Christopher Lee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-05-27
Day of Death
2015-06-07 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
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
Acting
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Lord Summerisle
The Wicker Man At 50
as Lord Summerisle
(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)
(2024)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Faces of Death
as (archive footage)
(2022)
Dracula Unearthed
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
(2020)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself
(2017)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
(2017)
Drácula Barcelona
as Himself
(2015)
(2015)
Angels in Notting Hill
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
(2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Saruman the White
(2014)
Face of Unity
as Self
(2014)
(2013)
Night Train to Lisbon
as Father Bartholomeu
(2013)
Extraordinary Tales
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
(2013)
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
as Narrator
(2013)
The Trail of Dracula
as Self
(2013)
The Girl from Nagasaki
as Old Officer Pinkerton
(2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Saruman the White
(2012)
Dark Shadows
as Clarney
(2012)
Everything or Nothing
as Self
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Dracula (archive footage)
(2012)
The Fall of the House Of Usher
as The Narrator
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
as Narrator
(2011)
Hugo
as Monsieur Labisse
(2011)
Season of the Witch
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
(2011)
The Resident
as August
(2011)
The Wicker Tree
as Old Man
(2010)
Alice in Wonderland
as Jabberwocky (voice)
(2010)
Burke & Hare
as Old Joseph
(2010)
The Heavy
as Mr. Mason
(2010)
Halloween: The Inside Story
as (archive footage)
(2010)
(2009)
Triage
as Joaquín Morales
(2009)
Boogie Woogie
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
(2009)
Glorious 39
as Older Walter Page
(2008)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Count Dooku (voice)
(2008)
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self
(2007)
The Golden Compass
as First High Councilor
(2007)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
as Narrator (voice)
(2007)
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
(2007)
Beloved Count
as Self
(2007)
Ein Leben wie im Flug
as Self
(2007)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
(2007)
Bloody Jess
as Self
(2007)
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
as Narrator
(2006)
(2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Dr. Wonka
(2005)
Corpse Bride
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
(2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Count Dooku
(2005)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as The Lord Provost
(2004)
(2004)
The Story of Star Wars
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
Drácula en la Hammer
as Christopher Lee
(2003)
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
as Narrator
(2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Saruman
(2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Count Dooku
(2002)
(2002)
Bond Girls Are Forever
as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
as Self / Count Dooku
(2002)
Best Ever Bond
as Self / Scaramanga
(2002)
Perversion Stories
as Self
(2002)
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
Quest for the Ring
as Self
(2001)
The Wicker Man Enigma
as Himself
(2001)
(2000)
(2000)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Narrator
(2000)
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
as Self
(2000)
(1999)
Sleepy Hollow
as Burgomaster
(1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
(1998)
Tale of the Mummy
as Sir Richard Turkel
(1998)
Jinnah
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(1998)
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
as Self
(1998)
(1998)
The Mummy
as Self - Host
(1998)
100 Years of Horror
as Presenter
(1997)
Soul Music
as Death (voice)
(1996)
The Stupids
as Evil Sender
(1996)
A Century of Science Fiction
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
(1996)
Welcome to the Discworld
as Death
(1996)
Vem Var Dracula
as Self
(1996)
(1996)
(1995)
(1995)
(1994)
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Commandant Rakov
(1994)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Narrator (voice) / Self
(1994)
Funny Man
as Callum Chance
(1994)
The Rainbow Thief
as Uncle Rudolf
(1994)
A Feast at Midnight
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
(1993)
Death Train
as General Konstanin Benin
(1992)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
as Sherlock Holmes
(1992)
Cyber Eden
as Cedric
(1992)
Double Vision
as Mr. Bernard
(1992)
Beauty and the Beast
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
(1991)
Journey of Honor
as King Philip
(1991)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Sherlock Holmes
(1991)
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
as Dr. Pearson
(1991)
Fear in the Dark
as Narrator
(1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Doctor Catheter
(1990)
Treasure Island
as Blind Pew
(1990)
The Miser
as Cardinale Spinosi
(1990)
The Care of Time
as Karlis Zander
(1989)
The French Revolution
as Sanson
(1989)
The Return of the Musketeers
as Rochefort
(1989)
Honeymoon Academy
as Lazos
(1989)
Night of the Eagles
as Walter Strauss
(1989)
Murder Story
as Willard Hope
(1988)
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
as Luis Morel
(1988)
(1987)
Mio in the Land of Faraway
as Kato
(1987)
The Girl
as Peter Storm
(1987)
(1987)
Creepy Classics
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
(1986)
Jocks
as President White
(1986)
Un métier de seigneur
as Fog
(1986)
The Disputation
as King James of Aragon
(1985)
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
as Stefan Crosscoe
(1985)
Mask of Murder
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
(1985)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Himself - Presenter
(1985)
(1984)
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
as King
(1984)
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
as King Vladimir V
(1984)
The Bengal Lancers!
as Sir James Hunter
(1983)
House of the Long Shadows
as Corrigan
(1983)
The Return of Captain Invincible
as Mr. Midnight
(1983)
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Narrator
(1983)
New Magic
as Mr. Kellar
(1982)
The Last Unicorn
as King Haggard (voice)
(1982)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Prince Philip
(1982)
Safari 3000
as Count Borgia
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
Massarati and the Brain
as Victor Leopold
(1982)
The Rank Charm School
as Self
(1981)
An Eye for an Eye
as Morgan Canfield
(1981)
The Salamander
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
(1981)
Evil Stalks This House
as Host
(1980)
Serial
as Luckman Skull
(1980)
Once Upon a Spy
as Marcus Valorium
(1980)
Desperate Moves
as Dr. Carl Boxer
(1979)
1941
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
(1979)
Bear Island
as Lechinski
(1979)
The Passage
as Gypsy
(1979)
Arabian Adventure
as Caliph Alquazar
(1979)
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
as Miguel
(1979)
Jaguar Lives!
as Adam Caine
(1979)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1978)
Return from Witch Mountain
as Victor Gannon
(1978)
Caravans
as Sardar Khan
(1978)
Circle of Iron
as Zetan
(1978)
Mickey's 50
as Self
(1978)
The Pirate
as Samir Al Fay
(1977)
Airport '77
as Martin Wallace
(1977)
End of the World
as Father Pergado / Zindar
(1977)
Starship Invasions
as Captain Rameses
(1977)
Meatcleaver Massacre
as On-Screen Narrator
(1977)
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
as Narrator
(1976)
To the Devil a Daughter
as Father Michael
(1976)
Dracula and Son
as Le prince des Ténèbres
(1976)
Death in the Sun
as Bill
(1976)
Killer Force
as Major Chilton
(1976)
The Keeper
as The Keeper
(1975)
In Search of Dracula
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
(1975)
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Satanus / Van Krig
(1974)
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Francisco Scaramanga
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
as Rochefort
(1974)
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dr. Stephen Hayward
(1973)
The Wicker Man
as Lord Summerisle
(1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Count Dracula
(1973)
The Three Musketeers
as Rochefort
(1973)
The Creeping Flesh
as James Hildern
(1973)
Nothing But the Night
as Col. Charles Bingham
(1973)
Dark Places
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
(1973)
Poor Devil
as Lucifer
(1972)
Horror Express
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
(1972)
Death Line
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
(1972)
Dracula A.D. 1972
as Count Dracula
(1972)
Vampir Cuadecuc
as Self
(1972)
Umbracle
as The Man
(1971)
The House That Dripped Blood
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
as Bailey
(1971)
I, Monster
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
(1970)
Eugenie
as Dolmance
(1970)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Mycroft Holmes
(1970)
Taste the Blood of Dracula
as Dracula
(1970)
The Bloody Judge
as Lord George Jeffreys
(1970)
Scars of Dracula
as Dracula
(1970)
Julius Caesar
as Artemidorus
(1970)
Count Dracula
as Dracula
(1970)
Scream and Scream Again
as Fremont
(1970)
One More Time
as Dracula
(1969)
The Oblong Box
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
(1969)
The Magic Christian
as Ship's Vampire
(1969)
The Castle of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
(1969)
(1968)
The Devil Rides Out
as Duc de Richleau
(1968)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Dracula
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
(1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as J.D. Morley
(1968)
The Blood of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
(1968)
Eve
as Colonel Stuart
(1967)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
(1967)
Five Golden Dragons
as Dragon #4
(1967)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu
(1967)
Night of the Big Heat
as Godfrey Hanson
(1967)
Theatre of Death
as Philippe Darvas
(1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Count Dracula
(1966)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Grigori Rasputin
(1966)
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Fu Manchu
(1966)
Circus of Fear
as Gregor
(1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Franklyn Marsh
(1965)
She
as Billali
(1965)
The Face of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
(1965)
Ten Little Indians
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
(1965)
The Skull
as Sir Matthew Phillips
(1964)
The Gorgon
as Prof. Karl Meister
(1964)
The Devil-Ship Pirates
as Captain Robeles
(1964)
Crypt of the Vampire
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
(1964)
The Castle of the Living Dead
as Count Drago
(1964)
Horror!!!
as Self
(1963)
The Whip and the Body
as Kurt Menliff
(1963)
Horror Castle
as Erich
(1963)
Challenge the Devil
as Mephistoles
(1962)
Lolita
as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1962)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
as Sherlock Holmes
(1962)
The Pirates of Blood River
as Captain LaRoche
(1962)
Secret of the Red Orchid
as Capt. Allerman
(1962)
The Devil's Agent
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
(1961)
Hercules in the Haunted World
as King Lico (Licos)
(1961)
Taste of Fear
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
(1961)
The Devil's Daffodil
as Ling Chu
(1961)
The Terror of the Tongs
as Chung King
(1960)
The City of the Dead
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
(1960)
Beat Girl
as Kenny King
(1960)
The Hands of Orlac
as Nero the magician
(1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Paul Allen
(1960)
Too Hot to Handle
as Novak
(1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sir Henry Baskerville
(1959)
The Mummy
as Kharis, the Mummy
(1959)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
(1959)
Uncle Was a Vampire
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
(1959)
The Treasure of San Teresa
as Jaeger
(1958)
Dracula
as Count Dracula
(1958)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde
(1958)
Corridors of Blood
as Resurrection Joe
(1958)
Battle of the V-1
as Brunner
(1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein
as The Creature
(1957)
Ill Met by Moonlight
as German officer at The Dentist's office
(1957)
Bitter Victory
as Sgt. Barney
(1957)
The Traitor
as Doctor Neumann
(1957)
Fortune Is a Woman
as Charles Highbury
(1957)
The Truth About Women
as Francois Thiers
(1957)
Manuela
as Voice (voice)
(1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
as Manolo
(1956)
Alexander the Great
as Nectenabus (voice)
(1956)
Beyond Mombasa
as Gil Rossi
(1956)
Private's Progress
as Major Schultz
(1956)
Port Afrique
as Franz Vermes
(1955)
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
(1955)
Storm Over the Nile
as Karaga Pasha
(1955)
The Dark Avenger
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
(1955)
Contraband Spain
as Narrador (voz)
(1955)
Alias John Preston
as John Preston
(1955)
Police Dog
as Johnny, a constable
(1955)
That Lady
as Capitán
(1955)
Cross-Roads
as Harry Cooper
(1955)
Moby Dick Rehearsed
as A Stage Manager /Flask
(1954)
The Awakening
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
(1954)
The Mirror and Markheim
as Visitant
(1953)
Innocents in Paris
as Lieutenant Whitlock
(1953)
The Top and the Ball
as Father
(1952)
Moulin Rouge
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
(1952)
The Crimson Pirate
as Joseph (attache)
(1952)
Babes in Bagdad
as Slave Dealer
(1952)
Top Secret
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
(1952)
Paul Temple Returns
as Sir Felix Raybourne
(1951)
Quo Vadis
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
(1951)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Spanish Captain
(1951)
Valley of the Eagles
as Det. Holt
(1950)
Prelude to Fame
as Newsman
(1950)
They Were Not Divided
as Chris Lewis
(1949)
Trottie True
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
(1948)
Scott of the Antarctic
as Bernard Day
(1948)
Hamlet
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
(1948)
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
(1948)
Corridor of Mirrors
as Charles
(1948)
Penny and the Pownall Case
as Jonathan Blair
(1948)
One Night with You
as Pirelli's Assistant
(1948)
A Song for Tomorrow
as Auguste
Crew
(1973)
Nothing But the Night
Producer