Christopher Lee
Born: 1922-05-27
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001★ 8.4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014★ 7.3
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002★ 8.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012★ 7.4
Corpse Bride
2005★ 7.6
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005★ 7.0
Alice in Wonderland
2010★ 6.6
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005★ 7.5
Sleepy Hollow
1999★ 7.2
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024★ 6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002★ 6.6
Hugo
2011★ 7.2
Dark Shadows
2012★ 6.1
Season of the Witch
2011★ 5.5
Lolita
1962★ 7.3
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974★ 6.5
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015★ 7.0
The Golden Compass
2007★ 6.1
Serial
1980★ 5.2
Quo Vadis
1951★ 7.1
Trottie True
1949★ 7.0
The Three Musketeers
1973★ 6.7
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990★ 6.5
Bear Island
1979★ 6.0
Poor Devil
1973★ 5.4
Starship Invasions
1977★ 3.0
Jaguar Lives!
1979★ 4.0
Desperate Moves
1980★ 1.0
Treasure Island
1990★ 6.6
Hollywood Chinese
2007★ 0.0
Hamlet
1948★ 7.4
The Gorgon
1964★ 6.3
Funny Man
1994★ 4.7
Boogie Woogie
2010★ 5.0
The Girl
1987★ 4.0
Port Afrique
1956★ 5.3
The Traitor
1957★ 7.0
Innocent Blood
1992★ 6.2
Death Line
1972★ 5.8
The Battle of the River Plate
1956★ 6.3
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004★ 6.1
Bitter Victory
1957★ 6.2
Contraband Spain
1955★ 5.7
The Disputation
1986★ 1.0
1941
1979★ 5.8
The Salamander
1981★ 5.3
The Pirate
1978★ 3.7
Jocks
1986★ 4.3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008★ 6.1
She
1965★ 5.5
The Heavy
2010★ 4.8
The Wicker Man
1973★ 7.3
I, Monster
1971★ 5.4
Jinnah
1998★ 6.6
Moulin Rouge
1952★ 6.7
Beat Girl
1960★ 5.8
The Stupids
1996★ 4.8
Everything or Nothing
2012★ 7.1
Honeymoon Academy
1989★ 5.1
The Miser
1990★ 6.2
Caravans
1978★ 5.3
The Keeper
1976★ 4.2
Julius Caesar
1970★ 5.8
Creepy Classics
1987★ 6.3
Airport '77
1977★ 5.6
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994★ 4.6
Manuela
1957★ 5.7
The Resident
2011★ 5.8
The Crimson Pirate
1952★ 7.0
Triage
2009★ 6.0
The Last Unicorn
1982★ 7.2
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998★ 0.0
Challenge the Devil
1963★ 2.9
Dracula
1958★ 7.3
The City of the Dead
1960★ 6.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959★ 6.8
Dark Places
1973★ 5.5
That Lady
1955★ 6.0
The Fall of the House Of Usher
2012★ 7.9
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972★ 6.1
Eugenie
1970★ 4.8
The Four Musketeers
1974★ 6.4
The French Revolution
1989★ 7.5
Hannie Caulder
1971★ 6.2
The Movie Orgy
1968★ 6.3
Umbracle
1972★ 5.7
Horror!!!
1964★ 1.0
The Dark Avenger
1955★ 6.0
The Mummy
1959★ 6.7
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966★ 6.7
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969★ 0.0
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957★ 6.8
Night Train to Lisbon
2013★ 6.5
Circle of Iron
1978★ 5.6
Burke & Hare
2010★ 6.1
End of the World
1977★ 3.6
The Hands of Orlac
1960★ 3.9
Alexander the Great
1956★ 6.0
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972★ 5.9
Scars of Dracula
1970★ 6.0
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970★ 6.1
Soul Music
1997★ 6.7
Moses
1995★ 8.0
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951★ 6.9
Horror Express
1972★ 6.3
An Eye for an Eye
1981★ 5.1
The Bengal Lancers!
1984★ 1.0
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014★ 7.2
The Oblong Box
1969★ 5.7
Ill Met by Moonlight
1957★ 6.2
The Bloody Judge
1970★ 5.0
The Skull
1965★ 6.0
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968★ 6.7
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987★ 6.0
The Mummy
1998★ 0.0
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970★ 6.8
Faces of Death
2023★ 0.0
The Care of Time
1990★ 4.0
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973★ 5.6
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991★ 4.3
Five Golden Dragons
1967★ 5.1
Arabian Adventure
1979★ 5.8
Return from Witch Mountain
1978★ 5.9
House of the Long Shadows
1983★ 6.4
To the Devil a Daughter
1976★ 5.4
Fortune Is a Woman
1957★ 6.8
The Magic Christian
1969★ 5.6
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985★ 4.9
The Return of the Musketeers
1989★ 6.2
Beloved Count
2007★ 0.0
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
1979★ 3.8
Death Train
1993★ 4.9
Drácula en la Hammer
2003★ 0.0
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966★ 5.7
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968★ 5.2
The Truth About Women
1957★ 5.9
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008★ 7.0
Taste of Fear
1961★ 7.0
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969★ 3.6
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966★ 5.8
Crypt of the Vampire
1964★ 4.8
A Feast at Midnight
1994★ 6.0
The Whip and the Body
1963★ 6.4
Scream and Scream Again
1970★ 5.3
The Awakening
1954★ 6.5
Corridors of Blood
1963★ 6.2
One More Time
1970★ 4.4
Count Dracula
1970★ 5.8
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965★ 6.4
Tale of the Mummy
1998★ 4.7
The Rainbow Thief
1994★ 5.3
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002★ 8.8
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948★ 6.4
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992★ 4.9
Ten Little Indians
1965★ 6.2
In Search of Dracula
1975★ 7.2
The House That Dripped Blood
1971★ 6.4
Innocents in Paris
1953★ 4.8
The Creeping Flesh
1973★ 5.9
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001★ 6.5
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968★ 4.3
The Virgin of Nuremberg
1963★ 5.7
Corridor of Mirrors
1948★ 5.8
The Passage
1979★ 6.1
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005★ 5.4
Theatre of Death
1967★ 6.1
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960★ 6.1
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001★ 6.5
Extraordinary Tales
2015★ 6.5
Vem Var Dracula
1996★ 0.0
100 Years of Horror
1998★ 5.0
The Devil's Daffodil
1961★ 5.6
Face of Unity
2014★ 0.0
Scott of the Antarctic
1948★ 7.2
The Devil Rides Out
1968★ 6.5
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965★ 6.1
Private's Progress
1956★ 6.6
Glorious 39
2009★ 6.0
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985★ 0.0
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988★ 3.2
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
1967★ 6.2
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
1967★ 6.4
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001★ 7.8
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959★ 5.7
Circus of Fear
1966★ 5.2
One Night with You
1948★ 6.5
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961★ 6.6
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955★ 5.9
The Pirates of Blood River
1962★ 6.1
Prelude to Fame
1950★ 6.2
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013★ 6.9
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003★ 8.8
Double Vision
1992★ 4.8
Night of the Big Heat
1967★ 5.3
Mask of Murder
1985★ 2.7
The Horror Show
1979★ 3.8
Storm Over the Nile
1955★ 6.1
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024★ 8.0
Cyber Eden
1992★ 4.7
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007★ 9.0
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983★ 6.1
The Mirror and Markheim
1954★ 0.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991★ 5.1
Killer Force
1976★ 5.2
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964★ 5.6
The Wicker Tree
2011★ 4.0
The Girl from Nagasaki
2013★ 5.6
Eve
1968★ 3.2
They Were Not Divided
1950★ 6.0
Dracula and Son
1976★ 6.0
Once Upon a Spy
1980★ 4.8
Nothing But the Night
1973★ 6.1
The Terror of the Tongs
1961★ 5.7
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994★ 7.3
The Story of Star Wars
2004★ 7.2
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996★ 8.2
Beauty and the Beast
1992★ 4.2
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012★ 6.0
Journey of Honor
1991★ 4.6
A Tale of Two Cities
1958★ 6.7
Babes in Bagdad
1952★ 5.0
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977★ 0.0
Beyond Mombasa
1956★ 6.4
Safari 3000
1982★ 5.1
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000★ 3.5
Mickey's 50
1978★ 0.0
Meatcleaver Massacre
1977★ 4.2
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964★ 6.1
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017★ 6.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962★ 5.4
Too Hot to Handle
1960★ 4.6
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025★ 0.0
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996★ 0.0
Alias John Preston
1955★ 5.3
A Song for Tomorrow
1948★ 6.0
Quest for the Ring
2001★ 5.6
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962★ 5.6
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003★ 8.1
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
1939★ 0.0
A Century of Science Fiction
1996★ 6.9
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987★ 6.4
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004★ 6.0
Evil Stalks This House
1981★ 3.5
The Odyssey
1997★ 0.0
Night of the Eagles
1989★ 3.0
Top Secret
1952★ 6.0
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995★ 3.0
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959★ 6.2
Diagnosis: Murder
1974★ 6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982★ 6.0
Angels in Notting Hill
2015★ 5.5
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
2024★ 7.5
Welcome to the Discworld
1996★ 6.0
The Devil's Agent
1962★ 6.4
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000★ 6.9
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007★ 9.0
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999★ 5.1
Battle of the V-1
1958★ 4.5
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
1984★ 4.2
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998★ 0.0
The Wicker Man Enigma
2001★ 6.0
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982★ 3.2
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000★ 7.1
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
2000★ 7.2
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012★ 6.2
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
2010★ 10.0
Penny and the Pownall Case
1948★ 5.7
Valley of the Eagles
1951★ 6.0
Un métier de seigneur
1986★ 0.0
The Rank Charm School
1982★ 0.0
Death in the Sun
1976★ 3.9
Children of the Wicker Man
2024★ 0.0
Massarati and the Brain
1982★ 3.5
Murder Story
1989★ 4.9
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002★ 0.0
Drácula Barcelona
2017★ 5.8
Police Dog
1955★ 6.0
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002★ 6.5
Fear in the Dark
1991★ 10.0
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984★ 6.5
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959★ 5.4
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
2008★ 7.4
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
1975★ 1.0
Paul Temple Returns
1952★ 5.7
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014★ 0.0
The Trail of Dracula
2013★ 10.0
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020★ 7.5
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012★ 10.0
Moby Dick Rehearsed
1955★ 0.0
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985★ 7.0
Olympus Force: The Key
1988★ 2.5
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001★ 7.0
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012★ 8.0
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
2001★ 6.0
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007★ 6.5
Cross-Roads
1955★ 7.0
Constel·lació Portabella
2024★ 0.0
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996★ 3.3
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
2003★ 0.0
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012★ 7.5