Christopher Lee

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. Oth…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

The Avengers

The Avengers

1961

The Avengers

The Avengers

1961

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers

1993

Acting(381)

2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimSaruman (voice)

2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersSelf (archive footage)

2024Constel·lació Portabella(archive footage)

2024Children of the Wicker ManSelf (archive footage)

2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeSelf / Various (Archive)

2023The Wicker Man at 50Lord Summerisle

2023Faces of Death(archive footage)

2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert HallSelf (archive footage)

2020Peter Cushing: In His Own WordsHimself

2019La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema catalàSelf (archive footage)

2017Drácula BarcelonaHimself

2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

2015Angels in Notting HillThe Boss / Mr. President (voice)

2015Extraordinary TalesNarrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

2015Fifty Shades of Erotica(archive footage)

2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesSaruman the White

2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsCorrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveSelf

2014Face of UnitySelf

2013The Trail of DraculaSelf (Archival Footage)

2013The Girl from NagasakiOld Officer Pinkerton

2013Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC ComicsNarrator

2013The Gillian Hills Trilogy

2013Night Train to LisbonFather Bartholomeu

2012Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and TerrorSelf

2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneySaruman the White

2012The Fall of the House Of UsherThe Narrator

2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond CarsSelf

2012Dracula vs. Vampir

2012Everything or NothingSelf

2012The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features

2012Dark ShadowsClarney

2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of DarknessDracula (archive footage)

2012Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988Narrator

2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'Self

2011HugoMonsieur Labisse

2011The Wicker TreeOld Man

2011The ResidentAugust

2011Season of the WitchCardinal D'Ambroise

2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of HorrorSelf

2010Burke & HareOld Joseph

2010Boogie WoogieMr. Alfred Rhinegold

2010The HeavyMr. Mason

2010Alice in WonderlandJabberwocky (voice)

2009Glorious 39Older Walter Page

2009TriageJoaquín Morales

2008The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original PoemNarrator (voice)

2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsCount Dooku (voice)

2008The Colour of MagicDeath

2008Fanex Files: Hammer FilmsSelf

2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1Death (synchro)

2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2Death (synchro)

2007The Golden CompassFirst High Councilor

2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol FlynnNarrator (voice)

2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf

2007Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing SecretsNarrator

2007Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted LandsSelf

2007Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage)

2007Hollywood ChineseSelf

2007Ein Leben wie im FlugSelf

2007Beloved CountSelf

2007Bloody JessSelf

2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'Self

2006The Making of 'The Two Towers'Self

2006SemperopernballSelf

2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsSelf

2005Pope John Paul IIKardinal Stefan Wyszyński

2005The Adventures of Greyfriars BobbyThe Lord Provost

2005Corpse BridePastor Galswells (voice)

2005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryDr. Wonka

2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithCount Dooku

2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'Self

2004The Story of Star WarsCount Dooku (archive footage)

2004Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the ApocalypseEmerich

2004Willkommen bei Carmen NebelSelf

2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the KingSelf

2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-EarthSelf

2003Drácula en la HammerChristopher Lee

2003Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby DickSelf - Narrator (voice)

2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersSaruman

2002Best Ever BondSelf / Scaramanga

2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode IISelf / Count Dooku

2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to ScriptSelf

2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignSelf

2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the CastSelf

2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earthSelf

2002Perversion StoriesSelf

2002To the Devil... The Death of Hammer

2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesCount Dooku

2001Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the RingSelf

2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingSaruman

2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'Self

2001Quest for the RingSelf

2001R2-D2: Beneath the DomeSelf

2001The Wicker Man EnigmaHimself

2001The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle AlcatrazNarrator

2001AeschbacherSelf

2000Ghost Stories for ChristmasNarrator

2000In the BeginningRameses I

2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendSelf

2000Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

2000GormenghastFlay

2000Ian Fleming: 007's CreatorSelf

2000The Many Faces of DraculaNarrator

1999Sleepy HollowBurgomaster

1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceCount Ottokar Graf Czernin

1998Ex-S: The Wicker ManSelf

1998JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah

1998Dare To Dream: The Making of JinnahSelf

1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummySir Richard Turkel

1998100 Years of HorrorPresenter

1998The MummySelf - Host

1997Soul MusicDeath (voice)

1997The OdysseyTiresias

1997Wyrd SistersDeath (voice)

1997Soul MusicDeath (voice)

1997IvanhoeLucas de Beaumanoir

1996Welcome to the DiscworldDeath

1996100 Years of HorrorSelf - Host

1996The StupidsEvil Sender

1996In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1996MosesPharaoh

1996The Man Who Ruined the British Film IndustrySelf

1996Alisea and the Dream PrinceAzaret

1996The Many Faces of Christopher Lee

1996A Century of Science FictionNarrator (voice)

1995A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. JamesSelf

1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan RossSelf

1995Tales of Mystery and ImaginationNarrator

1994A Feast at MidnightV. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow

1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)

1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorNarrator (voice) / Self

1994Funny ManCallum Chance

1994Police Academy: Mission to MoscowCommandant Rakov

1994The Rainbow ThiefUncle Rudolf

1994BrisantSelf

1993Blue HeelersScott James

1993Death TrainGeneral Konstanin Benin

1992Cyber EdenCedric

1992Double VisionMr. Bernard

1992Innocent BloodCount Dracula (archive footage)

1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesCount Ottokar Graf Czerin

1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsSherlock Holmes

1992Beauty and the BeastMonsieur Renard (voice)

1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)

1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading LadySherlock Holmes

1991Fear in the DarkNarrator

1991Halloween Monster BashProfessor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)

1991Curse III: Blood SacrificeDr. Pearson

1991Journey of HonorKing Philip

1991Ghosts: A Journey Into the ParanormalSelf - Narrator

1990The Care of TimeKarlis Zander

1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchDoctor Catheter

1990Treasure IslandBlind Pew

1990The MiserCardinale Spinosi

1990Stern TVSelf

1989For Better or for WorseLazos

1989The French RevolutionSanson (« Les Années terribles »)

1989Murder StoryWillard Hope

1989Night of the EaglesWalter Strauss

1989The French RevolutionSanson

1989Around the World in 80 DaysStuart

1989The Return of the MusketeersRochefort

1988Nase vornSelf

1988Dark Mission: Flowers of EvilLuis Morel

1988Olympus Force: The KeyFilly

1987Seitenblickeself

1987Creepy ClassicsFranklyn Marsh - (archive footage)

1987Mio in the Land of FarawayKato

1987The GirlPeter Storm

1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodSelf

1987CasanovaBranicki

1986The DisputationKing James of Aragon

1986Un métier de seigneurFog

1986JocksPresident White

1986Shaka ZuluLord Bathurst

1986Wedden, dat..?Self

1985Mask of MurderChief Supt. Jonathan Rich

1985Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf BitchStefan Crosscoe

1985The Many Faces of Sherlock HolmesHimself - Presenter

1985The Best of All Time Horror Classics

1984The Rosebud Beach HotelKing

1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversKing Vladimir V

1984The Bengal Lancers!Sir James Hunter

1984The Far PavilionsRao-Sahib

1983House of the Long ShadowsCorrigan

1983The Return of Captain InvincibleMr. Midnight

1983New MagicMr. Kellar

1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a SwashbucklerNarrator

1982The Last UnicornKing Haggard (voice)

1982The Rank Charm SchoolSelf

1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryPrince Philip

1982Faerie Tale TheatreKing Vladimir V

1982Massarati and the BrainVictor Leopold

1982Safari 3000Count Borgia

1982Champs-ElyséesSelf

1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Self (archive footage)

1981Goliath AwaitsJohn McKenzie

1981An Eye for an EyeMorgan Canfield

1981Evil Stalks This HouseHost

1981The SalamanderPrince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

1981Wetten, dass..?Self

1980Once Upon a SpyMarcus Valorium

1980SerialLuckman Skull

1980Desperate MovesDr. Carl Boxer

19791941Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

1979Bear IslandLechinski

1979Captain America II: Death Too SoonMiguel

1979Jaguar Lives!Adam Caine

1979Arabian AdventureCaliph Alquazar

1979The PassageGypsy

1979The Horror Show(archive footage)

1978Mickey's 50Self

1978CaravansSardar Khan

1978Circle of IronZetan

1978Return from Witch MountainVictor Gannon

1977The PirateSamir Al Fay

1977Starship InvasionsCaptain Rameses

1977The Occult: Mysteries Of The SupernaturalNarrator

1977Playboy's Playmate Party

1977End of the WorldFather Pergado / Zindar

1977Airport '77Martin Wallace

1977Meatcleaver MassacreOn-Screen Narrator

1977How the West Was WonThe Grand Duke

1977Auf los geht's losSelf

1976Charlie's AngelsDale Woodman

1976Dracula and SonLe prince des Ténèbres

1976To the Devil a DaughterFather Michael

1976Killer ForceMajor Chilton

1976The KeeperThe Keeper

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1975Space: 1999Captain Zandor

1975In Search of DraculaSelf – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula

1975The Butcher, the Star and the OrphanSatanus / Van Krig

1974The Man with the Golden GunFrancisco Scaramanga

1974The Four MusketeersRochefort

1974Diagnosis: MurderDr. Stephen Hayward

1973The Three MusketeersRochefort

1973The Wicker ManLord Summerisle

1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesArnaud

1973Dark PlacesDr. Ian Mandeville

1973The Satanic Rites of DraculaCount Dracula

1973Nothing But the NightCol. Charles Bingham

1973Poor DevilLucifer

1973The Creeping FleshJames Hildern

1972Death LineStratton-Villiers, MI5

1972Horror ExpressProf. Sir Alexander Saxton

1972Dracula A.D. 1972Count Dracula

1972Vampir CuadecucSelf

1972UmbracleThe Man

1971Film '72Self

1971Hannie CaulderBailey

1971I, MonsterDr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake

1971Theatre MacabreSelf – Host

1971The House That Dripped BloodJohn Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

1970Scars of DraculaDracula

1970The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes

1970Julius CaesarArtemidorus

1970One More TimeDracula

1970TreffpunkteSelf

1970Taste the Blood of DraculaDracula

1970Count DraculaDracula

1970EugenieDolmance

1970The Bloody JudgeLord George Jeffreys

1970Scream and Scream AgainFremont

1969The Magic ChristianShip's Vampire

1969The Oblong BoxDr. J. Neuhartt

1969The Castle of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man Chu

1969Quelle horreur mon saigneur DraculaSelf

1968Curse of the Crimson AltarJ.D. Morley

1968Dracula Has Risen from the GraveDracula

1968The Blood of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man Chu

1968The Devil Rides OutDuc de Richleau

1968The Face of EveColonel Stuart

1968The Movie OrgyFu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)

1967The Torture Chamber of Dr. SadismCount Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

1967Five Golden DragonsDragon #4

1967Theatre of DeathPhilippe Darvas

1967The Vengeance of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Manchu

1967Night of the Big HeatGodfrey Hanson

1966The Brides of Fu ManchuFu Manchu

1966Circus of FearGregor

1966Rasputin: The Mad MonkGrigori Rasputin

1966Dracula: Prince of DarknessCount Dracula

1965The SkullSir Matthew Phillips

1965The Face of Fu ManchuDr. Fu Man Chu

1965Ten Little IndiansMr. U.N. Owen (voice)

1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsFranklyn Marsh

1964The GorgonProf. Karl Meister

1964The Castle of the Living DeadCount Drago

1964The Devil-Ship PiratesCaptain Robeles

1964Crypt of the VampireCount Ludwig Karnstein

1964Horror!!!Self

1963The Whip and the BodyKurt Menliff

1963Horror CastleErich

1963Challenge the DevilMephistoles

1962Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly NecklaceSherlock Holmes

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourKarl Jorla

1962The Devil's AgentBaron Ferdi von Staub

1962The Pirates of Blood RiverCaptain LaRoche

1962The Secret of the Red OrchidCapt. Allerman

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1961Hercules in the Haunted WorldKing Lico (Licos)

1961The Devil's DaffodilLing Chu

1961Taste of FearDoctor Pierre Gerrard

1961The Terror of the TongsChung King

1961The AvengersProfessor Stone

1960The Hands of OrlacNero the magician

1960Too Hot to HandleNovak

1960The Two Faces of Dr. JekyllPaul Allen

1960The City of the DeadProf. Alan Driscoll

1960Beat GirlKenny King

1959Uncle Was a VampireBaron Roderico da Frankurten

1959The MummyKharis, the Mummy

1959The Treasure of San TeresaJaeger

1959The Man Who Could Cheat DeathDr. Pierre Gerrard

1959The Hound of the BaskervillesSir Henry Baskerville

1959Stars in der ManegeSelf

1959Whicker's World

1959One Step BeyondWilhelm Reitlinger

1958Corridors of BloodResurrection Joe

1958The Adventures of William TellPrince Erik

1958DraculaCount Dracula

1958A Tale of Two CitiesMarquis St. Evremonde

1958IvanhoeSir Otto from the Rhine

1958Battle of the V-1Brunner

1957The Truth About WomenFrancois Thiers

1957Bitter VictorySgt. Barney

1957ManuelaVoice (voice)

1957The Curse of FrankensteinThe Creature

1957Fortune Is a WomanCharles Highbury

1957The TraitorDoctor Neumann

1957Ill Met by MoonlightGerman officer at The Dentist's office

1956The Battle of the River PlateManolo

1956Beyond MombasaGil Rossi

1956The Errol Flynn TheatreThe Visitant

1956Port AfriqueFranz Vermes

1956Alexander the GreatNectenabus (voice)

1956Colonel March of Scotland YardJeanpierre

1956Private's ProgressMajor Schultz

1955Storm Over the NileKaraga Pasha

1955Alias John PrestonJohn Preston

1955The Cockleshell HeroesSubmarine Commander Alan Grieves

1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelLouis the Executioner (uncredited)

1955Moby Dick—RehearsedA Stage Manager /Flask

1955Police DogJohnny, a constable

1955The Dark AvengerFrench Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

1955Contraband SpainNarrador (voz)

1955That LadyCapitán

1955Cross-RoadsHarry Cooper

1955Final Column

1954Mark SaberLarry Spence

1954The AwakeningFactory proprietor (uncredited)

1954The Mirror and MarkheimVisitant

1953Innocents in ParisLieutenant Whitlock

1953The Top and the BallFather

1952Babes in BagdadSlave Dealer

1952Paul Temple ReturnsSir Felix Raybourne

1952Top SecretRussian Agent (uncredited)

1952Moulin RougeGeorges Seurat (uncredited)

1952The Crimson PirateJoseph (attache)

1951Quo VadisChariot Driver (uncredited)

1951Valley of the EaglesDet. Holt

1951Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Spanish Captain

1950Prelude to FameNewsman

1950They Were Not DividedChris Lewis

1949Trottie TrueHon. Bongo Icklesham

1948HamletPalace Guard (uncredited)

1948Scott of the AntarcticBernard Day

1948Saraband for Dead LoversHerzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel

1948Penny and the Pownall CaseJonathan Blair

1948A Song for TomorrowAuguste

1948One Night with YouPirelli's Assistant

1948Corridor of MirrorsCharles

1939Eugen Weidmann Execution FilmHimself

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost EndingLord Summerisle

Science Fiction Film AwardsSelf