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Christopher Lee
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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 Guin…
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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.
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Christopher Lee's Filmography
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Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
as Self (archive footage)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Saruman (voice)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
Constel·lació Portabella
as (archive footage)
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self (archive footage)
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
as Self / Various (Archive)
The Wicker Man at 50
as Lord Summerisle
Faces of Death
as (archive footage)
No Poster
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
as Lord Summerisle
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself
Drácula Barcelona
as Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Angels in Notting Hill
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Extraordinary Tales
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Saruman the White
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
as Self
Face of Unity
as Self
The Trail of Dracula
as Self (Archival Footage)
The Girl from Nagasaki
as Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
as Narrator
No Poster
The Gillian Hills Trilogy
Night Train to Lisbon
as Father Bartholomeu
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
as Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Saruman the White
The Fall of the House Of Usher
as The Narrator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
No Poster
Dracula vs. Vampir
Everything or Nothing
as Self
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
Dark Shadows
as Clarney
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Dracula (archive footage)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
as Narrator
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
Hugo
as Monsieur Labisse
The Wicker Tree
as Old Man
The Resident
as August
Season of the Witch
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
as Self
Burke & Hare
as Old Joseph
Boogie Woogie
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
The Heavy
as Mr. Mason
Alice in Wonderland
as Jabberwocky (voice)
Glorious 39
as Older Walter Page
Triage
as Joaquín Morales
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
as Narrator (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Count Dooku (voice)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
as Death (synchro)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
as Death (synchro)
The Golden Compass
as First High Councilor
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
as Narrator
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands
as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
No Poster
Ein Leben wie im Flug
as Self
No Poster
Beloved Count
as Self
No Poster
Bloody Jess
as Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
as Self
No Poster
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as The Lord Provost
Corpse Bride
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Dr. Wonka
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Count Dooku
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
as Emerich
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
as Self
The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
as Self
Drácula en la Hammer
as Christopher Lee
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Saruman
Best Ever Bond
as Self / Scaramanga
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
as Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
as Self / Count Dooku
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
as Self
No Poster
Perversion Stories
as Self
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Count Dooku
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Saruman
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self
Quest for the Ring
as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
as Himself
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
as Narrator
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Narrator
Sleepy Hollow
as Burgomaster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
as Self
Jinnah
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
as Self
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
as Sir Richard Turkel
The Mummy
as Self - Host
100 Years of Horror
as Presenter
Soul Music
as Death (voice)
Welcome to the Discworld
as Death
The Stupids
as Evil Sender
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
as Self
A Century of Science Fiction
as Narrator (voice)
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
No Poster
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
as Self
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
as Self
A Feast at Midnight
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Narrator (voice) / Self
Funny Man
as Callum Chance
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Commandant Rakov
The Rainbow Thief
as Uncle Rudolf
Death Train
as General Konstanin Benin
Cyber Eden
as Cedric
Double Vision
as Mr. Bernard
Innocent Blood
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
as Sherlock Holmes
Beauty and the Beast
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Sherlock Holmes
Fear in the Dark
as Narrator
Halloween Monster Bash
as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
as Dr. Pearson
Journey of Honor
as King Philip
Ghost
as Self - Narrator
The Care of Time
as Karlis Zander
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Doctor Catheter
Treasure Island
as Blind Pew
The Miser
as Cardinale Spinosi
For Better or for Worse
as Lazos
Murder Story
as Willard Hope
Night of the Eagles
as Walter Strauss
The French Revolution
as Sanson
The Return of the Musketeers
as Rochefort
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
as Luis Morel
Olympus Force: The Key
as Filly
Creepy Classics
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Mio in the Land of Faraway
as Kato
The Girl
as Peter Storm
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Self
Casanova
as Branicki
The Disputation
as King James of Aragon
Jocks
as President White
Mask of Murder
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
as Stefan Crosscoe
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
as Self - Narrator
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Himself - Presenter
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
as King
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
as King Vladimir V
The Bengal Lancers!
as Sir James Hunter
House of the Long Shadows
as Corrigan
The Return of Captain Invincible
as Mr. Midnight
No Poster
New Magic
as Mr. Kellar
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Narrator
The Last Unicorn
as King Haggard (voice)
The Rank Charm School
as Self
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Prince Philip
Massarati and the Brain
as Victor Leopold
Safari 3000
as Count Borgia
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
An Eye for an Eye
as Morgan Canfield
Evil Stalks This House
as Host
The Salamander
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Once Upon a Spy
as Marcus Valorium
Serial
as Luckman Skull
Desperate Moves
as Dr. Carl Boxer
1941
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Bear Island
as Lechinski
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
as Miguel
Jaguar Lives!
as Adam Caine
Arabian Adventure
as Caliph Alquazar
The Passage
as Gypsy
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
Mickey's 50
as Self
Caravans
as Sardar Khan
Circle of Iron
as Zetan
Return from Witch Mountain
as Victor Gannon
Starship Invasions
as Captain Rameses
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
as Narrator
Playboy's Playmate Party
End of the World
as Father Pergado / Zindar
Airport '77
as Martin Wallace
Meatcleaver Massacre
as On-Screen Narrator
Dracula and Son
as Le prince des Ténèbres
Albino
as Bill
To the Devil a Daughter
as Father Michael
Killer Force
as Major Chilton
The Keeper
as The Keeper
In Search of Dracula
as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
as Satanus / Van Krig
The Man with the Golden Gun
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
Dark Places
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Count Dracula
Nothing But the Night
as Col. Charles Bingham
Poor Devil
as Lucifer
The Creeping Flesh
as James Hildern
Death Line
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Horror Express
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Dracula A.D. 1972
as Count Dracula
Vampir Cuadecuc
as Self
Umbracle
as The Man
Hannie Caulder
as Bailey
I, Monster
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
The House That Dripped Blood
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Scars of Dracula
as Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Mycroft Holmes
Julius Caesar
as Artemidorus
One More Time
as Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula
as Dracula
Count Dracula
as Dracula
Eugenie
as Dolmance
The Bloody Judge
as Lord George Jeffreys
Scream and Scream Again
as Fremont
The Magic Christian
as Ship's Vampire
The Oblong Box
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
The Castle of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
as Self
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as J.D. Morley
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Dracula
The Blood of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
The Devil Rides Out
as Duc de Richleau
The Face of Eve
as Colonel Stuart
The Movie Orgy
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Five Golden Dragons
as Dragon #4
Theatre of Death
as Philippe Darvas
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat
as Godfrey Hanson
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Fu Manchu
Circus of Fear
as Gregor
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Grigori Rasputin
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Count Dracula
The Skull
as Sir Matthew Phillips
The Face of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Ten Little Indians
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
She
as Billali
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Franklyn Marsh
The Gorgon
as Prof. Karl Meister
The Castle of the Living Dead
as Count Drago
The Devil-Ship Pirates
as Captain Robeles
Crypt of the Vampire
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
Horror!!!
as Self
The Whip and the Body
as Kurt Menliff
Horror Castle
as Erich
Challenge the Devil
as Mephistoles
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
as Sherlock Holmes
The Devil's Agent
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
The Pirates of Blood River
as Captain LaRoche
The Secret of the Red Orchid
as Capt. Allerman
Hercules in the Haunted World
as King Lico (Licos)
The Devil's Daffodil
as Ling Chu
Taste of Fear
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
The Terror of the Tongs
as Chung King
Too Hot to Handle
as Novak
The Hands of Orlac
as Nero the magician
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Paul Allen
The City of the Dead
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
Beat Girl
as Kenny King
Uncle Was a Vampire
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Mummy
as Kharis, the Mummy
The Treasure of San Teresa
as Jaeger
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sir Henry Baskerville
Corridors of Blood
as Resurrection Joe
Dracula
as Count Dracula
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Battle of the V-1
as Brunner
The Truth About Women
as Francois Thiers
Bitter Victory
as Sgt. Barney
Manuela
as Voice (voice)
The Curse of Frankenstein
as The Creature
Fortune Is a Woman
as Charles Highbury
The Traitor
as Doctor Neumann
Ill Met by Moonlight
as German officer at The Dentist's office
The Battle of the River Plate
as Manolo
Beyond Mombasa
as Gil Rossi
Port Afrique
as Franz Vermes
Alexander the Great
as Nectenabus (voice)
Private's Progress
as Major Schultz
Storm Over the Nile
as Karaga Pasha
Alias John Preston
as John Preston
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as A Stage Manager /Flask
Police Dog
as Johnny, a constable
The Dark Avenger
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Contraband Spain
as Narrador (voz)
That Lady
as Capitán
Cross-Roads
as Harry Cooper
No Poster
Final Column
The Awakening
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim
as Visitant
Innocents in Paris
as Lieutenant Whitlock
No Poster
The Top and the Ball
as Father
Babes in Bagdad
as Slave Dealer
Paul Temple Returns
as Sir Felix Raybourne
Top Secret
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
The Crimson Pirate
as Joseph - Military Attaché
Quo Vadis
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Valley of the Eagles
as Det. Holt
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Spanish Captain
Prelude to Fame
as Newsman
They Were Not Divided
as Chris Lewis
Trottie True
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Hamlet
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Scott of the Antarctic
as Bernard Day
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Penny and the Pownall Case
as Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow
as Auguste
One Night with You
as Pirelli's Assistant
Corridor of Mirrors
as Charles
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
as Himself