Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born May 27, 1922, died 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.
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- Born:
- May 27, 1922 In Belgravia, Westminster, England
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 229
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Corridor of Mirrors 1948-02-23
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024-12-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Saruman (voice) | 2024-12-05 |
| Movie | Bring Me the Blood of the Werewolf | Dracula | 2018-11-02 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman the White | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') | 2013-02-28 |
| Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Narrator | 2013-10-23 |
| Movie | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartholomeu | 2013-03-07 |
| Movie | The Trail of Dracula | Self | 2013-12-12 |
| Movie | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | 2013-11-11 |
| Movie | Frankenweenie | Movie Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-10-04 |
| Movie | Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 |
| Movie | Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars | Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) | 2012-10-29 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman the White | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D'Ambroise | 2011-01-07 |
| Movie | The Resident | August | 2011-02-10 |
| Movie | The Wicker Tree | Old Man | 2011-08-27 |
| Movie | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | The Jabberwocky (voice) | 2010-03-03 |
| Movie | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | 2010-04-08 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
| Movie | Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror | Self | 2010-10-31 |
| Movie | Burke & Hare | Old Joseph | 2010-10-29 |
| Movie | Boogie Woogie | Mr. Alfred Rhinegold | 2009-06-26 |
| Movie | Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days | DiZ | 2009-09-29 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Older Walter Page | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | Triage | Joaquín Morales | 2009-11-13 |
| Series | The Colour of Magic | Tod (Sprechrolle) | 2008-03-23 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Movie | Ein Leben wie im Flug | Self | 2007-03-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood Chinese | Self | 2007-03-18 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Walker Payne | Stu | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | 2005-07-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | 2005-10-29 |
| Movie | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Emerich | 2004-02-18 |
| Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Count Dooku (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman the White (Extended Cut) | 2003-12-17 |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self | 2003-12-12 |
| Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Count Dooku | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | Bond Girls Are Forever | Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-06 |
| Movie | Best Ever Bond | Self / Scaramanga | 2002-11-22 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | 2001-12-29 | |
| Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | 2001-12-18 |
| Series | Gormenghast | Flay | 2000-01-17 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | 2000-05-20 | |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | 1999-11-19 |
| Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | 1998-03-19 |
| Movie | Jinnah | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | 1998-11-07 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Beaumanoir | 1997-01-12 |
| Movie | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-05-12 |
| Movie | The Stupids | Evil Sender | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | 100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons | Host / Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Alisea and the Dream Prince | Azaret | 1996-02-01 |
| Movie | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Self | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | Moses | Pharao Ramses | 1995-12-18 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | 1994-01-19 |
| Movie | A Feast At Midnight | V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow | 1994-11-01 |
| Movie | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Rakov | 1994-06-09 |
| Movie | Death Train | General Konstanin Benin | 1993-04-14 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | 1992-02-19 |
| Movie | Journey of Honor | King Philip | 1991-04-27 |
| Movie | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Dr. Pearson | 1991-05-10 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-12-06 |
| Movie | Fear in the Dark | Narrator | 1991-10-29 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Blind Pew | 1990-01-22 |
| Movie | The Miser | Cardinale Spinosi | 1990-04-06 |
| Movie | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | 1990-06-15 |
| Movie | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | 1990-08-26 |
| Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | 1989-04-16 |
| Movie | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | 1989-04-12 |
| Movie | The french revolution: Years of rage | Sanson | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | 1989-12-01 |
| Movie | Night of the Eagles | Walter Strauss | 1989-05-18 |
| Movie | Murder Story | Willard Hope | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil | Luis Morel | 1988-08-18 |
| Movie | Mio in the Land of Faraway | Kato | 1987-07-01 |
| Movie | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Self | 1987-06-26 |
| Movie | The Girl | Peter Storm | 1987-08-07 |
| Movie | Jocks | President White | 1986-11-14 |
| Movie | The Disputation | King James of Aragon | 1986-12-21 |
| Movie | Fright Night | Dracula (archive footage) | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | 1985-10-15 |
| Movie | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe | 1985-08-28 |
| Movie | The Far Pavilions | Rao-Sahib | 1984-04-21 |
| Movie | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | King | 1984-11-02 |
| Movie | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | 1983-06-17 |
| Movie | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | 1983-01-28 |
| Movie | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | 1982-05-01 |
| Movie | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | 1982-08-26 |
| Movie | Evil Stalks This House | Host | 1981-07-12 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | 1981-08-14 |
| Movie | Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | 1981-11-11 |
| Movie | Serial | Luckman Skull | 1980-03-28 |
| Movie | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | 1980-09-19 |
| Movie | The Passage | Gypsy | 1979-03-09 |
| Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer | 1979-03-03 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Arabian Adventure | Caliph Alquazar | 1979-07-08 |
| Movie | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | Bear Island | Lechinski | 1979-12-05 |
| Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | 1979-08-09 |
| Movie | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon | 1978-03-10 |
| Movie | Circle of Iron | Zetan | 1978-07-25 |
| Movie | Caravans | Sardar Khan | 1978-11-02 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Samir Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | 1977-03-11 |
| Movie | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | 1977-10-14 |
| Movie | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | 1977-08-01 |
| Movie | Death in the Sun | Bill | 1976-03-15 |
| Movie | Killer Force | Major Chilton | 1976-01-14 |
| Movie | Dracula and Son | Le prince des Ténèbres | 1976-09-14 |
| Movie | In Search of Dracula | Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula | 1975-05-15 |
| Movie | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | 1974-01-01 |
| Movie | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | 1974-10-31 |
| Movie | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | 1974-12-04 |
| Movie | Poor Devil | Lucifer | 1973-02-14 |
| Movie | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | 1973-02-16 |
| Movie | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | 1973-12-06 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | 1973-12-11 |
| Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | 1973-11-03 |
| Movie | Dark Places | Dr. Ian Mandeville | 1973-05-01 |
| Movie | Vampir Cuadecuc | Self | 1972-05-05 |
| Movie | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | 1972-06-26 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | 1972-10-13 |
| Movie | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake | 1971-11-01 |
| Movie | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | 1971-11-08 |
| Movie | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | 1970-02-05 |
| Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | 1970-02-02 |
| Movie | Eugenie | Dolmance | 1970-02-20 |
| Movie | Count Dracula | Dracula | 1970-04-03 |
| Movie | Scars of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-11-08 |
| Movie | One More Time | Dracula | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhartt | 1969-06-11 |
| Movie | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | 1969-12-12 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Eve | Colonel Stuart | 1968-07-19 |
| Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | J.D. Morley | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | 1968-07-20 |
| Movie | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula | 1968-11-07 |
| Movie | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1967-05-25 |
| Movie | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | 1967-07-21 |
| Movie | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai | 1967-10-05 |
| Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | 1966-01-09 |
| Movie | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | 1966-12-16 |
| Movie | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | 1966-03-06 |
| Movie | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1965-08-06 |
| Movie | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | 1965-02-23 |
| Movie | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | 1965-08-25 |
| Movie | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | The Castle of the Living Dead | Count Drago | 1964-08-05 |
| Movie | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | 1964-10-18 |
| Movie | Challenge the Devil | Mephistoles | 1963-05-28 |
| Movie | The Whip and the Body | Kurt Menliff | 1963-08-29 |
| Movie | Horror Castle | Erich | 1963-08-15 |
| Movie | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | 1962-05-09 |
| Movie | Secret of the Red Orchid | Capt. Allerman | 1962-03-01 |
| Movie | Lolita | Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1962-06-13 |
| Movie | The Devil's Agent | Baron Ferdi von Staub | 1962-09-01 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | 1962-11-30 |
| Movie | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | 1961-03-15 |
| Movie | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | 1961-06-05 |
| Movie | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | 1961-07-20 |
| Movie | Hercules in the Haunted World | King Lico (Licos) | 1961-11-16 |
| Movie | Beat Girl | Kenny King | 1960-08-21 |
| Movie | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | 1960-09-09 |
| Movie | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | 1960-10-24 |
| Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | 1959-05-04 |
| Movie | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerrard | 1959-06-15 |
| Movie | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | 1959-07-21 |
| Movie | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | 1959-10-28 |
| Movie | Dracula | Count Dracula | 1958-05-22 |
| Movie | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | 1958-12-01 |
| Movie | The Traitor | Doctor Neumann | 1957-03-01 |
| Movie | Ill Met by Moonlight | German officer at The Dentist's office | 1957-01-31 |
| Movie | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | 1957-03-13 |
| Movie | Manuela | Voice (voice) | 1957-07-18 |
| Movie | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | 1957-10-01 |
| Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | 1957-05-20 |
| Movie | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | 1957-08-28 |
| Movie | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | 1956-06-18 |
| Movie | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | 1956-02-17 |
| Movie | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | 1956-03-28 |
| Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | 1956-10-29 |
| Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | 1956-10-30 |
| Movie | That Lady | Capitán | 1955-03-05 |
| Movie | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | A Stage Manager / Flask | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | 1955-02-01 |
| Movie | Contraband Spain | Narrator (voice) | 1955-03-15 |
| Movie | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) | 1955-04-15 |
| Movie | Alias John Preston | John Preston | 1955-12-14 |
| Movie | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | 1955-12-26 |
| Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander Alan Grieves | 1955-11-16 |
| Movie | The Mirror and Markheim | Visitant | 1954-01-01 |
| Movie | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | 1953-07-22 |
| Movie | Top Secret | Russian Agent (uncredited) | 1952-11-10 |
| Movie | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | 1952-09-27 |
| Movie | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | 1952-11-24 |
| Movie | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | 1952-12-07 |
| Movie | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat (uncredited) | 1952-12-23 |
| Movie | Captain Horatio Hornblower | Spanish Captain | 1951-04-10 |
| Movie | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver (uncredited) | 1951-11-08 |
| Movie | Valley of the Eagles | Det. Holt | 1951-09-26 |
| Movie | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | 1950-04-24 |
| Movie | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | 1950-05-02 |
| Movie | Trottie True | Hon. Bongo Icklesham | 1949-09-29 |
| Movie | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | 1948-04-25 |
| Movie | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | 1948-02-23 |
| Movie | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | 1948-06-08 |
| Movie | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | 1948-11-29 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Palace Guard (uncredited) | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel | 1948-10-04 |