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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

The Mike Douglas Show

The Avengers

The Avengers

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Charlie's Angels

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

All Movies (324)

• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim2024 · as Saruman (voice)
• Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Constel·lació Portabella2024 · as (archive footage)
• Children of the Wicker Man2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee2024 · as Self / Various (Archive)
• The Wicker Man at 502023 · as Lord Summerisle
• Faces of Death2023 · as (archive footage)
• Peter Cushing: In His Own Words2020 · as Himself
• Drácula Barcelona2017 · as Himself
• Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions2017 · as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
• Angels in Notting Hill2015 · as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
• Extraordinary Tales2015 · as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
• Fifty Shades of Erotica2015 · as (archive footage)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014 · as Saruman the White
• Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
• How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective2014 · as Self
• Face of Unity2014 · as Self
• The Trail of Dracula2013 · as Self (Archival Footage)
• The Girl from Nagasaki2013 · as Old Officer Pinkerton
• Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics2013 · as Narrator
• The Gillian Hills Trilogy2013
• Night Train to Lisbon2013 · as Father Bartholomeu
• Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror2012 · as Self
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012 · as Saruman the White
• The Fall of the House Of Usher2012 · as The Narrator
• Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars2012 · as Self
• Dracula vs. Vampir2012
• Everything or Nothing2012 · as Self
• The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features2012
• Dark Shadows2012 · as Clarney
• Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness2012 · as Dracula (archive footage)
• Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 19882012 · as Narrator
• Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'2012 · as Self
• Hugo2011 · as Monsieur Labisse
• The Wicker Tree2011 · as Old Man
• The Resident2011 · as August
• Season of the Witch2011 · as Cardinal D'Ambroise
• Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror2010 · as Self
• Burke & Hare2010 · as Old Joseph
• Boogie Woogie2010 · as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
• The Heavy2010 · as Mr. Mason
• Alice in Wonderland2010 · as Jabberwocky (voice)
• Glorious 392009 · as Older Walter Page
• Triage2009 · as Joaquín Morales
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008 · as Count Dooku (voice)
• Fanex Files: Hammer Films2008 · as Self
• The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 12008 · as Death (synchro)
• The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 22008 · as Death (synchro)
• The Golden Compass2007 · as First High Councilor
• Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets2007 · as Narrator
• Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands2007 · as Self
• Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Chinese2007 · as Self
• Ein Leben wie im Flug2007 · as Self
• Beloved Count2007 · as Self
• Bloody Jess2007 · as Self
• Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills2006 · as Self
• Pope John Paul II2005
• The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby2005 · as The Lord Provost
• Corpse Bride2005 · as Pastor Galswells (voice)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory2005 · as Dr. Wonka
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005 · as Count Dooku
• A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• The Story of Star Wars2004 · as Count Dooku (archive footage)
• Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse2004 · as Emerich
• Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King2003 · as Self
• J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth2003 · as Self
• Drácula en la Hammer2003 · as Christopher Lee
• The Making of 'The Two Towers'2003
• Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick2003 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002 · as Saruman
• Best Ever Bond2002 · as Self / Scaramanga
• From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'2002 · as Self / Count Dooku
• The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast2002 · as Self
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth2002 · as Self
• Perversion Stories2002 · as Self
• To the Devil... The Death of Hammer2002
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 · as Count Dooku
• The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'2002 · as Self
• Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man2001
• Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · as Self
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · as Saruman
• Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'2001 · as Self
• Quest for the Ring2001 · as Self
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome2001 · as Self
• The Wicker Man Enigma2001 · as Himself
• The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz2001 · as Narrator
• Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend2000 · as Self
• Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'2000
• Ian Fleming: 007's Creator2000 · as Self
• The Many Faces of Dracula2000 · as Narrator
• Sleepy Hollow1999 · as Burgomaster
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service1999 · as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
• Ex-S: The Wicker Man1998 · as Self
• Jinnah1998 · as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah1998 · as Self
• Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy1998 · as Sir Richard Turkel
• 100 Years of Horror1998 · as Presenter
• The Mummy1998 · as Self - Host
• Soul Music1997 · as Death (voice)
• Welcome to the Discworld1996 · as Death
• Vem Var Dracula1996 · as Self
• The Stupids1996 · as Evil Sender
• In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes1996
• The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry1996 · as Self
• The Many Faces of Christopher Lee1996
• A Century of Science Fiction1996 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James1995 · as Self
• In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross1995 · as Self
• A Feast at Midnight1994 · as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
• Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror1994 · as Narrator (voice) / Self
• Funny Man1994 · as Callum Chance
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow1994 · as Commandant Rakov
• The Rainbow Thief1994 · as Uncle Rudolf
• Death Train1993 · as General Konstanin Benin
• Cyber Eden1992 · as Cedric
• Double Vision1992 · as Mr. Bernard
• Innocent Blood1992 · as Count Dracula (archive footage)
• Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls1992 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Beauty and the Beast1992 · as Monsieur Renard (voice)
• Dracula in the Movies1992 · as (archive footage)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady1991 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Fear in the Dark1991 · as Narrator
• Halloween Monster Bash1991 · as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
• Curse III: Blood Sacrifice1991 · as Dr. Pearson
• Journey of Honor1991 · as King Philip
• Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal1991 · as Self - Narrator
• The Care of Time1990 · as Karlis Zander
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch1990 · as Doctor Catheter
• Treasure Island1990 · as Blind Pew
• The Miser1990 · as Cardinale Spinosi
• For Better or for Worse1989 · as Lazos
• Murder Story1989 · as Willard Hope
• Night of the Eagles1989 · as Walter Strauss
• The French Revolution1989 · as Sanson
• The Return of the Musketeers1989 · as Rochefort
• Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil1988 · as Luis Morel
• Olympus Force: The Key1988 · as Filly
• Creepy Classics1987 · as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
• Mio in the Land of Faraway1987 · as Kato
• The Girl1987 · as Peter Storm
• Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987 · as Self
• Casanova1987 · as Branicki
• The Disputation1986 · as King James of Aragon
• Un métier de seigneur1986 · as Fog
• Jocks1986 · as President White
• Mask of Murder1985 · as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
• Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch1985 · as Stefan Crosscoe
• The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes1985 · as Himself - Presenter
• The Best of All Time Horror Classics1985
• The Rosebud Beach Hotel1984 · as King
• The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers1984 · as King Vladimir V
• The Bengal Lancers!1984 · as Sir James Hunter
• House of the Long Shadows1983 · as Corrigan
• The Return of Captain Invincible1983 · as Mr. Midnight
• New Magic1983 · as Mr. Kellar
• Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler1983 · as Narrator
• The Last Unicorn1982 · as King Haggard (voice)
• The Rank Charm School1982 · as Self
• Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story1982 · as Prince Philip
• Massarati and the Brain1982 · as Victor Leopold
• Safari 30001982 · as Count Borgia
• Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• An Eye for an Eye1981 · as Morgan Canfield
• Evil Stalks This House1981 · as Host
• The Salamander1981 · as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
• Once Upon a Spy1980 · as Marcus Valorium
• Serial1980 · as Luckman Skull
• Desperate Moves1980 · as Dr. Carl Boxer
• 19411979 · as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
• Bear Island1979 · as Lechinski
• Captain America II: Death Too Soon1979 · as Miguel
• Jaguar Lives!1979 · as Adam Caine
• Arabian Adventure1979 · as Caliph Alquazar
• The Passage1979 · as Gypsy
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• The Pirate1978 · as Samir Al Fay
• Mickey's 501978 · as Self
• Caravans1978 · as Sardar Khan
• Circle of Iron1978 · as Zetan
• Return from Witch Mountain1978 · as Victor Gannon
• Starship Invasions1977 · as Captain Rameses
• The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural1977 · as Narrator
• Playboy's Playmate Party1977
• End of the World1977 · as Father Pergado / Zindar
• Airport '771977 · as Martin Wallace
• Meatcleaver Massacre1977 · as On-Screen Narrator
• Dracula and Son1976 · as Le prince des Ténèbres
• Albino1976 · as Bill
• To the Devil a Daughter1976 · as Father Michael
• Killer Force1976 · as Major Chilton
• The Keeper1976 · as The Keeper
• In Search of Dracula1975 · as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
• The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan1975 · as Satanus / Van Krig
• The Man with the Golden Gun1974 · as Francisco Scaramanga
• The Four Musketeers1974 · as Rochefort
• Diagnosis: Murder1974 · as Dr. Stephen Hayward
• The Three Musketeers1973 · as Rochefort
• The Wicker Man1973 · as Lord Summerisle
• Dark Places1973 · as Dr. Ian Mandeville
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula1973 · as Count Dracula
• Nothing But the Night1973 · as Col. Charles Bingham
• Poor Devil1973 · as Lucifer
• The Creeping Flesh1973 · as James Hildern
• Death Line1972 · as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
• Horror Express1972 · as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
• Dracula A.D. 19721972 · as Count Dracula
• Vampir Cuadecuc1972 · as Self
• Umbracle1972 · as The Man
• Hannie Caulder1971 · as Bailey
• I, Monster1971 · as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
• The House That Dripped Blood1971 · as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
• Scars of Dracula1970 · as Dracula
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 · as Mycroft Holmes
• Julius Caesar1970 · as Artemidorus
• One More Time1970 · as Dracula
• Taste the Blood of Dracula1970 · as Dracula
• Count Dracula1970 · as Dracula
• Eugenie1970 · as Dolmance
• The Bloody Judge1970 · as Lord George Jeffreys
• Scream and Scream Again1970 · as Fremont
• The Magic Christian1969 · as Ship's Vampire
• The Oblong Box1969 · as Dr. J. Neuhartt
• The Castle of Fu Manchu1969 · as Dr. Fu Man Chu
• Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula1969 · as Self
• Curse of the Crimson Altar1968 · as J.D. Morley
• Dracula Has Risen from the Grave1968 · as Dracula
• The Blood of Fu Manchu1968 · as Dr. Fu Man Chu
• The Devil Rides Out1968 · as Duc de Richleau
• The Face of Eve1968 · as Colonel Stuart
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
• The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism1967 · as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
• Five Golden Dragons1967 · as Dragon #4
• Theatre of Death1967 · as Philippe Darvas
• The Vengeance of Fu Manchu1967 · as Dr. Fu Manchu
• Night of the Big Heat1967 · as Godfrey Hanson
• The Brides of Fu Manchu1966 · as Fu Manchu
• Circus of Fear1966 · as Gregor
• Rasputin: The Mad Monk1966 · as Grigori Rasputin
• Dracula: Prince of Darkness1966 · as Count Dracula
• The Skull1965 · as Sir Matthew Phillips
• The Face of Fu Manchu1965 · as Dr. Fu Man Chu
• Ten Little Indians1965 · as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
• She1965 · as Billali
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors1965 · as Franklyn Marsh
• The Gorgon1964 · as Prof. Karl Meister
• The Castle of the Living Dead1964 · as Count Drago
• The Devil-Ship Pirates1964 · as Captain Robeles
• Crypt of the Vampire1964 · as Count Ludwig Karnstein
• Horror!!!1964 · as Self
• The Whip and the Body1963 · as Kurt Menliff
• Horror Castle1963 · as Erich
• Challenge the Devil1963 · as Mephistoles
• Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace1962 · as Sherlock Holmes
• The Devil's Agent1962 · as Baron Ferdi von Staub
• The Pirates of Blood River1962 · as Captain LaRoche
• The Secret of the Red Orchid1962 · as Capt. Allerman
• Hercules in the Haunted World1961 · as King Lico (Licos)
• The Devil's Daffodil1961 · as Ling Chu
• Taste of Fear1961 · as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
• The Terror of the Tongs1961 · as Chung King
• The Hands of Orlac1960 · as Nero the magician
• Too Hot to Handle1960 · as Novak
• The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll1960 · as Paul Allen
• The City of the Dead1960 · as Prof. Alan Driscoll
• Beat Girl1960 · as Kenny King
• Uncle Was a Vampire1959 · as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
• The Mummy1959 · as Kharis, the Mummy
• The Treasure of San Teresa1959 · as Jaeger
• The Man Who Could Cheat Death1959 · as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1959 · as Sir Henry Baskerville
• Corridors of Blood1958 · as Resurrection Joe
• Dracula1958 · as Count Dracula
• A Tale of Two Cities1958 · as Marquis St. Evremonde
• Battle of the V-11958 · as Brunner
• The Truth About Women1957 · as Francois Thiers
• Bitter Victory1957 · as Sgt. Barney
• Manuela1957 · as Voice (voice)
• The Curse of Frankenstein1957 · as The Creature
• Fortune Is a Woman1957 · as Charles Highbury
• The Traitor1957 · as Doctor Neumann
• Ill Met by Moonlight1957 · as German officer at The Dentist's office
• The Battle of the River Plate1956 · as Manolo
• Beyond Mombasa1956 · as Gil Rossi
• Port Afrique1956 · as Franz Vermes
• Alexander the Great1956 · as Nectenabus (voice)
• Private's Progress1956 · as Major Schultz
• Storm Over the Nile1955 · as Karaga Pasha
• Alias John Preston1955 · as John Preston
• The Cockleshell Heroes1955 · as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
• Moby Dick—Rehearsed1955 · as A Stage Manager /Flask
• Police Dog1955 · as Johnny, a constable
• The Dark Avenger1955 · as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
• Contraband Spain1955 · as Narrador (voz)
• That Lady1955 · as Capitán
• Cross-Roads1955 · as Harry Cooper
• The Awakening1954 · as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
• The Mirror and Markheim1954 · as Visitant
• Innocents in Paris1953 · as Lieutenant Whitlock
• The Top and the Ball1953 · as Father
• Babes in Bagdad1952 · as Slave Dealer
• Paul Temple Returns1952 · as Sir Felix Raybourne
• Top Secret1952 · as Russian Agent (uncredited)
• Moulin Rouge1952 · as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
• The Crimson Pirate1952 · as Joseph (attache)
• Quo Vadis1951 · as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
• Valley of the Eagles1951 · as Det. Holt
• Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.1951 · as Spanish Captain
• Prelude to Fame1950 · as Newsman
• They Were Not Divided1950 · as Chris Lewis
• Trottie True1949 · as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
• Hamlet1948 · as Palace Guard (uncredited)
• Scott of the Antarctic1948 · as Bernard Day
• Saraband for Dead Lovers1948 · as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
• Penny and the Pownall Case1948 · as Jonathan Blair
• A Song for Tomorrow1948 · as Auguste
• One Night with You1948 · as Pirelli's Assistant
• Corridor of Mirrors1948 · as Charles
• Eugen Weidmann Execution Film1939 · as Himself
• Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending— · as Lord Summerisle

All TV Shows (62)

• La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Colour of Magic2008 · as Death
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Semperopernball2006 · as Self
• Pope John Paul II2005 · as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
• Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel2004 · as Self
• Aeschbacher2001 · as Self
• Ghost Stories for Christmas2000 · as Narrator
• In the Beginning2000 · as Rameses I
• Gormenghast2000 · as Flay
• Soul Music1997 · as Death (voice)
• The Odyssey1997 · as Tiresias
• Wyrd Sisters1997 · as Death (voice)
• Ivanhoe1997 · as Lucas de Beaumanoir
• 100 Years of Horror1996 · as Self - Host
• Moses1996 · as Pharaoh
• Alisea and the Dream Prince1996 · as Azaret
• Tales of Mystery and Imagination1995 · as Narrator
• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brisant1994 · as Self
• Blue Heelers1993 · as Scott James
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992 · as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
• Stern TV1990 · as Self
• The French Revolution1989 · as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
• Around the World in 80 Days1989 · as Stuart
• Seitenblicke1987 · as self
• Shaka Zulu1986 · as Lord Bathurst
• Wedden, dat..?1986 · as Self
• The Far Pavilions1984 · as Rao-Sahib
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as King Vladimir V
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Goliath Awaits1981 · as John McKenzie
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• The Pirate1977 · as Samir Al Fay
• How the West Was Won1977 · as The Grand Duke
• Auf los geht's los1977 · as Self
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Dale Woodman
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Space: 19991975 · as Captain Zandor
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Arnaud
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Theatre Macabre1971 · as Self – Host
• Treffpunkte1970 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Karl Jorla
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Avengers1961 · as Professor Stone
• The Avengers1961 · as Colonel Mannering
• Stars in the Ring1959 · as Self
• Whicker's World1959
• One Step Beyond1959 · as Wilhelm Reitlinger
• The Adventures of William Tell1958 · as Prince Erik
• Ivanhoe1958 · as Sir Otto from the Rhine
• Sailor of Fortune1957 · as Yusif Carnot
• The Errol Flynn Theatre1956 · as Maurice Gabet
• The Errol Flynn Theatre1956 · as Compte de Merret
• The Errol Flynn Theatre1956 · as The Visitant
• The Errol Flynn Theatre1956 · as General Hamelin
• Colonel March of Scotland Yard1956 · as Jeanpierre
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel1955 · as Louis (uncredited)
• Mark Saber1954 · as Larry Spence
• Science Fiction Film Awards— · as Himself