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
Acting

2005
asDr. Wonka

2001
asSaruman

2002
asSaruman

1990
asDoctor Catheter

1982
asKing Haggard (voice)

1974
asFrancisco Scaramanga

1960
asPaul Allen

1977
asFather Pergado / Zindar

1957
asThe Creature

2007
asFirst High Councilor

2002
asCount Dooku

2005
asCount Dooku

1965
asDr. Fu Man Chu

1969
asDr. Fu Man Chu

1968
asDr. Fu Man Chu

1962
asCapt. Allerman

1999
asBurgomaster

2005
asPastor Galswells (voice)

1968
asFu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)

1989
asSanson

1973
asRochefort

1958
asMarquis St. Evremonde

1993
asGeneral Konstanin Benin

1970
asDracula

1958
asResurrection Joe

1955
asJohn Preston

1966
asFu Manchu

1970
asMycroft Holmes

1979
asCapt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

2011
asCardinal D'Ambroise

1952
asJoseph (attache)

1976
asLe prince des Ténèbres

1959
asSir Henry Baskerville

1971
asBailey

1977
asMartin Wallace

1978
asZetan

1958
asCount Dracula

2010
asJabberwocky (voice)

2008
asCount Dooku (voice)

1972
asCount Dracula

1992
asMonsieur Renard (voice)

1974
asRochefort

1972
asProf. Sir Alexander Saxton

2009
asJoaquín Morales

1967
asCount Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

1990
asBlind Pew

1948
asCharles

1965
asFranklyn Marsh

1963
asKurt Menliff

1970
asDracula

1979
as(archive footage)

1961
asKing Lico (Licos)

1968
asJ.D. Morley

1976
asFather Michael

1994
asNarrator (voice) / Self

1964
asCount Drago

1966
asGrigori Rasputin

1964
asProf. Karl Meister

1994
asUncle Rudolf

1973
asCount Dracula

1961
asChung King

2010
asMr. Mason

1959
asDr. Pierre Gerrard

1964
asCaptain Robeles

1980
asLuckman Skull

1988
asLuis Morel

1973
asCol. Charles Bingham

2009
asOlder Walter Page

1989
asWalter Strauss

1978
asSardar Khan

1998
asMuhammad Ali Jinnah

1970
asDracula

1968
asDracula

1985
asStefan Crosscoe

1987
asKato

1989
asRochefort

2006
asSelf

1973
asJames Hildern

1977
asCaptain Rameses

1981
asMorgan Canfield

1970
asArtemidorus

1970
asFremont

1970
asLord George Jeffreys

1966
asGregor

1965
asSir Matthew Phillips

2009
asMr. Alfred Rhinegold

1978
asVictor Gannon

1962
asSherlock Holmes

1960
asKenny King

1948
asJonathan Blair

2004
asEmerich

2012
asClarney

2011
asMonsieur Labisse

2000
asSelf

1996
asEvil Sender

1973
asLord Summerisle

1979
asLechinski

1961
asDoctor Pierre Gerrard

1955
asSubmarine Commander Alan Grieves

1983
asCorrigan

1966
asCount Dracula

1971
asJohn Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

1965
asBillali

1998
asSir Richard Turkel

1968
asDuc de Richleau

2012
asSaruman the White

1997
asDeath (voice)

1967
asDr. Fu Manchu

1986
asPresident White

1951
asChariot Driver (uncredited)

1957
asSgt. Barney

2011
asAugust

1959
asKharis, the Mummy

1979
asGypsy

2010
asOld Joseph

1960
asNero the magician

1969
asSelf

1971
asDr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake

1979
asCaliph Alquazar

1983
asMr. Midnight

1976
asMajor Chilton

1969
asDr. J. Neuhartt

2005
asThe Lord Provost

1963
asErich

1967
asGodfrey Hanson

1987
asFranklyn Marsh - (archive footage)

1994
asV. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow

1982
asCount Borgia

1955
asFrench Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

1967
asDragon #4

1979
asAdam Caine

1991
asDr. Pearson

1962
asCaptain LaRoche

1992
asSherlock Holmes

2023
as(archive footage)

1970
asDolmance

2011
asOld Man

1994
asCallum Chance

1985
asChief Supt. Jonathan Rich

1980
asMarcus Valorium

1973
asDr. Ian Mandeville

1991
asSherlock Holmes

2014
asSaruman the White

1968
asColonel Stuart

1967
asPhilippe Darvas

1992
asCedric

1972
asSelf

1987
asPeter Storm

1981
asHost

1984
asKing

1951
asDet. Holt

1957
asCharles Highbury

2012
asDracula (archive footage)

1953
asLieutenant Whitlock

2000
asNarrator

2002
as
2012
asSelf

1959
asBaron Roderico da Frankurten

2012
asSelf

1977
asOn-Screen Narrator

2013
asFather Bartholomeu

1972
asThe Man

1955
asCapitán

1952
asSlave Dealer

2012
asThe Narrator

1976
asBill

1952
asRussian Agent (uncredited)

1982
asSelf (archive footage)

1952
asSir Felix Raybourne

1959
asJaeger

1996
as
1979
asMiguel

2003
asSelf

1950
asNewsman

1964
asCount Ludwig Karnstein

2024
asSelf / Various (Archive)

1974
asDr. Stephen Hayward

2007
asSelf

1963
asMephistoles

1982
asSelf

1948
asAuguste

2007
asSelf

2013
asOld Officer Pinkerton

2013
asNarrator

1976
asThe Keeper

1991
asKing Philip

1960
asNovak

1995
asSelf

1961
asLing Chu

1991
asNarrator

1994
asCommandant Rakov

1981
asPrince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

1956
asFranz Vermes

1996
asDeath

1990
asKarlis Zander

2022
asCount Dracula (archive footage)

1962
asBaron Ferdi von Staub

1989
asWillard Hope

2012
as
1951
asSpanish Captain

1996
asSelf

1989
asLazos

1998
asSelf

1980
asDr. Carl Boxer

1956
asMajor Schultz

1952
asGeorges Seurat (uncredited)

2013
asNarrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

1954
asFactory proprietor (uncredited)

2015
asThe Boss / Mr. President (voice)

2002
asFrancisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992
asMr. Bernard

1955
asHarry Cooper

2002
asSelf / Scaramanga

1972
asStratton-Villiers, MI5

1996
asSelf

1948
asPalace Guard (uncredited)

1998
asPresenter

1995
asSelf

1975
asSatanus / Van Krig

2010
asSelf

2014
asSelf

1978
asSamir Al Fay

1956
asGil Rossi
asLord Summerisle
asLord Summerisle

1986
asKing James of Aragon

2012
asNarrator

2004
asSelf

2003
asSelf

2007
asSelf

1948
asPirelli's Assistant

1950
asChris Lewis

1948
asBernard Day

1949
asHon. Bongo Icklesham

1956
asNectenabus (voice)

1957
asFrancois Thiers

1957
asGerman officer at The Dentist's office

1965
asMr. U.N. Owen (voice)

1973
asLucifer

1955
asKaraga Pasha

1957
asVoice (voice)

1970
asDracula

1957
asDoctor Neumann

1969
asShip's Vampire

1956
asManolo

1990
asCardinale Spinosi

1958
asBrunner

1998
asSelf

2004
asCount Dooku (archive footage)

2001
asSelf

2001
asSelf

1977
asNarrator

2007
asNarrator (voice)

2017
asSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

2017
asHimself

2013
asSelf

1982
asVictor Leopold

1984
asKing Vladimir V

1955
asJohnny, a constable

2002
asSelf / Count Dooku

1985
asHimself - Presenter

1999
asCount Ottokar Graf Czernin

2015
as
1988
as
2001
as
1996
asNarrator (voice)

2008
asNarrator (voice)

2001
asSelf

1983
asMr. Kellar

1975
asSelf – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula

1987
asSelf

2000
asSelf

1984
asSir James Hunter

2003
asChristopher Lee

2020
asHimself

1960
asProf. Alan Driscoll

2012
asSelf

1953
asFather

2001
asHimself

1982
asPrince Philip

2000
as
2001
asSelf

2012
asSelf

1998
asSelf - Host

2012
as
1955
asNarrador (voz)

2010
as(archive footage)

2007
asSelf

2002
asSelf

1996
as
2007
asSelf

2008
asSelf

1983
asNarrator

2002
asSelf

1986
asFog

2007
asSelf (archive footage)

1954
asVisitant

1964
asSelf

2003
asNarrator

2001
asNarrator

2007
asNarrator

2024
asSelf (archive footage)

2024
asSaruman (voice)

2024
asSelf (archive footage)

1985
as
1948
asHerzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel

1962
asKharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
as
2014
asSelf

1978
asSelf

1955
asA Stage Manager /Flask
asScott James
asCount Ottokar Graf Czerin
asDale Woodman
asDeath
asSir Otto from the Rhine
asLord Bathurst
asFlay
asWilhelm Reitlinger
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asAzaret
asArnaud
asLouis (uncredited)
asPrince Erik
asJeanpierre
asStuart
as
asDeath (voice)
asCaptain Zandor
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asJohn McKenzie
asNarrator
asTiresias
asKardinal Stefan Wyszyński
asKing Vladimir V
asRao-Sahib
asRameses I
asLucas de Beaumanoir
asNarrator
asSelf
asSelf
asThe Visitant
asCompte de Merret
asMaurice Gabet
asGeneral Hamelin
asSelf
asSelf
asPharaoh
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asProfessor Stone
asKarl Jorla
asColonel Mannering
asself
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asSelf
asThe Grand Duke
asYusif Carnot
asHimself
asDeath (voice)
asSanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")
Production

1973
asCrew
Directing