Christopher Lee
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, 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.
Known for
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Faces of Death
Dracula Unearthed
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Drácula Barcelona
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Angels in Notting Hill
Fifty Shades of Erotica
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Face of Unity
The Trail of Dracula
The Girl from Nagasaki
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Night Train to Lisbon
Extraordinary Tales
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Fall of the House Of Usher
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Everything or Nothing
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
Dark Shadows
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Hugo
The Wicker Tree
The Resident
Season of the Witch
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Burke & Hare
Halloween: The Inside Story
The Heavy
Alice in Wonderland
Glorious 39
Triage
Boogie Woogie
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The Colour of Magic
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
The Golden Compass
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Hollywood Chinese
Beloved Count
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Corpse Bride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The Story of Star Wars
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Drácula en la Hammer
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Bond Girls Are Forever
Top Gear
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
Quest for the Ring
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
The Wicker Man Enigma
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
Ghost Stories for Christmas
In the Beginning
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Gormenghast
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Sleepy Hollow
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
Tale of the Mummy
100 Years of Horror
Soul Music
The Odyssey
Soul Music
Ivanhoe
Welcome to the Discworld
100 Years of Horror
The Stupids
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Moses
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
Alisea and the Dream Prince
A Century of Science Fiction
Moses
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
A Feast At Midnight
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
The World of Hammer
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Funny Man
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
The Rainbow Thief
Blue Heelers
Death Train
Cyber Eden
Double Vision
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Beauty and the Beast
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Fear in the Dark
Witchcraft
Journey of Honor
The Care of Time
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Miser
Stern TV
Treasure Island
Honeymoon Academy
Murder Story
Night of the Eagles
The French Revolution
Around the World in 80 Days
The Return of the Musketeers
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
Olympus Force: The Key
Creepy Classics
The Girl
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
The Disputation
Un métier de seigneur
Jocks
Shaka Zulu
Mask of Murder
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
The Bengal Lancers!
The Far Pavilions
House of the Long Shadows
The Return of Captain Invincible
The Last Unicorn
The Rank Charm School
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Faerie Tale Theatre
Massarati and the Brain
Safari 3000
Champs-Elysées
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Goliath Awaits
An Eye for an Eye
Evil Stalks This House
The Salamander
Wetten, dass..?
Once Upon a Spy
Serial
1941
Bear Island
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Jaguar Lives!
Arabian Adventure
The Passage
The Horror Show
The Pirate
Caravans
Circle of Iron
Return from Witch Mountain
Starship Invasions
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
End of the World
Airport '77
Meatcleaver Massacre
Auf los geht's los
Charlie's Angels
Dracula and Son
Albino
To the Devil a Daughter
Killer Force
The Keeper
Saturday Night Live
Space: 1999
In Search of Dracula
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Four Musketeers
Diagnosis: Murder
The Three Musketeers
The Wicker Man
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Dark Places
Nothing But the Night
Poor Devil
The Creeping Flesh
Death Line
Horror Express
Dracula A.D. 1972
Vampir Cuadecuc
Umbracle
Hannie Caulder
I, Monster
Theatre Macabre
The House That Dripped Blood
Scars of Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Julius Caesar
Taste the Blood of Dracula
One More Time
Count Dracula
Eugenie
The Bloody Judge
Scream and Scream Again
The Magic Christian
The Oblong Box
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
The Blood of Fu Manchu
The Devil Rides Out
Eve
The Movie Orgy
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Five Golden Dragons
Theatre of Death
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Circus of Fear
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
The Skull
The Face of Fu Manchu
Ten Little Indians
She
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
The Gorgon
The Castle of the Living Dead
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Crypt of the Vampire
Horror!!!
The Whip and the Body
Horror Castle
Challenge the Devil
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Devil's Agent
The Pirates of Blood River
Secret of the Red Orchid
The Mike Douglas Show
Hercules in the Haunted World
The Devil's Daffodil
Taste of Fear
The Terror of the Tongs
The Avengers
Too Hot to Handle
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
The City of the Dead
Beat Girl
Uncle Was A Vampire
The Mummy
The Treasure of San Teresa
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Stars in der Manege
One Step Beyond
Corridors of Blood
The Adventures of William Tell
Dracula
A Tale of Two Cities
Ivanhoe
Battle of the V-1
The Truth About Women
Bitter Victory
Manuela
The Curse of Frankenstein
Fortune Is a Woman
The Traitor
Ill Met by Moonlight
The Battle of the River Plate
Beyond Mombasa
The Errol Flynn Theatre
Port Afrique
Alexander the Great
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Private's Progress
Storm Over the Nile
Alias John Preston
The Cockleshell Heroes
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
That Lady
Police Dog
The Dark Avenger
Contraband Spain
Cross-Roads
The Awakening
Innocents in Paris
Moulin Rouge
Babes in Bagdad
Paul Temple Returns
Top Secret
The Crimson Pirate
Quo Vadis
Valley of the Eagles
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Prelude to Fame
They Were Not Divided
Trottie True
Hamlet
Scott of the Antarctic
Penny and the Pownall Case
A Song for Tomorrow
One Night with You
Corridor of Mirrors
Acting
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
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Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
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Count Ottokar Graf Czernin