Christopher Lee

🎭 Actor

Christopher Lee

🎂 Born 27 May 1922 (age 93)✝ 7 June 2015📍 Westminster, London, England, UK

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Popularity Score

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Acting Credits

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 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Saruman the White

Corpse Bride

Pastor Galswells (voice)

Full Filmography(312 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingSaruman★ 8.4 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersSaruman★ 8.4 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesSaruman the White★ 7.3 2005Corpse BridePastor Galswells (voice)★ 7.6 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneySaruman the White★ 7.4 2010Alice in WonderlandJabberwocky (voice)★ 6.6 2005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryDr. Wonka★ 7.0 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithCount Dooku★ 7.5 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesCount Dooku★ 6.6 1999Sleepy HollowBurgomaster★ 7.2 2007The Golden CompassFirst High Councilor★ 6.1 2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimSaruman (voice)★ 6.5 2012Dark ShadowsClarney★ 6.1 2011HugoMonsieur Labisse★ 7.2 1974The Man with the Golden GunFrancisco Scaramanga★ 6.5 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)★ 7.0 1973The Wicker ManLord Summerisle★ 7.3 1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchDoctor Catheter★ 6.5 2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsCount Dooku (voice)★ 6.1 1951Quo VadisChariot Driver (uncredited)★ 7.1 19791941Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt★ 5.8 1987The GirlPeter Storm★ 4.9 2011Season of the WitchCardinal D'Ambroise★ 5.5 1973The Three MusketeersRochefort★ 6.7 1970EugenieDolmance★ 4.9 1982The Last UnicornKing Haggard (voice)★ 7.3 1952The Crimson PirateJoseph (attache)★ 7.0 1977Airport '77Martin Wallace★ 5.6 1990Treasure IslandBlind Pew★ 6.6 2011The ResidentAugust★ 5.8 1971Hannie CaulderBailey★ 6.2 1959The Hound of the BaskervillesSir Henry Baskerville★ 6.8 2009Glorious 39Older Walter Page★ 6.0 1994Police Academy: Mission to MoscowCommandant Rakov★ 4.6 1964The GorgonProf. Karl Meister★ 6.4 2010Burke & HareOld Joseph★ 6.1 1974The Four MusketeersRochefort★ 6.4 1958DraculaCount Dracula★ 7.3 1971I, MonsterDr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake★ 5.5 1951Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Spanish Captain★ 6.9 1996The StupidsEvil Sender★ 4.9 1959The MummyKharis, the Mummy★ 6.7 2004Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the ApocalypseEmerich★ 6.1 1989The Return of the MusketeersRochefort★ 6.2 1981An Eye for an EyeMorgan Canfield★ 5.2 1992Innocent BloodCount Dracula (archive footage)★ 6.2 1952Moulin RougeGeorges Seurat (uncredited)★ 6.6 1956Alexander the GreatNectenabus (voice)★ 6.0 1970The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes★ 6.8 1956The Battle of the River PlateManolo★ 6.4 1968Dracula Has Risen from the GraveDracula★ 6.7 1972Horror ExpressProf. Sir Alexander Saxton★ 6.3 1970Scars of DraculaDracula★ 6.0 1957The Curse of FrankensteinThe Creature★ 6.8 1989The French RevolutionSanson★ 7.5 1970Taste the Blood of DraculaDracula★ 6.1 1987Mio in the Land of FarawayKato★ 6.0 2009TriageJoaquín Morales★ 6.0 1978The PirateSamir Al Fay★ 4.5 2010The HeavyMr. Mason★ 4.9 1979The PassageGypsy★ 6.1 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummySir Richard Turkel★ 4.7 1961Taste of FearDoctor Pierre Gerrard★ 7.1 2013Night Train to LisbonFather Bartholomeu★ 6.5 1979Bear IslandLechinski★ 6.1 1972Dracula A.D. 1972Count Dracula★ 5.9 1965The SkullSir Matthew Phillips★ 6.1 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsCorrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)★ 7.2 1970Julius CaesarArtemidorus★ 5.9 1972Death LineStratton-Villiers, MI5★ 5.8 1970The Bloody JudgeLord George Jeffreys★ 5.0 1978Return from Witch MountainVictor Gannon★ 5.9 1968The Movie OrgyFu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)★ 6.6 1993Death TrainGeneral Konstanin Benin★ 5.0 1966Dracula: Prince of DarknessCount Dracula★ 6.7 1979Arabian AdventureCaliph Alquazar★ 5.9 1985Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf BitchStefan Crosscoe★ 4.9 1978Mickey's 50Self★ 9.0 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'Self★ 8.0 1980SerialLuckman Skull★ 5.6 1965SheBillali★ 5.6 2010Boogie WoogieMr. Alfred Rhinegold★ 5.0 1948HamletPalace Guard (uncredited)★ 7.4 1967Night of the Big HeatGodfrey Hanson★ 5.3 2015Extraordinary TalesNarrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')★ 6.5 1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorNarrator (voice) / Self★ 7.3 1965The Face of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man Chu★ 6.2 1973Poor DevilLucifer★ 5.9 1960The City of the DeadProf. Alan Driscoll★ 6.5 1960Beat GirlKenny King★ 5.9 1955The Cockleshell HeroesSubmarine Commander Alan Grieves★ 5.9 1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsFranklyn Marsh★ 6.5 1981The SalamanderPrince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence★ 5.5 1976To the Devil a DaughterFather Michael★ 5.5 2003The Making of 'The Two Towers'—★ 8.8 1970Count DraculaDracula★ 5.9 1961Hercules in the Haunted WorldKing Lico (Licos)★ 6.6 1968The Devil Rides OutDuc de Richleau★ 6.5 1982Safari 3000Count Borgia★ 5.4 1978CaravansSardar Khan★ 5.6 1968The Face of EveColonel Stuart★ 4.2 1965Ten Little IndiansMr. U.N. Owen (voice)★ 6.3 1971The House That Dripped BloodJohn Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")★ 6.4 2012Everything or NothingSelf★ 7.2 1952Top SecretRussian Agent (uncredited)★ 8.0 1968The Blood of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man Chu★ 4.4 1973The Satanic Rites of DraculaCount Dracula★ 5.6 1976Killer ForceMajor Chilton★ 5.4 1994Funny ManCallum Chance★ 4.8 1960The Two Faces of Dr. JekyllPaul Allen★ 6.1 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignSelf—1976The KeeperThe Keeper★ 4.4 1984The Bengal Lancers!Sir James Hunter★ 1.0 1966The Brides of Fu ManchuFu Manchu★ 5.9 1998JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah★ 6.9 1979Jaguar Lives!Adam Caine★ 4.2 1968Curse of the Crimson AltarJ.D. Morley★ 5.2 1955That LadyCapitán★ 6.6 1950They Were Not DividedChris Lewis★ 6.4 1966Rasputin: The Mad MonkGrigori Rasputin★ 5.8 1973Dark PlacesDr. Ian Mandeville★ 5.5 1969The Magic ChristianShip's Vampire★ 5.8 1966Circus of FearGregor★ 5.5 1948Scott of the AntarcticBernard Day★ 7.2 1983House of the Long ShadowsCorrigan★ 6.4 1982Massarati and the BrainVictor Leopold★ 5.7 1970One More TimeDracula★ 5.0 2002The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'Self★ 8.8 1973The Creeping FleshJames Hildern★ 5.9 1963The Whip and the BodyKurt Menliff★ 6.4 1957ManuelaVoice (voice)★ 6.3 1978Circle of IronZetan★ 5.6 1992Double VisionMr. Bernard★ 5.1 1967The Torture Chamber of Dr. SadismCount Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai★ 6.4 2007Beloved CountSelf—2001Quest for the RingSelf★ 5.7 1960The Hands of OrlacNero the magician★ 4.4 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the RingSelf★ 6.6 1956Port AfriqueFranz Vermes★ 5.9 1989For Better or for WorseLazos★ 5.2 1977End of the WorldFather Pergado / Zindar★ 3.8 1969The Castle of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man Chu★ 3.7 1991Journey of HonorKing Philip★ 5.1 2004The Story of Star WarsCount Dooku (archive footage)★ 7.2 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-EarthSelf★ 7.0 1949Trottie TrueHon. Bongo Icklesham★ 7.0 1969The Oblong BoxDr. J. Neuhartt★ 5.7 1990The MiserCardinale Spinosi★ 6.3 2011The Wicker TreeOld Man★ 4.0 1957Ill Met by MoonlightGerman officer at The Dentist's office★ 6.3 2013Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC ComicsNarrator★ 6.8 1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)★ 10.0 1955The Dark AvengerFrench Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)★ 6.4 1976AlbinoBill★ 4.0 2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersSelf (archive footage)★ 8.2 1956Private's ProgressMajor Schultz★ 6.6 2001R2-D2: Beneath the DomeSelf★ 6.7 1957Bitter VictorySgt. Barney★ 6.3 1979The Horror Show(archive footage)★ 3.8 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the KingSelf★ 8.1 1972Vampir CuadecucSelf★ 6.2 1987CasanovaBranicki★ 4.1 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceCount Ottokar Graf Czernin★ 5.2 1967The Vengeance of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Manchu★ 6.4 1955Storm Over the NileKaraga Pasha★ 6.3 1989Murder StoryWillard Hope★ 5.0 2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeSelf / Various (Archive)★ 7.6 1961The Terror of the TongsChung King★ 5.7 1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading LadySherlock Holmes★ 5.4 1972UmbracleThe Man★ 6.0 1998The MummySelf - Host—2012Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and TerrorSelf★ 7.5 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'Self★ 6.5 2002From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'Self / Count Dooku★ 6.8 1967Five Golden DragonsDragon #4★ 5.2 1977Starship InvasionsCaptain Rameses★ 3.3 1954The AwakeningFactory proprietor (uncredited)★ 6.5 1956Beyond MombasaGil Rossi★ 6.8 1994The Rainbow ThiefUncle Rudolf★ 5.3 1948Saraband for Dead LoversHerzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel★ 6.6 1976Dracula and SonLe prince des Ténèbres★ 5.8 1979Captain America II: Death Too SoonMiguel★ 3.8 1964Crypt of the VampireCount Ludwig Karnstein★ 4.9 1959The Man Who Could Cheat DeathDr. Pierre Gerrard★ 5.8 1980Once Upon a SpyMarcus Valorium★ 5.2 1997Soul MusicDeath (voice)★ 6.8 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelf★ 7.1 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptSelf—2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1Death (synchro)—1958Corridors of BloodResurrection Joe★ 6.2 1964The Castle of the Living DeadCount Drago★ 6.1 1983The Return of Captain InvincibleMr. Midnight★ 6.1 1957The Truth About WomenFrancois Thiers★ 6.3 1960Too Hot to HandleNovak★ 4.7 1963Horror CastleErich★ 5.7 1961The Devil's DaffodilLing Chu★ 5.8 1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversKing Vladimir V★ 6.5 1970Scream and Scream AgainFremont★ 5.3 1964The Devil-Ship PiratesCaptain Robeles★ 5.8 1962The Devil's AgentBaron Ferdi von Staub★ 6.7 1962The Pirates of Blood RiverCaptain LaRoche★ 6.2 2014Face of UnitySelf—1994A Feast at MidnightV. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow★ 6.2 1958Battle of the V-1Brunner★ 5.2 1992Cyber EdenCedric★ 5.3 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the CastSelf—2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond CarsSelf★ 6.2 1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsSherlock Holmes★ 5.1 1996Vem Var DraculaSelf—1948Corridor of MirrorsCharles★ 6.0 1996A Century of Science FictionNarrator (voice)★ 6.9 1964Horror!!!Self★ 1.0 1985Mask of MurderChief Supt. Jonathan Rich★ 3.4 1955Contraband SpainNarrador (voz)★ 6.3 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2Death (synchro)—1958A Tale of Two CitiesMarquis St. Evremonde★ 6.8 1957The TraitorDoctor Neumann★ 7.6 2007Hollywood ChineseSelf—2005Pope John Paul II——1950Prelude to FameNewsman★ 6.8 1955Police DogJohnny, a constable★ 6.7 1957Fortune Is a WomanCharles Highbury★ 6.8 1955Cross-RoadsHarry Cooper★ 7.4 1962The Secret of the Red OrchidCapt. Allerman★ 5.8 1989Night of the EaglesWalter Strauss★ 3.9 1974Diagnosis: MurderDr. Stephen Hayward★ 6.1 1962Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly NecklaceSherlock Holmes★ 5.5 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Self (archive footage)★ 6.0 2005The Adventures of Greyfriars BobbyThe Lord Provost★ 5.6 1973Nothing But the NightCol. Charles Bingham★ 6.2 1992Beauty and the BeastMonsieur Renard (voice)★ 4.0 2013The Trail of DraculaSelf (Archival Footage)★ 10.0 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryPrince Philip★ 4.0 1986JocksPresident White★ 4.3 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage)★ 9.0 1959Uncle Was a VampireBaron Roderico da Frankurten★ 5.7 1948Penny and the Pownall CaseJonathan Blair★ 6.1 1963Challenge the DevilMephistoles★ 3.4 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodSelf★ 6.4 1948One Night with YouPirelli's Assistant★ 7.3 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earthSelf—2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol FlynnNarrator (voice)★ 9.0 1967Theatre of DeathPhilippe Darvas★ 6.1 1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan RossSelf★ 4.7 1951Valley of the EaglesDet. Holt★ 6.2 1952Babes in BagdadSlave Dealer★ 5.8 2024Children of the Wicker ManSelf (archive footage)—2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'Self★ 6.0 1984The Rosebud Beach HotelKing★ 4.5 1959The Treasure of San TeresaJaeger★ 6.4 2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)★ 6.0 1955Alias John PrestonJohn Preston★ 5.8 1991Halloween Monster BashProfessor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)—2001The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle AlcatrazNarrator★ 6.0 1977Meatcleaver MassacreOn-Screen Narrator★ 4.3 1977Playboy's Playmate Party——1987Creepy ClassicsFranklyn Marsh - (archive footage)★ 6.4 1991Fear in the DarkNarrator★ 9.0 1988Dark Mission: Flowers of EvilLuis Morel★ 3.6 1981Evil Stalks This HouseHost★ 5.7 1990The Care of TimeKarlis Zander★ 4.8 1939Eugen Weidmann Execution FilmHimself—1955Moby Dick—RehearsedA Stage Manager /Flask★ 7.0 1980Desperate MovesDr. Carl Boxer★ 4.5 2000The Many Faces of DraculaNarrator★ 3.5 2012Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988Narrator★ 7.0 1952Paul Temple ReturnsSir Felix Raybourne★ 6.1 2000Ian Fleming: 007's CreatorSelf★ 7.3 2000Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'—★ 7.3 2013The Girl from NagasakiOld Officer Pinkerton★ 5.6 2001The Wicker Man EnigmaHimself★ 6.2 2008Fanex Files: Hammer FilmsSelf★ 7.0 2001Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man—★ 7.8 1988Olympus Force: The KeyFilly★ 2.5 1975The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanSatanus / Van Krig★ 5.0 1986The DisputationKing James of Aragon★ 5.5 1996Welcome to the DiscworldDeath★ 6.4 1986Un métier de seigneurFog★ 10.0 1953Innocents in ParisLieutenant Whitlock★ 5.2 1991Curse III: Blood SacrificeDr. Pearson★ 4.4 2015Angels in Notting HillThe Boss / Mr. President (voice)★ 5.5 2003Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby DickSelf - Narrator (voice)★ 8.0 1996In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes——2023The Wicker Man at 50Lord Summerisle—2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of DarknessDracula (archive footage)★ 8.0 2012The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features—★ 10.0 1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a SwashbucklerNarrator—1996The Man Who Ruined the British Film IndustrySelf★ 3.3 2002To the Devil... The Death of Hammer—★ 9.0 2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveSelf—2023Faces of Death(archive footage)—1969Quelle horreur mon saigneur DraculaSelf—1998Ex-S: The Wicker ManSelf★ 8.0 1991Ghosts: A Journey Into the ParanormalSelf - Narrator—1977The Occult: Mysteries Of The SupernaturalNarrator—2012The Fall of the House Of UsherThe Narrator★ 7.9 2017Drácula BarcelonaHimself★ 5.8 2007Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted LandsSelf★ 6.5 1982The Rank Charm SchoolSelf—2003Drácula en la HammerChristopher Lee—1998100 Years of HorrorPresenter★ 5.0 1975In Search of DraculaSelf – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula★ 7.3 1985The Many Faces of Sherlock HolmesHimself - Presenter★ 8.5 1998Dare To Dream: The Making of JinnahSelf★ 7.0 1948A Song for TomorrowAuguste★ 6.3 2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of HorrorSelf★ 10.0 1954The Mirror and MarkheimVisitant—2008The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original PoemNarrator (voice)★ 7.5 2020Peter Cushing: In His Own WordsHimself★ 7.5 1985The Best of All Time Horror Classics——2024Constel·lació Portabella(archive footage)—1996The Many Faces of Christopher Lee—★ 8.1

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