Christopher Lee
May 27, 1922(93 at death)|Died June 7, 2015
Westminster, London, England, UK|Acting
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 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.
Movies (305)
6.6
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
8.2
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Constel·lació Portabella
2024
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
7.6
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024
Faces of Death
2023
7.5
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
5.8
Drácula Barcelona
2017
6.0
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
5.5
Angels in Notting Hill
2015
6.5
Extraordinary Tales
2015
7.0
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
7.2
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
10.0
The Trail of Dracula
2013
5.6
The Girl from Nagasaki
2013
6.9
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013
The Gillian Hills Trilogy
2013
6.5
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
7.5
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012
7.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
7.9
The Fall of the House Of Usher
2012
6.2
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
7.2
Everything or Nothing
2012
10.0
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
6.1
Dark Shadows
2012
8.0
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
2012
6.0
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
7.2
Hugo
2011
4.0
The Wicker Tree
2011
5.8
The Resident
2011
5.5
Season of the Witch
2011
10.0
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010
6.1
Burke & Hare
2010
5.0
Boogie Woogie
2010
4.9
The Heavy
2010
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
2010
6.0
Glorious 39
2009
6.0
Triage
2009
7.5
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008
6.2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
7.0
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
6.1
The Golden Compass
2007
9.0
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
6.5
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Hollywood Chinese
2007
Beloved Count
2007
Pope John Paul II
2005
5.6
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
7.6
Corpse Bride
2005
7.0
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
7.5
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
6.5
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
2004
6.1
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
8.1
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
7.0
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
2003
Drácula en la Hammer
2003
8.8
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
8.0
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
6.8
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
9.0
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
8.8
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
7.8
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
6.6
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
8.0
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
5.7
Quest for the Ring
2001
6.7
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
6.2
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001
6.0
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
2001
7.1
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
7.3
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000
7.3
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000
3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
7.2
Sleepy Hollow
1999
5.3
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
8.0
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
6.7
Jinnah
1998
7.0
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998
4.7
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998
5.0
100 Years of Horror
1998
The Mummy
1998
6.8
Soul Music
1997
6.4
Welcome to the Discworld
1996
Vem Var Dracula
1996
4.9
The Stupids
1996
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
3.3
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996
8.1
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
6.9
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
4.7
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
6.2
A Feast at Midnight
1994
7.3
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
4.8
Funny Man
1994
4.6
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
5.3
The Rainbow Thief
1994
5.1
Death Train
1993
5.3
Cyber Eden
1992
5.1
Double Vision
1992
6.2
Innocent Blood
1992
5.1
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
4.0
Beauty and the Beast
1992
10.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992
5.4
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
9.0
Fear in the Dark
1991
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
4.4
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991
5.1
Journey of Honor
1991
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
1991
4.8
The Care of Time
1990
6.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
6.6
Treasure Island
1990
6.3
The Miser
1990
5.4
For Better or for Worse
1989
5.4
Murder Story
1989
3.9
Night of the Eagles
1989
7.5
The French Revolution
1989
6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
3.6
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
2.5
Olympus Force: The Key
1988
6.4
Creepy Classics
1987
4.9
The Girl
1987
6.0
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
5.5
The Disputation
1986
10.0
Un métier de seigneur
1986
4.4
Jocks
1986
3.4
Mask of Murder
1985
4.9
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
8.5
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985
4.5
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
1984
6.5
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
1.0
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
6.4
House of the Long Shadows
1983
6.1
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
7.3
The Last Unicorn
1982
The Rank Charm School
1982
4.0
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
5.7
Massarati and the Brain
1982
5.4
Safari 3000
1982
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
5.2
An Eye for an Eye
1981
5.7
Evil Stalks This House
1981
5.5
The Salamander
1981
5.2
Once Upon a Spy
1980
5.4
Serial
1980
4.5
Desperate Moves
1980
5.8
1941
1979
6.1
Bear Island
1979
3.8
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979
4.2
Jaguar Lives!
1979
5.9
Arabian Adventure
1979
6.2
The Passage
1979
3.8
The Horror Show
1979
4.5
The Pirate
1978
9.0
Mickey's 50
1978
5.6
Caravans
1978
5.6
Circle of Iron
1978
5.9
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
3.3
Starship Invasions
1977
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
3.9
End of the World
1977
5.6
Airport '77
1977
4.3
Meatcleaver Massacre
1977
5.8
Dracula and Son
1976
4.0
Albino
1976
5.5
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
5.4
Killer Force
1976
4.4
The Keeper
1976
7.3
In Search of Dracula
1975
5.0
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975
6.5
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
6.5
The Four Musketeers
1974
6.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973
7.3
The Wicker Man
1973
5.5
Dark Places
1973
5.6
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
6.2
Nothing But the Night
1973
5.9
Poor Devil
1973
5.9
The Creeping Flesh
1973
5.8
Death Line
1972
6.3
Horror Express
1972
5.9
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
6.2
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
6.0
Umbracle
1972
6.2
Hannie Caulder
1971
5.5
I, Monster
1971
6.4
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
5.9
Scars of Dracula
1970
6.8
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
5.8
Julius Caesar
1970
5.0
One More Time
1970
6.1
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
5.9
Count Dracula
1970
4.9
Eugenie
1970
5.1
The Bloody Judge
1970
5.3
Scream and Scream Again
1970
5.7
The Magic Christian
1969
5.7
The Oblong Box
1969
3.7
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969
5.2
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
6.7
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
4.4
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
6.5
The Devil Rides Out
1968
4.2
The Face of Eve
1968
6.6
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.4
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967
5.3
Five Golden Dragons
1967
6.1
Theatre of Death
1967
6.4
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967
5.3
Night of the Big Heat
1967
5.9
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
5.4
Circus of Fear
1966
5.8
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
6.7
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
6.1
The Skull
1965
6.2
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
6.3
Ten Little Indians
1965
5.5
She
1965
6.5
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
6.4
The Gorgon
1964
6.1
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964
5.7
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
4.9
Crypt of the Vampire
1964
1.0
Horror!!!
1964
6.4
The Whip and the Body
1963
5.7
Horror Castle
1963
3.4
Challenge the Devil
1963
5.5
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
6.7
The Devil's Agent
1962
6.2
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
5.8
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
6.6
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961
5.8
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
7.1
Taste of Fear
1961
5.7
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
4.4
The Hands of Orlac
1960
4.7
Too Hot to Handle
1960
6.1
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
6.5
The City of the Dead
1960
5.8
Beat Girl
1960
5.7
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959
6.7
The Mummy
1959
6.4
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
5.8
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
6.8
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
6.2
Corridors of Blood
1958
7.2
Dracula
1958
6.8
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
5.2
Battle of the V-1
1958
6.3
The Truth About Women
1957
6.3
Bitter Victory
1957
6.3
Manuela
1957
6.8
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
6.8
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
7.6
The Traitor
1957
6.3
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957
6.4
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
6.8
Beyond Mombasa
1956
5.9
Port Afrique
1956
6.0
Alexander the Great
1956
6.6
Private's Progress
1956
6.3
Storm Over the Nile
1955
5.8
Alias John Preston
1955
5.9
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
7.0
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
6.7
Police Dog
1955
6.4
The Dark Avenger
1955
6.3
Contraband Spain
1955
6.6
That Lady
1955
7.4
Cross-Roads
1955
6.5
The Awakening
1954
The Mirror and Markheim
1954
5.2
Innocents in Paris
1953
6.6
Moulin Rouge
1952
5.8
Babes in Bagdad
1952
5.8
Paul Temple Returns
1952
8.0
Top Secret
1952
7.0
The Crimson Pirate
1952
7.1
Quo Vadis
1951
6.2
Valley of the Eagles
1951
6.9
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
6.8
Prelude to Fame
1950
6.4
They Were Not Divided
1950
7.0
Trottie True
1949
7.4
Hamlet
1948
7.2
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
6.6
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
6.1
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948
6.3
A Song for Tomorrow
1948
7.3
One Night with You
1948
6.0
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
1939
TV Shows (52)
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6.8
The Colour of Magic
2008
6.4
Pope John Paul II
2005
6.6
Ghost Stories for Christmas
2000
6.4
In the Beginning
2000
7.0
Gormenghast
2000
7.0
Soul Music
1997
7.2
The Odyssey
1997
6.4
Wyrd Sisters
1997
7.1
Ivanhoe
1997
7.0
100 Years of Horror
1996
6.8
Moses
1996
6.3
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996
5.5
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1995
6.7
The World of Hammer
1994
6.2
Brisant
1994
6.5
Blue Heelers
1993
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
6.5
Stern TV
1990
10.0
The French Revolution
1989
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
7.1
Shaka Zulu
1986
7.5
The Far Pavilions
1984
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.9
Goliath Awaits
1981
5.4
Wetten, dass..?
1981
5.0
The Pirate
1977
6.9
How the West Was Won
1977
8.0
Auf los geht's los
1977
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.1
Space: 1999
1975
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
3.0
Theatre Macabre
1971
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.7
The Avengers
1961
7.7
The Avengers
1961
5.3
Stars in the Ring
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
6.4
Ivanhoe
1958
Sailor of Fortune
1957
9.0
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
9.0
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
9.0
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
9.0
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
7.5
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
8.0
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
8.0
Mark Saber
1954
