Christopher Lee

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 27, 1922 (93 years old)
Died
June 7, 2015
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Popular Genres
Adventure Action Fantasy
Career Span
– 2024

Christopher Lee

15 wins
1055 nominations
15 Oscars
311 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.

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Personal Info

Born
May 27, 1922
From
Westminster, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
– 2024

Known For

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Count Dooku
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
as Saruman (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Saruman
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Saruman the White
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Saruman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
as Dr. Wonka
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride
2005
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Saruman the White
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Jabberwocky (voice)
The City of the Dead
The City of the Dead
1960
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Count Dooku
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Doctor Catheter

Frequent Collaborators

Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Dominic Monaghan
Dominic Monaghan
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Katie Jackson
Katie Jackson
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Jed Brophy
Jed Brophy
3 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Marton Csokas
Marton Csokas
2 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
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Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto
2 shared projects
in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
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Award Recognition

15
Wins
1055
Nominations
15
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2024

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Saruman (voice) Award
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee as Self / Various (Archive)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Wicker Man as Self (archive footage)

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

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona as Himself

2015

Fifty Shades of Erotica
Angels in Notting Hill as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)

2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Saruman the White Award
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective as Self
Face of Unity as Self

2013

Night Train to Lisbon as Father Bartholomeu
Extraordinary Tales as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics as Narrator
The Girl from Nagasaki as Old Officer Pinkerton
The Trail of Dracula as Self

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Saruman the White Award
Dark Shadows as Clarney Award
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
Everything or Nothing as Self
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Dracula (archive footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
The Fall of the House Of Usher as The Narrator
Dracula vs. Vampir
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror as Self
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 as Narrator

2011

Hugo as Monsieur Labisse Award
The Resident as August
Season of the Witch as Cardinal D'Ambroise
The Wicker Tree as Old Man

2010

Alice in Wonderland as Jabberwocky (voice) Award
Burke & Hare as Old Joseph
Halloween: The Inside Story as (archive footage)
The Heavy as Mr. Mason
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror as Self

2009

Boogie Woogie as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Glorious 39 as Older Walter Page
Triage as Joaquín Morales

2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Count Dooku (voice) Award
Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem as Narrator (voice)

2007

The Golden Compass as First High Councilor Award
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Chinese as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
Ein Leben wie im Flug as Self
Beloved Count as Self
Bloody Jess as Self
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands as Self
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets as Narrator

2006

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self

2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Count Dooku Award
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Dr. Wonka Award
Corpse Bride as Pastor Galswells (voice) Award
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as The Lord Provost

2004

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Emerich
The Story of Star Wars as Count Dooku (archive footage)
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self

2003

The Making of The Two Towers
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
Drácula en la Hammer as Christopher Lee
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick as Narrator

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman Award
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Count Dooku Award
Best Ever Bond as Self / Scaramanga
Bond Girls Are Forever as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Count Dooku
Perversion Stories as Self

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman Award
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' as Self
Quest for the Ring as Self
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz as Narrator

2000

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
The Many Faces of Dracula as Narrator
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator as Self

1999

Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster Award
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin

1998

Jinnah as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Tale of the Mummy as Sir Richard Turkel
Ex-S: The Wicker Man as Self
The Mummy as Self - Host
100 Years of Horror as Presenter
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah as Self

1997

Soul Music as Death (voice)

1996

The Stupids as Evil Sender
A Century of Science Fiction as Narrator (voice)
Vem Var Dracula as Self
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry as Self
Welcome to the Discworld as Death

1995

Moses as Pharaoh
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James as Self
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self

1994

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Rakov
A Feast at Midnight as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Funny Man as Callum Chance
The Rainbow Thief as Uncle Rudolf
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self

1993

Death Train as General Konstanin Benin

1992

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls as Sherlock Holmes
Double Vision as Mr. Bernard
Cyber Eden as Cedric
Beauty and the Beast as Monsieur Renard (voice)

1991

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sherlock Holmes
Journey of Honor as King Philip
Fear in the Dark as Narrator
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice as Dr. Pearson

1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Doctor Catheter Award
Treasure Island as Blind Pew
The Care of Time as Karlis Zander
The Miser as Cardinale Spinosi

1989

The French Revolution as Sanson
The Return of the Musketeers as Rochefort
Honeymoon Academy as Lazos
Murder Story as Willard Hope
Night of the Eagles as Walter Strauss

1988

Olympus Force: The Key
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil as Luis Morel

1987

Creepy Classics as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Mio in the Land of Faraway as Kato
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self
The Girl as Peter Storm

1986

Jocks as President White
The Disputation as King James of Aragon
Un métier de seigneur as Fog

1985

Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch as Stefan Crosscoe
Mask of Murder as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Himself - Presenter

1984

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers as King Vladimir V
The Rosebud Beach Hotel as King
The Bengal Lancers! as Sir James Hunter

1983

House of the Long Shadows as Corrigan
The Return of Captain Invincible as Mr. Midnight
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Narrator
New Magic as Mr. Kellar

1982

The Last Unicorn as King Haggard (voice)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Prince Philip
Safari 3000 as Count Borgia
Massarati and the Brain as Victor Leopold
The Rank Charm School as Self

1981

An Eye for an Eye as Morgan Canfield
The Salamander as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Evil Stalks This House as Host

1980

Serial as Luckman Skull
Once Upon a Spy as Marcus Valorium
Desperate Moves as Dr. Carl Boxer

1979

Bear Island as Lechinski
Captain America II: Death Too Soon as Miguel
The Passage as Gypsy
Arabian Adventure as Caliph Alquazar
The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1941 as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Jaguar Lives! as Adam Caine

1978

Mickey's 50 as Self
Return from Witch Mountain as Victor Gannon
The Pirate as Samir Al Fay
Circle of Iron as Zetan
Caravans as Sardar Khan

1977

Airport '77 as Martin Wallace
End of the World as Father Pergado / Zindar
Starship Invasions as Captain Rameses
Meatcleaver Massacre as On-Screen Narrator
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural as Narrator

1976

To the Devil a Daughter as Father Michael
Death in the Sun as Bill
Killer Force as Major Chilton
The Keeper as The Keeper
Dracula and Son as Le prince des Ténèbres

1975

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan as Satanus / Van Krig
In Search of Dracula as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula

1974

The Man with the Golden Gun as Francisco Scaramanga Award
The Four Musketeers as Rochefort
Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Stephen Hayward

1973

The Three Musketeers as Rochefort Award
The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Count Dracula
The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle
Poor Devil as Lucifer
The Creeping Flesh as James Hildern
Nothing But the Night as Col. Charles Bingham
Dark Places as Dr. Ian Mandeville

1972

Death Line as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Horror Express as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Dracula A.D. 1972 as Count Dracula
Vampir Cuadecuc as Self
Umbracle as The Man

1971

The House That Dripped Blood as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Hannie Caulder as Bailey
I, Monster as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake

1970

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
Taste the Blood of Dracula as Dracula
Scars of Dracula as Dracula
Julius Caesar as Artemidorus
Scream and Scream Again as Fremont
Eugenie as Dolmance
One More Time as Dracula
Count Dracula as Dracula
The Bloody Judge as Lord George Jeffreys

1969

The Oblong Box as Dr. J. Neuhartt
The Castle of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Magic Christian as Ship's Vampire
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula as Self

1968

The Movie Orgy as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave as Dracula
The Devil Rides Out as Duc de Richleau
Curse of the Crimson Altar as J.D. Morley
The Blood of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Eve as Colonel Stuart

1967

Theatre of Death as Philippe Darvas
Night of the Big Heat as Godfrey Hanson
Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #4
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

1966

Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Grigori Rasputin
The Brides of Fu Manchu as Fu Manchu
Circus of Fear as Gregor
Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Count Dracula

1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Franklyn Marsh
She as Billali
The Skull as Sir Matthew Phillips
The Face of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Ten Little Indians as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)

1964

The Gorgon as Prof. Karl Meister
The Devil-Ship Pirates as Captain Robeles
The Castle of the Living Dead as Count Drago
Crypt of the Vampire as Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!! as Self

1963

The Whip and the Body as Kurt Menliff
Horror Castle as Erich
Challenge the Devil as Mephistoles

1962

Lolita as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited) Award
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace as Sherlock Holmes
The Pirates of Blood River as Captain LaRoche
Secret of the Red Orchid as Capt. Allerman
The Devil's Agent as Baron Ferdi von Staub

1961

Hercules in the Haunted World as King Lico (Licos)
Taste of Fear as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The Terror of the Tongs as Chung King
The Devil's Daffodil as Ling Chu

1960

The City of the Dead as Prof. Alan Driscoll Award
Beat Girl as Kenny King
Too Hot to Handle as Novak
The Hands of Orlac as Nero the magician
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Paul Allen

1959

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville
The Man Who Could Cheat Death as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Mummy as Kharis, the Mummy
Uncle Was a Vampire as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Treasure of San Teresa as Jaeger

1958

Dracula as Count Dracula
Corridors of Blood as Resurrection Joe
A Tale of Two Cities as Marquis St. Evremonde
Battle of the V-1 as Brunner

1957

The Curse of Frankenstein as The Creature
Ill Met by Moonlight as German officer at The Dentist's office
Bitter Victory as Sgt. Barney
The Traitor as Doctor Neumann
The Truth About Women as Francois Thiers
Fortune Is a Woman as Charles Highbury
Manuela as Voice (voice)

1956

Alexander the Great as Nectenabus (voice)
The Battle of the River Plate as Manolo
Private's Progress as Major Schultz
Beyond Mombasa as Gil Rossi
Port Afrique as Franz Vermes

1955

Storm Over the Nile as Karaga Pasha
The Dark Avenger as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
The Cockleshell Heroes as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
That Lady as Capitán
Contraband Spain as Narrador (voz)
Alias John Preston as John Preston
Police Dog as Johnny, a constable
Cross-Roads as Harry Cooper

1954

The Mirror and Markheim as Visitant
The Awakening as Factory proprietor (uncredited)

1953

Innocents in Paris as Lieutenant Whitlock
The Top and the Ball as Father

1952

Moulin Rouge as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Top Secret as Russian Agent (uncredited)
The Crimson Pirate as Joseph (attache)
Paul Temple Returns as Sir Felix Raybourne
Babes in Bagdad as Slave Dealer

1951

Quo Vadis as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Spanish Captain
Valley of the Eagles as Det. Holt

1950

They Were Not Divided as Chris Lewis
Prelude to Fame as Newsman

1949

Trottie True as Hon. Bongo Icklesham

1948

Scott of the Antarctic as Bernard Day
Hamlet as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Corridor of Mirrors as Charles
Saraband for Dead Lovers as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Penny and the Pownall Case as Jonathan Blair
One Night with You as Pirelli's Assistant
A Song for Tomorrow as Auguste

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending as Lord Summerisle
The Wicker Man At 50 as Lord Summerisle

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Alice in Wonderland
The City of the Dead

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