Christopher Lee

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

368

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-05-27

Deathday

2015-06-07 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Westminster, London, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
  • Σερ Κρίστοφερ Φρανκ Καραντίνι Λι
  • Κρίστοφερ Φρανκ Καραντίνι Λι
  • کریستوفر لی

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.

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Acting

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

Production

1973
Nothing But the Night as Producer
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