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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. 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (86)
  • 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror — Self (archive footage)
  • Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self (footage)
  • 2024Children of the Wicker Man — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee — Self / Various (Archive)
  • 2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Peter Cushing: In His Own Words — Himself
  • La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions — Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
  • 2017Drácula Barcelona — Himself
  • 2014Face of Unity — Self
  • 2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective — Self
  • 2013The Trail of Dracula — Self (Archival Footage)
  • 2012Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror — Self
  • 2012Everything or Nothing — Self
  • 2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' — Self
  • 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars — Self
  • 2010Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror — Self
  • 2008Fanex Files: Hammer Films — Self
  • 2007Beloved Count — Self
  • 2007Bloody Jess — Self
  • 2007Ein Leben wie im Flug — Self
  • 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Hollywood Chinese — Self
  • 2007Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands — Self
  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
  • Semperopernball — Self
  • 2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' — Self
  • 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
  • 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills — Self
  • 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' — Self
  • Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel — Self
  • 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King — Self
  • 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth — Self
  • 2003Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2002Best Ever Bond — Self / Scaramanga
  • 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II — Self / Count Dooku
  • 2002Perversion Stories — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script — Self
  • 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast — Self
  • Aeschbacher — Self
  • 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring — Self
  • 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' — Self
  • 2001Quest for the Ring — Self
  • 2001R2-D2: Beneath the Dome — Self
  • 2001The Wicker Man Enigma — Himself
  • 2000Ian Fleming: 007's Creator — Self
  • 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend — Self
  • 1998Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah — Self
  • 1998Ex-S: The Wicker Man — Self
  • 1998The Mummy — Self - Host
  • 100 Years of Horror — Self - Host
  • 1996The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry — Self
  • 1995A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James — Self
  • 1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross — Self
  • Brisant — Self
  • The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)
  • 1991Ghost — Self - Narrator
  • Stern TV — Self
  • Nase vorn — Self
  • 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood — Self
  • Seitenblicke — self
  • Wedden, dat..? — Self
  • 1985Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! — Self - Narrator
  • 1985The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes — Himself - Presenter
  • Champs-Elysées — Self
  • 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982The Rank Charm School — Self
  • Wetten, dass..? — Self
  • 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
  • Auf los geht's los — Self
  • 1975In Search of Dracula — Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
  • 1972Vampir Cuadecuc — Self
  • Film '72 — Self
  • Theatre Macabre — Self – Host
  • Treffpunkte — Self
  • 1969Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula — Self
  • 1964Horror!!! — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self
  • Stars in der Manege — Self
  • 1939Eugen Weidmann Execution Film — Himself
  • Science Fiction Film Awards — Self
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