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