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Christopher Lee

Born 27 May 1922 · Westminster, London, England, UK · Died 7 June 2015

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026Children of The Wicker Man1h 32mSelf (archive footage)
  2. 2025Tim Burton: Life in the Line1 seasonSelf (footage)
  3. 2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee1h 43mSelf / Various (Archive)
  4. 2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters1h 30mSelf (archive footage)
  5. 2024Constel·lació Portabella1h 31m(archive footage)
  6. 2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim2h 14mSaruman (voice)
  7. 2023Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending10mLord Summerisle
  8. 2023The Wicker Man at 5010mLord Summerisle
  9. 2023Faces of Death7m(archive footage)
  10. 2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall59mSelf (archive footage)
  11. 2020Peter Cushing: In His Own Words1h 14mHimself
  12. 2017Drácula Barcelona1h 28mHimself
  13. 2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions55mSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
  14. 2015Extraordinary Tales1h 13mNarrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
  15. 2015Angels in Notting Hill1h 39mThe Boss / Mr. President (voice)
  16. 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica1h 59m(archive footage)
  17. 2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveSelf
  18. 2014Face of Unity1h 8mSelf
  19. 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2h 24mSaruman the White
  20. 2013Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics1h 39mNarrator
  21. 2013The Trail of Dracula1h 3mSelf (Archival Footage)
  22. 2013The Girl from Nagasaki1h 47mOld Officer Pinkerton
  23. 2013Night Train to Lisbon1h 51mFather Bartholomeu
  24. 2013The Gillian Hills Trilogy1h 58m
  25. 2012Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 198852mNarrator
  26. 2012The Fall of the House Of Usher15mThe Narrator
  27. 2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness30mDracula (archive footage)
  28. 2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'20mSelf
  29. 2012Everything or Nothing1h 38mSelf
  30. 2012Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror1h 30mSelf
  31. 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars1hSelf
  32. 2012Dark Shadows1h 53mClarney
  33. 2012The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features1h 27m
  34. 2012Dracula vs. Vampir25m
  35. 2011The Wicker Tree1h 36mOld Man
  36. 2011Season of the Witch1h 35mCardinal D'Ambroise
  37. 2011The Resident1h 31mAugust
  38. 2011Hugo2h 6mMonsieur Labisse
  39. 2010The Heavy1h 42mMr. Mason
  40. 2010Boogie Woogie1h 34mMr. Alfred Rhinegold
  41. 2010Burke & Hare1h 31mOld Joseph
  42. 2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror59mSelf
  43. 2010Alice in Wonderland1h 48mJabberwocky (voice)
  44. 2009Triage1h 39mJoaquín Morales
  45. 2009Glorious 392h 9mOlder Walter Page
  46. 2008The Colour of Magic1 seasonDeath
  47. 2008The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem11mNarrator (voice)
  48. 2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars1h 38mCount Dooku (voice)
  49. 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 21h 4mDeath (synchro)
  50. 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 11h 3mDeath (synchro)
  51. 2008Fanex Files: Hammer Films1h 35mSelf
  52. 2007Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets1h 6mNarrator
  53. 2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn59mNarrator (voice)
  54. 2007Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands1h 13mSelf
  55. 2007Ein Leben wie im Flug1h 29mSelf
  56. 2007Hollywood Chinese1h 30mSelf
  57. 2007Bloody Jess25mSelf
  58. 2007Beloved Count27mSelf
  59. 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman48mSelf (archive footage)
  60. 2007The Golden Compass1h 53mFirst High Councilor
  61. 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills1h 58mSelf
  62. 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers'1h 46m
  63. 2005Pope John Paul II1 seasonKardinal Stefan Wyszyński
  64. 2005The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby1h 44mThe Lord Provost
  65. 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory1h 55mDr. Wonka
  66. 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2h 20mCount Dooku
  67. 2005Corpse Bride1h 17mPastor Galswells (voice)
  68. 2005Pope John Paul II3h
  69. 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors10m
  70. 2004Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse1h 37mEmerich
  71. 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'29mSelf
  72. 2004The Story of Star Wars1hCount Dooku (archive footage)
  73. 2003Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick52mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  74. 2003Drácula en la HammerChristopher Lee
  75. 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King52mSelf
  76. 2003The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth30mSelf
  77. 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II52mSelf / Count Dooku
  78. 2002Perversion Stories17mSelf
  79. 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script20mSelf
  80. 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth50mSelf
  81. 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast34mSelf
  82. 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth1h 36mSelf
  83. 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2h 22mCount Dooku
  84. 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2h 59mSaruman
  85. 2002To the Devil... The Death of Hammer24m
  86. 2001The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz58mNarrator
  87. 2001The Wicker Man Enigma35mHimself
  88. 2001Quest for the Ring22mSelf
  89. 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'42mSelf
  90. 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring1hSelf
  91. 2001R2-D2: Beneath the Dome20mSelf
  92. 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2h 59mSaruman
  93. 2001Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man50m
  94. 2000Ghost Stories for Christmas1 seasonNarrator
  95. 2000The Many Faces of Dracula49mNarrator
  96. 2000Gormenghast1 seasonFlay
  97. 2000Ian Fleming: 007's Creator44mSelf
  98. 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend42mSelf
  99. 2000In the Beginning1 seasonRameses I
  100. 2000Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'35m
  101. 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service1h 32mCount Ottokar Graf Czernin
  102. 1999Sleepy Hollow1h 45mBurgomaster
  103. 1998Jinnah1h 50mMuhammad Ali Jinnah
  104. 1998100 Years of Horror1h 40mPresenter
  105. 1998The Mummy46mSelf - Host
  106. 1998Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah37mSelf
  107. 1998Ex-S: The Wicker Man29mSelf
  108. 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy1h 28mSir Richard Turkel
  109. 1997Soul Music1 seasonDeath (voice)
  110. 1997Wyrd Sisters1 seasonDeath (voice)
  111. 1997Soul Music2h 39mDeath (voice)
  112. 1997Ivanhoe1 seasonLucas de Beaumanoir
  113. 1997The Odyssey1 seasonTiresias
  114. 1996100 Years of Horror1 seasonSelf - Host
  115. 1996Welcome to the Discworld7mDeath
  116. 1996A Century of Science Fiction1h 39mNarrator (voice)
  117. 1996Moses1 seasonPharaoh
  118. 1996Alisea and the Dream Prince1 seasonAzaret
  119. 1996The Stupids1h 34mEvil Sender
  120. 1996The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry25mSelf
  121. 1996Vem Var Dracula52mSelf
  122. 1996The Many Faces of Christopher Lee1h
  123. 1996In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes1h
  124. 1995Tales of Mystery and Imagination1 seasonNarrator
  125. 1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross1hSelf
  126. 1995A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James51mSelf
  127. 1994A Feast at Midnight1h 47mV. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
  128. 1994Funny Man1h 32mCallum Chance
  129. 1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror2h 27mNarrator (voice) / Self
  130. 1994The Rainbow Thief1h 27mUncle Rudolf
  131. 1994Police Academy: Mission to Moscow1h 23mCommandant Rakov
  132. 1993Death Train1h 40mGeneral Konstanin Benin
  133. 1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls3h 7mSherlock Holmes
  134. 1992Beauty and the Beast1h 8mMonsieur Renard (voice)
  135. 1992Double Vision1h 32mMr. Bernard
  136. 1992Cyber Eden1h 48mCedric
  137. 1992Dracula in the Movies1h(archive footage)
  138. 1992Innocent Blood1h 52mCount Dracula (archive footage)
  139. 1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady3hSherlock Holmes
  140. 1991Ghost1hSelf - Narrator
  141. 1991Curse III: Blood Sacrifice1h 31mDr. Pearson
  142. 1991Fear in the Dark1hNarrator
  143. 1991Journey of Honor1h 46mKing Philip
  144. 1990The Care of Time1h 43mKarlis Zander
  145. 1990Treasure Island2h 11mBlind Pew
  146. 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch1h 46mDoctor Catheter
  147. 1990The Miser1h 48mCardinale Spinosi
  148. 1989Murder Story1h 29mWillard Hope
  149. 1989Night of the Eagles1h 25mWalter Strauss
  150. 1989For Better or for Worse1h 40mLazos
  151. 1989The Return of the Musketeers1h 42mRochefort
  152. 1989Around the World in 80 Days1 seasonStuart
  153. 1989The French Revolution5h 35mSanson
  154. 1989The French Revolution1 seasonSanson (« Les Années terribles »)
  155. 1988Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil1h 25mLuis Morel
  156. 1988Olympus Force: The Key1h 42mFilly
  157. 1987Mio in the Land of Faraway1h 39mKato
  158. 1987The Girl1h 45mPeter Storm
  159. 1987Casanova2h 3mBranicki
  160. 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1hSelf
  161. 1987Creepy Classics30mFranklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
  162. 1986The Disputation1h 5mKing James of Aragon
  163. 1986Un métier de seigneur1 seasonFog
  164. 1986Un métier de seigneur3h 3mFog
  165. 1986Shaka Zulu1 seasonLord Bathurst
  166. 1986Jocks1h 31mPresident White
  167. 1985The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes47mHimself - Presenter
  168. 1985Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch1h 31mStefan Crosscoe
  169. 1985Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!1h 25mSelf - Narrator
  170. 1985Mask of Murder1h 29mChief Supt. Jonathan Rich
  171. 1985The Best of All Time Horror Classics1h
  172. 1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers52mKing Vladimir V
  173. 1984The Rosebud Beach Hotel1h 23mKing
  174. 1984The Far Pavilions1 seasonRao-Sahib
  175. 1984The Bengal Lancers!30mSir James Hunter
  176. 1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler50mNarrator
  177. 1983New Magic23mMr. Kellar
  178. 1983The Return of Captain Invincible1h 36mMr. Midnight
  179. 1983House of the Long Shadows1h 40mCorrigan
  180. 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story1h 33mPrince Philip
  181. 1982Safari 30001h 32mCount Borgia
  182. 1982The Last Unicorn1h 33mKing Haggard (voice)
  183. 1982Massarati and the Brain2hVictor Leopold
  184. 1982The Rank Charm School50mSelf
  185. 1981An Eye for an Eye1h 46mMorgan Canfield
  186. 1981Evil Stalks This House58mHost
  187. 1981The Salamander1h 43mPrince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
  188. 1981Goliath Awaits1 seasonJohn McKenzie
  189. 1980Once Upon a Spy1h 31mMarcus Valorium
  190. 1980Desperate Moves1h 38mDr. Carl Boxer
  191. 1980Serial1h 30mLuckman Skull
  192. 1979Arabian Adventure1h 39mCaliph Alquazar
  193. 1979Jaguar Lives!1h 30mAdam Caine
  194. 1979Bear Island1h 58mLechinski
  195. 1979Captain America II: Death Too Soon1h 28mMiguel
  196. 197919411h 58mCapt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
  197. 1979The Passage1h 39mGypsy
  198. 1978Return from Witch Mountain1h 35mVictor Gannon
  199. 1978Circle of Iron1h 42mZetan
  200. 1978Caravans2h 7mSardar Khan
  201. 1978The Pirate4hSamir Al Fay
  202. 1977The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural23mNarrator
  203. 1977Meatcleaver Massacre1h 25mOn-Screen Narrator
  204. 1977End of the World1h 28mFather Pergado / Zindar
  205. 1977Starship Invasions1h 29mCaptain Rameses
  206. 1977The Pirate1 seasonSamir Al Fay
  207. 1977Airport '771h 54mMartin Wallace
  208. 1977Playboy's Playmate Party44m
  209. 1976Albino1h 37mBill
  210. 1976The Keeper1h 28mThe Keeper
  211. 1976Dracula and Son1h 36mLe prince des Ténèbres
  212. 1976To the Devil a Daughter1h 35mFather Michael
  213. 1976Killer Force1h 42mMajor Chilton
  214. 1975In Search of Dracula1h 26mSelf – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
  215. 1975The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan1h 25mSatanus / Van Krig
  216. 1974Diagnosis: Murder1h 35mDr. Stephen Hayward
  217. 1974The Man with the Golden Gun2h 5mFrancisco Scaramanga
  218. 1974The Four Musketeers1h 47mRochefort
  219. 1973Nothing But the Night1h 30mCol. Charles Bingham
  220. 1973The Satanic Rites of Dracula1h 28mCount Dracula
  221. 1973Dark Places1h 31mDr. Ian Mandeville
  222. 1973The Wicker Man1h 33mLord Summerisle
  223. 1973Poor Devil1h 13mLucifer
  224. 1973The Creeping Flesh1h 32mJames Hildern
  225. 1973The Three Musketeers1h 47mRochefort
  226. 1972Dracula A.D. 19721h 36mCount Dracula
  227. 1972Horror Express1h 27mProf. Sir Alexander Saxton
  228. 1972Umbracle1h 25mThe Man
  229. 1972Vampir Cuadecuc1h 7mSelf
  230. 1972Death Line1h 27mStratton-Villiers, MI5
  231. 1971Theatre Macabre1 seasonSelf – Host
  232. 1971I, Monster1h 10mDr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
  233. 1971The House That Dripped Blood1h 42mJohn Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
  234. 1971Hannie Caulder1h 25mBailey
  235. 1970The Bloody Judge1h 42mLord George Jeffreys
  236. 1970Count Dracula1h 38mDracula
  237. 1970Taste the Blood of Dracula1h 35mDracula
  238. 1970Scars of Dracula1h 36mDracula
  239. 1970Scream and Scream Again1h 35mFremont
  240. 1970The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes2h 5mMycroft Holmes
  241. 1970Eugenie... The Story of Her Journey into Perversion1h 27mDolmance
  242. 1970Julius Caesar1h 57mArtemidorus
  243. 1969The Castle of Fu Manchu1h 32mDr. Fu Man Chu
  244. 1969The Oblong Box1h 36mDr. J. Neuhartt
  245. 1969Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula41mSelf
  246. 1969The Magic Christian1h 32mShip's Vampire
  247. 1968The Blood of Fu Manchu1h 32mDr. Fu Man Chu
  248. 1968The Devil Rides Out1h 36mDuc de Richleau
  249. 1968Dracula Has Risen from the Grave1h 32mDracula
  250. 1968Curse of the Crimson Altar1h 27mJ.D. Morley
  251. 1968The Face of Eve1h 37mColonel Stuart
  252. 1967Theatre of Death1h 31mPhilippe Darvas
  253. 1967Night of the Big Heat1h 34mGodfrey Hanson
  254. 1967The Vengeance of Fu Manchu1h 31mDr. Fu Manchu
  255. 1967The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism1h 25mCount Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
  256. 1967Five Golden Dragons1h 44mDragon #4
  257. 1966Circus of Fear1h 31mGregor
  258. 1966Dracula: Prince of Darkness1h 30mCount Dracula
  259. 1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk1h 31mGrigori Rasputin
  260. 1966The Brides of Fu Manchu1h 34mFu Manchu
  261. 1965The Face of Fu Manchu1h 36mDr. Fu Man Chu
  262. 1965The Skull1h 23mSir Matthew Phillips
  263. 1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors1h 38mFranklyn Marsh
  264. 1965She1h 46mBillali
  265. 1965Ten Little Indians1h 32mMr. U.N. Owen (voice)
  266. 1964Crypt of the Vampire1h 22mCount Ludwig Karnstein
  267. 1964The Castle of the Living Dead1h 30mCount Drago
  268. 1964The Devil-Ship Pirates1h 26mCaptain Robeles
  269. 1964The Gorgon1h 23mProf. Karl Meister
  270. 1964Horror!!!20mSelf
  271. 1963Challenge the Devil1h 15mMephistoles
  272. 1963The Whip and the Body1h 27mKurt Menliff
  273. 1963Horror Castle1h 25mErich
  274. 1962Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace1h 23mSherlock Holmes
  275. 1962The Secret of the Red Orchid1h 24mCapt. Allerman
  276. 1962The Pirates of Blood River1h 27mCaptain LaRoche
  277. 1962The Devil's Agent1h 17mBaron Ferdi von Staub
  278. 1961The Terror of the Tongs1h 16mChung King
  279. 1961Hercules in the Haunted World1h 26mKing Lico (Licos)
  280. 1961Taste of Fear1h 22mDoctor Pierre Gerrard
  281. 1961The Devil's Daffodil1h 34mLing Chu
  282. 1960The Hands of Orlac1h 35mNero the magician
  283. 1960The City of the Dead1h 18mProf. Alan Driscoll
  284. 1960Beat Girl1h 28mKenny King
  285. 1960The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll1h 28mPaul Allen
  286. 1960Too Hot to Handle1h 30mNovak
  287. 1959The Mummy1h 28mKharis, the Mummy
  288. 1959Uncle Was a Vampire1h 37mBaron Roderico da Frankurten
  289. 1959The Hound of the Baskervilles1h 27mSir Henry Baskerville
  290. 1959The Man Who Could Cheat Death1h 23mDr. Pierre Gerrard
  291. 1959The Treasure of San Teresa1h 24mJaeger
  292. 1958Dracula1h 22mCount Dracula
  293. 1958Corridors of Blood1h 26mResurrection Joe
  294. 1958Battle of the V-11h 40mBrunner
  295. 1958A Tale of Two Cities1h 55mMarquis St. Evremonde
  296. 1957The Curse of Frankenstein1h 23mThe Creature
  297. 1957Bitter Victory1h 42mSgt. Barney
  298. 1957The Traitor1h 28mDoctor Neumann
  299. 1957Manuela1h 33mVoice (voice)
  300. 1957The Truth About Women1h 47mFrancois Thiers
  301. 1957Fortune Is a Woman1h 35mCharles Highbury
  302. 1957Ill Met by Moonlight1h 44mGerman officer at The Dentist's office
  303. 1956Beyond Mombasa1h 30mGil Rossi
  304. 1956Port Afrique1h 32mFranz Vermes
  305. 1956Private's Progress1h 37mMajor Schultz
  306. 1956The Battle of the River Plate1h 59mManolo
  307. 1956Alexander the Great2h 16mNectenabus (voice)
  308. 1955Cross-Roads19mHarry Cooper
  309. 1955Moby Dick—Rehearsed1h 35mA Stage Manager /Flask
  310. 1955Alias John Preston1h 11mJohn Preston
  311. 1955Police Dog1h 10mJohnny, a constable
  312. 1955Storm Over the Nile1h 47mKaraga Pasha
  313. 1955That Lady1h 40mCapitán
  314. 1955Final Column51m
  315. 1955The Cockleshell Heroes1h 37mSubmarine Commander Alan Grieves
  316. 1954The Mirror and Markheim28mVisitant
  317. 1954The Awakening26mFactory proprietor (uncredited)
  318. 1953The Top and the Ball26mFather
  319. 1953Innocents in Paris1h 42mLieutenant Whitlock
  320. 1952Top Secret1h 33mRussian Agent (uncredited)
  321. 1952Babes in Bagdad1h 19mSlave Dealer
  322. 1952Paul Temple Returns1h 11mSir Felix Raybourne
  323. 1952The Crimson Pirate1h 45mJoseph (attache)
  324. 1951Valley of the Eagles1h 26mDet. Holt
  325. 1951Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.1h 57mSpanish Captain
  326. 1950Prelude to Fame1h 24mNewsman
  327. 1950They Were Not Divided1h 42mChris Lewis
  328. 1949Trottie True1h 36mHon. Bongo Icklesham
  329. 1948Penny and the Pownall Case47mJonathan Blair
  330. 1948A Song for Tomorrow1h 20mAuguste
  331. 1948One Night with You1h 32mPirelli's Assistant
  332. 1948Corridor of Mirrors1h 45mCharles
  333. 1948Scott of the Antarctic1h 51mBernard Day
  334. 1939Eugen Weidmann Execution Film1mHimself
  335. Science Fiction Film Awards1 seasonSelf