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