Birthday: May 27, 1922
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, UK

Christopher Lee

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.

Filmography

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

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