
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)
- 2024 · The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Self / Various (Archive)
- 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)
- 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 · How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective 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 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Saruman the White
- 2012 · Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
- 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)
- 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 Jabberwocky (voice)
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Older Walter Page
- 2009 · Boogie Woogie as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
- 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 · Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Hollywood Chinese as Self
- 2006 · Semperopernball as Self
- 2005 · Pope John Paul II as Kardinal 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 · Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Emerich
- 2004 · Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel as Self
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Self / Scaramanga
- 2002 · Bond Girls Are Forever as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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 Making of The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2001 · Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man as
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 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
- 2000 · The Many Faces of Dracula as Narrator
- 2000 · Ian Fleming: 007's Creator as Self
- 1999 · Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
- 1998 · Jinnah as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1998 · Tale of the Mummy as Sir Richard Turkel
- 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 · The Stupids as Evil Sender
- 1996 · In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes as
- 1995 · Moses as Pharaoh
- 1995 · Tales of Mystery and Imagination as Narrator
- 1994 · A Feast at Midnight as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
- 1994 · Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self
- 1994 · Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Rakov
- 1994 · Brisant as Self
- 1993 · Blue Heelers as Scott James
- 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 · Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sherlock Holmes
- 1991 · Fear in the Dark as Narrator
- 1991 · Curse III: Blood Sacrifice as Dr. Pearson
- 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 · Night of the Eagles as Walter Strauss
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Sanson
- 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
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 1986 · The Disputation as King James of Aragon
- 1986 · Shaka Zulu as Lord Bathurst
- 1986 · Wedden, dat..? 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 Bengal Lancers! as Sir James Hunter
- 1984 · The Far Pavilions as Rao-Sahib
- 1983 · House of the Long Shadows as Corrigan
- 1983 · The Return of Captain Invincible as Mr. Midnight
- 1982 · The Last Unicorn as King Haggard (voice)
- 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
- 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 · The Salamander as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Once Upon a Spy as Marcus Valorium
- 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 · Jaguar Lives! as Adam Caine
- 1979 · Arabian Adventure as Caliph Alquazar
- 1979 · The Passage as Gypsy
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · The Pirate as Samir Al Fay
- 1978 · Mickey's 50 as Self
- 1978 · Circle of Iron as Zetan
- 1978 · Return from Witch Mountain as Victor Gannon
- 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 · Dracula and Son as Le prince des Ténèbres
- 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
- 1974 · The Man with the Golden Gun as Francisco Scaramanga
- 1973 · The Three Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1973 · The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle
- 1973 · Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Arnaud
- 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 · Death Line as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
- 1972 · Horror Express as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
- 1972 · Dracula A.D. 1972 as Count Dracula
- 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 · The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
- 1970 · Julius Caesar as Artemidorus
- 1970 · Taste the Blood of Dracula as Dracula
- 1970 · One More Time as Dracula
- 1970 · Count Dracula as Dracula
- 1970 · Eugenie as Dolmance
- 1969 · The Oblong Box as Dr. J. Neuhartt
- 1968 · Curse of the Crimson Altar as J.D. Morley
- 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
- 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 · Theatre of Death as Philippe Darvas
- 1966 · Circus of Fear as Gregor
- 1966 · Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Grigori Rasputin
- 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 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
- 1964 · Horror!!! as Self
- 1963 · The Whip and the Body as Kurt Menliff
- 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)
- 1962 · The Pirates of Blood River as Captain LaRoche
- 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 City of the Dead as Prof. Alan Driscoll
- 1960 · Beat Girl as Kenny King
- 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 · 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
- 1957 · Bitter Victory as Sgt. Barney
- 1957 · Manuela as Voice (voice)
- 1957 · The Curse of Frankenstein as The Creature
- 1957 · The Traitor as Doctor Neumann
- 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 · Alexander the Great as Nectenabus (voice)
- 1956 · Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Jeanpierre
- 1955 · The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Louis (uncredited)
- 1955 · Contraband Spain as Narrador (voz)
- 1954 · The Awakening as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
- 1953 · Innocents in Paris as Lieutenant Whitlock
- 1952 · Babes in Bagdad as Slave Dealer
- 1952 · Paul Temple Returns as Sir Felix Raybourne
- 1952 · The Crimson Pirate as Joseph (attache)
- 1951 · Quo Vadis as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
- 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 · One Night with You as Pirelli's Assistant
- Future · Science Fiction Film Awards as Himself
- 2023 · Faces of Death as (archive footage)
- 2022 · Dracula Unearthed as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 2017 · Drácula Barcelona as Himself
- 2014 · Face of Unity as Self
- 2013 · The Trail of Dracula as Self
- 2012 · Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror as Self
- 2012 · The Fall of the House Of Usher as The Narrator
- 2012 · Dracula vs. Vampir as
- 2012 · Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 as Narrator
- 2012 · Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' 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)
- 2009 · Triage as Joaquín Morales
- 2008 · The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
- 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
- 2007 · Beloved Count as Self
- 2007 · Bloody Jess as Self
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills 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
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Count Dooku (archive footage)
- 2003 · Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
- 2003 · Drácula en la Hammer as Christopher Lee
- 2003 · The Making of The Two Towers as
- 2003 · Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
- 2003 · Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick as Narrator
- 2002 · From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Count Dooku
- 2002 · Perversion Stories as Self
- 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 · The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 2001 · The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz as Narrator
- 2000 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 1998 · Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
- 1998 · Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah as Self
- 1998 · The Mummy as Self - Host
- 1998 · 100 Years of Horror as Presenter
- 1997 · Soul Music as Death (voice)
- 1996 · Welcome to the Discworld as Death
- 1996 · Vem Var Dracula as Self
- 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 · In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 1994 · The World of Hammer as
- 1994 · Funny Man as Callum Chance
- 1994 · The Rainbow Thief as Uncle Rudolf
- 1993 · Death Train as General Konstanin Benin
- 1992 · Cyber Eden as Cedric
- 1992 · Double Vision as Mr. Bernard
- 1991 · Journey of Honor as King Philip
- 1990 · The Care of Time as Karlis Zander
- 1989 · Honeymoon Academy as Lazos
- 1989 · Murder Story as Willard Hope
- 1987 · Creepy Classics as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
- 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
- 1986 · Jocks as President White
- 1985 · The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Himself - Presenter
- 1985 · The Best of All Time Horror Classics as
- 1984 · The Rosebud Beach Hotel as King
- 1983 · Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Narrator
- 1983 · New Magic as Mr. Kellar
- 1982 · Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Prince Philip
- 1982 · Massarati and the Brain as Victor Leopold
- 1981 · Evil Stalks This House as Host
- 1978 · Caravans as Sardar Khan
- 1977 · The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural as Narrator
- 1977 · Meatcleaver Massacre as On-Screen Narrator
- 1976 · Death in the Sun as Bill
- 1976 · Killer Force as Major Chilton
- 1975 · The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Satanus / Van Krig
- 1974 · The Four Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1974 · Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Stephen Hayward
- 1973 · Dark Places as Dr. Ian Mandeville
- 1972 · Vampir Cuadecuc as Self
- 1972 · Umbracle as The Man
- 1970 · Scars of Dracula as Dracula
- 1970 · Treffpunkte as Self
- 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 Castle of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1969 · Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula as Self
- 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 · Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Count Dracula
- 1963 · Horror Castle as Erich
- 1963 · Challenge the Devil as Mephistoles
- 1962 · The Devil's Agent as Baron Ferdi von Staub
- 1960 · Too Hot to Handle as Novak
- 1960 · The Hands of Orlac as Nero the magician
- 1960 · The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Paul Allen
- 1959 · Uncle Was a Vampire as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
- 1959 · The Mummy as Kharis, the Mummy
- 1958 · A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde
- 1958 · Battle of the V-1 as Brunner
- 1957 · The Truth About Women as Francois Thiers
- 1954 · The Mirror and Markheim as Visitant
- 1951 · Valley of the Eagles as Det. Holt
- Future · The Wicker Man At 50 as Lord Summerisle
- Future · Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Lord Summerisle
- 1957 · Sailor of Fortune as Yusif Carnot
- 1957 · Fortune Is a Woman as Charles Highbury
- 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 · Private's Progress as Major Schultz
- 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 · Police Dog as Johnny, a constable
- 1955 · The Dark Avenger as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
- 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 · Top Secret as Russian Agent (uncredited)
- 1951 · Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Spanish Captain
- 1950 · Prelude to Fame as Newsman
- 1950 · They Were Not Divided as Chris Lewis
- 1949 · Trottie True as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
- 1948 · A Song for Tomorrow as Auguste
- 1948 · Corridor of Mirrors as Charles