Christopher Lee
261 movies · 36 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1922
- Died
- Jun 7, 2015 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Christopher Frank Carandini Lee · Sir Christopher Frank Carandini 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.4 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Film
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★ 8.4 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Film
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★ 7.4 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Film
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★ 7.0 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · Film
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★ 7.3 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Film
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★ 7.5 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Film
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★ 6.6 Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Film
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★ 6.6 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Film
Christopher Lee: movies and TV shows
Acting (297)
- 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Saruman (voice)
- 2024 Constel·lació Portabella
as (archive footage)
- 2023 The Wicker Man at 50
as Lord Summerisle
- 2023 Faces of Death
as (archive footage)
- 2023 Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Lord Summerisle
- 2015 Angels in Notting Hill
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
- 2015 Extraordinary Tales
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
- 2015 Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
- 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Saruman the White
- 2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2013 The Girl from Nagasaki
as Old Officer Pinkerton
- 2013 Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
as Narrator
- 2013
- 2013 Night Train to Lisbon
as Father Bartholomeu
- 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Saruman the White
- 2012 The Fall of the House Of Usher
as The Narrator
- 2012
- 2012
- 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
- 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 Burke & Hare
as Old Joseph
- 2010 Boogie Woogie
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
- 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
- 2008 The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Count Dooku (voice)
- 2008
- 2008 The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
as Death (synchro)
- 2008 The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
as Death (synchro)
- 2007 The Golden Compass
as First High Councilor
- 2007 Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
as Narrator
- 2005
- 2005
- 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 The Story of Star Wars
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
- 2004 Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
as Emerich
- 2003 Drácula en la Hammer
as Christopher Lee
- 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Saruman
- 2002
- 2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Count Dooku
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
as Narrator
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 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 Jinnah
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1998 Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
as Sir Richard Turkel
- 1998 100 Years of Horror
as Presenter
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Soul Music
as Death (voice)
- 1997
- 1996 Welcome to the Discworld
as Death
- 1996 The Stupids
as Evil Sender
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 A Century of Science Fiction
as Narrator (voice)
- 1995
- 1994 A Feast at Midnight
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
- 1994 Funny Man
as Callum Chance
- 1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Commandant Rakov
- 1994 The Rainbow Thief
as Uncle Rudolf
- 1993
- 1993 Death Train
as General Konstanin Benin
- 1992 Cyber Eden
as Cedric
- 1992 Double Vision
as Mr. Bernard
- 1992 Innocent Blood
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- 1992
- 1992 Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1992 Beauty and the Beast
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
- 1992 Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
- 1991 Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1991 Fear in the Dark
as Narrator
- 1991 Halloween Monster Bash
as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
- 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 Treasure Island
as Blind Pew
- 1990 The Miser
as Cardinale Spinosi
- 1989 For Better or for Worse
as Lazos
- 1989
- 1989 Murder Story
as Willard Hope
- 1989 Night of the Eagles
as Walter Strauss
- 1989 The French Revolution
as Sanson
- 1989
- 1989 The Return of the Musketeers
as Rochefort
- 1988 Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
as Luis Morel
- 1988 Olympus Force: The Key
as Filly
- 1987 Creepy Classics
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
- 1987 Mio in the Land of Faraway
as Kato
- 1987 The Girl
as Peter Storm
- 1987 Casanova
as Branicki
- 1986 The Disputation
as King James of Aragon
- 1986
- 1986 Jocks
as President White
- 1986
- 1985 Mask of Murder
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
- 1985 Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
as Stefan Crosscoe
- 1985
- 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
- 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 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Prince Philip
- 1982
- 1982 Massarati and the Brain
as Victor Leopold
- 1982 Safari 3000
as Count Borgia
- 1981
- 1981 An Eye for an Eye
as Morgan Canfield
- 1981 The Salamander
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
- 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 Caravans
as Sardar Khan
- 1978 Circle of Iron
as Zetan
- 1978 Return from Witch Mountain
as Victor Gannon
- 1977
- 1977 Starship Invasions
as Captain Rameses
- 1977 The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
as Narrator
- 1977
- 1977 End of the World
as Father Pergado / Zindar
- 1977 Airport '77
as Martin Wallace
- 1977 Meatcleaver Massacre
as On-Screen Narrator
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Dracula and Son
as Le prince des Ténèbres
- 1976 Albino
as Bill
- 1976 To the Devil a Daughter
as Father Michael
- 1976 Killer Force
as Major Chilton
- 1976 The Keeper
as The Keeper
- 1975
- 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
- 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 Umbracle
as The Man
- 1971 Hannie Caulder
as Bailey
- 1971 I, Monster
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
- 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 One More Time
as Dracula
- 1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula
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
- 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 The Face of Eve
as Colonel Stuart
- 1968 The Movie Orgy
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
+ 97 more credits
Behind the camera (1)
- 1973 Nothing But the Night
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (88)
- Upcoming Science Fiction Film Awards
1 episode
- 2025 Tim Burton: Life in the Line
4 episodes
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- 2022
- 2020
- 2019
- 2017
- 2017
- 2014
- 2014
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- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2010
- 2008
- 2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show
1 episode
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Semperopernball
1 episode
- 2006
- 2004
- 2004 Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Aeschbacher
1 episode
- 2000
- 2000
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998
- 1996 100 Years of Horror
26 episodes
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994 The World of Hammer
8 episodes
- 1994
- 1994 Brisant
1 episode
- 1991
- 1990 Stern TV
1 episode
- 1988 Nase vorn
1 episode
- 1987 Seitenblicke
1 episode
- 1987
- 1986 Wedden, dat..?
1 episode
- 1985
- 1985
- 1982
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
2 episodes
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 Wetten, dass..?
1 episode
- 1978
- 1977 Auf los geht's los
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1975
- 1972
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1971 Theatre Macabre
24 episodes
- 1970 Treffpunkte
1 episode
- 1969
- 1964
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
2 episodes
- 1959 Stars in der Manege
1 episode
- 1939