Christopher Lee
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 h...
Known For
Filmography
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
as Self / Various (Archive)
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
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)
Faces of Death
2023
as (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
as Himself
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona
2017
as Himself
Extraordinary Tales
2015
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Angels in Notting Hill
2015
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Saruman the White
Face of Unity
2014
as Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Father Bartholomeu
The Girl from Nagasaki
2013
as Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013
as Narrator
The Trail of Dracula
2013
as Self (Archival Footage)
Dark Shadows
2012
as Clarney
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Saruman the White
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
as Dracula (archive footage)
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
The Fall of the House Of Usher
2012
as The Narrator
Dracula vs. Vampir
2012
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
2012
as Narrator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012
as Self
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
Season of the Witch
2011
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Hugo
2011
as Monsieur Labisse
The Resident
2011
as August
The Wicker Tree
2011
as Old Man
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Jabberwocky (voice)
The Heavy
2010
as Mr. Mason
Boogie Woogie
2010
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Burke & Hare
2010
as Old Joseph
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
as Self
Triage
2009
as Joaquín Morales
Glorious 39
2009
as Older Walter Page
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Count Dooku (voice)
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
as Self
The Colour of Magic
2008
as Death
The Golden Compass
2007
as First High Councilor
Ein Leben wie im Flug
2007
as Self
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007
as Self
Hollywood Chinese
2007
as Self
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Bloody Jess
2007
as Self
Beloved Count
2007
as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
2007
as Narrator
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
Semperopernball
2006
as Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
as Dr. Wonka
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Count Dooku
Corpse Bride
2005
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
as The Lord Provost
Pope John Paul II
2005
Pope John Paul II
2005
as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
as Emerich
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004
as Self
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
as Self
Drácula en la Hammer
2003
as Christopher Lee
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Saruman
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Count Dooku
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self / Scaramanga
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
as Self / Count Dooku
Perversion Stories
2002
as Self
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Saruman
Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
as Himself
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
as Self
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
2001
as Narrator
Aeschbacher
2001
as Self
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000
as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Narrator
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
Gormenghast
2000
as Flay
Ghost Stories for Christmas
2000
as Narrator
In the Beginning
2000
as Rameses I
Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Burgomaster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Jinnah
1998
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Tale of the Mummy
1998
as Sir Richard Turkel
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
as Self
100 Years of Horror
1998
as Presenter
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998
as Self
The Mummy
1998
as Self - Host
Soul Music
1997
as Death (voice)
The Odyssey
1997
as Tiresias
Soul Music
1997
as Death (voice)
The Odyssey
1997
as Tiresias
Ivanhoe
1997
as Lucas de Beaumanoir
Wyrd Sisters
1997
as Death (voice)
The Stupids
1996
as Evil Sender
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
Welcome to the Discworld
1996
as Death
Vem Var Dracula
1996
as Self
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996
as Self
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Narrator (voice)
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996
as Azaret
Moses
1996
as Pharaoh
100 Years of Horror
1996
as Self - Host
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
as Self
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
1995
as Self
Moses
1995
as Ramses
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995
as Narrator
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
as Narrator (voice) / Self
The Rainbow Thief
1994
as Uncle Rudolf
A Feast at Midnight
1994
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Funny Man
1994
as Callum Chance
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
as Commandant Rakov
Brisant
1994
as Self
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Death Train
1993
as General Konstanin Benin
Blue Heelers
1993
as Scott James
Beauty and the Beast
1992
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
as Sherlock Holmes
Cyber Eden
1992
as Cedric
Double Vision
1992
as Mr. Bernard
Innocent Blood
1992
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991
as Dr. Pearson
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
as Sherlock Holmes
Journey of Honor
1991
as King Philip
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Narrator
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
1991
as Self - Narrator
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Doctor Catheter
Treasure Island
1990
as Blind Pew
The Care of Time
1990
as Karlis Zander
The Miser
1990
as Cardinale Spinosi
Stern TV
1990
as Self
The French Revolution
1989
as Sanson
Night of the Eagles
1989
as Walter Strauss
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Rochefort
Murder Story
1989
as Willard Hope
Honeymoon Academy
1989
as Lazos
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Stuart
The French Revolution
1989
as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
as Luis Morel
Olympus Force: The Key
1988
as Filly
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
as Kato
Creepy Classics
1987
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
The Girl
1987
as Peter Storm
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Self
Seitenblicke
1987
as self
Jocks
1986
as President White
The Disputation
1986
as King James of Aragon
Un métier de seigneur
1986
as Fog
Shaka Zulu
1986
as Lord Bathurst
Wedden, dat..?
1986
as Self
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
as Stefan Crosscoe
Mask of Murder
1985
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
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
The Far Pavilions
1984
as Rao-Sahib
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)
Safari 3000
1982
as Count Borgia
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Rank Charm School
1982
as Self
Massarati and the Brain
1982
as Victor Leopold
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Prince Philip
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as King Vladimir V
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
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
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Goliath Awaits
1981
as John McKenzie
Serial
1980
as Luckman Skull
Once Upon a Spy
1980
as Marcus Valorium
Desperate Moves
1980
as Dr. Carl Boxer
1941
1979
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Bear Island
1979
as Lechinski
The Passage
1979
as Gypsy
Arabian Adventure
1979
as Caliph Alquazar
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as Adam Caine
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979
as Miguel
Circle of Iron
1978
as Zetan
Caravans
1978
as Sardar Khan
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
as Victor Gannon
The Pirate
1978
as Samir Al Fay
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
End of the World
1977
as Father Pergado / Zindar
Airport '77
1977
as Martin Wallace
Starship Invasions
1977
as Captain Rameses
Meatcleaver Massacre
1977
as On-Screen Narrator
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977
as Narrator
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
How the West Was Won
1977
as The Grand Duke
Dracula and Son
1976
as Le prince des Ténèbres
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as Father Michael
Killer Force
1976
as Major Chilton
Death in the Sun
1976
as Bill
The Keeper
1976
as The Keeper
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Dale Woodman
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
as Satanus / Van Krig
In Search of Dracula
1975
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
Space: 1999
1975
as Captain Zandor
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
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 Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
as Count Dracula
Nothing But the Night
1973
as Col. Charles Bingham
The Creeping Flesh
1973
as James Hildern
The Wicker Man
1973
as Lord Summerisle
Dark Places
1973
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
Poor Devil
1973
as Lucifer
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Arnaud
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
as Count Dracula
Horror Express
1972
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
as Self
Umbracle
1972
as The Man
Death Line
1972
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Hannie Caulder
1971
as Bailey
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
I, Monster
1971
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Theatre Macabre
1971
as Self - Host
Count Dracula
1970
as Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Mycroft Holmes
Scars of Dracula
1970
as Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Dracula
Julius Caesar
1970
as Artemidorus
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Fremont
The Bloody Judge
1970
as Lord George Jeffreys
Eugenie
1970
as Dolmance
One More Time
1970
as Dracula
Treffpunkte
1970
as Self
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969
as Self
The Oblong Box
1969
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
The Magic Christian
1969
as Ship's Vampire
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as J.D. Morley
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
as Dracula
The Devil Rides Out
1968
as Duc de Richleau
Eve
1968
as Colonel Stuart
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967
as Dr. Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat
1967
as Godfrey Hanson
Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Dragon #4
Theatre of Death
1967
as Philippe Darvas
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
as Fu Manchu
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
as Grigori Rasputin
Circus of Fear
1966
as Gregor
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
as Count Dracula
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
1965
as Franklyn Marsh
The Skull
1965
as Sir Matthew Phillips
She
1965
as Billali
Ten Little Indians
1965
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964
as Count Drago
The Gorgon
1964
as Prof. Karl Meister
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
as Captain Robeles
Crypt of the Vampire
1964
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!!
1964
as Self
Corridors of Blood
1963
as Resurrection Joe
The Whip and the Body
1963
as Kurt Menliff
The Virgin of Nuremberg
1963
as Erich
Challenge the Devil
1963
as Mephistoles
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
as Capt. Allerman
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
as Sherlock Holmes
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
as Captain LaRoche
The Devil's Agent
1962
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
Lolita
1962
as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Karl Jorla
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961
as King Lico (Licos)
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
as Chung King
Taste of Fear
1961
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
as Ling Chu
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Avengers
1961
as Professor Stone
The Avengers
1961
as Colonel Mannering
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
as Paul Allen
Beat Girl
1960
as Kenny King
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Nero the magician
Too Hot to Handle
1960
as Novak
The City of the Dead
1960
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
as Sir Henry Baskerville
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Mummy
1959
as Kharis, the Mummy
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
as Jaeger
One Step Beyond
1959
as Wilhelm Reitlinger
Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Dracula
1958
as Count Dracula
Battle of the V-1
1958
as Brunner
Ivanhoe
1958
as Sir Otto from the Rhine
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Prince Erik
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
as The Creature
Bitter Victory
1957
as Sgt. Barney
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
as Charles Highbury
The Truth About Women
1957
as Francois Thiers
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
as German officer at The Dentist's office
Manuela
1957
as Voice (voice)
The Traitor
1957
as Doctor Neumann
Sailor of Fortune
1957
as Yusif Carnot
Port Afrique
1956
as Franz Vermes
Private's Progress
1956
as Major Schultz
Beyond Mombasa
1956
as Gil Rossi
Alexander the Great
1956
as Nectenabus (voice)
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Manolo
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
as Jeanpierre
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as Maurice Gabet
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as Compte de Merret
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as The Visitant
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
as General Hamelin
Alias John Preston
1955
as John Preston
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
The Dark Avenger
1955
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
That Lady
1955
as Capitán
Cross-Roads
1955
as Harry Cooper
Storm Over the Nile
1955
as Karaga Pasha
Police Dog
1955
as Johnny, a constable
Contraband Spain
1955
as Narrador (voz)
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Stage Manager /Flask
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Louis (uncredited)
The Awakening
1954
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim
1954
as Visitant
Mark Saber
1954
as Larry Spence
Innocents in Paris
1953
as Lieutenant Whitlock
The Top and the Ball
1953
as Father
The Crimson Pirate
1952
as Joseph (attache)
Babes in Bagdad
1952
as Slave Dealer
Top Secret
1952
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Paul Temple Returns
1952
as Sir Felix Raybourne
Moulin Rouge
1952
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
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
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
as Charles
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948
as Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow
1948
as Auguste
Hamlet
1948
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
One Night with You
1948
as Pirelli's Assistant
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
as Bernard Day
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
1939
as Himself