Christopher Lee
Acting
Born May 27, 1922 · 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.
Films (316)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Constel·lació Portabella
2024
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
Faces of Death
2023
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
Drácula Barcelona
2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
Angels in Notting Hill
2015
Extraordinary Tales
2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
Face of Unity
2014
The Trail of Dracula
2013
The Girl from Nagasaki
2013
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
The Fall of the House Of Usher
2012
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
Dracula vs. Vampir
2012
Everything or Nothing
2012
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
Dark Shadows
2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
Hugo
2011
The Wicker Tree
2011
The Resident
2011
Season of the Witch
2011
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
Burke & Hare
2010
Boogie Woogie
2010
The Heavy
2010
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Glorious 39
2009
Triage
2009
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
The Golden Compass
2007
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
2007
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Hollywood Chinese
2007
Ein Leben wie im Flug
2007
Beloved Count
2007
Bloody Jess
2007
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
Pope John Paul II
2005
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
Corpse Bride
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
Drácula en la Hammer
2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Best Ever Bond
2002
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
Perversion Stories
2002
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
Quest for the Ring
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
2001
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Sleepy Hollow
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
Jinnah
1998
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998
Tale of the Mummy
1998
100 Years of Horror
1998
The Mummy
1998
The Odyssey
1997
Soul Music
1997
Welcome to the Discworld
1996
Vem Var Dracula
1996
The Stupids
1996
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
1995
Moses
1995
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
A Feast at Midnight
1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
Funny Man
1994
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
The Rainbow Thief
1994
Death Train
1993
Cyber Eden
1992
Double Vision
1992
Innocent Blood
1992
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
Beauty and the Beast
1992
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
Fear in the Dark
1991
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991
Journey of Honor
1991
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
1991
The Care of Time
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
The Miser
1990
Treasure Island
1990
Honeymoon Academy
1989
Murder Story
1989
Night of the Eagles
1989
The French Revolution
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
Olympus Force: The Key
1988
Creepy Classics
1987
The Girl
1987
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
The Disputation
1986
Un métier de seigneur
1986
Jocks
1986
Mask of Murder
1985
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
1984
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
House of the Long Shadows
1983
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983
New Magic
1983
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
The Last Unicorn
1982
The Rank Charm School
1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
Massarati and the Brain
1982
Safari 3000
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
An Eye for an Eye
1981
Evil Stalks This House
1981
The Salamander
1981
Once Upon a Spy
1980
Serial
1980
Desperate Moves
1980
1941
1979
Bear Island
1979
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979
Jaguar Lives!
1979
Arabian Adventure
1979
The Passage
1979
The Horror Show
1979
The Pirate
1978
Mickey's 50
1978
Caravans
1978
Circle of Iron
1978
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
Starship Invasions
1977
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
End of the World
1977
Airport '77
1977
Meatcleaver Massacre
1977
Dracula and Son
1976
Death in the Sun
1976
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
Killer Force
1976
The Keeper
1976
In Search of Dracula
1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
The Four Musketeers
1974
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
The Three Musketeers
1973
The Wicker Man
1973
Dark Places
1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
Nothing But the Night
1973
Poor Devil
1973
The Creeping Flesh
1973
Death Line
1972
Horror Express
1972
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
Umbracle
1972
Hannie Caulder
1971
I, Monster
1971
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Scars of Dracula
1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
Julius Caesar
1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
One More Time
1970
Count Dracula
1970
Eugenie
1970
The Bloody Judge
1970
Scream and Scream Again
1970
The Magic Christian
1969
The Oblong Box
1969
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
The Devil Rides Out
1968
Eve
1968
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967
Five Golden Dragons
1967
Theatre of Death
1967
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967
Night of the Big Heat
1967
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
Circus of Fear
1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
The Skull
1965
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
Ten Little Indians
1965
She
1965
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
1965
The Gorgon
1964
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
Crypt of the Vampire
1964
Horror!!!
1964
The Whip and the Body
1963
Horror Castle
1963
Corridors of Blood
1963
Challenge the Devil
1963
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
The Devil's Agent
1962
Lolita
1962
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
Taste of Fear
1961
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
The Hands of Orlac
1960
Too Hot to Handle
1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
The City of the Dead
1960
Beat Girl
1960
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959
The Mummy
1959
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Dracula
1958
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
Battle of the V-1
1958
The Truth About Women
1957
Bitter Victory
1957
Manuela
1957
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
The Traitor
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Beyond Mombasa
1956
Port Afrique
1956
Alexander the Great
1956
Private's Progress
1956
Storm Over the Nile
1955
Alias John Preston
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
Police Dog
1955
The Dark Avenger
1955
Contraband Spain
1955
That Lady
1955
Cross-Roads
1955
The Awakening
1954
The Mirror and Markheim
1954
Innocents in Paris
1953
The Top and the Ball
1953
Moulin Rouge
1952
Babes in Bagdad
1952
Paul Temple Returns
1952
Top Secret
1952
The Crimson Pirate
1952
Quo Vadis
1951
Valley of the Eagles
1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
Prelude to Fame
1950
They Were Not Divided
1950
Trottie True
1949
Hamlet
1948
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948
A Song for Tomorrow
1948
One Night with You
1948
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
1939