Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born May 27, 1922, died 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, strong 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.
Movie | Bring Me the Blood of the Werewolf | Dracula | 2018-11-02 |
Movie | Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
Movie | Drácula Barcelona | Himself | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Fifty Shades of Erotica | 2015-04-13 | |
Movie | Angels in Notting Hill | The Boss / Mr. President (voice) | 2015-10-02 |
Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman | 2014-12-10 |
Movie | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartholomeu | 2013-03-07 |
Movie | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') | 2013-02-28 |
Movie | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Ansem (voice) | 2013-03-14 |
Movie | The Trail of Dracula | Self | 2013-12-12 |
Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Narrator | 2013-10-23 |
Movie | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | 2013-11-11 |
Movie | Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 | Narrator | 2012-04-13 |
Movie | Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness | Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-04-30 |
Movie | Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' | Self | 2012-02-28 |
Movie | Dark Shadows | Clarney | 2012-05-09 |
Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | The Fall of the House Of Usher | The Narrator | 2012-11-09 |
Movie | Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 |
Movie | Frankenweenie | Movie Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-10-04 |
Movie | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D'Ambroise | 2011-01-07 |
Movie | The Resident | August | 2011-02-10 |
Movie | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | The Wicker Tree | Old Man | 2011-08-27 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | The Jabberwocky (voice) | 2010-03-03 |
Movie | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | 2010-04-08 |
Movie | Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens | Himself | 2010-10-31 |
Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
Movie | Burke & Hare | Old Joseph | 2010-10-29 |
Movie | Boogie Woogie | Mr. Alfred Rhinegold | 2009-06-26 |
Movie | Triage | Joaquín Morales | 2009-11-13 |
Movie | Glorious 39 | Older Walter Page | 2009-11-20 |
Movie | Fanex Files: Hammer Films | Self | 2008-02-08 |
Series | The Colour of Magic | Death | 2008-03-23 |
Series | Rhythm of Life | 2008-05-05 | |
Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
Movie | Hollywood Chinese | Self | 2007-03-18 |
Movie | Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands | Self | 2007-07-06 |
Movie | Ein Leben wie im Flug | Self | 2007-03-15 |
Movie | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor | 2007-12-04 |
Movie | Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn | Narrator | 2007-10-17 |
Movie | 100 Years Under the Sea: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean | Narrator | 2007-10-04 |
Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
Movie | Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Walker Payne | Stu | 2006-04-27 |
Movie | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | 2005-07-13 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | 2005-05-17 |
Movie | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | 2005-10-29 |
Series | Pope John Paul II | Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Emerich | 2004-02-18 |
Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Count Dooku (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman (Extended Edition) | 2003-12-01 |
Movie | The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2002-04-01 |
Movie | Bond Girls Are Forever | Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-06 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku | 2002-05-15 |
Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Count Dooku | 2002-11-12 |
Movie | Best Ever Bond | Self / Scaramanga | 2002-11-22 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | 2002-12-18 |
Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
Movie | The Wicker Man Enigma | Himself | 2001-10-01 |
Movie | James Dean | 'Eden' Assistant Director | 2001-08-04 |
Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
Movie | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | 2001-12-29 | |
Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | 2001-12-18 |
Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
Movie | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | 2000-05-20 | |
Series | Gormenghast | Flay | 2000-01-17 |
Series | In the Beginning | Rameses I | 2000-11-12 |
Movie | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | 2000-05-23 |
Movie | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | 1999-11-19 |
Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Count Ottokar Graf Czernin | 1999-11-21 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | 1998-11-07 |
Series | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | 1997-01-12 |
Series | Wyrd Sisters | Death | 1997-05-18 |
Movie | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-05-12 |
Series | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-06-06 |
Series | The Odyssey | Tiresias | 1997-05-18 |
Movie | The Many Faces of Christopher Lee | 1996-01-01 | |
Movie | A Century of Science Fiction | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | The Stupids | Evil Sender | 1996-08-08 |
Movie | Welcome to the Discworld | Death | 1996-12-31 |
Movie | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Self | 1995-12-10 |
Movie | Moses | Pharao Ramses | 1995-12-18 |
Movie | A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James | Self | 1995-12-28 |
Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | 1994-01-19 |
Movie | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Rakov | 1994-06-09 |
Movie | A Feast At Midnight | V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow | 1994-11-01 |
Movie | Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror | Narrator / Himself | 1994-08-06 |
Movie | Funny Man | Callum Chance | 1994-06-10 |
Movie | Death Train | General Konstanin Benin | 1993-04-14 |
Series | Blue Heelers | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | 1992-02-19 |
Movie | Double Vision | Mr. Bernard | 1992-12-02 |
Movie | Cyber Eden | Cedric | 1992-12-23 |
Movie | Journey of Honor | King Philip | 1991-04-27 |
Movie | Fear in the Dark | Narrator | 1991-10-29 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-12-06 |
Movie | Treasure Island | Blind Pew | 1990-01-22 |
Movie | The Miser | Cardinale Spinosi | 1990-04-06 |
Movie | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | 1990-06-15 |
Movie | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | 1990-08-26 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | 1989-04-16 |
Movie | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | 1989-04-12 |
Movie | The French Revolution | Sanson | 1989-05-10 |
Movie | Murder Story | Willard Hope | 1989-09-24 |
Movie | Night of the Eagles | Walter Strauss | 1989-05-18 |
Movie | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | 1989-12-01 |
Movie | Olympus Force: The Key | 1988-01-01 | |
Movie | Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil | Luis Morel | 1988-08-18 |
Movie | Mio in the Land of Faraway | Kato | 1987-07-01 |
Movie | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Self | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | The Girl | Peter Storm | 1987-08-07 |
Movie | Creepy Classics | Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | Jocks | President White | 1986-11-14 |
Series | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | 1986-10-24 |
Movie | The Disputation | King James of Aragon | 1986-12-21 |
Movie | The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Himself - Presenter | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Fright Night | Dracula (archive footage) | 1985-08-02 |
Movie | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe | 1985-08-28 |
Movie | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | 1985-10-15 |
Movie | The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers | King Vladimir V | 1984-09-17 |
Series | The Far Pavilions | Rao-Sahib | 1984-04-22 |
Movie | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Mr. Clifford King | 1984-11-02 |
Movie | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | 1983-01-28 |
Movie | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | 1983-06-17 |
Movie | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | 1982-05-01 |
Movie | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | 1982-08-26 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | King Vladimir V | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard (voice) | 1982-11-19 |
Movie | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | 1981-01-01 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | 1981-08-14 |
Movie | Evil Stalks This House | Host | 1981-07-12 |
Series | Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | 1981-11-11 |
Movie | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | Serial | Luckman Skull | 1980-03-28 |
Movie | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | 1980-09-19 |
Movie | The Passage | Gypsy | 1979-03-09 |
Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer | 1979-03-03 |
Movie | Arabian Adventure | Caliph Alquazar | 1979-07-08 |
Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | 1979-08-09 |
Movie | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | 1979-12-14 |
Movie | Bear Island | Lechinski | 1979-12-05 |
Movie | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | 1979-11-23 |
Movie | Circle of Iron | Zetan | 1978-07-25 |
Movie | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon | 1978-03-10 |
Movie | Caravans | Sardar Khan | 1978-11-02 |
Movie | The Pirate | Samir Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
Movie | Meatcleaver Massacre | On-Screen Narrator | 1977-03-01 |
Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
Movie | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | 1977-03-11 |
Movie | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | 1977-08-01 |
Movie | The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural | Narrator | 1977-09-07 |
Movie | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | 1977-10-14 |
Movie | The Keeper | The Keeper | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Killer Force | Major Chilton | 1976-01-14 |
Movie | To the Devil a Daughter | Father Michael | 1976-03-04 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | Dracula and Son | Le prince des Ténèbres | 1976-09-14 |
Movie | Albino | Bill | 1976-03-15 |
Movie | In Search of Dracula | Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula | 1975-05-15 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Himself - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Space: 1999 | Zandor | 1975-09-04 |
Movie | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | 1974-01-01 |
Movie | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | 1974-12-01 |
Movie | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | 1974-10-31 |
Movie | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | 1973-02-16 |
Movie | Poor Devil | Lucifer | 1973-02-14 |
Movie | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
Movie | Dark Places | Dr. Ian Mandeville | 1973-05-01 |
Movie | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | 1973-12-11 |
Series | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1973-09-01 |
Movie | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | 1973-12-06 |
Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | 1973-11-03 |
Movie | Umbracle | The Man | 1972-01-01 |
Movie | Vampir Cuadecuc | Self | 1972-05-05 |
Movie | Horror Express | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton | 1972-09-30 |
Movie | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | 1972-06-26 |
Movie | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | 1972-10-13 |
Movie | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") | 1971-02-22 |
Series | Theatre Macabre | Self - Host | 1971-10-01 |
Movie | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake | 1971-11-01 |
Movie | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | 1971-11-08 |
Movie | Eugenie | Dolmance | 1970-02-20 |
Movie | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | 1970-02-05 |
Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | 1970-02-02 |
Movie | Count Dracula | Dracula | 1970-04-03 |
Movie | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | 1970-10-29 |
Movie | Scars of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-11-08 |
Movie | One More Time | Dracula | 1970-05-01 |
Movie | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | 1970-06-04 |
Movie | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-05-07 |
Movie | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhartt | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1969-05-29 |
Movie | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | 1969-12-12 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Eve | Colonel Stuart | 1968-07-19 |
Movie | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | 1968-07-20 |
Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | J.D. Morley | 1968-12-01 |
Movie | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula | 1968-11-07 |
Movie | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1968-08-23 |
Movie | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | 1967-05-01 |
Movie | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1967-05-25 |
Movie | The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai | 1967-10-05 |
Movie | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | 1967-08-03 |
Movie | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | 1967-11-01 |
Movie | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | 1966-03-06 |
Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | 1966-01-09 |
Movie | Circus of Fear | Gregor | 1966-04-29 |
Movie | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | 1966-12-16 |
Movie | Ten Little Indians | Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) | 1965-07-31 |
Movie | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | 1965-02-23 |
Movie | She | Billali | 1965-04-18 |
Movie | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1965-08-06 |
Movie | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | 1965-08-25 |
Movie | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | 1964-08-01 |
Movie | Crypt of the Vampire | Count Ludwig Karnstein | 1964-05-27 |
Movie | The Castle of the Living Dead | Count Drago | 1964-08-05 |
Movie | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | 1964-10-18 |
Movie | Challenge the Devil | Mephistoles | 1963-05-28 |
Movie | Horror Castle | Erich | 1963-08-15 |
Movie | The Whip and the Body | Kurt Menliff | 1963-08-29 |
Movie | Secret of the Red Orchid | Capt. Allerman | 1962-03-01 |
Movie | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | 1962-05-09 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | 1962-11-30 |
Movie | The Devil's Agent | Baron Ferdi von Staub | 1962-09-01 |
Movie | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | 1961-03-15 |
Movie | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | 1961-06-05 |
Movie | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | 1961-07-20 |
Movie | Hercules in the Haunted World | King Lico (Licos) | 1961-11-16 |
Movie | Beat Girl | Kenny King | 1960-08-21 |
Movie | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | 1960-09-09 |
Movie | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | 1960-12-01 |
Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | 1960-12-01 |
Movie | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | 1960-10-24 |
Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | 1959-05-04 |
Series | Stars in der Manege | Unknown | 1959-04-11 |
Movie | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerrard | 1959-06-15 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Movie | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | 1959-07-21 |
Movie | Uncle Was A Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | 1959-10-28 |
Movie | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | 1959-08-01 |
Series | Ivanhoe | Unknown | 1958-01-05 |
Movie | Battle of the V-1 | Brunner | 1958-01-01 |
Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | 1958-02-07 |
Movie | Dracula | Count Dracula | 1958-05-22 |
Series | The Adventures of William Tell | Unknown | 1958-09-15 |
Movie | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | 1958-12-01 |
Movie | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | 1957-03-13 |
Movie | Ill Met by Moonlight | German officer at The Dentist's office | 1957-01-31 |
Movie | The Traitor | Doctor Neumann | 1957-03-01 |
Movie | Manuela | Voice (voice) | 1957-07-18 |
Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | 1957-05-20 |
Movie | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | 1957-10-01 |
Movie | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | 1957-08-28 |
Movie | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | 1956-02-17 |
Series | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Unknown | 1956-02-22 |
Movie | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | 1956-03-28 |
Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | 1956-10-29 |
Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | 1956-10-30 |
Movie | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | 1956-06-18 |
Movie | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable | 1955-05-01 |
Movie | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) | 1955-04-15 |
Movie | Contraband Spain | Narrator (voice) | 1955-03-15 |
Movie | That Lady | Captain | 1955-05-11 |
Movie | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | 1955-02-01 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Movie | Alias John Preston | John Preston | 1955-12-14 |
Movie | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | 1955-12-26 |
Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander Alan Grieves | 1955-11-16 |
Movie | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | 1953-07-22 |
Movie | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | 1952-09-27 |
Movie | Top Secret | Russian Agent (uncredited) | 1952-11-10 |
Movie | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat (uncredited) | 1952-12-23 |
Movie | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | 1952-11-24 |
Movie | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | 1952-12-07 |
Movie | Captain Horatio Hornblower | Spanish Captain | 1951-04-10 |
Movie | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver (uncredited) | 1951-11-08 |
Movie | Valley of the Eagles | Det. Holt | 1951-09-26 |
Movie | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | 1950-04-24 |
Movie | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | 1950-05-02 |
Movie | Trottie True | Hon. Bongo Icklesham | 1949-09-29 |
Movie | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | 1948-04-25 |
Movie | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | 1948-02-23 |
Movie | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | 1948-06-08 |
Movie | Hamlet | Palace Guard (uncredited) | 1948-12-10 |
Movie | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | 1948-11-29 |
Movie | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | 1948-06-26 |