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.
Acted in
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
as Saruman (voice) (archive sound)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
as Self / Various (Archive)
Faces of Death
2023
as (archive footage)
Dracula Unearthed
2022
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
as Himself
Drácula Barcelona
2017
as Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Angels in Notting Hill
2015
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Saruman the White
Face of Unity
2014
as Self
The Trail of Dracula
2013
as Self
The Girl from Nagasaki
2013
as Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013
as Narrator
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Father Bartholomeu
Extraordinary Tales
2013
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012
as Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Saruman the White
The Fall of the House Of Usher
2012
as The Narrator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Dracula vs. Vampir
2012
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
Dark Shadows
2012
as Clarney
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
as Dracula (archive footage)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
2012
as Narrator
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
Hugo
2011
as Monsieur Labisse
The Wicker Tree
2011
as Old Man
The Resident
2011
as August
Season of the Witch
2011
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
as Self
Burke & Hare
2010
as Old Joseph
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
as (archive footage)
The Heavy
2010
as Mr. Mason
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as The Jabberwocky (voice)
Glorious 39
2009
as Older Walter Page
Triage
2009
as Joaquín Morales
Boogie Woogie
2009
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Count Dooku (voice)
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Death
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
as Self
The Golden Compass
2007
as First High Councilor
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
as Narrator
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
2007
as Narrator
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007
as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Chinese
2007
as Self
Ein Leben wie im Flug
2007
as Self
Beloved Count
2007
as Self
Bloody Jess
2007
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
Pope John Paul II
2005
as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Pope John Paul II
2005
as Card. Stefan Wyszyński
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
as The Lord Provost
Corpse Bride
2005
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
as Dr. Wonka
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Count Dooku
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
as Emerich
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Saruman the White (Extended Cut)
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
as Self
Drácula en la Hammer
2003
as Christopher Lee
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
2003
as Self
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003
as Narrator
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Saruman
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self / Scaramanga
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
as Self / Count Dooku
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
Perversion Stories
2002
as Self
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Count Dooku
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
as Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
2002
as Count Ottokar Czernin
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Saruman
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self
Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
as Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
as Himself
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
2001
as Narrator
Ghost Stories for Christmas
2000
as Narrator
In the Beginning
2000
as Rameses I
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
Gormenghast
2000
as Flay
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000
as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Narrator
Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Burgomaster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
as Self
Jinnah
1998
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998
as Self
Tale of the Mummy
1998
as Sir Richard Turkel
100 Years of Horror
1998
as Presenter
The Mummy
1998
as Self - Host
Soul Music
1997
as Death (voice)
Wyrd Sisters
1997
as Death
The Odyssey
1997
as Tiresias
Soul Music
1997
as Death (voice)
Ivanhoe
1997
as Lucas de Beaumanoir
Welcome to the Discworld
1996
as Death
100 Years of Horror
1996
as Self - Host
In Search of Dracula
1996
as Self
The Stupids
1996
as Evil Sender
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
Moses
1996
as Pharaoh
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996
as Self
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996
as Azaret
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Narrator (voice)
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
1995
as Self
Moses
1995
as Pharao Ramses
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
as Self
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995
as Narrator
A Feast At Midnight
1994
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
1994
as Count Dracula
The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing
1994
The World of Hammer
1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
as Narrator (voice) / Self
Funny Man
1994
as Callum Chance
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
as Commandant Rakov
The Rainbow Thief
1994
as Uncle Rudolf
Blue Heelers
1993
as Scott James
Death Train
1993
as General Konstanin Benin
Cyber Eden
1992
as Cedric
Double Vision
1992
as Mr. Bernard
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
as Sherlock Holmes
Beauty and the Beast
1992
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
as Sherlock Holmes
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Narrator
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991
as Dr. Pearson
Journey of Honor
1991
as King Philip
The Care of Time
1990
as Karlis Zander
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Doctor Catheter
The Miser
1990
as Cardinale Spinosi
Treasure Island
1990
as Blind Pew
Honeymoon Academy
1989
as Lazos
Murder Story
1989
as Willard Hope
Night of the Eagles
1989
as Walter Strauss
The french revolution: Years of rage
1989
as Sanson
The french revolution: Years of hope
1989
as Sanson
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Stuart
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Rochefort
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
as Luis Morel
Olympus Force: The Key
1988
Seitenblicke
1987
as self
Creepy Classics
1987
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
The Girl
1987
as Peter Storm
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
as Kato
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Self
The Disputation
1986
as King James of Aragon
Un métier de seigneur
1986
as Fog
Jocks
1986
as President White
Shaka Zulu
1986
as Lord Bathurst
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Mask of Murder
1985
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
as Stefan Crosscoe
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Himself - Presenter
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
1984
as King
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
as King Vladimir V
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
as Sir James Hunter
The Far Pavilions
1984
as Rao-Sahib
House of the Long Shadows
1983
as Corrigan
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983
as Mr. Midnight
New Magic
1983
as Mr. Kellar
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
as Narrator
The Last Unicorn
1982
as King Haggard (voice)
The Rank Charm School
1982
as Self
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Prince Philip
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as King Vladimir V
Massarati and the Brain
1982
as Victor Leopold
Safari 3000
1982
as Count Borgia
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Goliath Awaits
1981
as John McKenzie
An Eye for an Eye
1981
as Morgan Canfield
Evil Stalks This House
1981
as Host
The Salamander
1981
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Once Upon a Spy
1980
as Marcus Valorium
Serial
1980
as Luckman Skull
Desperate Moves
1980
as Dr. Carl Boxer
1941
1979
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Bear Island
1979
as Lechinski
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979
as Miguel
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as Adam Caine
Arabian Adventure
1979
as Caliph Alquazar
The Passage
1979
as Gypsy
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
The Pirate
1978
as Samir Al Fay
Caravans
1978
as Sardar Khan
Circle of Iron
1978
as Zetan
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
as Victor Gannon
Starship Invasions
1977
as Captain Rameses
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977
as Narrator
End of the World
1977
as Father Pergado / Zindar
Airport '77
1977
as Martin Wallace
Meatcleaver Massacre
1977
as On-Screen Narrator
Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Dale Woodman
Dracula and Son
1976
as Le prince des Ténèbres
Death in the Sun
1976
as Bill
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as Father Michael
Killer Force
1976
as Major Chilton
The Keeper
1976
as The Keeper
Space: 1999
1975
as Captain Zandor
In Search of Dracula
1975
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
as Satanus / Van Krig
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
as Francisco Scaramanga
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Rochefort
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
as Dr. Stephen Hayward
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Rochefort
The Wicker Man
1973
as Lord Summerisle
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
as Count Dracula
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Arnaud
Dark Places
1973
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
Nothing But the Night
1973
as Col. Charles Bingham
Poor Devil
1973
as Lucifer
The Creeping Flesh
1973
as James Hildern
Death Line
1972
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Horror Express
1972
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
as Count Dracula
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
as Self
Umbracle
1972
as The Man
Hannie Caulder
1971
as Bailey
I, Monster
1971
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Theatre Macabre
1971
as Self - Host
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Scars of Dracula
1970
as Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Mycroft Holmes
Julius Caesar
1970
as Artemidorus
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Dracula
One More Time
1970
as Dracula
Count Dracula
1970
as Dracula
Eugenie
1970
as Dolmance
The Bloody Judge
1970
as Lord George Jeffreys
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Fremont
The Magic Christian
1969
as Ship's Vampire
The Oblong Box
1969
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969
as Self
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as J.D. Morley
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
as Dracula
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Devil Rides Out
1968
as Duc de Richleau
Eve
1968
as Colonel Stuart
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Dragon #4
Theatre of Death
1967
as Philippe Darvas
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967
as Dr. Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat
1967
as Godfrey Hanson
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
as Fu Manchu
Circus of Fear
1966
as Gregor
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
as Grigori Rasputin
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
as Count Dracula
The Skull
1965
as Sir Matthew Phillips
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Ten Little Indians
1965
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
She
1965
as Billali
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
as Franklyn Marsh
The Gorgon
1964
as Prof. Karl Meister
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964
as Count Drago
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
as Captain Robeles
Crypt of the Vampire
1964
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!!
1964
as Self
The Whip and the Body
1963
as Kurt Menliff
Horror Castle
1963
as Erich
Challenge the Devil
1963
as Mephistoles
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
as Sherlock Holmes
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Karl Jorla
The Devil's Agent
1962
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
as Captain LaRoche
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
as Capt. Allerman
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961
as King Lico (Licos)
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
as Ling Chu
Taste of Fear
1961
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
as Chung King
The Avengers
1961
as Professor Stone
The Avengers
1961
as Colonel Mannering
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Nero the magician
Too Hot to Handle
1960
as Novak
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
as Paul Allen
The City of the Dead
1960
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
Beat Girl
1960
as Kenny King
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Mummy
1959
as Kharis, the Mummy
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
as Jaeger
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
as Sir Henry Baskerville
Stars in der Manege
1959
as Self
One Step Beyond
1959
as Wilhelm Reitlinger
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Resurrection Joe
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Prince Erik
Dracula
1958
as Count Dracula
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Ivanhoe
1958
as Sir Otto from the Rhine
Battle of the V-1
1958
as Brunner
The Truth About Women
1957
as Francois Thiers
Bitter Victory
1957
as Sgt. Barney
Manuela
1957
as Voice (voice)
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
as The Creature
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
as Charles Highbury
The Traitor
1957
as Doctor Neumann
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
as German officer at The Dentist's office
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Manolo
Beyond Mombasa
1956
as Gil Rossi
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as The Visitant
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as Compte de Merret
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as Maurice Gabet
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as General Hamelin
Port Afrique
1956
as Franz Vermes
Alexander the Great
1956
as Nectenabus (voice)
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
as Jeanpierre
Private's Progress
1956
as Major Schultz
Storm Over the Nile
1955
as Karaga Pasha
Alias John Preston
1955
as John Preston
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Louis (uncredited)
Police Dog
1955
as Johnny, a constable
The Dark Avenger
1955
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Contraband Spain
1955
as Narrador (voz)
That Lady
1955
as Capitán
Cross-Roads
1955
as Harry Cooper
The Awakening
1954
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim
1954
as Visitant
Innocents in Paris
1953
as Lieutenant Whitlock
The Top and the Ball
1953
as Father
Moulin Rouge
1952
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Babes in Bagdad
1952
as Slave Dealer
Paul Temple Returns
1952
as Sir Felix Raybourne
Top Secret
1952
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
The Crimson Pirate
1952
as Joseph (attache)
Quo Vadis
1951
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Valley of the Eagles
1951
as Det. Holt
Captain Horatio Hornblower
1951
as Spanish Captain
Prelude to Fame
1950
as Newsman
They Were Not Divided
1950
as Chris Lewis
Trottie True
1949
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Hamlet
1948
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
as Bernard Day
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948
as Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow
1948
as Auguste
One Night with You
1948
as Pirelli's Assistant
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
as Charles
The Wicker Man At 50
as Lord Summerisle
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Lord Summerisle
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self