Christopher Lee

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
May 27, 1922

Place of Birth:
Westminster, London, England, UK

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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

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee Self / Various (Archive)
2024 Children of the Wicker Man Self (archive footage)
2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Saruman (voice)
2024 Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters Self (archive footage)
2023 Faces of Death (archive footage)
2022 Dracula Unearthed Count Dracula (archive footage)
2020 Peter Cushing: In His Own Words Himself
2017 Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
2017 Drácula Barcelona Himself
2015 Angels in Notting Hill The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
2015 Fifty Shades of Erotica
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Saruman the White
2014 Face of Unity Self
2014 How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective Self
2013 Night Train to Lisbon Father Bartholomeu
2013 The Girl from Nagasaki Old Officer Pinkerton
2013 Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics Narrator
2013 Extraordinary Tales Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
2013 The Trail of Dracula Self
2012 Dark Shadows Clarney
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Saruman the White
2012 Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness Dracula (archive footage)
2012 Everything or Nothing Self
2012 Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' Self
2012 The Fall of the House Of Usher The Narrator
2012 Dracula vs. Vampir
2012 Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 Narrator
2012 Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Self
2012 Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror Self
2012 The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2011 Season of the Witch Cardinal D'Ambroise
2011 Hugo Monsieur Labisse
2011 The Resident August
2011 The Wicker Tree Old Man
2010 Alice in Wonderland Jabberwocky (voice)
2010 The Heavy Mr. Mason
2010 Burke & Hare Old Joseph
2010 Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror Self
2010 Halloween: The Inside Story (archive footage)
2009 Triage Joaquín Morales
2009 Glorious 39 Older Walter Page
2009 Boogie Woogie Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Count Dooku (voice)
2008 The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem Narrator (voice)
2008 Fanex Files: Hammer Films Self
2007 The Golden Compass First High Councilor
2007 Ein Leben wie im Flug Self
2007 Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands Self
2007 Hollywood Chinese Self
2007 Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn Narrator (voice)
2007 Bloody Jess Self
2007 Beloved Count Self
2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman Self (archive footage)
2007 Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets Narrator
2006 Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills Self
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dr. Wonka
2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Count Dooku
2005 Corpse Bride Pastor Galswells (voice)
2005 The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby The Lord Provost
2004 Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse Emerich
2004 A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' Self
2004 The Story of Star Wars Count Dooku (archive footage)
2003 Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories Self
2003 Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King Self
2003 Drácula en la Hammer Christopher Lee
2003 Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick Narrator
2003 The Making of The Two Towers
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Saruman
2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Count Dooku
2002 To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002 Bond Girls Are Forever Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002 Best Ever Bond Self / Scaramanga
2002 From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' Self / Count Dooku
2002 Perversion Stories Self
2002 The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring Self
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Saruman
2001 Quest for the Ring Self
2001 A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' Self
2001 Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001 Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring Self
2001 The Wicker Man Enigma Himself
2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Self
2001 The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz Narrator
2000 Ian Fleming: 007's Creator Self
2000 The Many Faces of Dracula Narrator
2000 Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend Self
2000 Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
1999 Sleepy Hollow Burgomaster
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
1998 Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1998 Tale of the Mummy Sir Richard Turkel
1998 Ex-S: The Wicker Man Self
1998 100 Years of Horror Presenter
1998 Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah Self
1998 The Mummy Self - Host
1997 Soul Music Death (voice)
1996 The Stupids Evil Sender
1996 The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996 Welcome to the Discworld Death
1996 Vem Var Dracula Self
1996 The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry Self
1996 A Century of Science Fiction Narrator (voice)
1996 In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1995 In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross Self
1995 A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James Self
1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror Narrator (voice) / Self
1994 The Rainbow Thief Uncle Rudolf
1994 A Feast at Midnight V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
1994 Funny Man Callum Chance
1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Commandant Rakov
1993 Death Train General Konstanin Benin
1992 Beauty and the Beast Monsieur Renard (voice)
1992 Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls Sherlock Holmes
1992 Cyber Eden Cedric
1992 Double Vision Mr. Bernard
1991 Curse III: Blood Sacrifice Dr. Pearson
1991 Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady Sherlock Holmes
1991 Journey of Honor King Philip
1991 Fear in the Dark Narrator
1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Doctor Catheter
1990 Treasure Island Blind Pew
1990 The Care of Time Karlis Zander
1990 The Miser Cardinale Spinosi
1989 The French Revolution Sanson
1989 Night of the Eagles Walter Strauss
1989 The Return of the Musketeers Rochefort
1989 Murder Story Willard Hope
1989 Honeymoon Academy Lazos
1988 Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil Luis Morel
1988 Olympus Force: The Key
1987 Mio in the Land of Faraway Kato
1987 Creepy Classics Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
1987 The Girl Peter Storm
1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood Self
1986 Jocks President White
1986 The Disputation King James of Aragon
1986 Un métier de seigneur Fog
1985 Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch Stefan Crosscoe
1985 Mask of Murder Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
1985 The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes Himself - Presenter
1985 The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1984 The Rosebud Beach Hotel King
1984 The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers King Vladimir V
1984 The Bengal Lancers! Sir James Hunter
1983 House of the Long Shadows Corrigan
1983 The Return of Captain Invincible Mr. Midnight
1983 New Magic Mr. Kellar
1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler Narrator
1982 The Last Unicorn King Haggard (voice)
1982 Safari 3000 Count Borgia
1982 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! Self (archive footage)
1982 The Rank Charm School Self
1982 Massarati and the Brain Victor Leopold
1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story Prince Philip
1981 An Eye for an Eye Morgan Canfield
1981 Evil Stalks This House Host
1981 The Salamander Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
1980 Serial Luckman Skull
1980 Once Upon a Spy Marcus Valorium
1980 Desperate Moves Dr. Carl Boxer
1979 1941 Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
1979 The Horror Show (archive footage)
1979 Bear Island Lechinski
1979 The Passage Gypsy
1979 Arabian Adventure Caliph Alquazar
1979 Jaguar Lives! Adam Caine
1979 Captain America II: Death Too Soon Miguel
1978 Circle of Iron Zetan
1978 Caravans Sardar Khan
1978 Return from Witch Mountain Victor Gannon
1978 The Pirate Samir Al Fay
1978 Mickey's 50 Self
1977 End of the World Father Pergado / Zindar
1977 Airport '77 Martin Wallace
1977 Starship Invasions Captain Rameses
1977 Meatcleaver Massacre On-Screen Narrator
1977 The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural Narrator
1976 Dracula and Son Le prince des Ténèbres
1976 To the Devil a Daughter Father Michael
1976 Killer Force Major Chilton
1976 Death in the Sun Bill
1976 The Keeper The Keeper
1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan Satanus / Van Krig
1975 In Search of Dracula Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
1974 The Man with the Golden Gun Francisco Scaramanga
1974 The Four Musketeers Rochefort
1974 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Stephen Hayward
1973 The Three Musketeers Rochefort
1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula Count Dracula
1973 Nothing But the Night Col. Charles Bingham
1973 The Creeping Flesh James Hildern
1973 The Wicker Man Lord Summerisle
1973 Dark Places Dr. Ian Mandeville
1973 Poor Devil Lucifer
1972 Dracula A.D. 1972 Count Dracula
1972 Horror Express Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
1972 Vampir Cuadecuc Self
1972 Umbracle The Man
1972 Death Line Stratton-Villiers, MI5
1971 Hannie Caulder Bailey
1971 The House That Dripped Blood John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
1971 I, Monster Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
1970 Count Dracula Dracula
1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Mycroft Holmes
1970 Scars of Dracula Dracula
1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula Dracula
1970 The Bloody Judge Lord George Jeffreys
1970 Julius Caesar Artemidorus
1970 Scream and Scream Again Fremont
1970 Eugenie Dolmance
1970 One More Time Dracula
1969 The Castle of Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Man Chu
1969 Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula Self
1969 The Oblong Box Dr. J. Neuhartt
1969 The Magic Christian Ship's Vampire
1968 The Blood of Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Man Chu
1968 The Movie Orgy Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar J.D. Morley
1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Dracula
1968 The Devil Rides Out Duc de Richleau
1968 Eve Colonel Stuart
1967 The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
1967 The Vengeance of Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Manchu
1967 Night of the Big Heat Godfrey Hanson
1967 Five Golden Dragons Dragon #4
1967 Theatre of Death Philippe Darvas
1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu Fu Manchu
1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin
1966 Circus of Fear Gregor
1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness Count Dracula
1965 The Face of Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Man Chu
1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Franklyn Marsh
1965 The Skull Sir Matthew Phillips
1965 She Billali
1965 Ten Little Indians Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
1964 The Castle of the Living Dead Count Drago
1964 The Gorgon Prof. Karl Meister
1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates Captain Robeles
1964 Crypt of the Vampire Count Ludwig Karnstein
1964 Horror!!! Self
1963 The Whip and the Body Kurt Menliff
1963 Horror Castle Erich
1963 Challenge the Devil Mephistoles
1962 Secret of the Red Orchid Capt. Allerman
1962 Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace Sherlock Holmes
1962 The Pirates of Blood River Captain LaRoche
1962 The Devil's Agent Baron Ferdi von Staub
1962 Lolita Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961 Hercules in the Haunted World King Lico (Licos)
1961 The Terror of the Tongs Chung King
1961 Taste of Fear Doctor Pierre Gerrard
1961 The Devil's Daffodil Ling Chu
1960 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Paul Allen
1960 Beat Girl Kenny King
1960 The Hands of Orlac Nero the magician
1960 Too Hot to Handle Novak
1960 The City of the Dead Prof. Alan Driscoll
1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Henry Baskerville
1959 The Man Who Could Cheat Death Dr. Pierre Gerrard
1959 The Mummy Kharis, the Mummy
1959 Uncle Was a Vampire Baron Roderico da Frankurten
1959 The Treasure of San Teresa Jaeger
1958 A Tale of Two Cities Marquis St. Evremonde
1958 Corridors of Blood Resurrection Joe
1958 Dracula Count Dracula
1958 Battle of the V-1 Brunner
1957 The Curse of Frankenstein The Creature
1957 Bitter Victory Sgt. Barney
1957 Fortune Is a Woman Charles Highbury
1957 The Truth About Women Francois Thiers
1957 Manuela Voice (voice)
1957 The Traitor Doctor Neumann
1957 Ill Met by Moonlight German officer at The Dentist's office
1956 Port Afrique Franz Vermes
1956 Private's Progress Major Schultz
1956 Beyond Mombasa Gil Rossi
1956 Alexander the Great Nectenabus (voice)
1956 The Battle of the River Plate Manolo
1955 Alias John Preston John Preston
1955 The Cockleshell Heroes Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
1955 The Dark Avenger French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
1955 That Lady Capitán
1955 Cross-Roads Harry Cooper
1955 Storm Over the Nile Karaga Pasha
1955 Police Dog Johnny, a constable
1955 Contraband Spain Narrador (voz)
1955 Moby Dick Rehearsed A Stage Manager /Flask
1954 The Awakening Factory proprietor (uncredited)
1954 The Mirror and Markheim Visitant
1953 Innocents in Paris Lieutenant Whitlock
1953 The Top and the Ball Father
1952 The Crimson Pirate Joseph (attache)
1952 Babes in Bagdad Slave Dealer
1952 Top Secret Russian Agent (uncredited)
1952 Paul Temple Returns Sir Felix Raybourne
1952 Moulin Rouge Georges Seurat (uncredited)
1951 Quo Vadis Chariot Driver (uncredited)
1951 Valley of the Eagles Det. Holt
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. Spanish Captain
1950 Prelude to Fame Newsman
1950 They Were Not Divided Chris Lewis
1949 Trottie True Hon. Bongo Icklesham
1948 Corridor of Mirrors Charles
1948 Penny and the Pownall Case Jonathan Blair
1948 A Song for Tomorrow Auguste
1948 Hamlet Palace Guard (uncredited)
1948 One Night with You Pirelli's Assistant
1948 Scott of the Antarctic Bernard Day
1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
The Wicker Man At 50 Lord Summerisle
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending Lord Summerisle
Year TV Show Role
2008 The Colour of Magic Death
2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show Self
2006 Semperopernball Self
2005 Pope John Paul II Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
2004 Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel Self
2001 Aeschbacher Self
2000 Gormenghast Flay
2000 Ghost Stories for Christmas Narrator
2000 In the Beginning Rameses I
1997 Soul Music Death (voice)
1997 The Odyssey Tiresias
1997 Ivanhoe Lucas de Beaumanoir
1997 Wyrd Sisters Death (voice)
1996 Alisea and the Dream Prince Azaret
1996 Moses Pharaoh
1996 100 Years of Horror Self - Host
1995 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Narrator
1994 The World of Hammer
1994 Brisant Self
1993 Blue Heelers Scott James
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
1990 Stern TV Self
1989 Around the World in 80 Days Stuart
1989 The French Revolution Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")
1987 Seitenblicke self
1986 Shaka Zulu Lord Bathurst
1986 Wedden, dat..? Self
1984 The Far Pavilions Rao-Sahib
1982 Faerie Tale Theatre King Vladimir V
1982 Champs-Elysées Self
1981 Wetten, dass..? Self
1981 Goliath Awaits John McKenzie
1977 Auf los geht's los Self
1977 How the West Was Won The Grand Duke
1976 Charlie's Angels Dale Woodman
1975 Space: 1999 Captain Zandor
1975 Saturday Night Live Self - Host
1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Arnaud
1971 Theatre Macabre Self - Host
1970 Treffpunkte Self
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Karl Jorla
1961 The Mike Douglas Show Self
1961 The Avengers Professor Stone
1961 The Avengers Colonel Mannering
1959 One Step Beyond Wilhelm Reitlinger
1959 Stars in the Ring Self
1958 Ivanhoe Sir Otto from the Rhine
1958 The Adventures of William Tell Prince Erik
1957 Sailor of Fortune Yusif Carnot
1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard Jeanpierre
1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre The Visitant
1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre Compte de Merret
1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre Maurice Gabet
1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre General Hamelin
1955 The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel Louis (uncredited)
Science Fiction Film Awards Himself
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