Christopher Lee

Birthday:

05/27/1922

Place of birth:

Westminster, London, England, UK:

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, strong 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.



Credits

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