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