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