Christopher Lee

ActorProducer May 27 (died age 93) Westminster, London, England, UK 1939–2025 (86 year career)

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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

Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Saruman

Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Saruman

Film

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Saruman the White

Film

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Count Dooku

Film

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Saruman the White

Film

Corpse Bride

Pastor Galswells (voice)

Film

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dr. Wonka

Film

Hugo

Monsieur Labisse

Filmography

Acting (384)

Movies (329)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024

as Saruman (voice)

6.5

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

2024

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

2024

as Self / Various (Archive)

7.5

Children of the Wicker Man

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

as Himself

Drácula Barcelona

as Himself

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

2017

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

6.0

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015

as (archive footage)

7.0

Angels in Notting Hill

2015

as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)

5.5

Extraordinary Tales

2015

as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

6.5

The Appendices, Part Eleven: The Gathering Storm

2015

as Self

The Appendices, Part Twelve: Here at Journey's End

2015

as Self

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

as Saruman the White

7.3

Face of Unity

2014

as Self

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2

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

2014

as Self

Night Train to Lisbon

2013

as Father Bartholomeu

6.5

The Girl from Nagasaki

2013

as Old Officer Pinkerton

5.6

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

2013

as Narrator

6.9

The Appendices, Part Eight: Return to Middle-earth

2013

as Self

The Trail of Dracula

2013

as Self (Archival Footage)

10.0

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Saruman the White

Dark Shadows

as Clarney

Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988

2012

as Narrator

The Fall of the House Of Usher

2012

as The Narrator

7.9

Everything or Nothing

2012

as Self

7.1

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

2012

as Self

6.2

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

2012

as Self

6.0

Dracula vs. Vampir

2012

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

2012

as Dracula (archive footage)

8.0

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features

2012

10.0

Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror

as Self

Hugo

as Monsieur Labisse

The Resident

as August

Season of the Witch

as Cardinal D'Ambroise

The Wicker Tree

as Old Man

Alice in Wonderland

as Jabberwocky (voice)

Burke & Hare

as Old Joseph

Boogie Woogie

as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold

5.0

The Heavy

2010

as Mr. Mason

4.8

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

as Self

Triage

as Joaquín Morales

Glorious 39

as Older Walter Page

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

as Count Dooku (voice)

6.1

Fanex Files: Hammer Films

2008

as Self

7.0

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem

2008

as Narrator (voice)

7.4

The Golden Compass

2007

as First High Councilor

6.1

Hollywood Chinese

2007

as Self

Beloved Count

2007

as Self

Bloody Jess

2007

as Self

7.0

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

2007

as Narrator (voice)

9.0

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Ein Leben wie im Flug

2007

as Self

Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands

2007

as Self

6.5

Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets

2007

as Narrator

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

2006

as Self

8.2

Corpse Bride

2005

as Pastor Galswells (voice)

7.6

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

as Dr. Wonka

7.0

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

as Count Dooku

7.5

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

2005

as The Lord Provost

5.4

Pope John Paul II

2005

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse

2004

as Emerich

6.1

The Story of Star Wars

2004

as Count Dooku (archive footage)

7.2

The Appendices, Part Six: The Passing of an Age

2004

as Self

The Appendices, Part Five: The War of the Ring

2004

as Self

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

2004

as Self

6.0

Cast & crew User reviews IMDbPro The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition Scenes

2004

as Saruman

Drácula en la Hammer

2003

as Christopher Lee

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

2003

8.8

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

2003

as Self

8.1

The Appendices, Part Three: The Journey Continues...

2003

as Self

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick

2003

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Special Extended Edition Scenes

2003

as Saruman

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

as Saruman

8.4

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as Count Dooku

Best Ever Bond

as Self / Scaramanga

The Appendices, Part Two: From Vision to Reality

2002

as Self

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

2002

as Self

8.8

The Appendices, Part One: From Book to Vision

2002

as Self

10.0

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

2002

as Self / Count Dooku

6.5

To the Devil... The Death of Hammer

2002

Perversion Stories

2002

as Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Weta Workshop

2002

as Self

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

as Saruman

8.4

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

2001

as Self

7.8

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

as Self

Quest for the Ring

as Self

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

as Self

6.5

The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz

2001

as Narrator

6.0

The Wicker Man Enigma

2001

as Himself

6.0

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

2001

7.0

Ian Fleming: 007's Creator

2000

as Self

6.9

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

2000

7.2

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000

as Self

7.1

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Narrator

Sleepy Hollow

as Burgomaster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

1999

as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin

5.1

Ex-S: The Wicker Man

1998

as Self

Jinnah

1998

as Muhammad Ali Jinnah

6.6

The Mummy

1998

as Self - Host

100 Years of Horror

1998

as Presenter

5.0

Tale of the Mummy

1998

as Sir Richard Turkel

4.7

Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah

1998

as Self

Soul Music

as Death (voice)

The Odyssey

as Tiresias

The Many Faces of Christopher Lee

1996

8.2

Vem Var Dracula

1996

as Self

The Stupids

1996

as Evil Sender

4.8

A Century of Science Fiction

1996

as Narrator (voice)

6.9

Welcome to the Discworld

1996

as Death

6.0

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1996

The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry

1996

as Self

3.3

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

as Self

Moses

as Ramses

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross

as Self

Funny Man

as Callum Chance

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

as Commandant Rakov

The Rainbow Thief

as Uncle Rudolf

A Feast at Midnight

as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow

6.0

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

1994

as Narrator (voice) / Self

7.3

Death Train

1993

as General Konstanin Benin

5.0

Innocent Blood

1992

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

6.2

Beauty and the Beast

1992

as Monsieur Renard (voice)

4.0

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

as Sherlock Holmes

Cyber Eden

as Cedric

Double Vision

as Mr. Bernard

Curse III: Blood Sacrifice

1991

as Dr. Pearson

4.3

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

as Sherlock Holmes

Journey of Honor

as King Philip

Fear in the Dark

as Narrator

Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal

1991

as Self - Narrator

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Doctor Catheter

The Care of Time

as Karlis Zander

Treasure Island

as Blind Pew

The Miser

as Cardinale Spinosi

The French Revolution

1989

as Sanson

7.5

The Return of the Musketeers

as Rochefort

Honeymoon Academy

as Lazos

Murder Story

as Willard Hope

Night of the Eagles

as Walter Strauss

Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil

1988

as Luis Morel

3.2

Olympus Force: The Key

as Filly

The Girl

as Peter Storm

Mio in the Land of Faraway

1987

as Kato

6.0

Creepy Classics

1987

as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)

6.3

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as Self

Jocks

as President White

The Disputation

as King James of Aragon

1.0

Un métier de seigneur

1986

as Fog

The Best of All Time Horror Classics

1985

Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch

1985

as Stefan Crosscoe

4.9

Mask of Murder

1985

as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich

2.7

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

1985

as Himself - Presenter

7.0

The Bengal Lancers!

1984

as Sir James Hunter

1.0

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

1984

as King Vladimir V

6.5

The Rosebud Beach Hotel

1984

as King

4.2

The Return of Captain Invincible

as Mr. Midnight

New Magic

as Mr. Kellar

House of the Long Shadows

1983

as Corrigan

6.4

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

1983

as Narrator

The Last Unicorn

1982

as King Haggard (voice)

7.2

Safari 3000

1982

as Count Borgia

5.1

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

1982

as Prince Philip

3.2

The Rank Charm School

1982

as Self

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Massarati and the Brain

as Victor Leopold

An Eye for an Eye

as Morgan Canfield

The Salamander

as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

5.3

Evil Stalks This House

as Host

Serial

as Luckman Skull

Once Upon a Spy

as Marcus Valorium

Desperate Moves

as Dr. Carl Boxer

1941

as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

Arabian Adventure

as Caliph Alquazar

Bear Island

as Lechinski

Jaguar Lives!

as Adam Caine

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Captain America II: Death Too Soon

as Miguel

The Passage

as Gypsy

Circle of Iron

as Zetan

Caravans

as Sardar Khan

The Pirate

as Samir Al Fay

Return from Witch Mountain

1978

as Victor Gannon

5.9

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural

1977

as Narrator

Airport '77

as Martin Wallace

Starship Invasions

as Captain Rameses

End of the World

as Father Pergado / Zindar

3.6

Meatcleaver Massacre

1977

as On-Screen Narrator

4.2

Playboy's Playmate Party

1977

To the Devil a Daughter

as Father Michael

The Keeper

as The Keeper

Dracula and Son

as Le prince des Ténèbres

Killer Force

as Major Chilton

Death in the Sun

as Bill

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

1975

as Satanus / Van Krig

1.0

In Search of Dracula

1975

as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula

7.3

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974

as Francisco Scaramanga

The Four Musketeers

as Rochefort

Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Stephen Hayward

The Three Musketeers

as Rochefort

The Wicker Man

as Lord Summerisle

Poor Devil

as Lucifer

The Creeping Flesh

as James Hildern

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973

as Count Dracula

5.6

Dark Places

1973

as Dr. Ian Mandeville

5.5

Nothing But the Night

1973

as Col. Charles Bingham

6.1

Death Line

1972

as Stratton-Villiers, MI5

Vampir Cuadecuc

as Self

Umbracle

as The Man

Dracula A.D. 1972

as Count Dracula

Horror Express

as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton

6.3

I, Monster

1971

as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake

5.4

Hannie Caulder

1971

as Bailey

6.2

The House That Dripped Blood

1971

as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

Scars of Dracula

as Dracula

Eugenie

as Dolmance

Taste the Blood of Dracula

as Dracula

Julius Caesar

as Artemidorus

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

as Mycroft Holmes

One More Time

as Dracula

Count Dracula

as Dracula

The Bloody Judge

as Lord George Jeffreys

5.0

Scream and Scream Again

1970

as Fremont

5.3

Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula

1969

as Self

The Castle of Fu Manchu

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

The Oblong Box

as Dr. J. Neuhartt

The Magic Christian

as Ship's Vampire

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968

as J.D. Morley

5.2

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)

6.3

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

as Dracula

The Devil Rides Out

as Duc de Richleau

Eve

as Colonel Stuart

The Blood of Fu Manchu

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

Five Golden Dragons

as Dragon #4

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

1967

as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

6.4

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

1967

as Dr. Fu Manchu

6.2

Night of the Big Heat

as Godfrey Hanson

Theatre of Death

as Philippe Darvas

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966

as Count Dracula

6.7

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966

as Fu Manchu

5.8

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

as Grigori Rasputin

Circus of Fear

as Gregor

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

as Franklyn Marsh

She

as Billali

The Skull

as Sir Matthew Phillips

6.0

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

6.1

Ten Little Indians

1965

as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)

6.2

The Castle of the Living Dead

1964

as Count Drago

6.1

The Gorgon

1964

as Prof. Karl Meister

6.3

The Devil-Ship Pirates

as Captain Robeles

Horror!!!

as Self

Crypt of the Vampire

as Count Ludwig Karnstein

4.8

Corridors of Blood

1963

as Resurrection Joe

6.2

The Whip and the Body

as Kurt Menliff

Horror Castle

as Erich

Challenge the Devil

as Mephistoles

Lolita

as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

as Captain LaRoche

6.1

Secret of the Red Orchid

1962

as Capt. Allerman

5.6

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

1962

as Sherlock Holmes

5.4

The Devil's Agent

1962

as Baron Ferdi von Staub

6.4

Taste of Fear

1961

as Doctor Pierre Gerrard

7.1

The Devil's Daffodil

1961

as Ling Chu

5.6

Hercules in the Haunted World

1961

as King Lico (Licos)

6.6

The Terror of the Tongs

1961

as Chung King

5.7

The City of the Dead

1960

as Prof. Alan Driscoll

6.5

The Hands of Orlac

1960

as Nero the magician

3.9

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

as Paul Allen

Beat Girl

as Kenny King

Too Hot to Handle

as Novak

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

as Sir Henry Baskerville

6.8

The Mummy

1959

as Kharis, the Mummy

6.7

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959

as Dr. Pierre Gerrard

5.7

Uncle Was a Vampire

1959

as Baron Roderico da Frankurten

5.4

The Treasure of San Teresa

as Jaeger

Dracula

as Count Dracula

Battle of the V-1

as Brunner

A Tale of Two Cities

as Marquis St. Evremonde

6.7

The Truth About Women

as Francois Thiers

Fortune Is a Woman

as Charles Highbury

The Traitor

as Doctor Neumann

Ill Met by Moonlight

as German officer at The Dentist's office

6.2

The Curse of Frankenstein

as The Creature

Manuela

as Voice (voice)

Bitter Victory

as Sgt. Barney

Private's Progress

as Major Schultz

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

as Manolo

6.3

Alexander the Great

1956

as Nectenabus (voice)

Port Afrique

as Franz Vermes

Beyond Mombasa

as Gil Rossi

The Dark Avenger

as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

That Lady

as Capitán

Storm Over the Nile

as Karaga Pasha

Contraband Spain

as Narrador (voz)

Moby Dick—Rehearsed

as A Stage Manager /Flask

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955

as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

Alias John Preston

as John Preston

Cross-Roads

as Harry Cooper

Police Dog

as Johnny, a constable

6.0

The Mirror and Markheim

1954

as Visitant

The Awakening

1954

as Factory proprietor (uncredited)

6.5

Innocents in Paris

1953

as Lieutenant Whitlock

The Top and the Ball

as Father

The Crimson Pirate

as Joseph (attache)

Moulin Rouge

as Georges Seurat (uncredited)

6.7

Top Secret

1952

as Russian Agent (uncredited)

6.0

Paul Temple Returns

1952

as Sir Felix Raybourne

Babes in Bagdad

as Slave Dealer

Quo Vadis

as Chariot Driver (uncredited)

7.1

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

as Spanish Captain

Valley of the Eagles

as Det. Holt

Prelude to Fame

as Newsman

They Were Not Divided

1950

as Chris Lewis

6.0

Trottie True

1949

as Hon. Bongo Icklesham

7.0

Hamlet

1948

as Palace Guard (uncredited)

7.4

Corridor of Mirrors

1948

as Charles

5.8

Scott of the Antarctic

1948

as Bernard Day

7.2

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948

as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel

6.4

One Night with You

1948

as Pirelli's Assistant

6.5

A Song for Tomorrow

1948

as Auguste

6.0

Penny and the Pownall Case

1948

as Jonathan Blair

5.7

Eugen Weidmann Execution Film

1939

as Himself

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

as Saruman

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending

as Lord Summerisle

The Wicker Man At 50

as Lord Summerisle

Television (55)

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

2019

as Self (archive footage)

The Colour of Magic

2008

as Death

6.8

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

as Self

3.7

Semperopernball

2006

as Self

Pope John Paul II

2005

as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński

6.1

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

2004

as Self

4.0

Top Gear

2002

as Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage)

7.6

Aeschbacher

2001

as Self

In the Beginning

as Rameses I

Gormenghast

as Flay

Ghost Stories for Christmas

as Narrator

The Odyssey

as Tiresias

Ivanhoe

as Lucas de Beaumanoir

Wyrd Sisters

as Death

Soul Music

as Death (voice)

100 Years of Horror

as Self - Host

Moses

as Pharaoh

Alisea and the Dream Prince

1996

as Azaret

5.2

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

as Narrator

Brisant

as Self

The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Blue Heelers

1993

as Scott James

6.2

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992

as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin

6.5

Stern TV

1990

as Self

6.5

Around the World in 80 Days

1989

as Stuart

6.7

The French Revolution

1989

as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)

10.0

Seitenblicke

1987

as self

Shaka Zulu

as Lord Bathurst

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

The Far Pavilions

as Rao-Sahib

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Faerie Tale Theatre

as King Vladimir V

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Goliath Awaits

as John McKenzie

How the West Was Won

as The Grand Duke

Auf los geht's los

as Self

Charlie's Angels

as Dale Woodman

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Space: 1999

as Captain Zandor

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

as Arnaud

Theatre Macabre

as Self - Host

Treffpunkte

as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Karl Jorla

7.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Avengers

as Professor Stone

One Step Beyond

as Wilhelm Reitlinger

5.6

Stars in the Ring

1959

as Self

5.3

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

as Prince Erik

6.3

Ivanhoe

1958

as Sir Otto from the Rhine

6.3

Sailor of Fortune

1957

as Yusif Carnot

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956

as Jeanpierre

7.3

The Errol Flynn Theatre

1956

as Maurice Gabet

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

as Louis (uncredited)

7.6

Mark Saber

1954

as Larry Spence

7.0

Science Fiction Film Awards

as Himself

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Nothing But the Night

1973

Producer

6.1