Christopher Lee
Acteur·rice
27 mai 1922
Westminster, London, England, UK
Died 7 juin 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
As an actor
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Lord Summerisle
Science Fiction Film Awards
Himself
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024 · Self / Various (Archive)
Children of the Wicker Man
2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024 · Saruman (voice)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Constel·lació Portabella
2024 · (archive footage)
Faces of Death
2023 · (archive footage)
The Wicker Man at 50
2023 · Lord Summerisle
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020 · Himself
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017 · Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona
2017 · Himself
Extraordinary Tales
2015 · Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Angels in Notting Hill
2015 · The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015 · (archive footage)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Saruman the White
Face of Unity
2014 · Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014 · Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 · Father Bartholomeu
The Girl from Nagasaki
2013 · Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013 · Narrator
The Trail of Dracula
2013 · Self (Archival Footage)
The Gillian Hills Trilogy
2013
Dark Shadows
2012 · Clarney
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Saruman the White
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012 · Dracula (archive footage)
Everything or Nothing
2012 · Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012 · Self
The Fall of the House Of Usher
2012 · The Narrator
Dracula vs. Vampir
2012
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
2012 · Narrator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012 · Self
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012 · Self
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
Season of the Witch
2011 · Cardinal D'Ambroise
Hugo
2011 · Monsieur Labisse
The Resident
2011 · August
The Wicker Tree
2011 · Old Man
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Jabberwocky (voice)
The Heavy
2010 · Mr. Mason
Boogie Woogie
2010 · Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Burke & Hare
2010 · Old Joseph
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010 · Self
Triage
2009 · Joaquín Morales
Glorious 39
2009 · Older Walter Page
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008 · Count Dooku (voice)
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008 · Narrator (voice)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008 · Self
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008 · Death (synchro)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
2008 · Death (synchro)
The Colour of Magic
2008 · Death
The Golden Compass
2007 · First High Councilor
Ein Leben wie im Flug
2007 · Self
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007 · Self
Hollywood Chinese
2007 · Self
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Bloody Jess
2007 · Self
Beloved Count
2007 · Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
2007 · Narrator
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006 · Self
Semperopernball
2006 · Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · Dr. Wonka
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Count Dooku
Corpse Bride
2005 · Pastor Galswells (voice)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005 · The Lord Provost
Pope John Paul II
2005
Pope John Paul II
2005 · Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004 · Emerich
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004 · Self
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Count Dooku (archive footage)
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004 · Self
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003 · Self
Drácula en la Hammer
2003 · Christopher Lee
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003 · Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Saruman
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Count Dooku
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
Best Ever Bond
2002 · Self / Scaramanga
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002 · Self / Count Dooku
Perversion Stories
2002 · Self
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
2002 · Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002 · Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Saruman
Quest for the Ring
2001 · Self
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001 · Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001 · Himself
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 · Self
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
2001 · Narrator
Aeschbacher
2001 · Self
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000 · Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · Narrator
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000 · Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
Ghost Stories for Christmas
2000 · Narrator
In the Beginning
2000 · Rameses I
Gormenghast
2000 · Flay
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Burgomaster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999 · Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Jinnah
1998 · Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998 · Sir Richard Turkel
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998 · Self
100 Years of Horror
1998 · Presenter
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998 · Self
The Mummy
1998 · Self - Host
Soul Music
1997 · Death (voice)
Soul Music
1997 · Death (voice)
The Odyssey
1997 · Tiresias
Ivanhoe
1997 · Lucas de Beaumanoir
Wyrd Sisters
1997 · Death (voice)
The Stupids
1996 · Evil Sender
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
Welcome to the Discworld
1996 · Death
Vem Var Dracula
1996 · Self
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996 · Self
A Century of Science Fiction
1996 · Narrator (voice)
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996 · Azaret
Moses
1996 · Pharaoh
100 Years of Horror
1996 · Self - Host
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995 · Self
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
1995 · Self
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995 · Narrator
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994 · Narrator (voice) / Self
The Rainbow Thief
1994 · Uncle Rudolf
A Feast at Midnight
1994 · V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Funny Man
1994 · Callum Chance
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994 · Commandant Rakov
Brisant
1994 · Self
The World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Death Train
1993 · General Konstanin Benin
Blue Heelers
1993 · Scott James
Beauty and the Beast
1992 · Monsieur Renard (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992 · Sherlock Holmes
Cyber Eden
1992 · Cedric
Double Vision
1992 · Mr. Bernard
Innocent Blood
1992 · Count Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
1992 · (archive footage)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991 · Dr. Pearson
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991 · Sherlock Holmes
Journey of Honor
1991 · King Philip
Fear in the Dark
1991 · Narrator
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
1991 · Self - Narrator
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · Doctor Catheter
Treasure Island
1990 · Blind Pew
The Care of Time
1990 · Karlis Zander
The Miser
1990 · Cardinale Spinosi
Stern TV
1990 · Self
The French Revolution
1989 · Sanson
Night of the Eagles
1989 · Walter Strauss
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 · Rochefort
Murder Story
1989 · Willard Hope
For Better or for Worse
1989 · Lazos
Around the World in 80 Days
1989 · Stuart
The French Revolution
1989 · Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988 · Luis Morel
Olympus Force: The Key
1988 · Filly
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987 · Kato
Creepy Classics
1987 · Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
The Girl
1987 · Peter Storm
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · Self
Casanova
1987 · Branicki
Seitenblicke
1987 · self
Jocks
1986 · President White
The Disputation
1986 · King James of Aragon
Un métier de seigneur
1986 · Fog
Shaka Zulu
1986 · Lord Bathurst
Wedden, dat..?
1986 · Self
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985 · Stefan Crosscoe
Mask of Murder
1985 · Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Himself - Presenter
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
1984 · King
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984 · King Vladimir V
The Bengal Lancers!
1984 · Sir James Hunter
The Far Pavilions
1984 · Rao-Sahib
House of the Long Shadows
1983 · Corrigan
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983 · Mr. Midnight
New Magic
1983 · Mr. Kellar
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983 · Narrator
The Last Unicorn
1982 · King Haggard (voice)
Safari 3000
1982 · Count Borgia
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
The Rank Charm School
1982 · Self
Massarati and the Brain
1982 · Victor Leopold
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982 · Prince Philip
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · King Vladimir V
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
An Eye for an Eye
1981 · Morgan Canfield
Evil Stalks This House
1981 · Host
The Salamander
1981 · Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Goliath Awaits
1981 · John McKenzie
Serial
1980 · Luckman Skull
Once Upon a Spy
1980 · Marcus Valorium
Desperate Moves
1980 · Dr. Carl Boxer
1941
1979 · Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
The Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
Bear Island
1979 · Lechinski
The Passage
1979 · Gypsy
Arabian Adventure
1979 · Caliph Alquazar
Jaguar Lives!
1979 · Adam Caine
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979 · Miguel
Circle of Iron
1978 · Zetan
Caravans
1978 · Sardar Khan
Return from Witch Mountain
1978 · Victor Gannon
The Pirate
1978 · Samir Al Fay
Mickey's 50
1978 · Self
End of the World
1977 · Father Pergado / Zindar
Airport '77
1977 · Martin Wallace
Starship Invasions
1977 · Captain Rameses
Meatcleaver Massacre
1977 · On-Screen Narrator
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977 · Narrator
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Auf los geht's los
1977 · Self
How the West Was Won
1977 · The Grand Duke
The Pirate
1977 · Samir Al Fay
Dracula and Son
1976 · Le prince des Ténèbres
To the Devil a Daughter
1976 · Father Michael
Killer Force
1976 · Major Chilton
Albino
1976 · Bill
The Keeper
1976 · The Keeper
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Dale Woodman
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975 · Satanus / Van Krig
In Search of Dracula
1975 · Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
Space: 1999
1975 · Captain Zandor
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · Francisco Scaramanga
The Four Musketeers
1974 · Rochefort
Diagnosis: Murder
1974 · Dr. Stephen Hayward
The Three Musketeers
1973 · Rochefort
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973 · Count Dracula
Nothing But the Night
1973 · Col. Charles Bingham
The Creeping Flesh
1973 · James Hildern
The Wicker Man
1973 · Lord Summerisle
Dark Places
1973 · Dr. Ian Mandeville
Poor Devil
1973 · Lucifer
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Arnaud
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · Count Dracula
Horror Express
1972 · Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972 · Self
Umbracle
1972 · The Man
Death Line
1972 · Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Hannie Caulder
1971 · Bailey
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 · John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
I, Monster
1971 · Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Theatre Macabre
1971 · Self – Host
Film '72
1971 · Self
Count Dracula
1970 · Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Mycroft Holmes
Scars of Dracula
1970 · Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970 · Dracula
Scream and Scream Again
1970 · Fremont
Julius Caesar
1970 · Artemidorus
The Bloody Judge
1970 · Lord George Jeffreys
Eugenie
1970 · Dolmance
One More Time
1970 · Dracula
Treffpunkte
1970 · Self
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969 · Dr. Fu Man Chu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969 · Self
The Oblong Box
1969 · Dr. J. Neuhartt
The Magic Christian
1969 · Ship's Vampire
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968 · Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968 · J.D. Morley
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968 · Dracula
The Devil Rides Out
1968 · Duc de Richleau
The Face of Eve
1968 · Colonel Stuart
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967 · Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967 · Dr. Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat
1967 · Godfrey Hanson
Five Golden Dragons
1967 · Dragon #4
Theatre of Death
1967 · Philippe Darvas
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966 · Fu Manchu
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966 · Grigori Rasputin
Circus of Fear
1966 · Gregor
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966 · Count Dracula
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965 · Dr. Fu Man Chu
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 · Franklyn Marsh
The Skull
1965 · Sir Matthew Phillips
She
1965 · Billali
Ten Little Indians
1965 · Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964 · Count Drago
The Gorgon
1964 · Prof. Karl Meister
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964 · Captain Robeles
Crypt of the Vampire
1964 · Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!!
1964 · Self
The Whip and the Body
1963 · Kurt Menliff
Horror Castle
1963 · Erich
Challenge the Devil
1963 · Mephistoles
The Secret of the Red Orchid
1962 · Capt. Allerman
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962 · Sherlock Holmes
The Pirates of Blood River
1962 · Captain LaRoche
The Devil's Agent
1962 · Baron Ferdi von Staub
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Karl Jorla
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961 · King Lico (Licos)
The Terror of the Tongs
1961 · Chung King
Taste of Fear
1961 · Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The Devil's Daffodil
1961 · Ling Chu
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Avengers
1961 · Professor Stone, Colonel Mannering
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 · Paul Allen
Beat Girl
1960 · Kenny King
The Hands of Orlac
1960 · Nero the magician
Too Hot to Handle
1960 · Novak
The City of the Dead
1960 · Prof. Alan Driscoll
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Sir Henry Baskerville
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Mummy
1959 · Kharis, the Mummy
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959 · Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959 · Jaeger
One Step Beyond
1959 · Wilhelm Reitlinger
Stars in the Ring
1959 · Self
Whicker's World
1959
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Marquis St. Evremonde
Corridors of Blood
1958 · Resurrection Joe
Dracula
1958 · Count Dracula
Battle of the V-1
1958 · Brunner
Ivanhoe
1958 · Sir Otto from the Rhine
The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · Prince Erik
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · The Creature
Bitter Victory
1957 · Sgt. Barney
Fortune Is a Woman
1957 · Charles Highbury
Manuela
1957 · Voice (voice)
The Traitor
1957 · Doctor Neumann
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957 · German officer at The Dentist's office
The Truth About Women
1957 · Francois Thiers
Sailor of Fortune
1957 · Yusif Carnot
Port Afrique
1956 · Franz Vermes
Private's Progress
1956 · Major Schultz
Beyond Mombasa
1956 · Gil Rossi
Alexander the Great
1956 · Nectenabus (voice)
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Manolo
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956 · Jeanpierre
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956 · The Visitant, Compte de Merret, Maurice Gabet, General Hamelin
Alias John Preston
1955 · John Preston
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
The Dark Avenger
1955 · French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
That Lady
1955 · Capitán
Cross-Roads
1955 · Harry Cooper
Storm Over the Nile
1955 · Karaga Pasha
Police Dog
1955 · Johnny, a constable
Contraband Spain
1955 · Narrador (voz)
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955 · A Stage Manager /Flask
Final Column
1955
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955 · Louis (uncredited)
The Awakening
1954 · Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim
1954 · Visitant
Mark Saber
1954 · Larry Spence
Innocents in Paris
1953 · Lieutenant Whitlock
The Top and the Ball
1953 · Father
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Joseph (attache)
Babes in Bagdad
1952 · Slave Dealer
Top Secret
1952 · Russian Agent (uncredited)
Paul Temple Returns
1952 · Sir Felix Raybourne
Moulin Rouge
1952 · Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Quo Vadis
1951 · Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Valley of the Eagles
1951 · Det. Holt
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · Spanish Captain
Prelude to Fame
1950 · Newsman
They Were Not Divided
1950 · Chris Lewis
Trottie True
1949 · Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Corridor of Mirrors
1948 · Charles
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948 · Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow
1948 · Auguste
Hamlet
1948 · Palace Guard (uncredited)
One Night with You
1948 · Pirelli's Assistant
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 · Bernard Day
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948 · Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
1939 · Himself