Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born May 27, 1922, died 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, strong 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.
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- Born:
- May 27, 1922 In Belgravia, Westminster, England
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 238
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Corridor of Mirrors 1948-02-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024-12-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Saruman (voice) | 2024-12-05 |
| Movie | Bring Me the Blood of the Werewolf | Dracula | 2018-11-02 |
| Movie | Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
| Movie | Fifty Shades of Erotica | (archive footage) | 2015-04-13 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman the White | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') | 2013-02-28 |
| Movie | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartholomeu | 2013-03-07 |
| Movie | The Trail of Dracula | Self | 2013-12-12 |
| Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Narrator | 2013-10-23 |
| Movie | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | 2013-11-11 |
| Movie | Frankenweenie | Movie Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-10-04 |
| Movie | Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 |
| Movie | Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars | Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) | 2012-10-29 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman the White | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D'Ambroise | 2011-01-07 |
| Movie | The Resident | August | 2011-02-10 |
| Movie | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | The Wicker Tree | Old Man | 2011-08-27 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Jabberwocky (voice) | 2010-03-03 |
| Movie | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | 2010-04-08 |
| Movie | Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror | Self | 2010-10-31 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
| Movie | Burke & Hare | Old Joseph | 2010-10-29 |
| Movie | Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days | DiZ | 2009-09-29 |
| Movie | Boogie Woogie | Mr. Alfred Rhinegold | 2009-06-26 |
| Movie | Triage | Joaquín Morales | 2009-11-13 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Older Walter Page | 2009-11-20 |
| Series | The Colour of Magic | Tod (Sprechrolle) | 2008-03-23 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Movie | Ein Leben wie im Flug | Self | 2007-03-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood Chinese | Self | 2007-03-18 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Walker Payne | Stu | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | 2005-05-17 |
| Movie | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | 2005-07-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | 2005-10-29 |
| Movie | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Emerich | 2004-02-18 |
| Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Count Dooku (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self | 2003-12-12 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman (extended edition) | 2003-12-17 |
| Movie | Bond Girls Are Forever | Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-06 |
| Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Count Dooku | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | Best Ever Bond | Self / Scaramanga | 2002-11-22 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | 2001-12-29 | |
| Movie | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | 2000-05-20 | |
| Series | Gormenghast | Flay | 2000-01-17 |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | 2000-05-23 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Count Ottokar Graf Czernin | 1999-10-26 |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | 1999-11-19 |
| Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | 1998-08-03 |
| Movie | Jinnah | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | 1998-11-07 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Beaumanoir | 1997-01-12 |
| Movie | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-05-12 |
| Movie | Alisea and the Dream Prince | Azaret | 1996-02-01 |
| Movie | 100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons | Host / Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Stupids | Evil Sender | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Self | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | Moses | Pharao Ramses | 1995-12-18 |
| Movie | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Rakov | 1994-06-09 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | 1994-01-19 |
| Movie | A Feast at Midnight | V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow | 1994-11-01 |
| Movie | Death Train | General Konstanin Benin | 1993-04-14 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | 1992-02-19 |
| Movie | Innocent Blood | Count Dracula (archive footage) | 1992-09-25 |
| Movie | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Dr. Pearson | 1991-05-10 |
| Movie | Journey of Honor | King Philip | 1991-04-27 |
| Movie | Fear in the Dark | Narrator | 1991-10-29 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-12-06 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Blind Pew | 1990-01-22 |
| Movie | The Miser | Cardinale Spinosi | 1990-04-06 |
| Movie | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | 1990-06-15 |
| Movie | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | 1990-08-26 |
| Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | 1989-04-16 |
| Movie | The French Revolution | Sanson | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | 1989-04-12 |
| Movie | Night of the Eagles | Walter Strauss | 1989-05-18 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | 1989-12-01 |
| Movie | Murder Story | Willard Hope | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil | Luis Morel | 1988-08-18 |
| Movie | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Self | 1987-06-26 |
| Movie | The Girl | Peter Storm | 1987-08-07 |
| Movie | Mio in the Land of Faraway | Kato | 1987-07-01 |
| Movie | Jocks | President White | 1986-11-14 |
| Movie | The Disputation | King James of Aragon | 1986-12-21 |
| Movie | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | 1985-10-15 |
| Movie | Fright Night | Dracula (archive footage) | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe | 1985-08-28 |
| Movie | The Far Pavilions | Rao-Sahib | 1984-04-21 |
| Movie | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | King | 1984-11-02 |
| Movie | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | 1983-01-28 |
| Movie | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | 1983-06-17 |
| Movie | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | 1982-08-26 |
| Movie | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | 1982-05-01 |
| Movie | Evil Stalks This House | Host | 1981-07-12 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | 1981-08-14 |
| Movie | Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | 1981-11-11 |
| Movie | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | Serial | Luckman Skull | 1980-03-28 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | 1980-09-19 |
| Movie | The Passage | Gypsy | 1979-03-09 |
| Movie | Arabian Adventure | Caliph Alquazar | 1979-07-08 |
| Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer | 1979-03-03 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | 1979-08-09 |
| Movie | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | Bear Island | Lechinski | 1979-12-05 |
| Movie | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon | 1978-03-10 |
| Movie | Caravans | Sardar Khan | 1978-11-02 |
| Movie | Circle of Iron | Zetan | 1978-07-25 |
| Movie | Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Samir Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | 1977-03-11 |
| Movie | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | 1977-08-01 |
| Movie | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | 1977-10-14 |
| Movie | Killer Force | Major Chilton | 1976-01-14 |
| Movie | Dracula and Son | Le prince des Ténèbres | 1976-09-14 |
| Movie | Death in the Sun | Bill | 1976-03-15 |
| Movie | In Search of Dracula | Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula | 1975-05-15 |
| Movie | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | 1974-12-04 |
| Movie | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | 1974-01-01 |
| Movie | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | 1974-10-31 |
| Movie | Poor Devil | Lucifer | 1973-02-14 |
| Movie | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
| Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | 1973-04-17 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | 1973-02-16 |
| Movie | Dark Places | Dr. Ian Mandeville | 1973-05-01 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | 1973-12-11 |
| Movie | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | 1973-12-06 |
| Movie | Vampir Cuadecuc | Self | 1972-05-05 |
| Movie | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | 1972-06-26 |
| Movie | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | 1972-10-13 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake | 1971-11-01 |
| Movie | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | 1971-11-08 |
| Movie | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | 1970-02-05 |
| Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | 1970-02-02 |
| Movie | Eugenie | Dolmance | 1970-02-20 |
| Movie | Count Dracula | Dracula | 1970-04-03 |
| Movie | One More Time | Dracula | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Scars of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-11-08 |
| Movie | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhartt | 1969-06-11 |
| Movie | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | 1969-12-12 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Eve | Colonel Stuart | 1968-07-19 |
| Movie | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | 1968-07-20 |
| Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | J.D. Morley | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula | 1968-11-07 |
| Movie | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1967-05-25 |
| Movie | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | 1967-07-21 |
| Movie | The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai | 1967-10-05 |
| Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | 1966-01-09 |
| Movie | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | 1966-03-06 |
| Movie | Circus of Fear | Gregor | 1966-04-29 |
| Movie | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | 1966-12-16 |
| Movie | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | 1965-02-23 |
| Movie | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | 1965-08-25 |
| Movie | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1965-08-06 |
| Movie | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | The Castle of the Living Dead | Count Drago | 1964-08-05 |
| Movie | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | 1964-10-18 |
| Movie | Challenge the Devil | Mephistoles | 1963-05-28 |
| Movie | Horror Castle | Erich | 1963-08-15 |
| Movie | The Whip and the Body | Kurt Menliff | 1963-08-29 |
| Movie | Secret of the Red Orchid | Capt. Allerman | 1962-03-01 |
| Movie | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | 1962-05-09 |
| Movie | Lolita | Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1962-06-13 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | 1962-11-30 |
| Movie | The Devil's Agent | Baron Ferdi von Staub | 1962-09-01 |
| Movie | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | 1961-03-15 |
| Movie | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | 1961-06-05 |
| Movie | Hercules in the Haunted World | King Lico (Licos) | 1961-11-16 |
| Movie | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | 1961-07-20 |
| Movie | Beat Girl | Kenny King | 1960-08-21 |
| Movie | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | 1960-09-09 |
| Movie | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | 1960-10-24 |
| Movie | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | 1959-05-04 |
| Movie | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerrard | 1959-06-15 |
| Movie | Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | 1959-10-28 |
| Movie | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | 1959-07-21 |
| Movie | Dracula | Count Dracula | 1958-04-21 |
| Movie | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | 1958-12-01 |
| Movie | The Traitor | Doctor Neumann | 1957-03-01 |
| Movie | Ill Met by Moonlight | German officer at The Dentist's office | 1957-01-31 |
| Movie | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | 1957-03-13 |
| Movie | Manuela | Voice (voice) | 1957-07-18 |
| Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | 1957-05-20 |
| Movie | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | 1957-10-01 |
| Movie | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | 1957-08-28 |
| Movie | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | 1956-03-28 |
| Movie | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | 1956-02-17 |
| Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | 1956-10-29 |
| Movie | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | 1956-06-18 |
| Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | 1956-10-30 |
| Movie | That Lady | Capitán | 1955-03-05 |
| Movie | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | A Stage Manager / Flask | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | 1955-02-01 |
| Movie | Contraband Spain | Narrador (voz) | 1955-03-15 |
| Movie | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) | 1955-04-15 |
| Movie | Alias John Preston | John Preston | 1955-12-14 |
| Movie | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | 1955-12-26 |
| Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander Alan Grieves | 1955-11-16 |
| Movie | The Mirror and Markheim | Visitant | 1954-01-01 |
| Movie | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | 1953-07-22 |
| Movie | Top Secret | Russian Agent (uncredited) | 1952-11-10 |
| Movie | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | 1952-09-27 |
| Movie | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | 1952-11-24 |
| Movie | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | 1952-12-07 |
| Movie | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat (uncredited) | 1952-12-23 |
| Movie | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain | 1951-04-10 |
| Movie | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver (uncredited) | 1951-11-08 |
| Movie | Valley of the Eagles | Det. Holt | 1951-09-26 |
| Movie | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | 1950-04-24 |
| Movie | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | 1950-05-02 |
| Movie | Trottie True | Hon. Bongo Icklesham | 1949-09-29 |
| Movie | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | 1948-04-25 |
| Movie | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | 1948-02-23 |
| Movie | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | 1948-06-08 |
| Movie | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | 1948-11-29 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Palace Guard (uncredited) | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel | 1948-10-04 |