Christopher Lee
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
Champs-Elysées
1982
Charlie's Angels
1976
The Avengers
1961
The Avengers
1961
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Corpse Bride
2005
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
Champs-Elysées
as Self · 1982
Charlie's Angels
as Dale Woodman · 1976
The Avengers
as Professor Stone · 1961
The Avengers
as Colonel Mannering · 1961
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Karl Jorla · 1962
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Saruman · 2001
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Saruman the White · 2014
Corpse Bride
as Pastor Galswells (voice) · 2005
Blue Heelers
as Scott James · 1993
Film '72
as Self · 1971
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Saruman · 2002
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Saruman the White · 2012
Alice in Wonderland
as Jabberwocky (voice) · 2010
One Step Beyond
as Wilhelm Reitlinger · 1959
Aeschbacher
as Self · 2001
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self · 2007
Space: 1999
as Captain Zandor · 1975
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Dr. Wonka · 2005
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Arnaud · 1973
Sleepy Hollow
as Burgomaster · 1999
Brisant
as Self · 1994
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Saruman (voice) · 2024
Faerie Tale Theatre
as King Vladimir V · 1982
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Count Dooku · 2005
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin · 1992
Dark Shadows
as Clarney · 2012
The Odyssey
as Tiresias · 1997
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Count Dooku · 2002
Stars in der Manege
as Self · 1959
The Golden Compass
as First High Councilor · 2007
Stern TV
as Self · 1990
How the West Was Won
as The Grand Duke · 1977
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
as Self · 2004
Mark Saber
as Larry Spence · 1954
Seitenblicke
as self · 1987
Auf los geht's los
as Self · 1977
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
The Wicker Man
as Lord Summerisle · 1973
The Adventures of William Tell
as Prince Erik · 1958
Season of the Witch
as Cardinal D'Ambroise · 2011
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Francisco Scaramanga · 1974
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Doctor Catheter · 1990
The Colour of Magic
as Death · 2008
Shaka Zulu
as Lord Bathurst · 1986
Hugo
as Monsieur Labisse · 2011
Dracula
as Count Dracula · 1958
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Louis the Executioner (uncredited) · 1955
Ivanhoe
as Sir Otto from the Rhine · 1958
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Jeanpierre · 1956
Wedden, dat..?
as Self · 1986
The Three Musketeers
as Rochefort · 1973
Around the World in 80 Days
as Stuart · 1989
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Count Dooku (voice) · 2008
Gormenghast
as Flay · 2000
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
as Self (footage) · 2025
The Last Unicorn
as King Haggard (voice) · 1982
Scott of the Antarctic
as Bernard Day · 1948
The Resident
as August · 2011
1941
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt · 1979
Semperopernball
as Self · 2006
Theatre Macabre
as Self – Host · 1971
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Commandant Rakov · 1994
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
as Narrator · 1995
Goliath Awaits
as John McKenzie · 1981
Moses
as Pharaoh · 1996
The Four Musketeers
as Rochefort · 1974
Quo Vadis
as Chariot Driver (uncredited) · 1951
Innocent Blood
as Count Dracula (archive footage) · 1992
The Errol Flynn Theatre
as The Visitant · 1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre
as Compte de Merret · 1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre
as Maurice Gabet · 1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre
as General Hamelin · 1956
Nase vorn
as Self · 1988
The Far Pavilions
as Rao-Sahib · 1984
Alexander the Great
as Nectenabus (voice) · 1956
The Pirate
as Samir Al Fay · 1977
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Count Dracula · 1973
Treasure Island
as Blind Pew · 1990
Night Train to Lisbon
as Father Bartholomeu · 2013
Ivanhoe
as Lucas de Beaumanoir · 1997
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
as Emerich · 2004
Whicker's World
· 1959
Pope John Paul II
as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński · 2005
Dracula A.D. 1972
as Count Dracula · 1972
In the Beginning
as Rameses I · 2000
An Eye for an Eye
as Morgan Canfield · 1981
The Curse of Frankenstein
as The Creature · 1957
The French Revolution
as Sanson (« Les Années terribles ») · 1989
100 Years of Horror
as Self - Host · 1996
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Hannie Caulder
as Bailey · 1971
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Count Dracula · 1966
Airport '77
as Martin Wallace · 1977
Soul Music
as Death (voice) · 1997
Taste the Blood of Dracula
as Dracula · 1970
Wyrd Sisters
as Death (voice) · 1997
Treffpunkte
as Self · 1970
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Spanish Captain · 1951
The Devil Rides Out
as Duc de Richleau · 1968
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
as Stefan Crosscoe · 1985
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Dracula · 1968
Burke & Hare
as Old Joseph · 2010
The Battle of the River Plate
as Manolo · 1956
Return from Witch Mountain
as Victor Gannon · 1978
Eugenie
as Dolmance · 1970
Boogie Woogie
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold · 2010
Science Fiction Film Awards
as Self
The House That Dripped Blood
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") · 1971
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Franklyn Marsh · 1965
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
as Sir Richard Turkel · 1998
Triage
as Joaquín Morales · 2009
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Mycroft Holmes · 1970
Death Line
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5 · 1972
Horror Express
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton · 1972
House of the Long Shadows
as Corrigan · 1983
Scars of Dracula
as Dracula · 1970
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sir Henry Baskerville · 1959
Ghost
as Self - Narrator · 1991
The Crimson Pirate
as Joseph - Military Attaché · 1952
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
as Self / Count Dooku · 2002
Hamlet
as Palace Guard (uncredited) · 1948
Alisea and the Dream Prince
as Azaret · 1996
The City of the Dead
as Prof. Alan Driscoll · 1960
Caravans
as Sardar Khan · 1978
Count Dracula
as Dracula · 1970
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2014
The French Revolution
as Sanson · 1989
The Stupids
as Evil Sender · 1996
The Oblong Box
as Dr. J. Neuhartt · 1969
Arabian Adventure
as Caliph Alquazar · 1979
Too Hot to Handle
as Novak · 1960
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage) · 2015
Ghost Stories for Christmas
as Narrator · 2000
The Whip and the Body
as Kurt Menliff · 1963
Taste of Fear
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard · 1961
To the Devil a Daughter
as Father Michael · 1976
Night of the Big Heat
as Godfrey Hanson · 1967
I, Monster
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake · 1971
The Mummy
as Kharis, the Mummy · 1959
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai · 1967
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
· 2005
The Magic Christian
as Ship's Vampire · 1969
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel · 1948
Mio in the Land of Faraway
as Kato · 1987
Glorious 39
as Older Walter Page · 2009
The Face of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu · 1965
Moulin Rouge
as Georges Seurat (uncredited) · 1952
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Sherlock Holmes · 1991
The Return of the Musketeers
as Rochefort · 1989
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self · 2006
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Fu Manchu · 1966
The Bloody Judge
as Lord George Jeffreys · 1970
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
as Self (archive footage) · 2025
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as J.D. Morley · 1968
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self · 2001
Hercules in the Haunted World
as King Lico (Licos) · 1961
Ten Little Indians
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) · 1965
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self · 2001
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
as Miguel · 1979
Dracula and Son
as Le prince des Ténèbres · 1976
Circle of Iron
as Zetan · 1978
The Passage
as Gypsy · 1979
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard · 1959
The Salamander
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence · 1981
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage) · 2007
The Blood of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu · 1968
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Paul Allen · 1960
Vampir Cuadecuc
as Self · 1972
Everything or Nothing
as Self · 2012
The Movie Orgy
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage) · 1968
Manuela
as Voice (voice) · 1957
The Pirates of Blood River
as Captain LaRoche · 1962
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu · 1967
Serial
as Luckman Skull · 1980
Once Upon a Spy
as Marcus Valorium · 1980
Bear Island
as Lechinski · 1979
Ill Met by Moonlight
as German officer at The Dentist's office · 1957
Death Train
as General Konstanin Benin · 1993
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self · 2000
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Grigori Rasputin · 1966
The Care of Time
as Karlis Zander · 1990
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Narrator (voice) / Self · 1994
Storm Over the Nile
as Karaga Pasha · 1955
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
as Narrator · 2013
Albino
as Bill · 1976
The Skull
as Sir Matthew Phillips · 1965
The Devil's Daffodil
as Ling Chu · 1961
Scream and Scream Again
as Fremont · 1970
Five Golden Dragons
as Dragon #4 · 1967
The Dark Avenger
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) · 1955
The Color of Magic 2in1
as Smrt · 2010
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
as Sherlock Holmes · 1962
The Creeping Flesh
as James Hildern · 1973
The Gorgon
as Prof. Karl Meister · 1964
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
as Narrator (voice) · 2007
Beauty and the Beast
as Monsieur Renard (voice) · 1992
The Hands of Orlac
as Nero the magician · 1960
The Girl
as Peter Storm · 1987
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde · 1958
The Castle of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu · 1969
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self · 2001
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves · 1955
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) · 2017
Casanova
as Branicki · 1987
End of the World
as Father Pergado / Zindar · 1977
The Return of Captain Invincible
as Mr. Midnight · 1983
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
as Sherlock Holmes · 1992
She
as Billali · 1965
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self · 2004
The Devil-Ship Pirates
as Captain Robeles · 1964
Nothing But the Night
as Col. Charles Bingham · 1973
Final Column
· 1955
Horror Castle
as Erich · 1963
Beloved Count
as Self · 2007
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage) · 1992
The Secret of the Red Orchid
as Capt. Allerman · 1962
The Mummy
as Self - Host · 1998
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as The Lord Provost · 2005
The Terror of the Tongs
as Chung King · 1961
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
as Himself · 1939
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
as King Vladimir V · 1984
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self · 2003
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin · 1999
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
as Self · 2003
Fear in the Dark
as Narrator · 1991
Julius Caesar
as Artemidorus · 1970
Playboy's Playmate Party
· 1977
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
as Self · 2006
Quest for the Ring
as Self · 2001
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Self · 1987
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
as Self / Various (Archive) · 2024
The Rainbow Thief
as Uncle Rudolf · 1994
Corridors of Blood
as Resurrection Joe · 1958
Hollywood Chinese
as Self · 2007
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
as Self · 2002
Poor Devil
as Lucifer · 1973
A Century of Science Fiction
as Narrator (voice) · 1996
Private's Progress
as Major Schultz · 1956
The Truth About Women
as Francois Thiers · 1957
Battle of the V-1
as Brunner · 1958
Bloody Jess
as Self · 2007
The Face of Eve
as Colonel Stuart · 1968
Fortune Is a Woman
as Charles Highbury · 1957
Double Vision
as Mr. Bernard · 1992
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
as Self · 2002
Jinnah
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah · 1998
The Story of Star Wars
as Count Dooku (archive footage) · 2004
Murder Story
as Willard Hope · 1989
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage) · 1982
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Extraordinary Tales
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') · 2015
For Better or for Worse
as Lazos · 1989
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
as Death (synchro) · 2008
Horror!!!
as Self · 1964
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
as Death (synchro) · 2008
Best Ever Bond
as Self / Scaramanga · 2002
That Lady
as Capitán · 1955
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
as Self · 2002
They Were Not Divided
as Chris Lewis · 1950
Circus of Fear
as Gregor · 1966
Ein Leben wie im Flug
as Self · 2007
A Feast at Midnight
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow · 1994
The Devil's Agent
as Baron Ferdi von Staub · 1962
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self · 2012
Night of the Eagles
as Walter Strauss · 1989
Corridor of Mirrors
as Charles · 1948
One More Time
as Dracula · 1970
Jaguar Lives!
as Adam Caine · 1979
The Treasure of San Teresa
as Jaeger · 1959
Journey of Honor
as King Philip · 1991
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self · 2006
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
as King · 1984
The Castle of the Living Dead
as Count Drago · 1964
Starship Invasions
as Captain Rameses · 1977
Angels in Notting Hill
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice) · 2015
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
· 2001
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
· 2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Narrator · 2000
Uncle Was a Vampire
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten · 1959
Massarati and the Brain
as Victor Leopold · 1982
The Trail of Dracula
as Self (Archival Footage) · 2013
The Heavy
as Mr. Mason · 2010
Crypt of the Vampire
as Count Ludwig Karnstein · 1964
The Girl from Nagasaki
as Old Officer Pinkerton · 2013
Killer Force
as Major Chilton · 1976
Evil Stalks This House
as Host · 1981
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
as Self · 2000
Penny and the Pownall Case
as Jonathan Blair · 1948
Dark Places
as Dr. Ian Mandeville · 1973
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Prince Philip · 1982
Jocks
as President White · 1986
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
as Luis Morel · 1988
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
Beat Girl
as Kenny King · 1960
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
as Dr. Pearson · 1991
The Horror Show
as (archive footage) · 1979
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
as Self - Narrator · 1985
The Awakening
as Factory proprietor (uncredited) · 1954
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self · 2012
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self · 2008
One Night with You
as Pirelli's Assistant · 1948
Bitter Victory
as Sgt. Barney · 1957
The Traitor
as Doctor Neumann · 1957
Funny Man
as Callum Chance · 1994
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
as Self · 2010
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Himself - Presenter · 1985
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
as Self · 1998
Mickey's 50
as Self · 1978
Valley of the Eagles
as Det. Holt · 1951
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Satanus / Van Krig · 1975
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
· 2012
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
as Self · 1998
Un métier de seigneur
as Fog · 1986
Innocents in Paris
as Lieutenant Whitlock · 1953
The Rank Charm School
as Self · 1982
The Disputation
as King James of Aragon · 1986
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
as Self · 2014
The Bengal Lancers!
as Sir James Hunter · 1984
New Magic
as Mr. Kellar · 1983
Theatre of Death
as Philippe Darvas · 1967
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
· 2002
Safari 3000
as Count Borgia · 1982
A Song for Tomorrow
as Auguste · 1948
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Dracula (archive footage) · 2012
The Gillian Hills Trilogy
· 2013
Mask of Murder
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich · 1985
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
as Self · 1995
Top Secret
as Russian Agent (uncredited) · 1952
Alias John Preston
as John Preston · 1955
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
as Narrator · 2012
Olympus Force: The Key
as Filly · 1988
The Wicker Tree
as Old Man · 2011
The Mirror and Markheim
as Visitant · 1954
Babes in Bagdad
as Slave Dealer · 1952
The Wicker Man Enigma
as Himself · 2001
Prelude to Fame
as Newsman · 1950
Face of Unity
as Self · 2014
Contraband Spain
as Narrador (voz) · 1955
Port Afrique
as Franz Vermes · 1956
Halloween Monster Bash
as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage) · 1991
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as A Stage Manager /Flask · 1955
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
· 1996
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself · 2020
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Narrator · 1983
Creepy Classics
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage) · 1987
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
as Self · 2002
Welcome to the Discworld
as Death · 1996
Drácula en la Hammer
as Christopher Lee · 2003
Cyber Eden
as Cedric · 1992
The Fall of the House Of Usher
as The Narrator · 2012
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Lord Summerisle · 2023
The Miser
as Cardinale Spinosi · 1990
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2003
Beyond Mombasa
as Gil Rossi · 1956
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands
as Self · 2007
Challenge the Devil
as Mephistoles · 1963
The Keeper
as The Keeper · 1976
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
as Self · 1969
100 Years of Horror
as Presenter · 1998
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
as Narrator (voice) · 2008
The Wicker Man at 50
as Lord Summerisle · 2023
Trottie True
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham · 1949
Umbracle
as The Man · 1972
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
· 1985
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
as Self · 1996
Drácula Barcelona
as Himself · 2017
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
as Self · 1995
Soul Music
as Death (voice) · 1997
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dr. Stephen Hayward · 1974
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
as Narrator · 2001
Police Dog
as Johnny, a constable · 1955
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
as Narrator · 1977
Paul Temple Returns
as Sir Felix Raybourne · 1952
Meatcleaver Massacre
as On-Screen Narrator · 1977
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
as Self · 2012
The Top and the Ball
as Father · 1953
Faces of Death
as (archive footage) · 2023
In Search of Dracula
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula · 1975
Cross-Roads
as Harry Cooper · 1955
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
· 1996
Perversion Stories
as Self · 2002
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
as Narrator · 2007
Desperate Moves
as Dr. Carl Boxer · 1980
Dracula vs. Vampir
· 2012
Constel·lació Portabella
as (archive footage) · 2024