Christopher Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1922
- Died
- June 7, 2015
- Birthplace
- Westminster, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Children of The Wicker Man 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror 2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024
as Saruman (voice)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Constel·lació Portabella 2024
as (archive footage)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 2024
as Self / Various (Archive)
The Wicker Man at 50 2023
as Lord Summerisle
Faces of Death 2023
as (archive footage)
- Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending 2023
as Lord Summerisle
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words 2020
as Himself
Drácula Barcelona 2017
as Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions 2017
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Angels in Notting Hill 2015
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Extraordinary Tales 2015
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015
as (archive footage)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014
as Saruman the White
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective 2014
as Self
Face of Unity 2014
as Self
The Trail of Dracula 2013
as Self (Archival Footage)
The Girl from Nagasaki 2013
as Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics 2013
as Narrator
- The Gillian Hills Trilogy
The Gillian Hills Trilogy 2013
Actor
Night Train to Lisbon 2013
as Father Bartholomeu
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror 2012
as Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
as Saruman the White
The Fall of the House Of Usher 2012
as The Narrator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars 2012
as Self
- Dracula vs. Vampir
Dracula vs. Vampir 2012
Actor
Everything or Nothing 2012
as Self
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features 2012
Actor
Dark Shadows 2012
as Clarney
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness 2012
as Dracula (archive footage)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 2012
as Narrator
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' 2012
as Self
Hugo 2011
as Monsieur Labisse
The Wicker Tree 2011
as Old Man
The Resident 2011
as August
Season of the Witch 2011
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror 2010
as Self
Burke & Hare 2010
as Old Joseph
Boogie Woogie 2010
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
The Heavy 2010
as Mr. Mason
Alice in Wonderland 2010
as Jabberwocky (voice)
Glorious 39 2009
as Older Walter Page
Triage 2009
as Joaquín Morales
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem 2008
as Narrator (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2008
as Count Dooku (voice)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films 2008
as Self
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 2008
as Death (synchro)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 2008
as Death (synchro)
The Golden Compass 2007
as First High Councilor
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn 2007
as Narrator (voice)
- Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets 2007
as Narrator
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands 2007
as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman 2007
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Chinese 2007
as Self
- Ein Leben wie im Flug
Ein Leben wie im Flug 2007
as Self
- Beloved Count
Beloved Count 2007
as Self
- Bloody Jess
Bloody Jess 2007
as Self
The Making of The Two Towers 2006
as Self
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring 2006
as Self
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills 2006
as Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors 2005
Actor
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby 2005
as The Lord Provost
Corpse Bride 2005
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
as Dr. Wonka
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005
as Count Dooku
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' 2004
as Self
The Story of Star Wars 2004
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse 2004
as Emerich
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King 2003
as Self
The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth 2003
as Self
Drácula en la Hammer 2003
as Christopher Lee
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick 2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
as Saruman
Best Ever Bond 2002
as Self / Scaramanga
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth 2002
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script 2002
as Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II 2002
as Self / Count Dooku
- Perversion Stories
Perversion Stories 2002
as Self
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer 2002
Actor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002
as Count Dooku
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man 2001
Actor
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
as Saruman
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' 2001
as Self
Quest for the Ring 2001
as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome 2001
as Self
The Wicker Man Enigma 2001
as Himself
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz 2001
as Narrator
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend 2000
as Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' 2000
Actor
The Many Faces of Dracula 2000
as Narrator
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator 2000
as Self
Sleepy Hollow 1999
as Burgomaster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service 1999
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Ex-S: The Wicker Man 1998
as Self
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah 1998
as Self
Jinnah 1998
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Tale of the Mummy 1998
as Sir Richard Turkel
The Mummy 1998
as Self - Host
100 Years of Horror 1998
as Presenter
Soul Music 1997
as Death (voice)
Welcome to the Discworld 1996
as Death
The Stupids 1996
as Evil Sender
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes 1996
Actor
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry 1996
as Self
A Century of Science Fiction 1996
as Narrator (voice)
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee 1996
Actor
- A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James 1995
as Self
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross 1995
as Self
A Feast at Midnight 1994
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror 1994
as Narrator (voice) / Self
Funny Man 1994
as Callum Chance
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow 1994
as Commandant Rakov
The Rainbow Thief 1994
as Uncle Rudolf
Death Train 1993
as General Konstanin Benin
Cyber Eden 1992
as Cedric
Double Vision 1992
as Mr. Bernard
Innocent Blood 1992
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls 1992
as Sherlock Holmes
Dracula in the Movies 1992
as (archive footage)
Beauty and the Beast 1992
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1991
as Sherlock Holmes
Fear in the Dark 1991
as Narrator
Halloween Monster Bash 1991
as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice 1991
as Dr. Pearson
Journey of Honor 1991
as King Philip
Ghost 1991
as Self - Narrator
The Care of Time 1990
as Karlis Zander
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990
as Doctor Catheter
Treasure Island 1990
as Blind Pew
The Miser 1990
as Cardinale Spinosi
For Better or for Worse 1989
as Lazos
Murder Story 1989
as Willard Hope
Night of the Eagles 1989
as Walter Strauss
The French Revolution 1989
as Sanson
The Return of the Musketeers 1989
as Rochefort
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil 1988
as Luis Morel
Olympus Force: The Key 1988
as Filly
Creepy Classics 1987
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Mio in the Land of Faraway 1987
as Kato
The Girl 1987
as Peter Storm
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood 1987
as Self
Casanova 1987
as Branicki
The Disputation 1986
as King James of Aragon
Jocks 1986
as President White
Mask of Murder 1985
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch 1985
as Stefan Crosscoe
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! 1985
as Self - Narrator
The Best of All Time Horror Classics 1985
Actor
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes 1985
as Himself - Presenter
The Rosebud Beach Hotel 1984
as King
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers 1984
as King Vladimir V
The Bengal Lancers! 1984
as Sir James Hunter
House of the Long Shadows 1983
as Corrigan
The Return of Captain Invincible 1983
as Mr. Midnight
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler 1983
as Narrator
- New Magic
New Magic 1983
as Mr. Kellar
The Last Unicorn 1982
as King Haggard (voice)
The Rank Charm School 1982
as Self
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story 1982
as Prince Philip
Massarati and the Brain 1982
as Victor Leopold
Safari 3000 1982
as Count Borgia
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! 1982
as Self (archive footage)
An Eye for an Eye 1981
as Morgan Canfield
Evil Stalks This House 1981
as Host
The Salamander 1981
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Once Upon a Spy 1980
as Marcus Valorium
Serial 1980
as Luckman Skull
Desperate Moves 1980
as Dr. Carl Boxer
1941 1979
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Bear Island 1979
as Lechinski
Captain America II: Death Too Soon 1979
as Miguel
Jaguar Lives! 1979
as Adam Caine
Arabian Adventure 1979
as Caliph Alquazar
The Passage 1979
as Gypsy
The Horror Show 1979
as (archive footage)
Mickey's 50 1978
as Self
Caravans 1978
as Sardar Khan
Circle of Iron 1978
as Zetan
Return from Witch Mountain 1978
as Victor Gannon
Starship Invasions 1977
as Captain Rameses
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural 1977
as Narrator
Playboy's Playmate Party 1977
Actor
End of the World 1977
as Father Pergado / Zindar
Airport '77 1977
as Martin Wallace
Meatcleaver Massacre 1977
as On-Screen Narrator
Dracula and Son 1976
as Le prince des Ténèbres
Albino 1976
as Bill
To the Devil a Daughter 1976
as Father Michael
Killer Force 1976
as Major Chilton
The Keeper 1976
as The Keeper
In Search of Dracula 1975
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan 1975
as Satanus / Van Krig
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974
as Francisco Scaramanga
The Four Musketeers 1974
as Rochefort
Diagnosis: Murder 1974
as Dr. Stephen Hayward
The Three Musketeers 1973
as Rochefort
The Wicker Man 1973
as Lord Summerisle
Dark Places 1973
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973
as Count Dracula
Nothing But the Night 1973
as Col. Charles Bingham, Producer
Poor Devil 1973
as Lucifer
The Creeping Flesh 1973
as James Hildern
Death Line 1972
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Horror Express 1972
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Dracula A.D. 1972 1972
as Count Dracula
Vampir Cuadecuc 1972
as Self
Umbracle 1972
as The Man
Hannie Caulder 1971
as Bailey
I, Monster 1971
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
The House That Dripped Blood 1971
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Scars of Dracula 1970
as Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970
as Mycroft Holmes
Julius Caesar 1970
as Artemidorus
One More Time 1970
as Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970
as Dracula
Count Dracula 1970
as Dracula
Eugenie... The Story of Her Journey into Perversion 1970
as Dolmance
The Bloody Judge 1970
as Lord George Jeffreys
Scream and Scream Again 1970
as Fremont
The Magic Christian 1969
as Ship's Vampire
The Oblong Box 1969
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
The Castle of Fu Manchu 1969
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula 1969
as Self
Curse of the Crimson Altar 1968
as J.D. Morley
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave 1968
as Dracula
The Blood of Fu Manchu 1968
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Devil Rides Out 1968
as Duc de Richleau
The Face of Eve 1968
as Colonel Stuart
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism 1967
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Five Golden Dragons 1967
as Dragon #4
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu 1967
as Dr. Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat 1967
as Godfrey Hanson
Theatre of Death 1966
as Philippe Darvas
The Brides of Fu Manchu 1966
as Fu Manchu
Circus of Fear 1966
as Gregor
Rasputin: The Mad Monk 1966
as Grigori Rasputin
Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1966
as Count Dracula
The Skull 1965
as Sir Matthew Phillips
The Face of Fu Manchu 1965
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Ten Little Indians 1965
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
She 1965
as Billali
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965
as Franklyn Marsh
The Gorgon 1964
as Prof. Karl Meister
The Castle of the Living Dead 1964
as Count Drago
The Devil-Ship Pirates 1964
as Captain Robeles
Crypt of the Vampire 1964
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!! 1964
as Self
The Whip and the Body 1963
as Kurt Menliff
Horror Castle 1963
as Erich
Challenge the Devil 1963
as Mephistoles
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962
as Sherlock Holmes
The Devil's Agent 1962
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
The Pirates of Blood River 1962
as Captain LaRoche
The Secret of the Red Orchid 1962
as Capt. Allerman
Hercules in the Haunted World 1961
as King Lico (Licos)
The Devil's Daffodil 1961
as Ling Chu
Taste of Fear 1961
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The Terror of the Tongs 1961
as Chung King
Too Hot to Handle 1960
as Novak
The Hands of Orlac 1960
as Nero the magician
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll 1960
as Paul Allen
The City of the Dead 1960
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
Beat Girl 1960
as Kenny King
Uncle Was a Vampire 1959
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Mummy 1959
as Kharis, the Mummy
The Treasure of San Teresa 1959
as Jaeger
The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959
as Sir Henry Baskerville
Corridors of Blood 1958
as Resurrection Joe
Dracula 1958
as Count Dracula
A Tale of Two Cities 1958
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Battle of the V-1 1958
as Brunner
The Truth About Women 1957
as Francois Thiers
Bitter Victory 1957
as Sgt. Barney
Manuela 1957
as Voice (voice)
The Curse of Frankenstein 1957
as The Creature
Fortune Is a Woman 1957
as Charles Highbury
The Traitor 1957
as Doctor Neumann
Ill Met by Moonlight 1957
as German officer at The Dentist's office
The Battle of the River Plate 1956
as Manolo
Beyond Mombasa 1956
as Gil Rossi
Port Afrique 1956
as Franz Vermes
Alexander the Great 1956
as Nectenabus (voice)
Private's Progress 1956
as Major Schultz
Storm Over the Nile 1955
as Karaga Pasha
Alias John Preston 1955
as John Preston
The Cockleshell Heroes 1955
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Moby Dick—Rehearsed 1955
as A Stage Manager /Flask
Police Dog 1955
as Johnny, a constable
The Dark Avenger 1955
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Contraband Spain 1955
as Narrador (voz)
That Lady 1955
as Capitán
Cross-Roads 1955
as Harry Cooper
- Final Column
Final Column 1955
Actor
The Awakening 1954
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim 1954
as Visitant
Innocents in Paris 1953
as Lieutenant Whitlock
- The Top and the Ball
The Top and the Ball 1953
as Father
Babes in Bagdad 1952
as Slave Dealer
Paul Temple Returns 1952
as Sir Felix Raybourne
Top Secret 1952
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge 1952
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
The Crimson Pirate 1952
as Joseph - Military Attaché
Quo Vadis 1951
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Valley of the Eagles 1951
as Det. Holt
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951
as Spanish Captain
Prelude to Fame 1950
as Newsman
They Were Not Divided 1950
as Chris Lewis
Trottie True 1949
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Hamlet 1948
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Scott of the Antarctic 1948
as Bernard Day
Saraband for Dead Lovers 1948
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Penny and the Pownall Case 1948
as Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow 1948
as Auguste
One Night with You 1948
as Pirelli's Assistant
Corridor of Mirrors 1948
as Charles
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film 1939
as Himself
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