Christopher Lee
Known for acting · Born 27 May 1922 · Died 7 June 2015 · aged 93 · Westminster, London, England, UK
387 credits
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.
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
The Wicker Man
1973
Dracula
1958
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Horror Express
1972
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
The Mummy
1959
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
Acting (386)
2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorSelf (archive footage)Film
2025Tim Burton: Life in the LineSelf (footage) · 4 episodesSeries
2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimSaruman (voice)Film
2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeSelf / Various (Archive)Film
2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersSelf (archive footage)Film
2024Children of the Wicker ManSelf (archive footage)Film
2024Constel·lació Portabella(archive footage)Film
2023Faces of Death(archive footage)Film
2023Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost EndingLord SummerisleFilm
2023The Wicker Man at 50Lord SummerisleFilm
2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert HallSelf (archive footage)Film
2020Peter Cushing: In His Own WordsHimselfFilm
2019La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema catalàSelf (archive footage)Series
2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)Film
2017Drácula BarcelonaHimselfFilm
2015Extraordinary TalesNarrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')Film
2015Angels in Notting HillThe Boss / Mr. President (voice)Film
2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)Film
2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesSaruman the WhiteFilm
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsCorrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2014Face of UnitySelfFilm
2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveSelfFilm
2013Night Train to LisbonFather BartholomeuFilm
2013Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC ComicsNarratorFilm
2013The Girl from NagasakiOld Officer PinkertonFilm
2013The Trail of DraculaSelf (Archival Footage)Film
2013The Gillian Hills TrilogyFilm
2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneySaruman the WhiteFilm
2012Dark ShadowsClarneyFilm
2012Everything or NothingSelfFilm
2012The Fall of the House Of UsherThe NarratorFilm
2012Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and TerrorSelfFilm
2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond CarsSelfFilm
2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of DarknessDracula (archive footage)Film
2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'SelfFilm
2012Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988NarratorFilm
2012The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature FeaturesFilm
2012Dracula vs. VampirFilm
2011HugoMonsieur LabisseFilm
2011Season of the WitchCardinal D'AmbroiseFilm
2011The ResidentAugustFilm
2011The Wicker TreeOld ManFilm
2010Alice in WonderlandJabberwocky (voice)Film
2010Burke & HareOld JosephFilm
2010Boogie WoogieMr. Alfred RhinegoldFilm
2010The HeavyMr. MasonFilm
2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of HorrorSelfFilm
2010The Color of Magic 2in1SmrtFilm
2009TriageJoaquín MoralesFilm
2009Glorious 39Older Walter PageFilm
2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsCount Dooku (voice)Film
2008The Colour of MagicDeath · 2 episodesSeries
2008The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original PoemNarrator (voice)Film
2008Fanex Files: Hammer FilmsSelfFilm
2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1Death (synchro)Film
2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2Death (synchro)Film
2007The Golden CompassFirst High CouncilorFilm
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelfSeries
2007Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted LandsSelfFilm
2007Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage)Film
2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol FlynnNarrator (voice)Film
2007Bloody JessSelfFilm
2007Ein Leben wie im FlugSelfFilm
2007Hollywood ChineseSelfFilm
2007Beloved CountSelfFilm
2007Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing SecretsNarratorFilm
2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'SelfFilm
2006The Making of 'The Two Towers'SelfFilm
2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsSelfFilm
2006SemperopernballSelfSeries
2005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryDr. WonkaFilm
2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithCount DookuFilm
2005Corpse BridePastor Galswells (voice)Film
2005The Adventures of Greyfriars BobbyThe Lord ProvostFilm
2005Pope John Paul IIKardinal Stefan Wyszyński · 2 episodesSeries
2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different FlavorsFilm
2004Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the ApocalypseEmerichFilm
2004The Story of Star WarsCount Dooku (archive footage)Film
2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'SelfFilm
2004Willkommen bei Carmen NebelSelfSeries
2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the KingSelfFilm
2003Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby DickSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-EarthSelfFilm
2003Drácula en la HammerChristopher LeeFilm
2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersSarumanFilm
2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesCount DookuFilm
2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode IISelf / Count DookuFilm
2002Best Ever BondSelf / ScaramangaFilm
2002To the Devil... The Death of HammerFilm
2002Perversion StoriesSelfFilm
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptSelfFilm
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignSelfFilm
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the CastSelfFilm
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earthSelfFilm
2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingSarumanFilm
2001R2-D2: Beneath the DomeSelfFilm
2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the RingSelfFilm
2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'SelfFilm
2001Quest for the RingSelfFilm
2001The Wicker Man EnigmaHimselfFilm
2001Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker ManFilm
2001The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle AlcatrazNarratorFilm
2001AeschbacherSelfSeries
2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelfFilm
2000GormenghastFlay · 4 episodesSeries
2000In the BeginningRameses I · 2 episodesSeries
2000Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'Film
2000Ian Fleming: 007's CreatorSelfFilm
2000Ghost Stories for ChristmasNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
2000The Many Faces of DraculaNarratorFilm
1999Sleepy HollowBurgomasterFilm
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceCount Ottokar Graf CzerninFilm
1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummySir Richard TurkelFilm
1998JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahFilm
1998Ex-S: The Wicker ManSelfFilm
1998100 Years of HorrorPresenterFilm
1998Dare To Dream: The Making of JinnahSelfFilm
1998The MummySelf - HostFilm
1997The OdysseyTiresias · 2 episodesSeries
1997Wyrd SistersDeath (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
1997Soul MusicDeath (voice)Film
1997IvanhoeLucas de Beaumanoir · 6 episodesSeries
1997Soul MusicDeath (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
1996The StupidsEvil SenderFilm
1996Welcome to the DiscworldDeathFilm
1996The Many Faces of Christopher LeeFilm
1996Alisea and the Dream PrinceAzaret · 2 episodesSeries
1996MosesPharaoh · 2 episodesSeries
1996A Century of Science FictionNarrator (voice)Film
1996100 Years of HorrorSelf - Host · 26 episodesSeries
1996The Man Who Ruined the British Film IndustrySelfFilm
1996In the Footsteps of Sherlock HolmesFilm
1995Tales of Mystery and ImaginationNarrator · 13 episodesSeries
1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan RossSelfFilm
1995A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. JamesSelfFilm
1994Police Academy: Mission to MoscowCommandant RakovFilm
1994Funny ManCallum ChanceFilm
1994The Rainbow ThiefUncle RudolfFilm
1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorNarrator (voice) / SelfFilm
1994A Feast at MidnightV. E. 'Raptor' LongfellowFilm
1994BrisantSelfSeries
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage) · 8 episodesSeries
1993Death TrainGeneral Konstanin BeninFilm
1993Blue HeelersScott James · 5 episodesSeries
1992Innocent BloodCount Dracula (archive footage)Film
1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesCount Ottokar Graf CzerinSeries
1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsSherlock HolmesFilm
1992Double VisionMr. BernardFilm
1992Cyber EdenCedricFilm
1992Beauty and the BeastMonsieur Renard (voice)Film
1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)Film
1991Curse III: Blood SacrificeDr. PearsonFilm
1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading LadySherlock HolmesFilm
1991Journey of HonorKing PhilipFilm
1991Fear in the DarkNarratorFilm
1991GhostSelf - NarratorFilm
1991Halloween Monster BashProfessor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)Film
1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchDoctor CatheterFilm
1990Treasure IslandBlind PewFilm
1990The MiserCardinale SpinosiFilm
1990Stern TVSelfSeries
1990The Care of TimeKarlis ZanderFilm
1989The Return of the MusketeersRochefortFilm
1989Around the World in 80 DaysStuart · 3 episodesSeries
1989The French RevolutionSansonFilm
1989For Better or for WorseLazosFilm
1989Murder StoryWillard HopeFilm
1989Night of the EaglesWalter StraussFilm
1989The French RevolutionSanson (« Les Années terribles ») · 2 episodesSeries
1988Dark Mission: Flowers of EvilLuis MorelFilm
1988Olympus Force: The KeyFillyFilm
1988Nase vornSelfSeries
1987Mio in the Land of FarawayKatoFilm
1987CasanovaBranickiFilm
1987Creepy ClassicsFranklyn Marsh - (archive footage)Film
1987The GirlPeter StormFilm
1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodSelfFilm
1987SeitenblickeselfSeries
1986Shaka ZuluLord Bathurst · 10 episodesSeries
1986JocksPresident WhiteFilm
1986The DisputationKing James of AragonFilm
1986Wedden, dat..?SelfSeries
1986Un métier de seigneurFogFilm
1985Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf BitchStefan CrosscoeFilm
1985Mask of MurderChief Supt. Jonathan RichFilm
1985The Many Faces of Sherlock HolmesHimself - PresenterFilm
1985Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!Self - NarratorFilm
1985The Best of All Time Horror ClassicsFilm
1984The Far PavilionsRao-Sahib · 3 episodesSeries
1984The Rosebud Beach HotelKingFilm
1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversKing Vladimir VFilm
1984The Bengal Lancers!Sir James HunterFilm
1983House of the Long ShadowsCorriganFilm
1983The Return of Captain InvincibleMr. MidnightFilm
1983New MagicMr. KellarFilm
1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a SwashbucklerNarratorFilm
1982The Last UnicornKing Haggard (voice)Film
1982Faerie Tale TheatreKing Vladimir VSeries
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1982Safari 3000Count BorgiaFilm
1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryPrince PhilipFilm
1982Massarati and the BrainVictor LeopoldFilm
1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Self (archive footage)Film
1982The Rank Charm SchoolSelfFilm
1981An Eye for an EyeMorgan CanfieldFilm
1981The SalamanderPrince Baldasar, the Director of CounterintelligenceFilm
1981Wetten, dass..?SelfSeries
1981Goliath AwaitsJohn McKenzie · 2 episodesSeries
1981Evil Stalks This HouseHostFilm
1980SerialLuckman SkullFilm
1980Once Upon a SpyMarcus ValoriumFilm
1980Desperate MovesDr. Carl BoxerFilm
19791941Capt. Wolfgang von KleinschmidtFilm
1979Captain America II: Death Too SoonMiguelFilm
1979Bear IslandLechinskiFilm
1979The PassageGypsyFilm
1979Arabian AdventureCaliph AlquazarFilm
1979Jaguar Lives!Adam CaineFilm
1979The Horror Show(archive footage)Film
1978Return from Witch MountainVictor GannonFilm
1978Circle of IronZetanFilm
1978CaravansSardar KhanFilm
1978Mickey's 50SelfFilm
1977Airport '77Martin WallaceFilm
1977End of the WorldFather Pergado / ZindarFilm
1977How the West Was WonThe Grand DukeSeries
1977Starship InvasionsCaptain RamesesFilm
1977Meatcleaver MassacreOn-Screen NarratorFilm
1977Auf los geht's losSelfSeries
1977The PirateSamir Al Fay · 2 episodesSeries
1977The Occult: Mysteries Of The SupernaturalNarratorFilm
1977Playboy's Playmate PartyFilm
1976Charlie's AngelsDale Woodman · 2 episodesSeries
1976To the Devil a DaughterFather MichaelFilm
1976Dracula and SonLe prince des TénèbresFilm
1976Killer ForceMajor ChiltonFilm
1976The KeeperThe KeeperFilm
1976AlbinoBillFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries
1975Space: 1999Captain ZandorSeries
1975In Search of DraculaSelf – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count DraculaFilm
1975The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanSatanus / Van KrigFilm
1974The Man with the Golden GunFrancisco ScaramangaFilm
1974The Four MusketeersRochefortFilm
1974Diagnosis: MurderDr. Stephen HaywardFilm
1973The Wicker ManLord SummerisleFilm
1973The Three MusketeersRochefortFilm
1973The Satanic Rites of DraculaCount DraculaFilm
1973The Creeping FleshJames HildernFilm
1973Nothing But the NightCol. Charles BinghamFilm
1973Dark PlacesDr. Ian MandevilleFilm
1973Poor DevilLuciferFilm
1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesArnaudSeries
1972Horror ExpressProf. Sir Alexander SaxtonFilm
1972Dracula A.D. 1972Count DraculaFilm
1972Death LineStratton-Villiers, MI5Film
1972Vampir CuadecucSelfFilm
1972UmbracleThe ManFilm
1971The House That Dripped BloodJohn Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")Film
1971Hannie CaulderBaileyFilm
1971I, MonsterDr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward BlakeFilm
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1971Theatre MacabreSelf – Host · 24 episodesSeries
1970The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesMycroft HolmesFilm
1970Scars of DraculaDraculaFilm
1970Taste the Blood of DraculaDraculaFilm
1970Count DraculaDraculaFilm
1970Scream and Scream AgainFremontFilm
1970EugenieDolmanceFilm
1970The Bloody JudgeLord George JeffreysFilm
1970Julius CaesarArtemidorusFilm
1970One More TimeDraculaFilm
1970TreffpunkteSelfSeries
1969The Oblong BoxDr. J. NeuharttFilm
1969The Castle of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man ChuFilm
1969The Magic ChristianShip's VampireFilm
1969Quelle horreur mon saigneur DraculaSelfFilm
1968Dracula Has Risen from the GraveDraculaFilm
1968The Devil Rides OutDuc de RichleauFilm
1968Curse of the Crimson AltarJ.D. MorleyFilm
1968The Blood of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man ChuFilm
1968The Movie OrgyFu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)Film
1968The Face of EveColonel StuartFilm
1967The Torture Chamber of Dr. SadismCount Frederic Regula / Graf von AndomaiFilm
1967Night of the Big HeatGodfrey HansonFilm
1967The Vengeance of Fu ManchuDr. Fu ManchuFilm
1967Theatre of DeathPhilippe DarvasFilm
1967Five Golden DragonsDragon #4Film
1966Dracula: Prince of DarknessCount DraculaFilm
1966Rasputin: The Mad MonkGrigori RasputinFilm
1966The Brides of Fu ManchuFu ManchuFilm
1966Circus of FearGregorFilm
1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsFranklyn MarshFilm
1965Ten Little IndiansMr. U.N. Owen (voice)Film
1965The SkullSir Matthew PhillipsFilm
1965SheBillaliFilm
1965The Face of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man ChuFilm
1964The GorgonProf. Karl MeisterFilm
1964Crypt of the VampireCount Ludwig KarnsteinFilm
1964The Castle of the Living DeadCount DragoFilm
1964The Devil-Ship PiratesCaptain RobelesFilm
1964Horror!!!SelfFilm
1963The Whip and the BodyKurt MenliffFilm
1963Horror CastleErichFilm
1963Challenge the DevilMephistolesFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourKarl JorlaSeries
1962Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly NecklaceSherlock HolmesFilm
1962The Pirates of Blood RiverCaptain LaRocheFilm
1962The Secret of the Red OrchidCapt. AllermanFilm
1962The Devil's AgentBaron Ferdi von StaubFilm
1961The AvengersProfessor Stone, Colonel ManneringSeries
1961Taste of FearDoctor Pierre GerrardFilm
1961Hercules in the Haunted WorldKing Lico (Licos)Film
1961The Terror of the TongsChung KingFilm
1961The Devil's DaffodilLing ChuFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1960The City of the DeadProf. Alan DriscollFilm
1960The Two Faces of Dr. JekyllPaul AllenFilm
1960Beat GirlKenny KingFilm
1960Too Hot to HandleNovakFilm
1960The Hands of OrlacNero the magicianFilm
1959The Hound of the BaskervillesSir Henry BaskervilleFilm
1959The MummyKharis, the MummyFilm
1959The Man Who Could Cheat DeathDr. Pierre GerrardFilm
1959Uncle Was a VampireBaron Roderico da FrankurtenFilm
1959One Step BeyondWilhelm ReitlingerSeries
1959The Treasure of San TeresaJaegerFilm
1959Whicker's World · 2 episodesSeries
1959Stars in der ManegeSelfSeries
1958DraculaCount DraculaFilm
1958Corridors of BloodResurrection JoeFilm
1958A Tale of Two CitiesMarquis St. EvremondeFilm
1958IvanhoeSir Otto from the RhineSeries
1958Battle of the V-1BrunnerFilm
1958The Adventures of William TellPrince ErikSeries
1957The Curse of FrankensteinThe CreatureFilm
1957Bitter VictorySgt. BarneyFilm
1957Ill Met by MoonlightGerman officer at The Dentist's officeFilm
1957Fortune Is a WomanCharles HighburyFilm
1957The Truth About WomenFrancois ThiersFilm
1957ManuelaVoice (voice)Film
1957The TraitorDoctor NeumannFilm
1956Alexander the GreatNectenabus (voice)Film
1956The Battle of the River PlateManoloFilm
1956Private's ProgressMajor SchultzFilm
1956Beyond MombasaGil RossiFilm
1956Colonel March of Scotland YardJeanpierreSeries
1956Port AfriqueFranz VermesFilm
1956The Errol Flynn TheatreMaurice Gabet, Compte de Merret, The Visitant, General HamelinSeries
1955The Cockleshell HeroesSubmarine Commander Alan GrievesFilm
1955The Dark AvengerFrench Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)Film
1955Storm Over the NileKaraga PashaFilm
1955Alias John PrestonJohn PrestonFilm
1955Contraband SpainNarrador (voz)Film
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelLouis the Executioner (uncredited)Series
1955That LadyCapitánFilm
1955Cross-RoadsHarry CooperFilm
1955Police DogJohnny, a constableFilm
1955Moby Dick—RehearsedA Stage Manager /FlaskFilm
1955Final ColumnFilm
1954The AwakeningFactory proprietor (uncredited)Film
1954Mark SaberLarry SpenceSeries
1954The Mirror and MarkheimVisitantFilm
1953Innocents in ParisLieutenant WhitlockFilm
1953The Top and the BallFatherFilm
1952The Crimson PirateJoseph - Military AttachéFilm
1952Moulin RougeGeorges Seurat (uncredited)Film
1952Babes in BagdadSlave DealerFilm
1952Paul Temple ReturnsSir Felix RaybourneFilm
1952Top SecretRussian Agent (uncredited)Film
1951Quo VadisChariot Driver (uncredited)Film
1951Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Spanish CaptainFilm
1951Valley of the EaglesDet. HoltFilm
1950They Were Not DividedChris LewisFilm
1950Prelude to FameNewsmanFilm
1949Trottie TrueHon. Bongo IckleshamFilm
1948HamletPalace Guard (uncredited)Film
1948Scott of the AntarcticBernard DayFilm
1948Saraband for Dead LoversHerzog Anthony von WolfenbüttelFilm
1948Corridor of MirrorsCharlesFilm
1948Penny and the Pownall CaseJonathan BlairFilm
1948A Song for TomorrowAugusteFilm
1948One Night with YouPirelli's AssistantFilm
1939Eugen Weidmann Execution FilmHimselfFilm
—Science Fiction Film AwardsSelfSeries
Production (1)
1973Nothing But the NightProducerFilm