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