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 · The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Self / Various (Archive)
- 2022 · Dracula Unearthed as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 2017 · Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2012 · Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
- 2011 · The Wicker Tree as Old Man
- 2010 · Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror as Self
- 2010 · Halloween: The Inside Story as (archive footage)
- 2008 · The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn as Narrator
- 2007 · Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Ein Leben wie im Flug as Self
- 2006 · Semperopernball as Self
- 2005 · The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as The Lord Provost
- 2004 · A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2003 · Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
- 2003 · Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / Scaramanga
- 2002 · From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / 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 · A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001 · The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 2000 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 2000 · Ian Fleming: 007's Creator as Self
- 2000 · The Many Faces of Dracula as Narrator
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
- 1997 · Soul Music as Death (voice)
- 1996 · Welcome to the Discworld as Death
- 1995 · Tales of Mystery and Imagination as Narrator
- 1994 · Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self
- 1994 · The Rainbow Thief as Uncle Rudolf
- 1992 · Cyber Eden as Cedric
- 1992 · Double Vision as Mr. Bernard
- 1991 · Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sherlock Holmes
- 1991 · Curse III: Blood Sacrifice as Dr. Pearson
- 1991 · Journey of Honor as King Philip
- 1990 · The Miser as Cardinale Spinosi
- 1989 · Murder Story as Willard Hope
- 1989 · The french revolution: Years of hope as Sanson
- 1988 · Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil as Luis Morel
- 1987 · Creepy Classics as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
- 1987 · The Girl as Peter Storm
- 1986 · The Disputation as King James of Aragon
- 1985 · Mask of Murder as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
- 1984 · The Rosebud Beach Hotel as King
- 1984 · The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers as King Vladimir V
- 1983 · The Return of Captain Invincible as Mr. Midnight
- 1982 · The Rank Charm School as Self
- 1982 · Massarati and the Brain as Victor Leopold
- 1982 · Safari 3000 as Count Borgia
- 1980 · Once Upon a Spy as Marcus Valorium
- 1979 · Jaguar Lives! as Adam Caine
- 1978 · The Pirate as Samir Al Fay
- 1977 · Starship Invasions as Captain Rameses
- 1977 · End of the World as Father Pergado / Zindar
- 1977 · Meatcleaver Massacre as On-Screen Narrator
- 1976 · Dracula and Son as Le prince des Ténèbres
- 1976 · Death in the Sun as Bill
- 1976 · Killer Force as Major Chilton
- 1973 · Dark Places as Dr. Ian Mandeville
- 1973 · Nothing But the Night as Col. Charles Bingham
- 1973 · Poor Devil as Lucifer
- 1972 · Vampir Cuadecuc as Self
- 1970 · One More Time as Dracula
- 1968 · The Blood of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1967 · Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #4
- 1967 · Theatre of Death as Philippe Darvas
- 1967 · The Vengeance of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu
- 1966 · Circus of Fear as Gregor
- 1964 · The Castle of the Living Dead as Count Drago
- 1962 · The Pirates of Blood River as Captain LaRoche
- 1960 · Too Hot to Handle as Novak
- 1960 · The Hands of Orlac as Nero the magician
- 1960 · Beat Girl as Kenny King
- 1959 · Uncle Was a Vampire as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
- 1958 · A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde
- 1957 · Bitter Victory as Sgt. Barney
- 1957 · Manuela as Voice (voice)
- 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
- 1955 · Storm Over the Nile as Karaga Pasha
- 1955 · Alias John Preston as John Preston
- 1952 · Paul Temple Returns as Sir Felix Raybourne
- 1952 · Top Secret as Russian Agent (uncredited)
- 1950 · They Were Not Divided as Chris Lewis
- 1948 · Penny and the Pownall Case as Jonathan Blair
- Future · Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Lord Summerisle
- 2024 · Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Children of the Wicker Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Faces of Death as (archive footage)
- 2020 · Peter Cushing: In His Own Words as Himself
- 2017 · Drácula Barcelona as Himself
- 2015 · Angels in Notting Hill as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
- 2015 · Fifty Shades of Erotica as
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Saruman the White
- 2014 · Face of Unity as Self
- 2013 · The Trail of Dracula as Self
- 2013 · The Girl from Nagasaki as Old Officer Pinkerton
- 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 · 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 · The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features as
- 2012 · Dark Shadows as Clarney
- 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
- 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 · The Heavy as Mr. Mason
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as The Jabberwocky (voice)
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Older Walter Page
- 2009 · Triage as Joaquín Morales
- 2009 · Boogie Woogie as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Count Dooku (voice)
- 2008 · The Colour of Magic as Death
- 2008 · Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
- 2007 · The Golden Compass as First High Councilor
- 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 · Beloved Count as Self
- 2007 · Bloody Jess as Self
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2005 · Pope John Paul II as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
- 2005 · Pope John Paul II as Card. Stefan Wyszyński
- 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 · The Story of Star Wars as Count Dooku (archive footage)
- 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 the White (Extended Cut)
- 2003 · Drácula en la Hammer as Christopher Lee
- 2003 · Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick as Narrator
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman
- 2002 · Bond Girls Are Forever as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002 · Perversion Stories as Self
- 2002 · Top Gear as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage)
- 2002 · To the Devil... The Death of Hammer as
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Count Dooku
- 2002 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones as Count Ottokar Czernin
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman
- 2001 · The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz as Narrator
- 2001 · Aeschbacher as Self
- 2000 · Ghost Stories for Christmas as Narrator
- 2000 · In the Beginning as Rameses I
- 2000 · Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' as
- 2000 · Gormenghast as Flay
- 1999 · Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster
- 1998 · Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
- 1998 · Jinnah as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1998 · Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah as Self
- 1998 · Tale of the Mummy as Sir Richard Turkel
- 1998 · The Mummy as Self - Host
- 1998 · 100 Years of Horror as Presenter
- 1997 · Soul Music as Death (voice)
- 1997 · The Odyssey as Tiresias
- 1997 · Wyrd Sisters as Death
- 1997 · Ivanhoe as Lucas de Beaumanoir
- 1996 · 100 Years of Horror as Self - Host
- 1996 · In Search of Dracula as Self
- 1996 · The Stupids as Evil Sender
- 1996 · In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes as
- 1996 · Moses as Pharaoh
- 1996 · The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry as Self
- 1996 · Alisea and the Dream Prince as Azaret
- 1996 · A Century of Science Fiction as Narrator (voice)
- 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 Pharao Ramses
- 1995 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 1994 · A Feast At Midnight as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
- 1994 · The World of Hammer: Mummies, Werewolves, and the Living Dead as (archieve footage)
- 1994 · The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead as Count Dracula
- 1994 · The World of Hammer as
- 1994 · The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing as
- 1994 · Funny Man as Callum Chance
- 1994 · Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Rakov
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1993 · Blue Heelers as Scott James
- 1993 · Death Train as General Konstanin Benin
- 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 · Fear in the Dark as Narrator
- 1990 · The Care of Time as Karlis Zander
- 1990 · Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Doctor Catheter
- 1990 · Stern TV as Self
- 1990 · Treasure Island as Blind Pew
- 1989 · Honeymoon Academy as Lazos
- 1989 · Night of the Eagles as Walter Strauss
- 1989 · The french revolution: Years of rage as Sanson
- 1989 · Around the World in 80 Days as Stuart
- 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1988 · Olympus Force: The Key as
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 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
- 1986 · Jocks as President White
- 1986 · Shaka Zulu as Lord Bathurst
- 1986 · Wedden, dat..? as Self
- 1985 · Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch as Stefan Crosscoe
- 1985 · The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Himself - Presenter
- 1985 · The Best of All Time Horror Classics as
- 1984 · The Bengal Lancers! as Sir James Hunter
- 1984 · The Far Pavilions as Rao-Sahib
- 1983 · House of the Long Shadows as Corrigan
- 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 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1982 · Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · Goliath Awaits as John McKenzie
- 1981 · An Eye for an Eye as Morgan Canfield
- 1981 · Evil Stalks This House as Host
- 1981 · The Salamander as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Serial as Luckman Skull
- 1980 · Desperate Moves as Dr. Carl Boxer
- 1979 · 1941 as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
- 1979 · Bear Island as Lechinski
- 1979 · Captain America II: Death Too Soon as Miguel
- 1979 · Arabian Adventure as Caliph Alquazar
- 1979 · The Passage as Gypsy
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · Caravans as Sardar Khan
- 1978 · Circle of Iron as Zetan
- 1978 · Return from Witch Mountain as Victor Gannon
- 1977 · The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural as Narrator
- 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 · 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
- 1975 · In Search of Dracula as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
- 1975 · The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Satanus / Van Krig
- 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 · The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1973 · Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Arnaud
- 1973 · The Creeping Flesh as James Hildern
- 1972 · Death Line as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
- 1972 · Horror Express as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
- 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 · Scars of Dracula as Dracula
- 1970 · The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
- 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 · The Bloody Judge as Lord George Jeffreys
- 1970 · Scream and Scream Again as Fremont
- 1969 · The Magic Christian as Ship's Vampire
- 1969 · The Oblong Box as Dr. J. Neuhartt
- 1969 · The Castle of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1969 · Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula as Self
- 1968 · Curse of the Crimson Altar as J.D. Morley
- 1968 · Dracula Has Risen from the Grave as Dracula
- 1968 · The Devil Rides Out as Duc de Richleau
- 1968 · Eve as Colonel Stuart
- 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
- 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 · The Face of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1965 · Ten Little Indians as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
- 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
- 1964 · Crypt of the Vampire as Count Ludwig Karnstein
- 1964 · Horror!!! as Self
- 1963 · The Whip and the Body as Kurt Menliff
- 1963 · Horror Castle as Erich
- 1963 · Challenge the Devil as Mephistoles
- 1962 · Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace as Sherlock Holmes
- 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)
- 1962 · Secret of the Red Orchid as Capt. Allerman
- 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 · Taste of Fear as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
- 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 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 der Manege as Self
- 1959 · One Step Beyond as Wilhelm Reitlinger
- 1958 · Corridors of Blood as Resurrection Joe
- 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 · The Curse of Frankenstein as The Creature
- 1957 · The Traitor as Doctor Neumann
- 1956 · The Battle of the River Plate as Manolo
- 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 · Port Afrique as Franz Vermes
- 1956 · Alexander the Great as Nectenabus (voice)
- 1956 · Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Jeanpierre
- 1956 · Private's Progress as Major Schultz
- 1955 · The Cockleshell Heroes as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
- 1955 · The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Louis (uncredited)
- 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
- 1954 · The Awakening as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Mirror and Markheim as Visitant
- 1953 · Innocents in Paris as Lieutenant Whitlock
- 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 as Spanish Captain
- 1950 · Prelude to Fame as Newsman
- 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 · A Song for Tomorrow as Auguste
- 1948 · One Night with You as Pirelli's Assistant
- 1948 · Corridor of Mirrors as Charles
- Future · The Wicker Man At 50 as Lord Summerisle