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Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

ActingBorn May 27, 1922Died June 7, 2015 (age 93)Westminster, London, England, UK

Biography

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.

Filmography

2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
Constel·lació Portabella

as (archive footage)

Movie
2024
Children of the Wicker Man

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

as Self / Various (Archive)

Movie
2023
The Wicker Man at 50

as Lord Summerisle

Movie
2023
Faces of Death

as (archive footage)

Movie
2017Movie
2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Angels in Notting Hill

as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)

Movie
2015
Extraordinary Tales

as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

Movie
2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica

as (archive footage)

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2014Movie
2013
The Trail of Dracula

as Self (Archival Footage)

Movie
2013
The Girl from Nagasaki

as Old Officer Pinkerton

Movie
2013
Night Train to Lisbon

as Father Bartholomeu

Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012
Dark Shadows

as Clarney

Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2011
Hugo

as Monsieur Labisse

Movie
2011
The Wicker Tree

as Old Man

Movie
2011
The Resident

as August

Movie
2011
Season of the Witch

as Cardinal D'Ambroise

Movie
2010
Burke & Hare

as Old Joseph

Movie
2010
Boogie Woogie

as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold

Movie
2010
The Heavy

as Mr. Mason

Movie
2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Jabberwocky (voice)

Movie
2009
Glorious 39

as Older Walter Page

Movie
2009
Triage

as Joaquín Morales

Movie
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Count Dooku (voice)

Movie
2008TV
2007
The Golden Compass

as First High Councilor

Movie
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2006TV
2005
Pope John Paul II

as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński

TV
2005Movie
2005
Corpse Bride

as Pastor Galswells (voice)

Movie
2004
The Story of Star Wars

as Count Dooku (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Drácula en la Hammer

as Christopher Lee

Movie
2003Movie
2002
Best Ever Bond

as Self / Scaramanga

Movie
2002Movie
2001Movie
2001Movie
2001Movie
2001TV
2000
In the Beginning

as Rameses I

TV
2000TV
2000Movie
1999
Sleepy Hollow

as Burgomaster

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Jinnah

as Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Movie
1998Movie
1998Movie
1998
The Mummy

as Self - Host

Movie
1997
Soul Music

as Death (voice)

TV
1997
The Odyssey

as Tiresias

TV
1997
Wyrd Sisters

as Death (voice)

TV
1997
Soul Music

as Death (voice)

Movie
1997
Ivanhoe

as Lucas de Beaumanoir

TV
1996Movie
1996
100 Years of Horror

as Self - Host

TV
1996Movie
1996
The Stupids

as Evil Sender

Movie
1996
Moses

as Pharaoh

TV
1996
A Century of Science Fiction

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1994
A Feast at Midnight

as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow

Movie
1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1994Movie
1994
Funny Man

as Callum Chance

Movie
1994Movie
1994
The Rainbow Thief

as Uncle Rudolf

Movie
1994
Brisant

as Self

TV
1993
Blue Heelers

as Scott James

TV
1993
Death Train

as General Konstanin Benin

Movie
1992
Cyber Eden

as Cedric

Movie
1992
Double Vision

as Mr. Bernard

Movie
1992
Innocent Blood

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

Movie
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin

TV
1992
Beauty and the Beast

as Monsieur Renard (voice)

Movie
1992
Dracula in the Movies

as (archive footage)

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Fear in the Dark

as Narrator

Movie
1991
Halloween Monster Bash

as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Journey of Honor

as King Philip

Movie
1991Movie
1990
The Care of Time

as Karlis Zander

Movie
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Doctor Catheter

Movie
1990
Treasure Island

as Blind Pew

Movie
1990
The Miser

as Cardinale Spinosi

Movie
1990
Stern TV

as Self

TV
1989Movie
1989
The French Revolution

as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)

TV
1989
Murder Story

as Willard Hope

Movie
1989
Night of the Eagles

as Walter Strauss

Movie
1989Movie
1989Movie
1988Movie
1988Movie
1987TV
1987
Creepy Classics

as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)

Movie
1987
The Girl

as Peter Storm

Movie
1987
Casanova

as Branicki

Movie
1986
The Disputation

as King James of Aragon

Movie
1986Movie
1986
Jocks

as President White

Movie
1986
Shaka Zulu

as Lord Bathurst

TV
1986TV
1985
Mask of Murder

as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich

Movie
1985Movie
1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

as Himself - Presenter

Movie
1984Movie
1984
The Bengal Lancers!

as Sir James Hunter

Movie
1984
The Far Pavilions

as Rao-Sahib

TV
1983Movie
1983Movie
1983
New Magic

as Mr. Kellar

Movie
1982
The Last Unicorn

as King Haggard (voice)

Movie
1982Movie
1982Movie
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as King Vladimir V

TV
1982
Massarati and the Brain

as Victor Leopold

Movie
1982
Safari 3000

as Count Borgia

Movie
1982TV
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1981
Goliath Awaits

as John McKenzie

TV
1981
An Eye for an Eye

as Morgan Canfield

Movie
1981Movie
1981
The Salamander

as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

Movie
1981TV
1980
Once Upon a Spy

as Marcus Valorium

Movie
1980
Serial

as Luckman Skull

Movie
1980
Desperate Moves

as Dr. Carl Boxer

Movie
1979
1941

as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

Movie
1979
Bear Island

as Lechinski

Movie
1979
Jaguar Lives!

as Adam Caine

Movie
1979
Arabian Adventure

as Caliph Alquazar

Movie
1979
The Passage

as Gypsy

Movie
1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Movie
1978
The Pirate

as Samir Al Fay

Movie
1978Movie
1978
Caravans

as Sardar Khan

Movie
1978Movie
1978Movie
1977
The Pirate

as Samir Al Fay

TV
1977
Starship Invasions

as Captain Rameses

Movie
1977
End of the World

as Father Pergado / Zindar

Movie
1977
Airport '77

as Martin Wallace

Movie
1977
Meatcleaver Massacre

as On-Screen Narrator

Movie
1977
How the West Was Won

as The Grand Duke

TV
1977TV
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Dale Woodman

TV
1976
Dracula and Son

as Le prince des Ténèbres

Movie
1976
Albino

as Bill

Movie
1976
To the Devil a Daughter

as Father Michael

Movie
1976
Killer Force

as Major Chilton

Movie
1976
The Keeper

as The Keeper

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Space: 1999

as Captain Zandor

TV
1975
In Search of Dracula

as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula

Movie
1975Movie
1974
The Man with the Golden Gun

as Francisco Scaramanga

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Stephen Hayward

Movie
1973Movie
1973
The Wicker Man

as Lord Summerisle

Movie
1973
Dark Places

as Dr. Ian Mandeville

Movie
1973Movie
1973
Nothing But the Night

as Col. Charles Bingham

Movie
1973
Poor Devil

as Lucifer

Movie
1973
The Creeping Flesh

as James Hildern

Movie
1972
Death Line

as Stratton-Villiers, MI5

Movie
1972
Horror Express

as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton

Movie
1972
Dracula A.D. 1972

as Count Dracula

Movie
1972Movie
1972
Umbracle

as The Man

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971Movie
1971
I, Monster

as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake

Movie
1971
Theatre Macabre

as Self – Host

TV
1971
The House That Dripped Blood

as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

Movie
1970Movie
1970Movie
1970
Julius Caesar

as Artemidorus

Movie
1970
One More Time

as Dracula

Movie
1970TV
1970Movie
1970
Count Dracula

as Dracula

Movie
1970
Eugenie

as Dolmance

Movie
1970
The Bloody Judge

as Lord George Jeffreys

Movie
1970Movie
1969
The Magic Christian

as Ship's Vampire

Movie
1969
The Oblong Box

as Dr. J. Neuhartt

Movie
1969
The Castle of Fu Manchu

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

Movie
1968Movie
1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

Movie
1968
The Devil Rides Out

as Duc de Richleau

Movie
1968
The Face of Eve

as Colonel Stuart

Movie
1968
The Movie Orgy

as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)

Movie
1967
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

Movie
1967Movie
1967
Theatre of Death

as Philippe Darvas

Movie
1967Movie
1967
Night of the Big Heat

as Godfrey Hanson

Movie
1966Movie
1966Movie
1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk

as Grigori Rasputin

Movie
1966Movie
1965
The Skull

as Sir Matthew Phillips

Movie
1965
The Face of Fu Manchu

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

Movie
1965
Ten Little Indians

as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)

Movie
1965
She

as Billali

Movie
1965Movie
1964
The Gorgon

as Prof. Karl Meister

Movie
1964Movie
1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates

as Captain Robeles

Movie
1964
Crypt of the Vampire

as Count Ludwig Karnstein

Movie
1964
Horror!!!

as Self

Movie
1963
The Whip and the Body

as Kurt Menliff

Movie
1963Movie
1963
Challenge the Devil

as Mephistoles

Movie
1962Movie
1962TV
1962
The Devil's Agent

as Baron Ferdi von Staub

Movie
1962
The Pirates of Blood River

as Captain LaRoche

Movie
1962Movie
1961
Hercules in the Haunted World

as King Lico (Licos)

Movie
1961Movie
1961
Taste of Fear

as Doctor Pierre Gerrard

Movie
1961Movie
1961
The Avengers

as Professor Stone

TV
1961
The Avengers

as Colonel Mannering

TV
1960
The Hands of Orlac

as Nero the magician

Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1960
The City of the Dead

as Prof. Alan Driscoll

Movie
1960
Beat Girl

as Kenny King

Movie
1959
Uncle Was a Vampire

as Baron Roderico da Frankurten

Movie
1959
The Mummy

as Kharis, the Mummy

Movie
1959Movie
1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death

as Dr. Pierre Gerrard

Movie
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sir Henry Baskerville

Movie
1959TV
1959
One Step Beyond

as Wilhelm Reitlinger

TV
1958
Corridors of Blood

as Resurrection Joe

Movie
1958TV
1958
Dracula

as Count Dracula

Movie
1958
A Tale of Two Cities

as Marquis St. Evremonde

Movie
1958
Ivanhoe

as Sir Otto from the Rhine

TV
1958Movie
1957
The Truth About Women

as Francois Thiers

Movie
1957
Bitter Victory

as Sgt. Barney

Movie
1957
Manuela

as Voice (voice)

Movie
1957
Sailor of Fortune

as Yusif Carnot

TV
1957Movie
1957
Fortune Is a Woman

as Charles Highbury

Movie
1957
The Traitor

as Doctor Neumann

Movie
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight

as German officer at The Dentist's office

Movie
1956
Beyond Mombasa

as Gil Rossi

Movie
1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre

as Maurice Gabet

TV
1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre

as Compte de Merret

TV
1956TV
1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre

as General Hamelin

TV
1956
Port Afrique

as Franz Vermes

Movie
1956
Alexander the Great

as Nectenabus (voice)

Movie
1956
Private's Progress

as Major Schultz

Movie
1955
Storm Over the Nile

as Karaga Pasha

Movie
1955
Alias John Preston

as John Preston

Movie
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes

as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

Movie
1955TV
1955
Moby Dick—Rehearsed

as A Stage Manager /Flask

Movie
1955
Police Dog

as Johnny, a constable

Movie
1955
The Dark Avenger

as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Contraband Spain

as Narrador (voz)

Movie
1955
That Lady

as Capitán

Movie
1955
Cross-Roads

as Harry Cooper

Movie
1954
Mark Saber

as Larry Spence

TV
1954
The Awakening

as Factory proprietor (uncredited)

Movie
1954Movie
1953
Innocents in Paris

as Lieutenant Whitlock

Movie
1953Movie
1952
Babes in Bagdad

as Slave Dealer

Movie
1952
Paul Temple Returns

as Sir Felix Raybourne

Movie
1952
Top Secret

as Russian Agent (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Moulin Rouge

as Georges Seurat (uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Crimson Pirate

as Joseph (attache)

Movie
1951
Quo Vadis

as Chariot Driver (uncredited)

Movie
1951Movie
1951Movie
1950
Prelude to Fame

as Newsman

Movie
1950
They Were Not Divided

as Chris Lewis

Movie
1949
Trottie True

as Hon. Bongo Icklesham

Movie
1948
Hamlet

as Palace Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1948Movie
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel

Movie
1948Movie
1948Movie
1948
One Night with You

as Pirelli's Assistant

Movie
1948Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 27, 1922
Day of DeathJune 7, 2015
Place of BirthWestminster, London, England, UK
Popularity2.2