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:
- 282
- 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 | Dracula Unearthed | Count Dracula (archive footage) | 2022-10-31 |
| Movie | Bring Me the Blood of the Werewolf | Dracula | 2018-11-02 |
| Movie | Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
| Movie | Fifty Shades of Erotica | 2015-04-13 | |
| Movie | Angels in Notting Hill | The Boss / Mr. President (voice) | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman the White | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartholomeu | 2013-03-07 |
| Movie | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') | 2013-02-28 |
| Movie | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Ansem (voice) | 2013-03-14 |
| Movie | The Trail of Dracula | Self | 2013-12-12 |
| Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Narrator | 2013-10-23 |
| Movie | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | 2013-11-11 |
| Movie | Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness | Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-04-30 |
| Movie | Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 | Narrator | 2012-04-13 |
| Movie | Dark Shadows | Clarney | 2012-05-09 |
| Movie | Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' | Self | 2012-02-28 |
| Movie | The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features | 2012-08-23 | |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman the White | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 |
| Movie | Frankenweenie | Movie Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-10-04 |
| 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 | Burke & Hare | Old Joseph | 2010-10-29 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
| Movie | Boogie Woogie | Mr. Alfred Rhinegold | 2009-06-26 |
| Movie | Triage | Joaquín Morales | 2009-11-13 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Older Walter Page | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | Fanex Files: Hammer Films | Self | 2008-02-08 |
| Series | The Colour of Magic | Death | 2008-03-23 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Series | Rhythm of Life | 2008-05-05 | |
| Movie | Hollywood Chinese | Self | 2007-03-18 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Ein Leben wie im Flug | Self | 2007-03-15 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn | Narrator (voice) | 2007-10-17 |
| Movie | Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands | Self | 2007-07-06 |
| Movie | Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Walker Payne | Stu | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | 2005-05-17 |
| Movie | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | 2005-07-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | 2005-10-29 |
| Series | Pope John Paul II | Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński | 2005-12-04 |
| 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 | The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2002-04-01 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Count Ottokar Graf Czernin | 2002-04-07 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Count Dooku | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | Bond Girls Are Forever | Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-06 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | The Wicker Man Enigma | Himself | 2001-10-01 |
| Movie | James Dean | 'Eden' Assistant Director | 2001-08-04 |
| 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 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | 2000-05-20 | |
| Series | Gormenghast | Flay | 2000-01-17 |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | 2000-05-23 |
| Series | In the Beginning | Rameses I | 2000-11-12 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah | Self | 1998-11-07 |
| Movie | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-05-12 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | 1997-01-12 |
| Series | Wyrd Sisters | Death | 1997-05-18 |
| Series | The Odyssey | Tiresias | 1997-05-18 |
| Series | Moses | Pharaoh | 1996-04-07 |
| Movie | A Century of Science Fiction | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes | 1996-07-01 | |
| Movie | The Stupids | Evil Sender | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Self | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | Moses | Pharao Ramses | 1995-12-18 |
| Movie | A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James | Self | 1995-12-28 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | 1994-01-19 |
| Movie | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Rakov | 1994-06-09 |
| Movie | Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror | Narrator (voice) / Self | 1994-08-06 |
| Movie | Funny Man | Callum Chance | 1994-06-10 |
| Movie | A Feast At Midnight | V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow | 1994-11-01 |
| Movie | Death Train | General Konstanin Benin | 1993-04-14 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | 1992-02-19 |
| Movie | Cyber Eden | Cedric | 1992-12-23 |
| Movie | Double Vision | Mr. Bernard | 1992-12-02 |
| Movie | Journey of Honor | King Philip | 1991-04-27 |
| Movie | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Dr. Pearson | 1991-05-10 |
| Movie | Fear in the Dark | Narrator | 1991-10-29 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-12-06 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The French Revolution: Years of Hope | Sanson | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | 1989-04-12 |
| Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | 1989-04-16 |
| Movie | Night of the Eagles | Walter Strauss | 1989-05-18 |
| Movie | The French Revolution: Years of Rage | Sanson | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | 1989-12-01 |
| Movie | Murder Story | Willard Hope | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | Olympus Force: The Key | 1988-01-01 | |
| 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 |
| Series | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | 1986-10-24 |
| Movie | Un métier de seigneur | Fog | 1986-12-06 |
| Movie | The Disputation | King James of Aragon | 1986-12-21 |
| Movie | The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Himself - Presenter | 1985-01-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Far Pavilions | Rao-Sahib | 1984-04-22 |
| Movie | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | King | 1984-11-02 |
| Movie | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | 1983-01-28 |
| Movie | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | 1983-06-17 |
| Movie | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | 1982-05-01 |
| Movie | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | 1982-08-26 |
| Movie | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Prince Philip | 1982-09-17 |
| Movie | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard (voice) | 1982-11-19 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | 1981-04-25 |
| Movie | Evil Stalks This House | Host | 1981-07-12 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | 1981-08-14 |
| Series | 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 | Arabian Adventure | Caliph Alquazar | 1979-07-08 |
| Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer | 1979-03-03 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | 1979-08-09 |
| Movie | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | Bear Island | Lechinski | 1979-12-05 |
| 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 | Meatcleaver Massacre | On-Screen Narrator | 1977-03-01 |
| Movie | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | 1977-03-11 |
| Movie | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | 1977-08-01 |
| Movie | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | 1977-10-14 |
| Movie | Killer Force | Major Chilton | 1976-01-14 |
| Movie | To the Devil a Daughter | Father Michael | 1976-03-04 |
| Movie | Dracula and Son | Le prince des Ténèbres | 1976-09-14 |
| Movie | Death in the Sun | Bill | 1976-03-15 |
| 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 Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | 1974-12-04 |
| Movie | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | 1974-10-31 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | 1973-02-16 |
| Movie | Poor Devil | Lucifer | 1973-02-14 |
| Movie | Dark Places | Dr. Ian Mandeville | 1973-05-01 |
| Movie | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
| Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | 1973-11-03 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | 1973-12-11 |
| Movie | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | 1973-12-06 |
| Movie | Umbracle | The Man | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | Vampir Cuadecuc | Self | 1972-05-05 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | 1972-06-26 |
| Movie | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | 1972-10-13 |
| Movie | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") | 1971-02-22 |
| Series | Theatre Macabre | Self - Host | 1971-10-01 |
| Movie | First Love | Host | 1971-09-17 |
| Movie | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake | 1971-11-01 |
| Movie | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | 1971-11-08 |
| Movie | Eugenie | Dolmance | 1970-02-20 |
| Movie | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | 1970-02-05 |
| Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | 1970-02-02 |
| Movie | One More Time | Dracula | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Count Dracula | Dracula | 1970-04-03 |
| Movie | Scars of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-11-08 |
| Movie | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | 1970-06-04 |
| Movie | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-05-07 |
| Movie | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1969-05-29 |
| Movie | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | 1969-12-12 |
| Movie | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhartt | 1969-06-11 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Eve | Colonel Stuart | 1968-07-19 |
| Movie | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | 1968-07-20 |
| Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | J.D. Morley | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula | 1968-11-07 |
| Movie | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1968-08-23 |
| Movie | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1967-05-25 |
| 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 | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | 1967-07-21 |
| Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | 1966-01-09 |
| Movie | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | 1966-03-06 |
| Movie | Circus of Fear | Gregor | 1966-04-29 |
| Movie | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | 1966-12-16 |
| Movie | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | 1965-02-23 |
| Movie | She | Billali | 1965-04-18 |
| Movie | Ten Little Indians | Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) | 1965-07-31 |
| Movie | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | 1965-08-25 |
| Movie | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1965-08-06 |
| Movie | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | Crypt of the Vampire | Count Ludwig Karnstein | 1964-05-27 |
| 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 | Horror Castle | Erich | 1963-08-15 |
| Movie | The Whip and the Body | Kurt Menliff | 1963-08-29 |
| Movie | Secret of the Red Orchid | Capt. Allerman | 1962-03-01 |
| Movie | Lolita | Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1962-06-13 |
| Movie | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | 1962-05-09 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | 1962-11-30 |
| Movie | The Devil's Agent | Baron Ferdi von Staub | 1962-09-01 |
| 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 Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerrard | 1959-06-15 |
| Movie | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | 1959-07-21 |
| Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | 1959-05-04 |
| Movie | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | 1959-10-28 |
| Movie | Battle of the V-1 | Brunner | 1958-01-01 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | 1958-02-07 |
| Movie | Dracula | Count Dracula | 1958-05-22 |
| Movie | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | 1958-12-01 |
| Movie | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | 1957-03-13 |
| Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | 1957-05-20 |
| Movie | The Traitor | Doctor Neumann | 1957-03-01 |
| Movie | Ill Met by Moonlight | German officer at The Dentist's office | 1957-01-31 |
| Movie | Manuela | Voice (voice) | 1957-07-18 |
| Movie | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | 1957-10-01 |
| Movie | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | 1957-08-28 |
| Movie | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | 1956-02-17 |
| Movie | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | 1956-03-28 |
| Movie | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | 1956-06-18 |
| Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | 1956-10-29 |
| Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | 1956-10-30 |
| Movie | Contraband Spain | Narrador (voz) | 1955-03-15 |
| Movie | That Lady | Capitán | 1955-03-05 |
| Movie | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | 1955-02-01 |
| Movie | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) | 1955-04-15 |
| Movie | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | 1955-12-26 |
| Movie | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable | 1955-05-01 |
| Movie | Alias John Preston | John Preston | 1955-12-14 |
| Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander Alan Grieves | 1955-11-16 |
| Movie | The Mirror and Markheim | Visitant | 1954-01-01 |
| Movie | The Awakening | Factory proprietor (uncredited) | 1954-07-14 |
| Movie | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | 1953-07-22 |
| Movie | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat (uncredited) | 1952-12-23 |
| 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 | 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 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel | 1948-10-04 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Palace Guard (uncredited) | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | 1948-11-29 |
| Movie | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | 1948-06-26 |