Christopher Lee
ActingMay 27, 1922 – June 7, 2015 (aged 93)
Westminster, London, England, UK
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
Haunted House Secrets2026
The Kaoliao Breakout
The Kaoliao Breakout2026
Tim Burton: Life in the Line2025 · Self (footage)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror2025 · Self (archive footage)
Islanders2025
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim2024 · Saruman (voice)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters2024 · Self (archive footage)
Constel·lació Portabella2024 · (archive footage)
Children of the Wicker Man2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee2024 · Self / Various (Archive)
Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of The Quantum2024
Kill Sera Sera2024
The Wicker Man at 502023 · Lord Summerisle
Faces of Death2023 · (archive footage)
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending2023 · Lord Summerisle
Workers The Movie2023
Port of Lies2023
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Soul2021
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words2020 · Himself
Workers2020
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català2019 · Self (archive footage)
Wet Season2019
Fall in Love at First Kiss2019
Memories of Love2018
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series2018
Drácula Barcelona2017 · Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions2017 · Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Who Killed Cock Robin2017
All My Goddess2017
Angels in Notting Hill2015 · The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Extraordinary Tales2015 · Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Fifty Shades of Erotica2015 · (archive footage)
Crescendo2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014 · Saruman the White
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective2014 · Self
Face of Unity2014 · Self
Filial Party2014
Mr. Right Wanted2014
The Trail of Dracula2013 · Self (Archival Footage)
The Girl from Nagasaki2013 · Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics2013 · Narrator
The Gillian Hills Trilogy
The Gillian Hills Trilogy2013
Night Train to Lisbon2013 · Father Bartholomeu
A Good Wife2013
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror2012 · Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012 · Saruman the White
The Fall of the House Of Usher2012 · The Narrator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars2012 · Self
Dracula vs. Vampir
Dracula vs. Vampir2012
Everything or Nothing2012 · Self
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features2012
Dark Shadows2012 · Clarney
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness2012 · Dracula (archive footage)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 19882012 · Narrator
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'2012 · Self
Game Plan2012
注定2012
Hugo2011 · Monsieur Labisse
The Wicker Tree2011 · Old Man
The Resident2011
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror2010
The Heavy2010
Triage2009
The Shaolin Warriors2008
A Mobile Love Story2008
The Colour of Magic2008 · DEATH
Fanex Files: Hammer Films2008
Rhythm of Life2008
最高点2007
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn2007
Beloved Count
Beloved Count2007
Rhapsody in Blue2006
The Dragon Heroes2005
遗情未了2004
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse2004
The Best Bet2004
无炎的爱2003
Looking for Stars2002
The Rulai Palm2002
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002
The Wicker Man Enigma2001
The Many Faces of Dracula2000
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator2000
Gormenghast2000 · Flay
陌生人1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service1999
Jinnah1998
The Return of the Condor Heroes1998
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah1998
石叻破传说1998
Soul Music1997 · Death
客家之歌1997
错爱今生1997
The Odyssey1997 · Tiresias
Ivanhoe1997 · Lucas de Beaumanoir
Wyrd Sisters1997 · Death
一路风尘1996
Moses1996
Love Knows No Bounds1995
A Feast at Midnight1994
Funny Man1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror1994
The Rainbow Thief1994
Death Train1993
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls1992
Journey of Honor1991
The Care of Time1990
Treasure Island1990
For Better or for Worse1989
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987
Mio in the Land of Faraway1987
The Disputation1986
Un métier de seigneur1986
Shaka Zulu1986 · Lord Bathurst
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes1985
Mask of Murder1985
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers1984
The Far Pavilions1984 · Kaka-ji Rao
The Bengal Lancers!1984
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler1983
The Return of Captain Invincible1983
House of the Long Shadows1983
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story1982
The Rank Charm School1982
The Last Unicorn1982
Goliath Awaits1981 · John McKenzie
Once Upon a Spy1980
Arabian Adventure1979
Jaguar Lives!1979
Bear Island1979
Captain America II: Death Too Soon1979
Return from Witch Mountain1978
End of the World1977
Starship Invasions1977
The Pirate1977 · Samir Al Fay
Dracula and Son1976
Albino1976
To the Devil a Daughter1976
The Man with the Golden Gun1974
The Satanic Rites of Dracula1973
Dark Places1973
Nothing But the Night1973
Poor Devil1973
The Wicker Man1973
Vampir Cuadecuc1972
Theatre Macabre1971
Scars of Dracula1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970
The Oblong Box1969
The Devil Rides Out1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu1968
The Face of Eve1968
Night of the Big Heat1967
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu1967
Theatre of Death1967
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism1967
The Brides of Fu Manchu1966
The Face of Fu Manchu1965
The Skull1965
The Devil-Ship Pirates1964
Challenge the Devil1963
The Secret of the Red Orchid1962
The Pirates of Blood River1962
The Terror of the Tongs1961
The City of the Dead1960
The Hands of Orlac1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll1960
The Mummy1959
Uncle Was a Vampire1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death1959
The Treasure of San Teresa1959
Dracula1958
The Curse of Frankenstein1957
Beyond Mombasa1956
Final Column
Final Column1955
Penny and the Pownall Case1948