Christopher Lee
Biography
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
368
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-05-27 (102 years old)
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Acting
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)2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica as Not available2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Saruman the White2013
Night Train to Lisbon as Father Bartholomeu2013
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics as Narrator2013
Extraordinary Tales as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')2013
The Girl from Nagasaki as Old Officer Pinkerton2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Saruman the White2012
Dark Shadows as Clarney2012
Everything or Nothing as Self2011
Hugo as Monsieur Labisse2011
Season of the Witch as Cardinal D'Ambroise2011
The Resident as August2011
The Wicker Tree as Old Man2010
Alice in Wonderland as Jabberwocky (voice)2010
Burke & Hare as Old Joseph2010
The Heavy as Mr. Mason2009
Boogie Woogie as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold2009
Glorious 39 as Older Walter Page2009
Triage as Joaquín Morales2008
The Colour of Magic as Death2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Count Dooku (voice)2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self2007
The Golden Compass as First High Councilor2006
Semperopernball as Self2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Dr. Wonka2005
Corpse Bride as Pastor Galswells (voice)2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Count Dooku2005
Pope John Paul II as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński2004
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel as Self2004
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Emerich2004
The Story of Star Wars as Count Dooku (archive footage)2002
Top Gear as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage)2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Count Dooku2002
Bond Girls Are Forever as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)2002
Best Ever Bond as Self / Scaramanga2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman2001
Aeschbacher as Self2000
Gormenghast as Flay2000
In the Beginning as Rameses I2000
Ghost Stories for Christmas as Narrator1999
Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster1998
Jinnah as Muhammad Ali Jinnah1998
Tale of the Mummy as Sir Richard Turkel1997
The Odyssey as Tiresias1997
Ivanhoe as Lucas de Beaumanoir1997
Wyrd Sisters as Death1997
Soul Music as Death (voice)1996
100 Years of Horror as Self - Host1996
Alisea and the Dream Prince as Azaret1996
Moses as Pharaoh1996
The Stupids as Evil Sender1995
Tales of Mystery and Imagination as Narrator1994
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Rakov1994
Brisant as Self1994
The World of Hammer as Not available1993
Blue Heelers as Scott James1993
Death Train as General Konstanin Benin1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin1992
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls as Sherlock Holmes1990
Stern TV as Self1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Doctor Catheter1990
Treasure Island as Blind Pew1989
Around the World in 80 Days as Stuart1989
The French Revolution as Sanson1989
The Return of the Musketeers as Rochefort1987
Seitenblicke as self1987
Mio in the Land of Faraway as Kato1986
Shaka Zulu as Lord Bathurst1986
Wedden, dat..? as Self1985
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch as Stefan Crosscoe1984
The Far Pavilions as Rao-Sahib1983
House of the Long Shadows as Corrigan1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as King Vladimir V1982
Champs-Elysées as Self1982
The Last Unicorn as King Haggard (voice)1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self1981
Goliath Awaits as John McKenzie1981
An Eye for an Eye as Morgan Canfield1981
The Salamander as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence1980
Serial as Luckman Skull1979
1941 as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt1979
Bear Island as Lechinski1979
The Passage as Gypsy1979
Captain America II: Death Too Soon as Miguel1979
Arabian Adventure as Caliph Alquazar1978
Return from Witch Mountain as Victor Gannon1978
Circle of Iron as Zetan1978
Caravans as Sardar Khan1978
Mickey's 50 as Self1977
How the West Was Won as The Grand Duke1977
Auf los geht's los as Self1977
Airport '77 as Martin Wallace1977
End of the World as Father Pergado / Zindar1977
Starship Invasions as Captain Rameses1976
Charlie's Angels as Dale Woodman1976
To the Devil a Daughter as Father Michael1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host1975
Space: 1999 as Captain Zandor1974
The Man with the Golden Gun as Francisco Scaramanga1974
The Four Musketeers as Rochefort1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Arnaud1973
The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle1973
The Three Musketeers as Rochefort1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Count Dracula1973
The Creeping Flesh as James Hildern1973
Nothing But the Night as Col. Charles Bingham1972
Horror Express as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton1972
Dracula A.D. 1972 as Count Dracula1972
Death Line as Stratton-Villiers, MI51971
Theatre Macabre as Self - Host1971
Hannie Caulder as Bailey1971
The House That Dripped Blood as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")1971
I, Monster as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake1970
Eugenie as Dolmance1970
Julius Caesar as Artemidorus1970
Treffpunkte as Self1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula as Dracula1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes1970
Scars of Dracula as Dracula1970
Count Dracula as Dracula1970
The Bloody Judge as Lord George Jeffreys1969
The Castle of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu1969
The Magic Christian as Ship's Vampire1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave as Dracula1968
The Devil Rides Out as Duc de Richleau1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar as J.D. Morley1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu1968
The Movie Orgy as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)1967
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai1967
Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #41966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Count Dracula1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Grigori Rasputin1965
Ten Little Indians as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)1965
She as Billali1965
The Skull as Sir Matthew Phillips1965
The Face of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Franklyn Marsh1964
The Gorgon as Prof. Karl Meister1964
Crypt of the Vampire as Count Ludwig Karnstein1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates as Captain Robeles1963
The Whip and the Body as Kurt Menliff1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Karl Jorla1962
Lolita as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)1962
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace as Sherlock Holmes1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self1961
The Avengers as Professor Stone1961
The Avengers as Colonel Mannering1961
Taste of Fear as Doctor Pierre Gerrard1961
Hercules in the Haunted World as King Lico (Licos)1961
The Devil's Daffodil as Ling Chu1960
The City of the Dead as Prof. Alan Driscoll1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Paul Allen1959
Stars in the Ring as Self1959
One Step Beyond as Wilhelm Reitlinger1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville1959
The Mummy as Kharis, the Mummy1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death as Dr. Pierre Gerrard1958
The Adventures of William Tell as Prince Erik1958
Ivanhoe as Sir Otto from the Rhine1958
Dracula as Count Dracula1958
Corridors of Blood as Resurrection Joe1958
A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde1957
The Curse of Frankenstein as The Creature1957
Bitter Victory as Sgt. Barney1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Jeanpierre1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre as Maurice Gabet1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre as Compte de Merret1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre as The Visitant1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre as General Hamelin1956
Alexander the Great as Nectenabus (voice)1956
The Battle of the River Plate as Manolo1955
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Louis (uncredited)1952
The Crimson Pirate as Joseph (attache)1952
Moulin Rouge as Georges Seurat (uncredited)1951
Quo Vadis as Chariot Driver (uncredited)1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Spanish CaptainNaN
Science Fiction Film Awards as Himself2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)2024
Children of the Wicker Man as Self (archive footage)2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)2017
Drácula Barcelona as Himself2015
Angels in Notting Hill as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)2014
Face of Unity as Self2013
The Trail of Dracula as Self2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Dracula (archive footage)2012
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features as Not available2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)2007
Ein Leben wie im Flug as Self2007
Beloved Count as Self2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self2002
Perversion Stories as Self2001
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz as Narrator2001
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man as Not available1996
Welcome to the Discworld as Death1992
Beauty and the Beast as Monsieur Renard (voice)1991
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice as Dr. Pearson1989
Night of the Eagles as Walter Strauss1988
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil as Luis Morel1988
Olympus Force: The Key as Not available1986
Un métier de seigneur as Fog1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Himself - Presenter1982
Massarati and the Brain as Victor Leopold1980
Desperate Moves as Dr. Carl Boxer1976
Dracula and Son as Le prince des Ténèbres1975
In Search of Dracula as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Satanus / Van Krig1974
Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Stephen Hayward1963
Challenge the Devil as Mephistoles1960
The Hands of Orlac as Nero the magician1957
The Traitor as Doctor Neumann1957
Fortune Is a Woman as Charles Highbury1956
Port Afrique as Franz Vermes1955
Contraband Spain as Narrador (voz)1955
That Lady as Capitán1955
Alias John Preston as John Preston1955
Police Dog as Johnny, a constable1954
The Awakening as Factory proprietor (uncredited)1952
Babes in Bagdad as Slave Dealer1952
Paul Temple Returns as Sir Felix Raybourne1951
Valley of the Eagles as Det. Holt1950
They Were Not Divided as Chris Lewis1948
One Night with You as Pirelli's AssistantNaN
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Lord Summerisle2023
Faces of Death as (archive footage)2022
Dracula Unearthed as Count Dracula (archive footage)2020
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words as Himself2012
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self2012
The Fall of the House Of Usher as The Narrator2012
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror as Self2012
Dracula vs. Vampir as Not available2012
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 as Narrator2010
Halloween: The Inside Story as (archive footage)2010
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror as Self2008
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem as Narrator (voice)2008
Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self2007
Hollywood Chinese as Self2007
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn as Narrator (voice)2007
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands as Self2007
Bloody Jess as Self2007
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets as Narrator2005
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as The Lord Provost2003
The Making of The Two Towers as Not available2003
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self2003
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self2003
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick as Narrator2003
Drácula en la Hammer as Christopher Lee2002
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Count Dooku2002
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring as Self2002
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer as Not available2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self2001
Quest for the Ring as Self2001
The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself2000
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator as Self2000
The Many Faces of Dracula as Narrator2000
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' as Not available2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin1998
The Mummy as Self - Host1998
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah as Self1998
100 Years of Horror as Presenter1998
Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self1997
Soul Music as Death (voice)1996
Vem Var Dracula as Self1996
A Century of Science Fiction as Narrator (voice)1996
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee as Not available1996
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes as Not available1996
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry as Self1995
Moses as Pharaoh1995
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self1995
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James as Self1994
The Rainbow Thief as Uncle Rudolf1994
Funny Man as Callum Chance1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self1994
A Feast at Midnight as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow1992
Double Vision as Mr. Bernard1992
Cyber Eden as Cedric1991
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sherlock Holmes1991
Journey of Honor as King Philip1991
Fear in the Dark as Narrator1990
The Miser as Cardinale Spinosi1990
The Care of Time as Karlis Zander1989
Honeymoon Academy as Lazos1989
Murder Story as Willard Hope1987
The Girl as Peter Storm1987
Creepy Classics as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self1986
Jocks as President White1986
The Disputation as King James of Aragon1985
Mask of Murder as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich1985
The Best of All Time Horror Classics as Not available1984
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers as King Vladimir V1984
The Rosebud Beach Hotel as King1984
The Bengal Lancers! as Sir James Hunter1983
The Return of Captain Invincible as Mr. Midnight1983
New Magic as Mr. Kellar1983
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Narrator1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)1982
Safari 3000 as Count Borgia1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Prince Philip1982
The Rank Charm School as Self1981
Evil Stalks This House as Host1980
Once Upon a Spy as Marcus Valorium1979
Jaguar Lives! as Adam Caine1979
The Horror Show as (archive footage)1978
The Pirate as Samir Al Fay1977
Meatcleaver Massacre as On-Screen Narrator1977
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural as Narrator1976
Killer Force as Major Chilton1976
Death in the Sun as Bill1976
The Keeper as The Keeper1973
Dark Places as Dr. Ian Mandeville1973
Poor Devil as Lucifer1972
Vampir Cuadecuc as Self1972
Umbracle as The Man1970
One More Time as Dracula1970
Scream and Scream Again as Fremont1969
The Oblong Box as Dr. J. Neuhartt1969
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula as Self1968
Eve as Colonel Stuart1967
Night of the Big Heat as Godfrey Hanson1967
Theatre of Death as Philippe Darvas1967
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu as Fu Manchu1966
Circus of Fear as Gregor1964
The Castle of the Living Dead as Count Drago1964
Horror!!! as Self1963
Horror Castle as Erich1962
The Pirates of Blood River as Captain LaRoche1962
The Devil's Agent as Baron Ferdi von Staub1962
Secret of the Red Orchid as Capt. Allerman1961
The Terror of the Tongs as Chung King1960
Too Hot to Handle as Novak1960
Beat Girl as Kenny King1959
Uncle Was a Vampire as Baron Roderico da Frankurten1959
The Treasure of San Teresa as Jaeger1958
Battle of the V-1 as Brunner1957
Sailor of Fortune as Yusif Carnot1957
The Truth About Women as Francois Thiers1957
Ill Met by Moonlight as German officer at The Dentist's office1957
Manuela as Voice (voice)1956
Private's Progress as Major Schultz1956
Beyond Mombasa as Gil Rossi1955
The Dark Avenger as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)1955
The Cockleshell Heroes as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves1955
Storm Over the Nile as Karaga Pasha1955
Cross-Roads as Harry Cooper1954
The Mirror and Markheim as Visitant1953
Innocents in Paris as Lieutenant Whitlock1953
The Top and the Ball as Father1952
Top Secret as Russian Agent (uncredited)1950
Prelude to Fame as Newsman1949
Trottie True as Hon. Bongo Icklesham1948
Hamlet as Palace Guard (uncredited)1948
Scott of the Antarctic as Bernard Day1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel1948
Corridor of Mirrors as Charles1948
A Song for Tomorrow as Auguste1948
Penny and the Pownall Case as Jonathan BlairNaN
The Wicker Man At 50 as Lord SummerisleCrew
1973
Nothing But the Night Producer