Christopher Lee
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1922 in Westminster, London, England, UK
- Died
- June 7, 2015
- Active Years
- 1956–2024 (69 Years)
- Total Credits
- 350 credits in database
Acting Born May 27, 1922 Died Jun 7, 2015 Westminster, London, England, UK 350 credits
Biography
Christopher Lee was an English actor and musician. Born in Westminster, London, England, UK, he portrayed villains in a string of films, including his role as Count Dracula in Hammer Horror films. Lee's notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He also portrayed Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah. Lee performed roles in 266 films since 1948, making him a prolific actor. He is well known for his deep, commanding voice and has a long list of known credits.
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Career overview
Christopher Lee was an English actor who began his acting career in 1948. He is known for his portrayal of villains in various films. Lee's acting career spanned over six decades, during which he appeared in numerous films.
Lee's notable roles include his portrayal of Count Dracula in a series of Hammer Horror films, as well as his appearances in The Wicker Man, The Man with the Golden Gun, and The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He also played the role of Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels. Lee's performance in the biopic Jinnah, where he portrayed Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is considered one of his most important roles.
Throughout his acting career, Lee appeared in a total of 266 films, making him a prolific actor. His deep, commanding voice is one of his notable characteristics. Lee's extensive filmography showcases his versatility as an actor, and he is widely recognized for his contributions to the film industry.
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimHammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersChildren of the Wicker ManThe Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeConstel·lació Portabella
The Wicker Man at 50Faces of Death
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsDrácula Barcelona
Fifty Shades of EroticaExtraordinary TalesAngels in Notting Hill
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsFace of UnityHow to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Night Train to LisbonThe Girl from NagasakiThe Trail of DraculaNecessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC ComicsThe Gillian Hills Trilogy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyDark ShadowsEverything or NothingDracula vs. VampirTop Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
HugoSeason of the WitchThe ResidentThe Wicker Tree
Alice in WonderlandBurke & HareBoogie WoogieThe HeavyChristopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
TriageGlorious 39
The Colour of MagicStar Wars: The Clone WarsThe Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2Fanex Files: Hammer Films
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowThe Golden CompassAmazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing SecretsBeloved CountHollywood Chinese
SemperopernballWitch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Corpse BrideCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithThe Adventures of Greyfriars BobbyPope John Paul II
Willkommen bei Carmen NebelCrimson Rivers II: Angels of the ApocalypseThe Story of Star WarsA Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
The Making of 'The Two Towers'J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-EarthBeyond the Movie: The Return of the KingDrácula en la HammerWhales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesThe Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptFrom Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode IIThe Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingAeschbacherR2-D2: Beneath the DomeQuest for the RingThe Wicker Man Enigma
In the BeginningGormenghastGhost Stories for ChristmasSleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendIan Fleming: 007's Creator
Sleepy HollowThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
The MummyRussell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy100 Years of HorrorJinnahEx-S: The Wicker Man
The OdysseyWyrd SistersIvanhoeSoul MusicSoul Music
The Stupids100 Years of HorrorAlisea and the Dream PrinceMosesWelcome to the Discworld
Tales of Mystery and ImaginationIn Search of James Bond with Jonathan RossA Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
BrisantThe World of HammerPolice Academy: Mission to MoscowA Feast at MidnightThe Rainbow Thief
Blue HeelersDeath Train
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesInnocent BloodBeauty and the BeastDracula in the MoviesDouble Vision
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading LadyJourney of HonorGhosts: A Journey Into the ParanormalCurse III: Blood SacrificeFear in the Dark
Full Filmography
350 titles- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) as Saruman (voice)
- Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Children of the Wicker Man (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024) as Self / Various (Archive)
- Constel·lació Portabella (2024) as (archive footage)
- 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
- 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
- Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015) as (archive footage)
- 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)
- 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)
- Face of Unity (2014) as Self
- How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014) as Self
- Night Train to Lisbon (2013) as Father Bartholomeu
- The Girl from Nagasaki (2013) as Old Officer Pinkerton
- The Trail of Dracula (2013) as Self (Archival Footage)
- Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013) as Narrator
- The Gillian Hills Trilogy (2013)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as Saruman the White
- Dark Shadows (2012) as Clarney
- Everything or Nothing (2012) as Self
- Dracula vs. Vampir (2012)
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012) as Self
- Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012) as Self
- Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (2012) as Narrator
- The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012)
- The Fall of the House Of Usher (2012) as The Narrator
- Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror (2012) as Self
- Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012) as Dracula (archive footage)
- Hugo (2011) as Monsieur Labisse
- Season of the Witch (2011) as Cardinal D'Ambroise
- The Resident (2011) as August
- The Wicker Tree (2011) as Old Man
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Jabberwocky (voice)
- Burke & Hare (2010) as Old Joseph
- Boogie Woogie (2010) as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
- The Heavy (2010) as Mr. Mason
- Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror (2010) as Self
- Triage (2009) as Joaquín Morales
- Glorious 39 (2009) as Older Walter Page
- The Colour of Magic (2008) as Death
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) as Count Dooku (voice)
- 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)
- Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008) as Self
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (2008) as Narrator (voice)
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self
- The Golden Compass (2007) as First High Councilor
- Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007) as Narrator
- Beloved Count (2007) as Self
- Hollywood Chinese (2007) as Self
- Bloody Jess (2007) as Self
- Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007) as Self
- Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007) as Narrator (voice)
- Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands (2007) as Self
- Semperopernball (2006) as Self
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006) as Self
- 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
- The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005) as The Lord Provost
- Pope John Paul II (2005) as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
- Pope John Paul II (2005)
- Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004) as Self
- Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) as Emerich
- The Story of Star Wars (2004) as Count Dooku (archive footage)
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004) as Self
- The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2003)
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (2003) 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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Saruman
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) as Count Dooku
- The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (2002) as Self
- From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II (2002) as Self / Count Dooku
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (2002) as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002) as Self
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design (2002) as Self
- Best Ever Bond (2002) as Self / Scaramanga
- The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2002) as Self
- Perversion Stories (2002) as Self
- To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Saruman
- Aeschbacher (2001) as Self
- R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) as Self
- Quest for the Ring (2001) as Self
- The Wicker Man Enigma (2001) as Himself
- Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of 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)
- The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz (2001) as Narrator
- In the Beginning (2000) as Rameses I
- Gormenghast (2000) as Flay
- Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000) as Narrator
- Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000) as Self
- Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000) as Self
- The Many Faces of Dracula (2000) as Narrator
- Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) as Burgomaster
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
- The Mummy (1998) as Self - Host
- Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy (1998) as Sir Richard Turkel
- 100 Years of Horror (1998) as Presenter
- Jinnah (1998) as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998) as Self
- Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah (1998) as Self
- The Odyssey (1997) as Tiresias
- Wyrd Sisters (1997) as Death (voice)
- Ivanhoe (1997) as Lucas de Beaumanoir
- Soul Music (1997) as Death (voice)
- Soul Music (1997) as Death (voice)
- The Stupids (1996) as Evil Sender
- 100 Years of Horror (1996) as Self - Host
- Alisea and the Dream Prince (1996) as Azaret
- Moses (1996) as Pharaoh
- Welcome to the Discworld (1996) as Death
- A Century of Science Fiction (1996) as Narrator (voice)
- Vem Var Dracula (1996) as Self
- In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
- The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)
- The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996) as Self
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1995) as Narrator
- 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
- Brisant (1994) as Self
- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) as Commandant Rakov
- A Feast at Midnight (1994) as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
- The Rainbow Thief (1994) as Uncle Rudolf
- Funny Man (1994) as Callum Chance
- Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) as Narrator (voice) / Self
- Blue Heelers (1993) as Scott James
- Death Train (1993) as General Konstanin Benin
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
- Innocent Blood (1992) as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- Beauty and the Beast (1992) as Monsieur Renard (voice)
- Dracula in the Movies (1992) as (archive footage)
- Double Vision (1992) as Mr. Bernard
- Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) as Sherlock Holmes
- Cyber Eden (1992) as Cedric
- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) as Sherlock Holmes
- Journey of Honor (1991) as King Philip
- Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal (1991) as Self - Narrator
- Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991) as Dr. Pearson
- Fear in the Dark (1991) as Narrator
- Halloween Monster Bash (1991) as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
- Stern TV (1990) as Self
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) as Doctor Catheter
- Treasure Island (1990) as Blind Pew
- The Miser (1990) as Cardinale Spinosi
- The Care of Time (1990) as Karlis Zander
- Around the World in 80 Days (1989) as Stuart
- The French Revolution (1989) as Sanson
- The French Revolution (1989) as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
- The Return of the Musketeers (1989) as Rochefort
- For Better or for Worse (1989) as Lazos
- Night of the Eagles (1989) as Walter Strauss
- Murder Story (1989) as Willard Hope
- Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988) as Luis Morel
- Olympus Force: The Key (1988) as Filly
- Seitenblicke (1987) as self
- Casanova (1987) as Branicki
- Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987) as Kato
- The Girl (1987) as Peter Storm
- Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987) as Self
- Creepy Classics (1987) as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
- Shaka Zulu (1986) as Lord Bathurst
- Wedden, dat..? (1986) as Self
- Jocks (1986) as President White
- Un métier de seigneur (1986) as Fog
- The Disputation (1986) as King James of Aragon
- Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985) as Stefan Crosscoe
- Mask of Murder (1985) as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
- The Best of All Time Horror Classics (1985)
- The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985) as Himself - Presenter
- The Far Pavilions (1984) as Rao-Sahib
- The Bengal Lancers! (1984) as Sir James Hunter
- The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984) as King
- The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) as King Vladimir V
- New Magic (1983) as Mr. Kellar
- House of the Long Shadows (1983) as Corrigan
- The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) as Mr. Midnight
- Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983) as Narrator
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as King Vladimir V
- The Last Unicorn (1982) as King Haggard (voice)
- Safari 3000 (1982) as Count Borgia
- Massarati and the Brain (1982) as Victor Leopold
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- The Rank Charm School (1982) as Self
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982) as Prince Philip
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Goliath Awaits (1981) as John McKenzie
- An Eye for an Eye (1981) as Morgan Canfield
- The Salamander (1981) as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
- Evil Stalks This House (1981) as Host
- 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
- Arabian Adventure (1979) as Caliph Alquazar
- Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) as Miguel
- Bear Island (1979) as Lechinski
- The Passage (1979) as Gypsy
- Jaguar Lives! (1979) as Adam Caine
- The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
- The Pirate (1978) as Samir Al Fay
- Return from Witch Mountain (1978) as Victor Gannon
- Caravans (1978) as Sardar Khan
- Circle of Iron (1978) as Zetan
- Mickey's 50 (1978) as Self
- How the West Was Won (1977) as The Grand Duke
- Auf los geht's los (1977) as Self
- The Pirate (1977) as Samir Al Fay
- Airport '77 (1977) as Martin Wallace
- Playboy's Playmate Party (1977)
- End of the World (1977) as Father Pergado / Zindar
- Starship Invasions (1977) as Captain Rameses
- Meatcleaver Massacre (1977) as On-Screen Narrator
- The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (1977) as Narrator
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Dale Woodman
- To the Devil a Daughter (1976) as Father Michael
- Albino (1976) as Bill
- Dracula and Son (1976) as Le prince des Ténèbres
- Killer Force (1976) as Major Chilton
- The Keeper (1976) as The Keeper
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Space: 1999 (1975) as Captain Zandor
- 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
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) as Arnaud
- The Wicker Man (1973) as Lord Summerisle
- The Three Musketeers (1973) as Rochefort
- Poor Devil (1973) as Lucifer
- The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) as Count Dracula
- Nothing But the Night (1973) as Col. Charles Bingham
- Nothing But the Night (1973) Producer
- Dark Places (1973) as Dr. Ian Mandeville
- The Creeping Flesh (1973) as James Hildern
- Vampir Cuadecuc (1972) as Self
- Death Line (1972) as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
- Horror Express (1972) as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) as Count Dracula
- Umbracle (1972) as The Man
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Theatre Macabre (1971) as Self – Host
- 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")
- Eugenie (1970) as Dolmance
- Scars of Dracula (1970) as Dracula
- Treffpunkte (1970) as Self
- Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) as Dracula
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) as Mycroft Holmes
- Julius Caesar (1970) as Artemidorus
- Count Dracula (1970) as Dracula
- The Bloody Judge (1970) as Lord George Jeffreys
- Scream and Scream Again (1970) as Fremont
- One More Time (1970) as Dracula
- 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
- The Movie Orgy (1968) as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) as Dracula
- The Devil Rides Out (1968) as Duc de Richleau
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) as J.D. Morley
- The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) as Dr. Fu Man Chu
- The Face of Eve (1968) as Colonel Stuart
- Five Golden Dragons (1967) as Dragon #4
- Night of the Big Heat (1967) as Godfrey Hanson
- The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) as Dr. Fu Manchu
- Theatre of Death (1967) as Philippe Darvas
- The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967) as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) as Count Dracula
- Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) as Grigori Rasputin
- Circus of Fear (1966) as Gregor
- The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) as Fu Manchu
- She (1965) as Billali
- Ten Little Indians (1965) as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
- 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
- The Gorgon (1964) as Prof. Karl Meister
- Horror!!! (1964) as Self
- The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) as Captain Robeles
- Crypt of the Vampire (1964) as Count Ludwig Karnstein
- The Castle of the Living Dead (1964) as Count Drago
- Horror Castle (1963) as Erich
- The Whip and the Body (1963) as Kurt Menliff
- Challenge the Devil (1963) as Mephistoles
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Karl Jorla
- The Pirates of Blood River (1962) as Captain LaRoche
- The Devil's Agent (1962) as Baron Ferdi von Staub
- The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962) as Capt. Allerman
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) as Sherlock Holmes
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- The Avengers (1961) as Professor Stone
- The Avengers (1961) as Colonel Mannering
- Taste of Fear (1961) as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
- The Terror of the Tongs (1961) as Chung King
- Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) as King Lico (Licos)
- The Devil's Daffodil (1961) as Ling Chu
- The City of the Dead (1960) as Prof. Alan Driscoll
- Too Hot to Handle (1960) as Novak
- The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) as Paul Allen
- The Hands of Orlac (1960) as Nero the magician
- Beat Girl (1960) as Kenny King
- One Step Beyond (1959) as Wilhelm Reitlinger
- Stars in the Ring (1959) as Self
- Whicker's World (1959)
- The Mummy (1959) as Kharis, the Mummy
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) as Sir Henry Baskerville
- The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
- Uncle Was a Vampire (1959) as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
- The Treasure of San Teresa (1959) as Jaeger
- The Adventures of William Tell (1958) as Prince Erik
- Ivanhoe (1958) as Sir Otto from the Rhine
- Dracula (1958) as Count Dracula
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) as Marquis St. Evremonde
- Corridors of Blood (1958) as Resurrection Joe
- Battle of the V-1 (1958) as Brunner
- Sailor of Fortune (1957) as Yusif Carnot
- Manuela (1957) as Voice (voice)
- The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) as The Creature
- Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) as German officer at The Dentist's office
- Bitter Victory (1957) as Sgt. Barney
- Fortune Is a Woman (1957) as Charles Highbury
- The Truth About Women (1957) as Francois Thiers
- The Traitor (1957) as Doctor Neumann
- 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
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956) as Manolo
- Alexander the Great (1956) as Nectenabus (voice)
- Private's Progress (1956) as Major Schultz
- Beyond Mombasa (1956) as Gil Rossi
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Christopher Lee best known for?
Christopher Lee is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024), Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Night Train to Lisbon (2013).
When and where was Christopher Lee born?
Christopher Lee was born on May 27, 1922 in Westminster, London, England, UK. They passed away on June 7, 2015.
How many credits does Christopher Lee have?
Christopher Lee has accumulated over 350 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1956 to 2024.
What is Christopher Lee's background in cinema and television?
Christopher Lee was an English actor and musician. Born in Westminster, London, England, UK, he portrayed villains in a string of films, including his role as Count Dracula in Hammer Horror films. Lee's notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, Count D...
Christopher Lee by the numbers
350credits
291films
59TV series
1956–2024active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The French Revolution (1989) as Sanson (« Les Années terribles ») — aged about 67
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Saruman — aged about 80
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Saruman — aged about 79
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as King Vladimir V — aged about 60
- Seitenblicke (1987) as self — aged about 65
- Auf los geht's los (1977) as Self — aged about 55
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