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Date of birth
May 27, 1922
Date of death
Jun 7, 2015(aged 93)
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Christopher Lee

Biography of 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.

Christopher Lee has acted in:

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim(2024) ... as Saruman (voice)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters(2024) ... as Self (archive footage)
Constel·lació Portabella(2024) ... as (archive footage)
Children of the Wicker Man(2024) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee(2024) ... as Self / Various (Archive)
The Wicker Man at 50(2023) ... as Lord Summerisle
Faces of Death(2023) ... as (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words(2020) ... as Himself
Drácula Barcelona(2017) ... as Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions(2017) ... as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Angels in Notting Hill(2015) ... as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Extraordinary Tales(2015) ... as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Fifty Shades of Erotica(2015) ... as (archive footage)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies(2014) ... as Saruman the White
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(2014) ... as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective(2014) ... as Self
Face of Unity(2014) ... as Self
The Trail of Dracula(2013) ... as Self (Archival Footage)
The Girl from Nagasaki(2013) ... as Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics(2013) ... as Narrator
The Gillian Hills Trilogy(2013)
Night Train to Lisbon(2013) ... as Father Bartholomeu
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror(2012) ... as Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey(2012) ... as Saruman the White
The Fall of the House Of Usher(2012) ... as The Narrator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars(2012) ... as Self
Dracula vs. Vampir(2012)
Everything or Nothing(2012) ... as Self
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features(2012)
Dark Shadows(2012) ... as Clarney
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness(2012) ... as Dracula (archive footage)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988(2012) ... as Narrator
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'(2012) ... as Self
Hugo(2011) ... as Monsieur Labisse
The Wicker Tree(2011) ... as Old Man
The Resident(2011) ... as August
Season of the Witch(2011) ... as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror(2010) ... as Self
Burke & Hare(2010) ... as Old Joseph
Boogie Woogie(2010) ... as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
The Heavy(2010) ... as Mr. Mason
Alice in Wonderland(2010) ... as Jabberwocky (voice)
Glorious 39(2009) ... as Older Walter Page
Triage(2009) ... as Joaquín Morales
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem(2008) ... as Narrator (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2008) ... as Count Dooku (voice)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films(2008) ... as Self
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1(2008) ... as Death (synchro)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2(2008) ... as Death (synchro)
The Golden Compass(2007) ... as First High Councilor
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn(2007) ... as Narrator (voice)
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets(2007) ... as Narrator
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands(2007) ... as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman(2007) ... as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Chinese(2007) ... as Self
Ein Leben wie im Flug(2007) ... as Self
Beloved Count(2007) ... as Self
Bloody Jess(2007) ... as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills(2006) ... as Self
Pope John Paul II(2005)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby(2005) ... as The Lord Provost
Corpse Bride(2005) ... as Pastor Galswells (voice)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005) ... as Dr. Wonka
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith(2005) ... as Count Dooku
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'(2004) ... as Self
The Story of Star Wars(2004) ... as Count Dooku (archive footage)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse(2004) ... as Emerich
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King(2003) ... as Self
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth(2003) ... as Self
Drácula en la Hammer(2003) ... as Christopher Lee
The Making of 'The Two Towers'(2003)
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick(2003) ... as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002) ... as Saruman
Best Ever Bond(2002) ... as Self / Scaramanga
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'(2002) ... as Self / Count Dooku
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script(2002) ... as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design(2002) ... as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast(2002) ... as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth(2002) ... as Self
Perversion Stories(2002) ... as Self
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer(2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones(2002) ... as Count Dooku
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'(2002) ... as Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man(2001)
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) ... as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) ... as Saruman
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'(2001) ... as Self
Quest for the Ring(2001) ... as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome(2001) ... as Self
The Wicker Man Enigma(2001) ... as Himself
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz(2001) ... as Narrator
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend(2000) ... as Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'(2000)
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator(2000) ... as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula(2000) ... as Narrator
Sleepy Hollow(1999) ... as Burgomaster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service(1999) ... as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Ex-S: The Wicker Man(1998) ... as Self
Jinnah(1998) ... as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah(1998) ... as Self
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy(1998) ... as Sir Richard Turkel
100 Years of Horror(1998) ... as Presenter
The Mummy(1998) ... as Self - Host
Soul Music(1997) ... as Death (voice)
Welcome to the Discworld(1996) ... as Death
Vem Var Dracula(1996) ... as Self
The Stupids(1996) ... as Evil Sender
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes(1996)
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry(1996) ... as Self
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee(1996)
A Century of Science Fiction(1996) ... as Narrator (voice)
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James(1995) ... as Self
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross(1995) ... as Self
A Feast at Midnight(1994) ... as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror(1994) ... as Narrator (voice) / Self
Funny Man(1994) ... as Callum Chance
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow(1994) ... as Commandant Rakov
The Rainbow Thief(1994) ... as Uncle Rudolf
Death Train(1993) ... as General Konstanin Benin
Cyber Eden(1992) ... as Cedric
Double Vision(1992) ... as Mr. Bernard
Innocent Blood(1992) ... as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls(1992) ... as Sherlock Holmes
Beauty and the Beast(1992) ... as Monsieur Renard (voice)
Dracula in the Movies(1992) ... as (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady(1991) ... as Sherlock Holmes
Fear in the Dark(1991) ... as Narrator
Halloween Monster Bash(1991) ... as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice(1991) ... as Dr. Pearson
Journey of Honor(1991) ... as King Philip
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal(1991) ... as Self - Narrator
The Care of Time(1990) ... as Karlis Zander
Gremlins 2: The New Batch(1990) ... as Doctor Catheter
Treasure Island(1990) ... as Blind Pew
The Miser(1990) ... as Cardinale Spinosi
For Better or for Worse(1989) ... as Lazos
Murder Story(1989) ... as Willard Hope
Night of the Eagles(1989) ... as Walter Strauss
The French Revolution(1989) ... as Sanson
The Return of the Musketeers(1989) ... as Rochefort
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil(1988) ... as Luis Morel
Olympus Force: The Key(1988) ... as Filly
Creepy Classics(1987) ... as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Mio in the Land of Faraway(1987) ... as Kato
The Girl(1987) ... as Peter Storm
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood(1987) ... as Self
Casanova(1987) ... as Branicki
The Disputation(1986) ... as King James of Aragon
Un métier de seigneur(1986) ... as Fog
Jocks(1986) ... as President White
Mask of Murder(1985) ... as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch(1985) ... as Stefan Crosscoe
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes(1985) ... as Himself - Presenter
The Best of All Time Horror Classics(1985)
The Rosebud Beach Hotel(1984) ... as King
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers(1984) ... as King Vladimir V
The Bengal Lancers!(1984) ... as Sir James Hunter
House of the Long Shadows(1983) ... as Corrigan
The Return of Captain Invincible(1983) ... as Mr. Midnight
New Magic(1983) ... as Mr. Kellar
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler(1983) ... as Narrator
The Last Unicorn(1982) ... as King Haggard (voice)
The Rank Charm School(1982) ... as Self
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story(1982) ... as Prince Philip
Massarati and the Brain(1982) ... as Victor Leopold
Safari 3000(1982) ... as Count Borgia
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!(1982) ... as Self (archive footage)
An Eye for an Eye(1981) ... as Morgan Canfield
Evil Stalks This House(1981) ... as Host
The Salamander(1981) ... as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Once Upon a Spy(1980) ... as Marcus Valorium
Serial(1980) ... as Luckman Skull
Desperate Moves(1980) ... as Dr. Carl Boxer
1941(1979) ... as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Bear Island(1979) ... as Lechinski
Captain America II: Death Too Soon(1979) ... as Miguel
Jaguar Lives!(1979) ... as Adam Caine
Arabian Adventure(1979) ... as Caliph Alquazar
The Passage(1979) ... as Gypsy
The Horror Show(1979) ... as (archive footage)
The Pirate(1978) ... as Samir Al Fay
Mickey's 50(1978) ... as Self
Caravans(1978) ... as Sardar Khan
Circle of Iron(1978) ... as Zetan
Return from Witch Mountain(1978) ... as Victor Gannon
Starship Invasions(1977) ... as Captain Rameses
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural(1977) ... as Narrator
Playboy's Playmate Party(1977)
End of the World(1977) ... as Father Pergado / Zindar
Airport '77(1977) ... as Martin Wallace
Meatcleaver Massacre(1977) ... as On-Screen Narrator
Dracula and Son(1976) ... as Le prince des Ténèbres
Albino(1976) ... as Bill
To the Devil a Daughter(1976) ... as Father Michael
Killer Force(1976) ... as Major Chilton
The Keeper(1976) ... as The Keeper
In Search of Dracula(1975) ... as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan(1975) ... as Satanus / Van Krig
The Man with the Golden Gun(1974) ... as Francisco Scaramanga
The Four Musketeers(1974) ... as Rochefort
Diagnosis: Murder(1974) ... as Dr. Stephen Hayward
The Three Musketeers(1973) ... as Rochefort
The Wicker Man(1973) ... as Lord Summerisle
Dark Places(1973) ... as Dr. Ian Mandeville
The Satanic Rites of Dracula(1973) ... as Count Dracula
Nothing But the Night(1973) ... as Col. Charles Bingham
Poor Devil(1973) ... as Lucifer
The Creeping Flesh(1973) ... as James Hildern
Death Line(1972) ... as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Horror Express(1972) ... as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Dracula A.D. 1972(1972) ... as Count Dracula
Vampir Cuadecuc(1972) ... as Self
Umbracle(1972) ... as The Man
Hannie Caulder(1971) ... as Bailey
I, Monster(1971) ... as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
The House That Dripped Blood(1971) ... as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Scars of Dracula(1970) ... as Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes(1970) ... as Mycroft Holmes
Julius Caesar(1970) ... as Artemidorus
One More Time(1970) ... as Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula(1970) ... as Dracula
Count Dracula(1970) ... as Dracula
Eugenie(1970) ... as Dolmance
The Bloody Judge(1970) ... as Lord George Jeffreys
Scream and Scream Again(1970) ... as Fremont
The Magic Christian(1969) ... as Ship's Vampire
The Oblong Box(1969) ... as Dr. J. Neuhartt
The Castle of Fu Manchu(1969) ... as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula(1969) ... as Self
Curse of the Crimson Altar(1968) ... as J.D. Morley
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave(1968) ... as Dracula
The Blood of Fu Manchu(1968) ... as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Devil Rides Out(1968) ... as Duc de Richleau
The Face of Eve(1968) ... as Colonel Stuart
The Movie Orgy(1968) ... as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism(1967) ... as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Five Golden Dragons(1967) ... as Dragon #4
Theatre of Death(1967) ... as Philippe Darvas
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu(1967) ... as Dr. Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat(1967) ... as Godfrey Hanson
The Brides of Fu Manchu(1966) ... as Fu Manchu
Circus of Fear(1966) ... as Gregor
Rasputin: The Mad Monk(1966) ... as Grigori Rasputin
Dracula: Prince of Darkness(1966) ... as Count Dracula
The Skull(1965) ... as Sir Matthew Phillips
The Face of Fu Manchu(1965) ... as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Ten Little Indians(1965) ... as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
She(1965) ... as Billali
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors(1965) ... as Franklyn Marsh
The Gorgon(1964) ... as Prof. Karl Meister
The Castle of the Living Dead(1964) ... as Count Drago
The Devil-Ship Pirates(1964) ... as Captain Robeles
Crypt of the Vampire(1964) ... as Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!!(1964) ... as Self
The Whip and the Body(1963) ... as Kurt Menliff
Horror Castle(1963) ... as Erich
Challenge the Devil(1963) ... as Mephistoles
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace(1962) ... as Sherlock Holmes
The Devil's Agent(1962) ... as Baron Ferdi von Staub
The Pirates of Blood River(1962) ... as Captain LaRoche
The Secret of the Red Orchid(1962) ... as Capt. Allerman
Hercules in the Haunted World(1961) ... as King Lico (Licos)
The Devil's Daffodil(1961) ... as Ling Chu
Taste of Fear(1961) ... as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The Terror of the Tongs(1961) ... as Chung King
The Hands of Orlac(1960) ... as Nero the magician
Too Hot to Handle(1960) ... as Novak
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll(1960) ... as Paul Allen
The City of the Dead(1960) ... as Prof. Alan Driscoll
Beat Girl(1960) ... as Kenny King
Uncle Was a Vampire(1959) ... as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Mummy(1959) ... as Kharis, the Mummy
The Treasure of San Teresa(1959) ... as Jaeger
The Man Who Could Cheat Death(1959) ... as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Hound of the Baskervilles(1959) ... as Sir Henry Baskerville
Corridors of Blood(1958) ... as Resurrection Joe
Dracula(1958) ... as Count Dracula
A Tale of Two Cities(1958) ... as Marquis St. Evremonde
Battle of the V-1(1958) ... as Brunner
The Truth About Women(1957) ... as Francois Thiers
Bitter Victory(1957) ... as Sgt. Barney
Manuela(1957) ... as (voice) (voice)
The Curse of Frankenstein(1957) ... as The Creature
Fortune Is a Woman(1957) ... as Charles Highbury
The Traitor(1957) ... as Doctor Neumann
Ill Met by Moonlight(1957) ... as German officer at The Dentist's office
The Battle of the River Plate(1956) ... as Manolo
Beyond Mombasa(1956) ... as Gil Rossi
Port Afrique(1956) ... as Franz Vermes
Alexander the Great(1956) ... as Nectenabus (voice)
Private's Progress(1956) ... as Major Schultz
Storm Over the Nile(1955) ... as Karaga Pasha
Alias John Preston(1955) ... as John Preston
The Cockleshell Heroes(1955) ... as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Moby Dick—Rehearsed(1955) ... as A Stage Manager /Flask
Police Dog(1955) ... as Johnny, a constable
The Dark Avenger(1955) ... as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Contraband Spain(1955) ... as Narrador (voz)
That Lady(1955) ... as Capitán
Cross-Roads(1955) ... as Harry Cooper
Final Column(1955)
The Awakening(1954) ... as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim(1954) ... as Visitant
Innocents in Paris(1953) ... as Lieutenant Whitlock
The Top and the Ball(1953) ... as Father
Babes in Bagdad(1952) ... as Slave Dealer
Paul Temple Returns(1952) ... as Sir Felix Raybourne
Top Secret(1952) ... as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge(1952) ... as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
The Crimson Pirate(1952) ... as Joseph (attache)
Quo Vadis(1951) ... as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Valley of the Eagles(1951) ... as Det. Holt
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.(1951) ... as Spanish Captain
Prelude to Fame(1950) ... as Newsman
They Were Not Divided(1950) ... as Chris Lewis
Trottie True(1949) ... as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Hamlet(1948) ... as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Scott of the Antarctic(1948) ... as Bernard Day
Saraband for Dead Lovers(1948) ... as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Penny and the Pownall Case(1948) ... as Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow(1948) ... as Auguste
One Night with You(1948) ... as Pirelli's Assistant
Corridor of Mirrors(1948) ... as Charles
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film(1939) ... as Himself
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending ... as Lord Summerisle

Additional credits for Christopher Lee:

Nothing But the Night(1973)(Producer)

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