as Himself
The Bengal Lancers! (1984)
as Sir James Hunter
Un métier de seigneur (1986)
as Fog
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! (1985)
as Self - Narrator
Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998)
as Self
Challenge the Devil (1963)
as Mephistoles
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah (1998)
as Self
Babes in Bagdad (1952)
as Slave Dealer
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (2012)
as Narrator
Prelude to Fame (1950)
as Newsman
Innocents in Paris (1953)
as Lieutenant Whitlock
Mask of Murder (1985)
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
The Gillian Hills Trilogy (2013)
Actor
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)
as Himself
The Fall of the House Of Usher (2012)
as The Narrator
Umbracle (1972)
as The Man
The Wicker Tree (2011)
as Old Man
Face of Unity (2014)
as Self
Top Secret (1952)
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
The Best of All Time Horror Classics (1985)
Actor
The Rank Charm School (1982)
as Self
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
as Gil Rossi
Port Afrique (1956)
as Franz Vermes
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending (2023)
as Lord Summerisle
Jocks (1986)
as President White
The Miser (1990)
as Cardinale Spinosi
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
as Narrator
100 Years of Horror (1998)
as Presenter
Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955)
as A Stage Manager /Flask
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
as Self
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula (1969)
as Self
Drácula en la Hammer (2003)
as Christopher Lee
Diagnosis: Murder (1974)
as Dr. Stephen Hayward
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona (2017)
as Himself
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996)
as Self
Alias John Preston (1955)
as John Preston
Cyber Eden (1992)
as Cedric
Contraband Spain (1955)
as Narrador (voz)
Creepy Classics (1987)
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz (2001)
as Narrator
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands (2007)
as Self
Soul Music (1997)
as Death (voice)
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James (1995)
as Self
Paul Temple Returns (1952)
as Sir Felix Raybourne
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design (2002)
as Self
Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)
as On-Screen Narrator
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror (2012)
as Self
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick (2003)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Police Dog (1955)
as Johnny, a constable
The Top and the Ball (1953)
as Father
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
The Wicker Man at 50 (2023)
as Lord Summerisle
Cross-Roads (1955)
as Harry Cooper
Safari 3000 (1982)
as Count Borgia
The Keeper (1976)
as The Keeper
In Search of Dracula (1975)
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)
Actor
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (1977)
as Narrator
Desperate Moves (1980)
as Dr. Carl Boxer
Dracula vs. Vampir (2012)
Actor
Constel·lació Portabella (2024)
as (archive footage)
Perversion Stories (2002)
as Self
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007)
as Narrator
Faces of Death (2023)
as (archive footage)