Christopher Lee
Acting
Born: May 27, 1922 · Westminster, London, England, UK
Died: June 7, 2015 (aged 93)
Highest Rated
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Corpse Bride
2005
Hugo
2011
Dark Shadows
2012
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Photos (16)
Movies (255)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Saruman the White
Corpse Bride
Pastor Galswells (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Saruman
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Count Dooku
Alice in Wonderland
Jabberwocky (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Saruman
Sleepy Hollow
Burgomaster
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Saruman the White
The Golden Compass
First High Councilor
Dark Shadows
Clarney
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dr. Wonka
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Count Dooku
Season of the Witch
Cardinal D'Ambroise
The Three Musketeers
Rochefort
The Man with the Golden Gun
Francisco Scaramanga
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Saruman (voice)
The Bloody Judge
Lord George Jeffreys
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Count Dooku (voice)
Hugo
Monsieur Labisse
The Wicker Man
Lord Summerisle
The Four Musketeers
Rochefort
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Mycroft Holmes
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Doctor Catheter
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Commandant Rakov
The Salamander
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Airport '77
Martin Wallace
Hamlet
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Quo Vadis
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Taste of Fear
Doctor Pierre Gerrard
Hannie Caulder
Bailey
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Creature
Dracula
Count Dracula
Burke & Hare
Old Joseph
The Last Unicorn
King Haggard (voice)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Count Dracula
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Spanish Captain
To the Devil a Daughter
Father Michael
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Return from Witch Mountain
Victor Gannon
The Resident
August
The Creeping Flesh
James Hildern
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
Stefan Crosscoe
The Return of the Musketeers
Rochefort
The Face of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Man Chu
An Eye for an Eye
Morgan Canfield
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Dracula
The Terror of the Tongs
Chung King
Night Train to Lisbon
Father Bartholomeu
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Franklyn Marsh
House of the Long Shadows
Corrigan
The Cockleshell Heroes
Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Count Dracula
Dracula
The Oblong Box
Dr. J. Neuhartt
1941
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Scream and Scream Again
Fremont
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Dracula
Moulin Rouge
Georges Seurat (uncredited)
The City of the Dead
Prof. Alan Driscoll
The Return of Captain Invincible
Mr. Midnight
Storm Over the Nile
Karaga Pasha
The Magic Christian
Ship's Vampire
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Captain Robeles
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Man Chu
Too Hot to Handle
Novak
The Devil Rides Out
Duc de Richleau
Treasure Island
Blind Pew
I, Monster
Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Innocent Blood
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Scars of Dracula
Dracula
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Henry Baskerville
Crypt of the Vampire
Count Ludwig Karnstein
Dracula A.D. 1972
Count Dracula
Glorious 39
Older Walter Page
Scott of the Antarctic
Bernard Day
Julius Caesar
Artemidorus
Horror Express
Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Boogie Woogie
Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
The Gorgon
Prof. Karl Meister
Circus of Fear
Gregor
The Dark Avenger
French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Emerich
Caravans
Sardar Khan
That Lady
Capitán
Alexander the Great
Nectenabus (voice)
Meatcleaver Massacre
On-Screen Narrator
The Movie Orgy
Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes
The Whip and the Body
Kurt Menliff
Once Upon a Spy
Marcus Valorium
The Castle of the Living Dead
Count Drago
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
Sir Richard Turkel
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
Luis Morel
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Kato
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Dr. Pierre Gerrard
One More Time
Dracula
Dracula and Son
Le prince des Ténèbres
Theatre of Death
Philippe Darvas
The Heavy
Mr. Mason
Arabian Adventure
Caliph Alquazar
Eugenie
Dolmance
Ten Little Indians
Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
King
The House That Dripped Blood
John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
One Night with You
Pirelli's Assistant
The French Revolution
Sanson
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
The Passage
Gypsy
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Count Dracula
Jaguar Lives!
Adam Caine
Curse of the Crimson Altar
J.D. Morley
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Sherlock Holmes
The Battle of the River Plate
Manolo
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Paul Allen
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Ill Met by Moonlight
German officer at The Dentist's office
Night of the Big Heat
Godfrey Hanson
Fortune Is a Woman
Charles Highbury
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu
The Disputation
King James of Aragon
The Mummy
Kharis, the Mummy
Babes in Bagdad
Slave Dealer
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
The Devil's Daffodil
Ling Chu
Double Vision
Mr. Bernard
The Girl
Peter Storm
Extraordinary Tales
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Beat Girl
Kenny King
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu
The Crimson Pirate
Joseph - Military Attaché
Funny Man
Callum Chance
They Were Not Divided
Chris Lewis
The Story of Star Wars
Count Dooku (archive footage)
Port Afrique
Franz Vermes
The Skull
Sir Matthew Phillips
The Stupids
Evil Sender
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Grigori Rasputin
The Hands of Orlac
Nero the magician
Circle of Iron
Zetan
Death Line
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
A Tale of Two Cities
Marquis St. Evremonde
Death Train
General Konstanin Benin
Serial
Luckman Skull
Safari 3000
Count Borgia
Nothing But the Night
Col. Charles Bingham
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
Horror Castle
Erich
The Rainbow Thief
Uncle Rudolf
End of the World
Father Pergado / Zindar
Hercules in the Haunted World
King Lico (Licos)
She
Billali
The Truth About Women
Francois Thiers
Beauty and the Beast
Monsieur Renard (voice)
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Miguel
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Dr. Pearson
Penny and the Pownall Case
Jonathan Blair
The Treasure of San Teresa
Jaeger
Murder Story
Willard Hope
Creepy Classics
Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Corridor of Mirrors
Charles
Bear Island
Lechinski
The Wicker Tree
Old Man
Corridors of Blood
Resurrection Joe
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
The Traitor
Doctor Neumann
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Sherlock Holmes
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Stephen Hayward
Triage
Joaquín Morales
Prelude to Fame
Newsman
Evil Stalks This House
Host
The Secret of the Red Orchid
Capt. Allerman
Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The Devil's Agent
Baron Ferdi von Staub
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #4
Killer Force
Major Chilton
Uncle Was a Vampire
Baron Roderico da Frankurten
Top Secret
Russian Agent (uncredited)
Trottie True
Hon. Bongo Icklesham
The Pirates of Blood River
Captain LaRoche
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Narrator
Jocks
President White
Constel·lació Portabella
(archive footage)
Manuela
Voice (voice)
Poor Devil
Lucifer
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Prince Philip
Albino
Bill
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
Death (synchro)
A Song for Tomorrow
Auguste
Challenge the Devil
Mephistoles
Battle of the V-1
Brunner
A Feast at Midnight
V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
The Miser
Cardinale Spinosi
For Better or for Worse
Lazos
Bitter Victory
Sgt. Barney
Valley of the Eagles
Det. Holt
Contraband Spain
Narrador (voz)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Narrator
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
Dark Places
Dr. Ian Mandeville
Private's Progress
Major Schultz
Fear in the Dark
Narrator
Innocents in Paris
Lieutenant Whitlock
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
The Lord Provost
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
The Girl from Nagasaki
Old Officer Pinkerton
Casanova
Branicki
Night of the Eagles
Walter Strauss
The Face of Eve
Colonel Stuart
Angels in Notting Hill
The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
The Wicker Man at 50
Lord Summerisle
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Stage Manager /Flask
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Journey of Honor
King Philip
The Care of Time
Karlis Zander
Cyber Eden
Cedric
100 Years of Horror
Presenter
Welcome to the Discworld
Death
The Fall of the House Of Usher
The Narrator
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
Death (synchro)
Cross-Roads
Harry Cooper
The Awakening
Factory proprietor (uncredited)
Soul Music
Death (voice)
The Keeper
The Keeper
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
King Vladimir V
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
Narrator (voice)
A Century of Science Fiction
Narrator (voice)
Umbracle
The Man
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
2005
Starship Invasions
Captain Rameses
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Satanus / Van Krig
The Mirror and Markheim
Visitant
The Bengal Lancers!
Sir James Hunter
Paul Temple Returns
Sir Felix Raybourne
Beyond Mombasa
Gil Rossi
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985
Massarati and the Brain
Victor Leopold
Police Dog
Johnny, a constable
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Narrator (voice)
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
Alias John Preston
John Preston
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
Narrator
Olympus Force: The Key
Filly
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
Mask of Murder
Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Halloween Monster Bash
Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Drácula en la Hammer
Christopher Lee
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Narrator
Desperate Moves
Dr. Carl Boxer
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Dracula (archive footage)
Faces of Death
(archive footage)
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
Narrator
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
Narrator
TV Shows (40)
Charlie's Angels
Dale Woodman · 2 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Karl Jorla · 1 eps
The Avengers
Professor Stone · 1 eps
The Avengers
Colonel Mannering · 1 eps
Blue Heelers
Scott James · 5 eps
One Step Beyond
Wilhelm Reitlinger · 1 eps
Space: 1999
Captain Zandor · 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
King Vladimir V · 1 eps
The Odyssey
Tiresias · 2 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Count Ottokar Graf Czerin · 1 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Arnaud · 1 eps
How the West Was Won
The Grand Duke · 1 eps
Mark Saber
Larry Spence · 1 eps
The Adventures of William Tell
Prince Erik · 1 eps
Ivanhoe
Sir Otto from the Rhine · 1 eps
The Colour of Magic
Death · 2 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
Stuart · 3 eps
Shaka Zulu
Lord Bathurst · 10 eps
Goliath Awaits
John McKenzie · 2 eps
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Jeanpierre · 1 eps
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Louis the Executioner (uncredited) · 1 eps
Ivanhoe
Lucas de Beaumanoir · 6 eps
In the Beginning
Rameses I · 2 eps
Whicker's World
2 eps
Gormenghast
Flay · 4 eps
The French Revolution
Sanson (« Les Années terribles ») · 2 eps
Pope John Paul II
Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński · 2 eps
The Pirate
Samir Al Fay · 2 eps
The Far Pavilions
Rao-Sahib · 3 eps
Moses
Pharaoh · 2 eps
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Narrator · 13 eps
The Errol Flynn Theatre
The Visitant · 1 eps
The Errol Flynn Theatre
Compte de Merret · 1 eps
The Errol Flynn Theatre
Maurice Gabet · 1 eps
The Errol Flynn Theatre
General Hamelin · 1 eps
Soul Music
Death (voice) · 7 eps
Un métier de seigneur
Fog · 2 eps
Wyrd Sisters
Death (voice) · 6 eps
Ghost Stories for Christmas
Narrator · 4 eps
Alisea and the Dream Prince
Azaret · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (71)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Brisant
Self · 1 eps
Stern TV
Self · 1 eps
Stars in der Manege
Self · 1 eps
Auf los geht's los
Self · 1 eps
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 8 eps
100 Years of Horror
Self - Host · 26 eps
Theatre Macabre
Self – Host · 24 eps
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self (footage) · 4 eps
Hollywood Chinese
Self
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Self / Various (Archive)
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Self
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
Self
Vampir Cuadecuc
Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Self / Count Dooku
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Self (archive footage)
In Search of Dracula
Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
Quest for the Ring
Self
Horror!!!
Self
Ghost
Self - Narrator
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
Self
Children of the Wicker Man
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Himself - Presenter
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
Himself
Everything or Nothing
Self
The Trail of Dracula
Self (Archival Footage)
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Self (archive footage)
The Mummy
Self - Host
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Narrator (voice) / Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Self
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
Self
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
Self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
Self - Narrator
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Himself
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Self
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Self
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
Self
The Rank Charm School
Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
Self
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Face of Unity
Self
Drácula Barcelona
Himself
Best Ever Bond
Self / Scaramanga
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
Self
Mickey's 50
Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
Self
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Self
