Christopher Lee
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
- 2024 · The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Saruman (voice)
- 2024 · Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Children of the Wicker Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Peter Cushing: In His Own Words as Himself
- 2015 · Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Saruman the White
- 2013 · The Trail of Dracula as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2013 · Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics as Narrator
- 2013 · Night Train to Lisbon as Father Bartholomeu
- 2013 · Extraordinary Tales as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
- 2012 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Saruman the White
- 2012 · Dark Shadows as Clarney
- 2012 · Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Dracula (archive footage)
- 2012 · Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
- 2011 · Hugo as Monsieur Labisse
- 2011 · The Resident as August
- 2011 · Season of the Witch as Cardinal D'Ambroise
- 2010 · Burke & Hare as Old Joseph
- 2010 · Boogie Woogie as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
- 2010 · The Heavy as Mr. Mason
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Jabberwocky (voice)
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Older Walter Page
- 2009 · Triage as Joaquín Morales
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Count Dooku (voice)
- 2008 · The Colour of Magic as Death
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as First High Councilor
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Hollywood Chinese as Self
- 2007 · Bloody Jess as Self
- 2005 · The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as The Lord Provost
- 2005 · Corpse Bride as Pastor Galswells (voice)
- 2005 · Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Dr. Wonka
- 2005 · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Count Dooku
- 2004 · Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Emerich
- 2004 · Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel as Self
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Saruman (Extended Cut)
- 2003 · Drácula en la Hammer as Christopher Lee
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman
- 2002 · To the Devil... The Death of Hammer as
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Count Dooku
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman
- 2001 · The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 2001 · Aeschbacher as Self
- 2000 · Ian Fleming: 007's Creator as Self
- 2000 · The Many Faces of Dracula as Narrator
- 1999 · Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster
- 1998 · Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
- 1998 · Jinnah as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1998 · Tale of the Mummy as Sir Richard Turkel
- 1997 · The Odyssey as Tiresias
- 1996 · The Stupids as Evil Sender
- 1996 · The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry as Self
- 1996 · A Century of Science Fiction as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Funny Man as Callum Chance
- 1994 · Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Rakov
- 1994 · The Rainbow Thief as Uncle Rudolf
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1993 · Blue Heelers as Scott James
- 1993 · Death Train as General Konstanin Benin
- 1992 · Cyber Eden as Cedric
- 1992 · Double Vision as Mr. Bernard
- 1992 · Innocent Blood as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
- 1992 · Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls as Sherlock Holmes
- 1992 · Beauty and the Beast as Monsieur Renard (voice)
- 1991 · Curse III: Blood Sacrifice as Dr. Pearson
- 1991 · Journey of Honor as King Philip
- 1990 · The Care of Time as Karlis Zander
- 1990 · Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Doctor Catheter
- 1990 · The Miser as Cardinale Spinosi
- 1990 · Stern TV as Self
- 1990 · Treasure Island as Blind Pew
- 1989 · Honeymoon Academy as Lazos
- 1989 · Murder Story as Willard Hope
- 1989 · Around the World in 80 Days as Stuart
- 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1988 · Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil as Luis Morel
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 1987 · Creepy Classics as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
- 1987 · The Girl as Peter Storm
- 1986 · The Disputation as King James of Aragon
- 1986 · Jocks as President White
- 1986 · Shaka Zulu as Lord Bathurst
- 1986 · Wedden, dat..? as Self
- 1985 · The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Himself - Presenter
- 1984 · The Rosebud Beach Hotel as King
- 1982 · The Rank Charm School as Self
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as King Vladimir V
- 1982 · Safari 3000 as Count Borgia
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Evil Stalks This House as Host
- 1981 · The Salamander as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Desperate Moves as Dr. Carl Boxer
- 1979 · 1941 as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
- 1979 · Jaguar Lives! as Adam Caine
- 1979 · Arabian Adventure as Caliph Alquazar
- 1979 · The Passage as Gypsy
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · Mickey's 50 as Self
- 1978 · Caravans as Sardar Khan
- 1977 · Starship Invasions as Captain Rameses
- 1977 · End of the World as Father Pergado / Zindar
- 1977 · Airport '77 as Martin Wallace
- 1977 · How the West Was Won as The Grand Duke
- 1977 · Auf los geht's los as Self
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Dale Woodman
- 1976 · Death in the Sun as Bill
- 1976 · To the Devil a Daughter as Father Michael
- 1976 · The Keeper as The Keeper
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Space: 1999 as Captain Zandor
- 1974 · The Man with the Golden Gun as Francisco Scaramanga
- 1974 · The Four Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1973 · The Three Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1973 · The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle
- 1973 · Dark Places as Dr. Ian Mandeville
- 1973 · The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1973 · Nothing But the Night as Col. Charles Bingham
- 1973 · Poor Devil as Lucifer
- 1973 · The Creeping Flesh as James Hildern
- 1972 · Dracula A.D. 1972 as Count Dracula
- 1971 · Hannie Caulder as Bailey
- 1971 · I, Monster as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
- 1970 · Julius Caesar as Artemidorus
- 1970 · Eugenie as Dolmance
- 1970 · Scream and Scream Again as Fremont
- 1969 · The Oblong Box as Dr. J. Neuhartt
- 1968 · Dracula Has Risen from the Grave as Dracula
- 1968 · The Blood of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1968 · The Devil Rides Out as Duc de Richleau
- 1967 · The Vengeance of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu
- 1966 · The Brides of Fu Manchu as Fu Manchu
- 1966 · Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Grigori Rasputin
- 1966 · Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Count Dracula
- 1965 · The Skull as Sir Matthew Phillips
- 1965 · She as Billali
- 1965 · Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Franklyn Marsh
- 1964 · The Gorgon as Prof. Karl Meister
- 1964 · The Devil-Ship Pirates as Captain Robeles
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Karl Jorla
- 1962 · The Devil's Agent as Baron Ferdi von Staub
- 1962 · Lolita as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Terror of the Tongs as Chung King
- 1961 · The Avengers as Professor Stone
- 1961 · The Avengers as Colonel Mannering
- 1960 · The Hands of Orlac as Nero the magician
- 1960 · Too Hot to Handle as Novak
- 1960 · The City of the Dead as Prof. Alan Driscoll
- 1960 · Beat Girl as Kenny King
- 1959 · The Mummy as Kharis, the Mummy
- 1959 · The Treasure of San Teresa as Jaeger
- 1959 · The Man Who Could Cheat Death as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
- 1959 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville
- 1959 · Stars in the Ring as Self
- 1959 · One Step Beyond as Wilhelm Reitlinger
- 1958 · The Adventures of William Tell as Prince Erik
- 1958 · Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1958 · Ivanhoe as Sir Otto from the Rhine
- 1957 · The Truth About Women as Francois Thiers
- 1957 · Bitter Victory as Sgt. Barney
- 1957 · The Traitor as Doctor Neumann
- 1956 · The Battle of the River Plate as Manolo
- 1956 · Alexander the Great as Nectenabus (voice)
- 1956 · Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Jeanpierre
- 1955 · Storm Over the Nile as Karaga Pasha
- 1955 · Alias John Preston as John Preston
- 1955 · The Cockleshell Heroes as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
- 1955 · The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Louis (uncredited)
- 1955 · The Dark Avenger as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
- 1955 · Contraband Spain as Narrador (voz)
- 1955 · That Lady as Capitán
- 1954 · The Awakening as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Mirror and Markheim as Visitant
- 1953 · Innocents in Paris as Lieutenant Whitlock
- 1952 · Moulin Rouge as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
- 1952 · Paul Temple Returns as Sir Felix Raybourne
- 1952 · The Crimson Pirate as Joseph (attache)
- 1951 · Quo Vadis as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
- 1951 · Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Spanish Captain
- 1950 · They Were Not Divided as Chris Lewis
- 1949 · Trottie True as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
- 1948 · Hamlet as Palace Guard (uncredited)
- 1948 · Saraband for Dead Lovers as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
- Future · Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Lord Summerisle
- 2017 · Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012 · Everything or Nothing as Self
- 2012 · Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 as Narrator
- 2008 · Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
- 2006 · Semperopernball as Self
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2005 · Pope John Paul II as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
- 2003 · Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / Scaramanga
- 2002 · The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2001 · Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2000 · In the Beginning as Rameses I
- 2000 · Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' as
- 2000 · Gormenghast as Flay
- 1998 · Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah as Self
- 1998 · The Mummy as Self - Host
- 1997 · Soul Music as Death (voice)
- 1997 · Ivanhoe as Lucas de Beaumanoir
- 1996 · Vem Var Dracula as Self
- 1996 · Moïse as Pharaoh
- 1996 · Moses as Pharaoh
- 1994 · A Feast at Midnight as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
- 1994 · The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self
- 1987 · Mio in the Land of Faraway as Kato
- 1987 · Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self
- 1985 · Mask of Murder as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
- 1985 · Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch as Stefan Crosscoe
- 1984 · The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers as King Vladimir V
- 1984 · The Far Pavilions as Rao-Sahib
- 1983 · House of the Long Shadows as Corrigan
- 1982 · The Last Unicorn as King Haggard (voice)
- 1981 · Goliath Awaits as John McKenzie
- 1981 · An Eye for an Eye as Morgan Canfield
- 1980 · Once Upon a Spy as Marcus Valorium
- 1980 · Serial as Luckman Skull
- 1979 · Bear Island as Lechinski
- 1979 · Captain America II: Death Too Soon as Miguel
- 1978 · The Pirate as Samir Al Fay
- 1978 · Circle of Iron as Zetan
- 1978 · Return from Witch Mountain as Victor Gannon
- 1977 · The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural as Narrator
- 1977 · Meatcleaver Massacre as On-Screen Narrator
- 1976 · Dracula and Son as Le prince des Ténèbres
- 1975 · In Search of Dracula as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
- 1974 · Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Stephen Hayward
- 1973 · Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Arnaud
- 1972 · Death Line as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
- 1972 · Horror Express as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
- 1972 · Vampir Cuadecuc as Self
- 1971 · Theatre Macabre as Self - Host
- 1971 · The House That Dripped Blood as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- 1970 · Treffpunkte as Self
- 1970 · Taste the Blood of Dracula as Dracula
- 1970 · One More Time as Dracula
- 1970 · The Bloody Judge as Lord George Jeffreys
- 1969 · The Magic Christian as Ship's Vampire
- 1969 · The Castle of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
- 1967 · The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
- 1967 · Night of the Big Heat as Godfrey Hanson
- 1965 · The Face of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1965 · Ten Little Indians as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
- 1964 · The Castle of the Living Dead as Count Drago
- 1964 · Crypt of the Vampire as Count Ludwig Karnstein
- 1963 · The Whip and the Body as Kurt Menliff
- 1963 · Corridors of Blood as Resurrection Joe
- 1963 · Challenge the Devil as Mephistoles
- 1962 · Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace as Sherlock Holmes
- 1962 · The Pirates of Blood River as Captain LaRoche
- 1961 · Hercules in the Haunted World as King Lico (Licos)
- 1961 · The Devil's Daffodil as Ling Chu
- 1961 · Taste of Fear as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
- 1960 · The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Paul Allen
- 1958 · A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde
- 1957 · Manuela as Voice (voice)
- 1957 · Sailor of Fortune as Yusif Carnot
- 1957 · The Curse of Frankenstein as The Creature
- 1957 · Fortune Is a Woman as Charles Highbury
- 1957 · Ill Met by Moonlight as German officer at The Dentist's office
- 1956 · Beyond Mombasa as Gil Rossi
- 1956 · The Errol Flynn Theatre as Maurice Gabet
- 1956 · The Errol Flynn Theatre as Compte de Merret
- 1956 · The Errol Flynn Theatre as The Visitant
- 1956 · Port Afrique as Franz Vermes
- 1956 · Private's Progress as Major Schultz
- 1952 · Top Secret as Russian Agent (uncredited)
- 1950 · Prelude to Fame as Newsman
- 1948 · Scott of the Antarctic as Bernard Day
- 1948 · A Song for Tomorrow as Auguste
- 1948 · Corridor of Mirrors as Charles
- Future · The Wicker Man At 50 as Lord Summerisle
- 2024 · Constel·lació Portabella as (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Self / Various (Archive)
- 2015 · Angels in Notting Hill as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
- 2014 · How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective as Self
- 2012 · The Fall of the House Of Usher as The Narrator
- 2012 · The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features as
- 2007 · Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Beloved Count as Self
- 2004 · A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Count Dooku (archive footage)
- 2003 · Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
- 2002 · From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Count Dooku
- 2001 · Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man as
- 2000 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
- 1997 · Soul Music as Death (voice)
- 1997 · Wyrd Sisters as Death (voice)
- 1996 · Welcome to the Discworld as Death
- 1996 · 100 Years of Horror as Self - Host
- 1996 · In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes as
- 1996 · Alisea and the Dream Prince as Azaret
- 1995 · Moses as Ramses
- 1989 · Night of the Eagles as Walter Strauss
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Sanson
- 1986 · Un métier de seigneur as Fog
- 1985 · The Best of All Time Horror Classics as
- 1984 · The Bengal Lancers! as Sir James Hunter
- 1983 · The Return of Captain Invincible as Mr. Midnight
- 1982 · Massarati and the Brain as Victor Leopold
- 1982 · Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · Killer Force as Major Chilton
- 1975 · The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Satanus / Van Krig
- 1972 · Umbracle as The Man
- 1970 · Scars of Dracula as Dracula
- 1970 · The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
- 1970 · Count Dracula as Dracula
- 1969 · Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula as Self
- 1968 · Curse of the Crimson Altar as J.D. Morley
- 1968 · Eve as Colonel Stuart
- 1967 · Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #4
- 1967 · Theatre of Death as Philippe Darvas
- 1956 · The Errol Flynn Theatre as General Hamelin
- Future · Science Fiction Film Awards as Himself
- 2023 · Faces of Death as (archive footage)
- 2017 · Drácula Barcelona as Himself
- 2014 · Face of Unity as Self
- 2013 · The Girl from Nagasaki as Old Officer Pinkerton
- 2012 · Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror as Self
- 2012 · Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
- 2012 · Dracula vs. Vampir as
- 2011 · The Wicker Tree as Old Man
- 2010 · Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror as Self
- 2008 · The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets as Narrator
- 2007 · Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands as Self
- 2007 · Ein Leben wie im Flug as Self
- 2003 · The Making of The Two Towers as
- 2003 · Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick as Narrator
- 2002 · Perversion Stories as Self
- 2001 · Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2001 · The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz as Narrator
- 2000 · Ghost Stories for Christmas as Narrator
- 1998 · 100 Years of Horror as Presenter
- 1996 · The Many Faces of Christopher Lee as
- 1995 · A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James as Self
- 1995 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 1995 · Tales of Mystery and Imagination as Narrator
- 1991 · Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sherlock Holmes
- 1991 · Fear in the Dark as Narrator
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")
- 1988 · Olympus Force: The Key as Filly
- 1983 · New Magic as Mr. Kellar
- 1983 · Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Narrator
- 1982 · Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Prince Philip
- 1966 · Circus of Fear as Gregor
- 1964 · Horror!!! as Self
- 1963 · Horror Castle as Erich
- 1962 · Secret of the Red Orchid as Capt. Allerman
- 1959 · Uncle Was a Vampire as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
- 1958 · Battle of the V-1 as Brunner
- 1955 · Moby Dick Rehearsed as A Stage Manager /Flask
- 1955 · Police Dog as Johnny, a constable
- 1955 · Cross-Roads as Harry Cooper
- 1953 · The Top and the Ball as Father
- 1952 · Babes in Bagdad as Slave Dealer
- 1951 · Valley of the Eagles as Det. Holt
- 1948 · Penny and the Pownall Case as Jonathan Blair
- 1948 · One Night with You as Pirelli's Assistant