Christopher Lee
Department: Acting
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
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
The Last Unicorn
1982
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
End of the World
1977
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
The Golden Compass
2007
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Corpse Bride
2005
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Three Musketeers
1973
The French Revolution
1989
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
Death Train
1993
Count Dracula
1970
Corridors of Blood
1963
Alias John Preston
1955
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
1941
1979
Season of the Witch
2011
The Crimson Pirate
1952
Dracula and Son
1976
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Hannie Caulder
1971
Airport '77
1977
Circle of Iron
1978
Dracula
1958
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
Beauty and the Beast
1992
The Four Musketeers
1974
Horror Express
1972
Triage
2009
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967
Treasure Island
1990
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
1965
The Whip and the Body
1963
Scars of Dracula
1970
The Horror Show
1979
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964
The Gorgon
1964
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
The Heavy
2010
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
The Rainbow Thief
1994
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
Serial
1980
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
Nothing But the Night
1973
Glorious 39
2009
Night of the Eagles
1989
Caravans
1978
Jinnah
1998
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
The Creeping Flesh
1973
Starship Invasions
1977
An Eye for an Eye
1981
Scream and Scream Again
1970
Julius Caesar
1970
The Bloody Judge
1970
Circus of Fear
1966
The Skull
1965
Boogie Woogie
2010
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
Beat Girl
1960
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948
Dark Shadows
2012
Hugo
2011
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000
The Stupids
1996
The Wicker Man
1973
Bear Island
1979
Taste of Fear
1961
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
House of the Long Shadows
1983
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
She
1965
Tale of the Mummy
1998
The Devil Rides Out
1968
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Soul Music
1997
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967
Jocks
1986
Quo Vadis
1951
Bitter Victory
1957
The Resident
2011
The Mummy
1959
The Passage
1979
Burke & Hare
2010
The Hands of Orlac
1960
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969
I, Monster
1971
Arabian Adventure
1979
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983
Killer Force
1976
The Oblong Box
1969
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
Horror Castle
1963
Night of the Big Heat
1967
Creepy Classics
1987
A Feast at Midnight
1994
Safari 3000
1982
The Dark Avenger
1955
Five Golden Dragons
1967
Jaguar Lives!
1979
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
Faces of Death
2023
Eugenie
1970
The Wicker Tree
2011
Funny Man
1994
Mask of Murder
1985
Once Upon a Spy
1980
Dark Places
1973
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Eve
1968
Theatre of Death
1967
Cyber Eden
1992
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
The Girl
1987
Evil Stalks This House
1981
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
1984
Valley of the Eagles
1951
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
Innocents in Paris
1953
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
Everything or Nothing
2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959
Meatcleaver Massacre
1977
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Umbracle
1972
That Lady
1955
Babes in Bagdad
1952
The Fall of the House Of Usher
2012
Death in the Sun
1976
Top Secret
1952
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Paul Temple Returns
1952
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979
Prelude to Fame
1950
Crypt of the Vampire
1964
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
Ein Leben wie im Flug
2007
Challenge the Devil
1963
The Rank Charm School
1982
A Song for Tomorrow
1948
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007
The Girl from Nagasaki
2013
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013
The Keeper
1976
Journey of Honor
1991
Too Hot to Handle
1960
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
Fear in the Dark
1991
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
The Salamander
1981
Port Afrique
1956
Welcome to the Discworld
1996
The Care of Time
1990
The Devil's Agent
1962
Murder Story
1989
Dracula vs. Vampir
2012
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
Vem Var Dracula
1996
Honeymoon Academy
1989
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
Desperate Moves
1980
Private's Progress
1956
Moulin Rouge
1952
Extraordinary Tales
2015
The Awakening
1954
Angels in Notting Hill
2015
Double Vision
1992
Cross-Roads
1955
Best Ever Bond
2002
Death Line
1972
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996
Hamlet
1948
100 Years of Horror
1998
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
1995
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
Face of Unity
2014
The Pirate
1978
Beyond Mombasa
1956
The Wicker Man At 50
—
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
—
The Disputation
1986
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
2012
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
Hollywood Chinese
2007
Alexander the Great
1956
They Were Not Divided
1950
Trottie True
1949
Manuela
1957
The Magic Christian
1969
Storm Over the Nile
1955
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
The Traitor
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
The Truth About Women
1957
Ten Little Indians
1965
Poor Devil
1973
One Night with You
1948
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
One More Time
1970
The Miser
1990
Battle of the V-1
1958
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Quest for the Ring
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
Drácula Barcelona
2017
The Trail of Dracula
2013
Massarati and the Brain
1982
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
Police Dog
1955
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
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
1996
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
New Magic
1983
In Search of Dracula
1975
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
Drácula en la Hammer
2003
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
The City of the Dead
1960
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
The Top and the Ball
1953
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012
The Mummy
1998
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
Contraband Spain
1955
Bloody Jess
2007
Perversion Stories
2002
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
Beloved Count
2007
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
Un métier de seigneur
1986
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
The Mirror and Markheim
1954
Horror!!!
1964
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
2007
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
2001
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Lolita
1962
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
Mickey's 50
1978
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
Innocent Blood
1992
Moses
1995
Constel·lació Portabella
2024
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
1939
Pope John Paul II
2005
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
1991
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Blue Heelers
1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Charlie's Angels
1976
The Colour of Magic
2008
Ivanhoe
1958
Shaka Zulu
1986
One Step Beyond
1959
Theatre Macabre
1971
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
Soul Music
1997
Space: 1999
1975
Stars in the Ring
1959
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Goliath Awaits
1981
Ghost Stories for Christmas
2000
The Odyssey
1997
Pope John Paul II
2005
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Far Pavilions
1984
In the Beginning
2000
Ivanhoe
1997
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004
Auf los geht's los
1977
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
Champs-Elysées
1982
Aeschbacher
2001
Moses
1996
Stern TV
1990
Treffpunkte
1970
Wedden, dat..?
1986
The Avengers
1961
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Avengers
1961
Seitenblicke
1987
100 Years of Horror
1996
Brisant
1994
Semperopernball
2006
How the West Was Won
1977
Sailor of Fortune
1957
Science Fiction Film Awards
—
Wyrd Sisters
1997
The French Revolution
1989
The World of Hammer
1994
Mark Saber
1954
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
Gormenghast
2000
The Secret Masonic Victory of World War Two
2017