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.
Known For
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001)
Saruman the White
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Saruman the White
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003)
Saruman the White (Extended Cut)
Corpse Bride
(2005)
Pastor Galswells (voice)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005)
Dr. Wonka
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Jabberwocky (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002)
Saruman the White
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012)
Saruman the White
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
Count Dooku
Sleepy Hollow
(1999)
Burgomaster
The Curse of Frankenstein
(1957)
The Creature
Dark Shadows
(2012)
Clarney
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(2002)
Count Dooku
The Man with the Golden Gun
(1974)
Francisco Scaramanga
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Dracula
(1958)
Count Dracula
Full Filmography
Acting
Corridor of Mirrors
(1948)
Charles
Scott of the Antarctic
(1948)
Bernard Day
Hamlet
(1948)
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Penny and the Pownall Case
(1948)
Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow
(1948)
Auguste
One Night with You
(1948)
Pirelli's Assistant
Trottie True
(1949)
Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Prelude to Fame
(1950)
Newsman
They Were Not Divided
(1950)
Chris Lewis
Valley of the Eagles
(1951)
Det. Holt
Captain Horatio Hornblower
(1951)
Spanish Captain
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Paul Temple Returns
(1952)
Sir Felix Raybourne
Moulin Rouge
(1952)
Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Top Secret
(1952)
Russian Agent (uncredited)
Babes in Bagdad
(1952)
Slave Dealer
The Crimson Pirate
(1952)
Joseph (attache)
Innocents in Paris
(1953)
Lieutenant Whitlock
The Top and the Ball
(1953)
Father
The Awakening
(1954)
Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim
(1954)
Visitant
The Cockleshell Heroes
(1955)
Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Police Dog
(1955)
Johnny, a constable
That Lady
(1955)
Captain
Storm Over the Nile
(1955)
Karaga Pasha
Cross-Roads
(1955)
Harry Cooper
Contraband Spain
(1955)
Narrator (voice)
The Dark Avenger
(1955)
French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Alias John Preston
(1955)
John Preston
Beyond Mombasa
(1956)
Gil Rossi
Private's Progress
(1956)
Major Schultz
Alexander the Great
(1956)
Nectenabus (voice)
Port Afrique
(1956)
Franz Vermes
The Battle of the River Plate
(1956)
Manolo
The Truth About Women
(1957)
Francois Thiers
The Curse of Frankenstein
(1957)
The Creature
Manuela
(1957)
Voice (voice)
Bitter Victory
(1957)
Sgt. Barney
Ill Met by Moonlight
(1957)
German officer at The Dentist's office
Fortune Is a Woman
(1957)
Charles Highbury
The Traitor
(1957)
Doctor Neumann
Dracula
(1958)
Count Dracula
Corridors of Blood
(1958)
Resurrection Joe
A Tale of Two Cities
(1958)
Marquis St. Evremonde
Battle of the V-1
(1958)
Brunner
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1959)
Sir Henry Baskerville
Uncle Was A Vampire
(1959)
Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Mummy
(1959)
Kharis, the Mummy
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
(1959)
Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Treasure of San Teresa
(1959)
Jaeger
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
Too Hot to Handle
(1960)
Novak
The Devil's Daffodil
(1961)
Ling Chu
Taste of Fear
(1961)
Doctor Pierre Gerrard
Hercules in the Haunted World
(1961)
King Lico (Licos)
The Terror of the Tongs
(1961)
Chung King
Secret of the Red Orchid
(1962)
Capt. Allerman
The Pirates of Blood River
(1962)
Captain LaRoche
The Devil's Agent
(1962)
Baron Ferdi von Staub
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
(1962)
Sherlock Holmes
Horror Castle
(1963)
Erich
Challenge the Devil
(1963)
Mephistoles
The Whip and the Body
(1963)
Kurt Menliff
The Devil-Ship Pirates
(1964)
Captain Robeles
The Castle of the Living Dead
(1964)
Count Drago
The Gorgon
(1964)
Prof. Karl Meister
Crypt of the Vampire
(1964)
Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!!
(1964)
Self
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
(1965)
Franklyn Marsh
Ten Little Indians
(1965)
Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
The Face of Fu Manchu
(1965)
Dr. Fu Man Chu
She
(1965)
Billali
The Skull
(1965)
Sir Matthew Phillips
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
(1966)
Grigori Rasputin
The Brides of Fu Manchu
(1966)
Fu Manchu
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
(1966)
Count Dracula
Circus of Fear
(1966)
Gregor
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
(1967)
Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Night of the Big Heat
(1967)
Godfrey Hanson
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
(1967)
Dr. Fu Manchu
Five Golden Dragons
(1967)
Dragon #4
Theatre of Death
(1967)
Philippe Darvas
Curse of the Crimson Altar
(1968)
J.D. Morley
The Blood of Fu Manchu
(1968)
Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
(1968)
Dracula
Eve
(1968)
Colonel Stuart
The Devil Rides Out
(1968)
Duc de Richleau
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
(1969)
Self
The Castle of Fu Manchu
(1969)
Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Magic Christian
(1969)
Ship's Vampire
The Oblong Box
(1969)
Dr. J. Neuhartt
Scars of Dracula
(1970)
Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
(1970)
Mycroft Holmes
Count Dracula
(1970)
Dracula
Eugenie
(1970)
Dolmance
Taste the Blood of Dracula
(1970)
Dracula
One More Time
(1970)
Dracula
Julius Caesar
(1970)
Artemidorus
The Bloody Judge
(1970)
Lord George Jeffreys
Scream and Scream Again
(1970)
Fremont
First Love
(1971)
Host
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
Death Line
(1972)
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Dracula A.D. 1972
(1972)
Count Dracula
Horror Express
(1972)
Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Umbracle
(1972)
The Man
Vampir Cuadecuc
(1972)
Self
The Wicker Man
(1973)
Lord Summerisle
Poor Devil
(1973)
Lucifer
Nothing But the Night
(1973)
Col. Charles Bingham
The Creeping Flesh
(1973)
James Hildern
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
(1973)
Count Dracula
The Three Musketeers
(1973)
Rochefort
Dark Places
(1973)
Dr. Ian Mandeville
Diagnosis: Murder
(1974)
Dr. Stephen Hayward
The Four Musketeers
(1974)
Rochefort
The Man with the Golden Gun
(1974)
Francisco Scaramanga
In Search of Dracula
(1975)
Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
(1975)
Satanus / Van Krig
To the Devil a Daughter
(1976)
Father Michael
Dracula and Son
(1976)
Le prince des Ténèbres
Albino
(1976)
Bill
The Keeper
(1976)
The Keeper
Killer Force
(1976)
Major Chilton
Starship Invasions
(1977)
Captain Rameses
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
(1977)
Narrator
Airport '77
(1977)
Martin Wallace
End of the World
(1977)
Father Pergado / Zindar
Meatcleaver Massacre
(1977)
On-Screen Narrator
Return from Witch Mountain
(1978)
Victor Gannon
Caravans
(1978)
Sardar Khan
Circle of Iron
(1978)
Zetan
The Pirate
(1978)
Samir Al Fay
Bear Island
(1979)
Lechinski
1941
(1979)
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
The Horror Show
(1979)
(archive footage)
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
(1979)
Miguel
The Passage
(1979)
Gypsy
Jaguar Lives!
(1979)
Adam Caine
Arabian Adventure
(1979)
Caliph Alquazar
Serial
(1980)
Luckman Skull
Desperate Moves
(1980)
Dr. Carl Boxer
Once Upon a Spy
(1980)
Marcus Valorium
An Eye for an Eye
(1981)
Morgan Canfield
The Salamander
(1981)
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Evil Stalks This House
(1981)
Host
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
(1982)
Prince Philip
The Last Unicorn
(1982)
King Haggard (voice)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(1982)
Self (archive footage)
The Rank Charm School
(1982)
Self
Massarati and the Brain
(1982)
Victor Leopold
Safari 3000
(1982)
Count Borgia
House of the Long Shadows
(1983)
Corrigan
New Magic
(1983)
Mr. Kellar
The Return of Captain Invincible
(1983)
Mr. Midnight
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
(1983)
Narrator
The Bengal Lancers!
(1984)
Sir James Hunter
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
(1984)
King
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
(1984)
King Vladimir V
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
(1985)
Himself - Presenter
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
(1985)
Stefan Crosscoe
Mask of Murder
(1985)
Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Jocks
(1986)
President White
The Disputation
(1986)
King James of Aragon
Un métier de seigneur
(1986)
Fog
Mio in the Land of Faraway
(1987)
Kato
The Girl
(1987)
Peter Storm
Creepy Classics
(1987)
Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
(1987)
Self
Olympus Force: The Key
(1988)
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
(1988)
Luis Morel
Murder Story
(1989)
Willard Hope
Honeymoon Academy
(1989)
Lazos
Night of the Eagles
(1989)
Walter Strauss
The Return of the Musketeers
(1989)
Rochefort
The French Revolution
(1989)
Sanson
The Care of Time
(1990)
Karlis Zander
Treasure Island
(1990)
Blind Pew
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(1990)
Doctor Catheter
The Miser
(1990)
Cardinale Spinosi
Journey of Honor
(1991)
King Philip
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
(1991)
Sherlock Holmes
Witchcraft
(1991)
Dr. Pearson
Fear in the Dark
(1991)
Narrator
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
(1992)
Sherlock Holmes
Cyber Eden
(1992)
Cedric
Beauty and the Beast
(1992)
Monsieur Renard (voice)
Double Vision
(1992)
Mr. Bernard
Death Train
(1993)
General Konstanin Benin
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
(1994)
Commandant Rakov
Funny Man
(1994)
Callum Chance
A Feast At Midnight
(1994)
V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
The Rainbow Thief
(1994)
Uncle Rudolf
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
(1994)
Narrator / Himself
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
(1994)
Count Dracula
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
(1995)
Self
Moses
(1995)
Pharao Ramses
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
(1995)
Self
Welcome to the Discworld
(1996)
Death
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
(1996)
The Stupids
(1996)
Evil Sender
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
(1996)
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
(1996)
Self
A Century of Science Fiction
(1996)
Narrator (voice)
In Search of Dracula
(1996)
Self
Soul Music
(1997)
Death (voice)
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
(1998)
Self
Tale of the Mummy
(1998)
Sir Richard Turkel
Jinnah
(1998)
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
The Mummy
(1998)
Self - Host
100 Years of Horror
(1998)
Presenter
Masters of Horror
(1998)
Sleepy Hollow
(1999)
Burgomaster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
(1999)
Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
(2000)
Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
(2000)
Narrator
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
(2000)
Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
(2000)
A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
(2001)
Self
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
(2001)
Narrator
The Wicker Man Enigma
(2001)
Himself
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001)
Saruman the White
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001)
Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
(2001)
Self
Quest for the Ring
(2001)
Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
(2001)
Bond Girls Are Forever
(2002)
Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
(2002)
Self / Count Dooku
Perversion Stories
(2002)
Self
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(2002)
Count Dooku
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002)
Saruman the White
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
(2002)
Self
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
(2002)
Best Ever Bond
(2002)
Self / Scaramanga
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
(2003)
Himself
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003)
Saruman the White (Extended Cut)
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
(2003)
Narrator
Drácula en la Hammer
(2003)
Christopher Lee
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
(2004)
Emerich
The Story of Star Wars
(2004)
Count Dooku (archive footage)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
(2005)
The Lord Provost
Corpse Bride
(2005)
Pastor Galswells (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
Count Dooku
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005)
Dr. Wonka
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
(2006)
Himself
Ein Leben wie im Flug
(2007)
Self
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
(2007)
Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Compass
(2007)
First High Councilor
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
(2007)
Narrator
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
(2007)
Narrator
Hollywood Chinese
(2007)
Self
Beloved Count
(2007)
Self
Bloody Jess
(2007)
Self
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
(2008)
Count Dooku (voice)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
(2008)
Self
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
(2008)
Narrator (voice)
Boogie Woogie
(2009)
Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Glorious 39
(2009)
Older Walter Page
Triage
(2009)
Joaquín Morales
Burke & Hare
(2010)
Old Joseph
The Heavy
(2010)
Mr. Mason
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
The Jabberwocky (voice)
Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens
(2010)
Himself
Halloween: The Inside Story
(2010)
(archive footage)
The Wicker Tree
(2011)
Old Man
The Resident
(2011)
August
Hugo
(2011)
Monsieur Labisse
Season of the Witch
(2011)
Cardinal D'Ambroise
The Fall of the House Of Usher
(2012)
The Narrator
Everything or Nothing
(2012)
Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012)
Saruman the White
Dark Shadows
(2012)
Clarney
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
(2012)
Self
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
(2012)
Narrator
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
(2012)
Self
Dracula vs. Vampir
(2012)
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
(2012)
Dracula (archive footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
(2012)
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
(2012)
Self
The Trail of Dracula
(2013)
Self
Extraordinary Tales
(2013)
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
(2013)
Narrator
The Girl from Nagasaki
(2013)
Old Officer Pinkerton
Night Train to Lisbon
(2013)
Father Bartholomeu
Face of Unity
(2014)
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Saruman the White
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(2015)
Angels in Notting Hill
(2015)
The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
(2017)
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona
(2017)
Himself
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
(2020)
Himself
Dracula Unearthed
(2022)
Count Dracula (Archive Footage)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
(2023)
Self / Various (Archive)
Faces of Death
(2023)
(archive footage)
Production
Writing