Christopher Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 27 May 1922 · Westminster, London, England, UK
- Died
- 7 June 2015
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 342
- 2026Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Lord Summerisle
- 2026Final Column
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self (archive footage)
- 2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Saruman (voice)
- 2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Constel·lació Portabella as (archive footage)
- 2024Children of the Wicker Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Self / Various (Archive)
- 2023The Wicker Man at 50 as Lord Summerisle
- 2023Faces of Death as (archive footage)
- 2022Dracula Unearthed as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Peter Cushing: In His Own Words as Himself
- 2017Drácula Barcelona as Himself
- 2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2015Angels in Notting Hill as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
- 2015Extraordinary Tales as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
- 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Saruman the White
- 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective as Self
- 2014Face of Unity as Self
- 2013The Trail of Dracula as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2013The Girl from Nagasaki as Old Officer Pinkerton
- 2013Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics as Narrator
- 2013The Gillian Hills Trilogy
- 2013Night Train to Lisbon as Father Bartholomeu
- 2012Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror as Self
- 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Saruman the White
- 2012The Fall of the House Of Usher as The Narrator
- 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
- 2012Dracula vs. Vampir
- 2012Everything or Nothing as Self
- 2012The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
- 2012Dark Shadows as Clarney
- 2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Dracula (archive footage)
- 2012Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 as Narrator
- 2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
- 2011Hugo as Monsieur Labisse
- 2011The Wicker Tree as Old Man
- 2011The Resident as August
- 2011Season of the Witch as Cardinal D'Ambroise
- 2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror as Self
- 2010Burke & Hare as Old Joseph
- 2010Halloween: The Inside Story as (archive footage)
- 2010The Color of Magic 2in1 as Smrt
- 2010Boogie Woogie as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
- 2010The Heavy as Mr. Mason
- 2010Alice in Wonderland as Jabberwocky (voice)
- 2009Glorious 39 as Older Walter Page
- 2009Triage as Joaquín Morales
- 2008The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem as Narrator (voice)
- 2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Count Dooku (voice)
- 2008Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 as Death (synchro)
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 as Death (synchro)
- 2007The Golden Compass as First High Councilor
- 2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn as Narrator (voice)
- 2007Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets as Narrator
- 2007Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands as Self
- 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Hollywood Chinese as Self
- 2007Ein Leben wie im Flug as Self
- 2007Beloved Count as Self
- 2007Bloody Jess as Self
- 2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' as Self
- 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' as Self
- 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2005Pope John Paul II
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
- 2005The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as The Lord Provost
- 2005Corpse Bride as Pastor Galswells (voice)
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Dr. Wonka
- 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Count Dooku
- 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2004The Story of Star Wars as Count Dooku (archive footage)
- 2004Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Emerich
- 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Saruman (Extended Cut)
- 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
- 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth as Self
- 2003Drácula en la Hammer as Christopher Lee
- 2003Lord of the Rings trilogy
- 2003Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
- 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman
- 2002Best Ever Bond as Self / Scaramanga
- 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II as Self / Count Dooku
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design as Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth as Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script as Self
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast as Self
- 2002Bond Girls Are Forever as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002Perversion Stories as Self
- 2002To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
- 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Count Dooku
- 2001Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
- 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman
- 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2001R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 2001The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz as Narrator
- 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 2000Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
- 2000The Many Faces of Dracula as Narrator
- 2000Ian Fleming: 007's Creator as Self
- 1999Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
- 1998Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
- 1998Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah as Self
- 1998Jinnah as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy as Sir Richard Turkel
- 1998The Mummy as Self - Host
- 1998100 Years of Horror as Presenter
- 1997The Odyssey as Tiresias
- 1997Soul Music as Death (voice)
- 1996Welcome to the Discworld as Death
- 1996Vem Var Dracula as Self
- 1996The Stupids as Evil Sender
- 1996In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
- 1996Moïse as Pharaoh
- 1996The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry as Self
- 1996A Century of Science Fiction as Narrator (voice)
- 1996The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
- 1995A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James as Self
- 1995Moses as Ramses
- 1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 1994A Feast at Midnight as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
- 1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self
- 1994Funny Man as Callum Chance
- 1994Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Rakov
- 1994The Rainbow Thief as Uncle Rudolf
- 1993Death Train as General Konstanin Benin
- 1992Cyber Eden as Cedric
- 1992Double Vision as Mr. Bernard
- 1992Innocent Blood as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls as Sherlock Holmes
- 1992Beauty and the Beast as Monsieur Renard (voice)
- 1992Dracula in the Movies as (archive footage)
- 1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sherlock Holmes
- 1991Fear in the Dark as Narrator
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
- 1991Curse III: Blood Sacrifice as Dr. Pearson
- 1991Journey of Honor as King Philip
- 1991Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal as Self - Narrator
- 1990The Care of Time as Karlis Zander
- 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Doctor Catheter
- 1990Treasure Island as Blind Pew
- 1990The Miser as Cardinale Spinosi
- 1989For Better or for Worse as Lazos
- 1989Murder Story as Willard Hope
- 1989Night of the Eagles as Walter Strauss
- 1989The French Revolution as Sanson
- 1989The Return of the Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1988Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil as Luis Morel
- 1988Olympus Force: The Key as Filly
- 1987Creepy Classics as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
- 1987Mio in the Land of Faraway as Kato
- 1987The Girl as Peter Storm
- 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self
- 1987Casanova as Branicki
- 1986The Disputation as King James of Aragon
- 1986Un métier de seigneur as Fog
- 1986Jocks as President White
- 1985Mask of Murder as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
- 1985Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch as Stefan Crosscoe
- 1985Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! as Self - Narrator
- 1985The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Himself - Presenter
- 1985The Best of All Time Horror Classics
- 1984The Rosebud Beach Hotel as King
- 1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers as King Vladimir V
- 1984The Bengal Lancers! as Sir James Hunter
- 1983House of the Long Shadows as Corrigan
- 1983The Return of Captain Invincible as Mr. Midnight
- 1983New Magic as Mr. Kellar
- 1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Narrator
- 1982The Last Unicorn as King Haggard (voice)
- 1982The Rank Charm School as Self
- 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Prince Philip
- 1982Massarati and the Brain as Victor Leopold
- 1982Safari 3000 as Count Borgia
- 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1981An Eye for an Eye as Morgan Canfield
- 1981Evil Stalks This House as Host
- 1981The Salamander as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
- 1980Once Upon a Spy as Marcus Valorium
- 1980Serial as Luckman Skull
- 1980Desperate Moves as Dr. Carl Boxer
- 19791941 as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
- 1979Bear Island as Lechinski
- 1979Captain America II: Death Too Soon as Miguel
- 1979Jaguar Lives! as Adam Caine
- 1979Arabian Adventure as Caliph Alquazar
- 1979The Passage as Gypsy
- 1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978The Pirate as Samir Al Fay
- 1978Mickey's 50 as Self
- 1978Caravans as Sardar Khan
- 1978Circle of Iron as Zetan
- 1978Return from Witch Mountain as Victor Gannon
- 1977Starship Invasions as Captain Rameses
- 1977The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural as Narrator
- 1977Playboy's Playmate Party
- 1977End of the World as Father Pergado / Zindar
- 1977Airport '77 as Martin Wallace
- 1977Meatcleaver Massacre as On-Screen Narrator
- 1976Dracula and Son as Le prince des Ténèbres
- 1976Albino as Bill
- 1976To the Devil a Daughter as Father Michael
- 1976Killer Force as Major Chilton
- 1976The Keeper as The Keeper
- 1975In Search of Dracula as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
- 1975The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Satanus / Van Krig
- 1974The Man with the Golden Gun as Francisco Scaramanga
- 1974The Four Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1974Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Stephen Hayward
- 1973The Three Musketeers as Rochefort
- 1973The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle
- 1973Dark Places as Dr. Ian Mandeville
- 1973The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1973Nothing But the Night as Col. Charles Bingham
- 1973Poor Devil as Lucifer
- 1973The Creeping Flesh as James Hildern
- 1972Death Line as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
- 1972Horror Express as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
- 1972Dracula A.D. 1972 as Count Dracula
- 1972Vampir Cuadecuc as Self
- 1972Umbracle as The Man
- 1971Hannie Caulder as Bailey
- 1971I, Monster as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
- 1971The House That Dripped Blood as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
- 1970Scars of Dracula as Dracula
- 1970The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
- 1970Julius Caesar as Artemidorus
- 1970One More Time as Dracula
- 1970Taste the Blood of Dracula as Dracula
- 1970Count Dracula as Dracula
- 1970Eugenie as Dolmance
- 1970The Bloody Judge as Lord George Jeffreys
- 1970Scream and Scream Again as Fremont
- 1969The Magic Christian as Ship's Vampire
- 1969The Oblong Box as Dr. J. Neuhartt
- 1969The Castle of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1969Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula as Self
- 1968Curse of the Crimson Altar as J.D. Morley
- 1968Dracula Has Risen from the Grave as Dracula
- 1968The Blood of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1968The Devil Rides Out as Duc de Richleau
- 1968The Face of Eve as Colonel Stuart
- 1968The Movie Orgy as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
- 1967The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
- 1967Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #4
- 1967Theatre of Death as Philippe Darvas
- 1967The Vengeance of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu
- 1967Night of the Big Heat as Godfrey Hanson
- 1966The Brides of Fu Manchu as Fu Manchu
- 1966Circus of Fear as Gregor
- 1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Grigori Rasputin
- 1966Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Count Dracula
- 1965The Skull as Sir Matthew Phillips
- 1965The Face of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- 1965Ten Little Indians as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
- 1965She as Billali
- 1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Franklyn Marsh
- 1964The Gorgon as Prof. Karl Meister
- 1964The Castle of the Living Dead as Count Drago
- 1964The Devil-Ship Pirates as Captain Robeles
- 1964Crypt of the Vampire as Count Ludwig Karnstein
- 1964Horror!!! as Self
- 1963The Whip and the Body as Kurt Menliff
- 1963Horror Castle as Erich
- 1963Challenge the Devil as Mephistoles
- 1962Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace as Sherlock Holmes
- 1962The Devil's Agent as Baron Ferdi von Staub
- 1962Lolita as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1962The Pirates of Blood River as Captain LaRoche
- 1962Secret of the Red Orchid as Capt. Allerman
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 1 episode
- 1961Hercules in the Haunted World as King Lico (Licos)
- 1961The Devil's Daffodil as Ling Chu
- 1961Taste of Fear as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
- 1961The Terror of the Tongs as Chung King
- 1960Too Hot to Handle as Novak
- 1960The Hands of Orlac as Nero the magician
- 1960The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Paul Allen
- 1960The City of the Dead as Prof. Alan Driscoll
- 1960Beat Girl as Kenny King
- 1959Uncle Was a Vampire as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
- 1959The Mummy as Kharis, the Mummy
- 1959The Treasure of San Teresa as Jaeger
- 1959The Man Who Could Cheat Death as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
- 1959The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville
- 1958Corridors of Blood as Resurrection Joe
- 1958Dracula as Count Dracula
- 1958A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde
- 1958Battle of the V-1 as Brunner
- 1957The Truth About Women as Francois Thiers
- 1957Bitter Victory as Sgt. Barney
- 1957Manuela as Voice (voice)
- 1957The Curse of Frankenstein as The Creature
- 1957Fortune Is a Woman as Charles Highbury
- 1957The Traitor as Doctor Neumann
- 1957Ill Met by Moonlight as German officer at The Dentist's office
- 1956The Battle of the River Plate as Manolo
- 1956Beyond Mombasa as Gil Rossi
- 1956Port Afrique as Franz Vermes
- 1956Alexander the Great as Nectenabus (voice)
- 1956Private's Progress as Major Schultz
- 1955Storm Over the Nile as Karaga Pasha
- 1955Alias John Preston as John Preston
- 1955The Cockleshell Heroes as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
- 1955Moby Dick—Rehearsed as A Stage Manager /Flask
- 1955Police Dog as Johnny, a constable
- 1955The Dark Avenger as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
- 1955Contraband Spain as Narrador (voz)
- 1955That Lady as Capitán
- 1955Cross-Roads as Harry Cooper
- 1954The Awakening as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
- 1954The Mirror and Markheim as Visitant
- 1953Innocents in Paris as Lieutenant Whitlock
- 1953The Top and the Ball as Father
- 1952Babes in Bagdad as Slave Dealer
- 1952Paul Temple Returns as Sir Felix Raybourne
- 1952Top Secret as Russian Agent (uncredited)
- 1952Moulin Rouge as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
- 1952The Crimson Pirate as Joseph - Military Attaché
- 1951Quo Vadis as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
- 1951Valley of the Eagles as Det. Holt
- 1951Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Spanish Captain
- 1950Prelude to Fame as Newsman
- 1950They Were Not Divided as Chris Lewis
- 1949Trottie True as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
- 1948Hamlet as Palace Guard (uncredited)
- 1948Scott of the Antarctic as Bernard Day
- 1948Saraband for Dead Lovers as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
- 1948Penny and the Pownall Case as Jonathan Blair
- 1948A Song for Tomorrow as Auguste
- 1948One Night with You as Pirelli's Assistant
- 1948Corridor of Mirrors as Charles
- 1939Eugen Weidmann Execution Film as Himself
Production 1
- 1973Nothing But the Night · producer