Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born May 27, 1922, died 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.
Series | The Peak | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Bring Me the Blood of the Werewolf | Dracula | 2018-11-02 |
Movie | Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
Movie | Angels in Notting Hill | The Boss / Mr. President (voice) | 2015-10-02 |
Movie | Fifty Shades of Erotica | 2015-04-13 | |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman | 2014-12-10 |
Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
Movie | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') | 2013-02-28 |
Movie | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartholomeu | 2013-03-07 |
Movie | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | 2013-11-11 |
Movie | The Trail of Dracula | Self | 2013-12-12 |
Movie | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Ansem (voice) | 2013-03-14 |
Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Narrator | 2013-10-23 |
Movie | Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness | Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-04-30 |
Movie | The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features | 2012-08-23 | |
Movie | Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 | Narrator | 2012-04-13 |
Movie | Dark Shadows | Clarney | 2012-05-09 |
Movie | Frankenweenie | Movie Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-10-04 |
Movie | The Fall of the House Of Usher | The Narrator | 2012-11-09 |
Movie | Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars | Self | 2012-10-29 |
Movie | Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 |
Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D'Ambroise | 2011-01-07 |
Movie | The Wicker Tree | Old Man | 2011-08-27 |
Movie | The Resident | August | 2011-02-10 |
Movie | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | 2010-04-08 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | The Jabberwocky (voice) | 2010-03-03 |
Movie | Burke & Hare | Old Joseph | 2010-10-29 |
Series | Breakout | 2010-12-06 | |
Movie | Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens | Himself | 2010-10-31 |
Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
Movie | The Wedding Game | Jack Fong | 2009-01-25 |
Movie | Boogie Woogie | Mr. Alfred Rhinegold | 2009-06-26 |
Movie | Triage | Joaquín Morales | 2009-11-13 |
Movie | Glorious 39 | Older Walter Page | 2009-11-20 |
Movie | Fanex Files: Hammer Films | Self | 2008-02-08 |
Series | The Colour of Magic | Death | 2008-03-23 |
Series | Rhythm of Life | 2008-05-05 | |
Series | A Mobile Love Story | 2008-05-01 | |
Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
Series | The Shaolin Warriors | 2008-11-03 | |
Movie | Hollywood Chinese | Self | 2007-03-18 |
Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
Movie | Ein Leben wie im Flug | Self | 2007-03-15 |
Movie | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor | 2007-12-04 |
Movie | Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn | Narrator | 2007-10-17 |
Movie | 100 Years Under the Sea: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean | Narrator | 2007-10-04 |
Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
Movie | Walker Payne | Stu | 2006-04-27 |
Movie | Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | 2005-05-17 |
Movie | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | 2005-07-13 |
Series | Pope John Paul II | Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | 2005-10-29 |
Movie | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
Movie | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Emerich | 2004-02-18 |
Movie | The Best Bet | Shun | 2004-06-09 |
Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Count Dooku (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
Movie | Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman (Extended Edition) | 2003-12-01 |
Movie | The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2002-04-01 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku | 2002-05-15 |
Movie | Bond Girls Are Forever | Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-06 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | 2002-12-18 |
Movie | Best Ever Bond | Self / Scaramanga | 2002-11-22 |
Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Count Dooku | 2002-11-12 |
Movie | The Wicker Man Enigma | Himself | 2001-10-01 |
Movie | James Dean | 'Eden' Assistant Director | 2001-08-04 |
Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
Movie | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | 2001-12-29 | |
Movie | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
Movie | Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | 2001-12-18 |
Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
Series | Gormenghast | Flay | 2000-01-17 |
Movie | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | 2000-05-23 |
Movie | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | 2000-05-20 | |
Series | In the Beginning | Rameses I | 2000-11-12 |
Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Count Ottokar Graf Czernin | 1999-11-21 |
Movie | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | 1999-11-19 |
Movie | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | 1998-11-07 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-05-12 |
Series | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | 1997-01-12 |
Series | The Odyssey | Tiresias | 1997-05-18 |
Series | Wyrd Sisters | Death | 1997-05-18 |
Series | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-06-06 |
Movie | The Many Faces of Christopher Lee | 1996-01-01 | |
Movie | A Century of Science Fiction | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Welcome to the Discworld | Death | 1996-12-31 |
Movie | The Stupids | Evil Sender | 1996-08-08 |
Movie | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Self | 1995-12-10 |
Movie | Moses | Pharao Ramses | 1995-12-18 |
Movie | A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James | Self | 1995-12-28 |
Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | 1994-01-19 |
Movie | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Rakov | 1994-06-09 |
Movie | Funny Man | Callum Chance | 1994-06-10 |
Movie | A Feast At Midnight | V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow | 1994-11-01 |
Movie | Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror | Narrator / Himself | 1994-08-06 |
Movie | Death Train | General Konstanin Benin | 1993-04-14 |
Series | Blue Heelers | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Monsieur Renard (voice) | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Double Vision | Mr. Bernard | 1992-12-02 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | 1992-02-19 |
Movie | Cyber Eden | Cedric | 1992-12-23 |
Movie | Journey of Honor | King Philip | 1991-04-27 |
Movie | Fear in the Dark | Narrator | 1991-10-29 |
Movie | Witchcraft | Dr. Pearson | 1991-05-10 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-12-06 |
Movie | Treasure Island | Blind Pew | 1990-01-22 |
Movie | The Miser | Cardinale Spinosi | 1990-04-06 |
Movie | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | 1990-08-26 |
Movie | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | 1990-06-15 |
Movie | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | 1989-04-12 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | 1989-04-16 |
Movie | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | 1989-12-01 |
Movie | Murder Story | Willard Hope | 1989-09-24 |
Movie | Night of the Eagles | Walter Strauss | 1989-05-18 |
Movie | The French Revolution | Sanson | 1989-05-10 |
Movie | Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil | Luis Morel | 1988-08-18 |
Movie | Olympus Force: The Key | 1988-01-01 | |
Movie | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Himself | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Creepy Classics | Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage) | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | The Girl | Peter Storm | 1987-08-07 |
Movie | Mio in the Land of Faraway | Kato | 1987-07-01 |
Movie | Jocks | President White | 1986-11-14 |
Series | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | 1986-10-24 |
Movie | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | 1985-10-15 |
Movie | The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Himself - Presenter | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Fright Night | Dracula (archive footage) | 1985-08-02 |
Movie | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe | 1985-08-28 |
Movie | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Mr. Clifford King | 1984-11-02 |
Series | The Far Pavilions | Rao-Sahib | 1984-04-22 |
Movie | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | 1983-06-17 |
Movie | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | 1983-01-28 |
Movie | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | 1982-05-01 |
Movie | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard (voice) | 1982-11-19 |
Movie | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | 1982-08-26 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | 1981-04-25 |
Series | Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | 1981-11-11 |
Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | 1981-08-14 |
Movie | Evil Stalks This House | Host | 1981-07-12 |
Movie | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | 1980-09-19 |
Movie | Serial | Luckman Skull | 1980-03-28 |
Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer | 1979-03-03 |
Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
Movie | The Passage | Gypsy | 1979-03-09 |
Movie | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | 1979-11-23 |
Movie | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | 1979-12-14 |
Movie | Arabian Adventure | Caliph Alquazar | 1979-07-08 |
Movie | Bear Island | Lechinski | 1979-12-05 |
Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | 1979-08-09 |
Movie | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon | 1978-03-10 |
Movie | Caravans | Sardar Khan | 1978-11-02 |
Movie | The Pirate | Samir Al Fay | 1978-11-21 |
Movie | Circle of Iron | Zetan | 1978-07-25 |
Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
Movie | Meatcleaver Massacre | On-Screen Narrator | 1977-03-01 |
Movie | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | 1977-03-11 |
Movie | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | 1977-08-01 |
Movie | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | 1977-10-14 |
Movie | The Keeper | The Keeper | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Killer Force | Major Chilton | 1976-01-14 |
Movie | To the Devil a Daughter | Father Michael | 1976-03-04 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | Dracula and Son | Le prince des Ténèbres | 1976-09-14 |
Movie | Albino | Bill | 1976-03-15 |
Movie | In Search of Dracula | Himself / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula | 1975-05-15 |
Series | Space: 1999 | Zandor | 1975-09-04 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Himself - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | 1974-12-01 |
Movie | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | 1974-10-31 |
Movie | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | 1974-01-01 |
Movie | Poor Devil | Lucifer | 1973-02-14 |
Movie | Dark Places | Dr. Ian Mandeville | 1973-05-01 |
Movie | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
Movie | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | 1973-02-16 |
Series | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1973-09-01 |
Movie | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | 1973-12-11 |
Movie | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | 1973-12-06 |
Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | 1973-11-03 |
Movie | Umbracle | The Man | 1972-01-01 |
Movie | Vampir Cuadecuc | Self | 1972-05-05 |
Movie | Horror Express | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton | 1972-09-30 |
Movie | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | 1972-06-26 |
Movie | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | 1972-10-13 |
Movie | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") | 1971-02-22 |
Movie | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | 1971-11-08 |
Series | Theatre Macabre | Self - Host | 1971-10-01 |
Movie | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake | 1971-11-01 |
Movie | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | 1970-02-05 |
Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | 1970-02-02 |
Movie | Count Dracula | Dracula | 1970-04-03 |
Movie | Eugenie | Dolmance | 1970-02-20 |
Movie | One More Time | Dracula | 1970-05-01 |
Movie | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | 1970-10-29 |
Movie | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | 1970-06-04 |
Movie | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-05-07 |
Movie | Scars of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-11-08 |
Movie | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1969-05-29 |
Movie | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | 1969-12-12 |
Movie | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhartt | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | 1968-07-20 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Eve | Colonel Stuart | 1968-07-19 |
Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | J.D. Morley | 1968-12-01 |
Movie | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1968-08-23 |
Movie | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula | 1968-11-07 |
Movie | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | 1967-05-01 |
Movie | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1967-05-25 |
Movie | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | 1967-08-03 |
Movie | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | 1967-11-01 |
Movie | The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai | 1967-10-05 |
Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | 1966-01-09 |
Movie | Circus of Fear | Gregor | 1966-04-29 |
Movie | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | 1966-03-06 |
Movie | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | 1966-12-16 |
Movie | She | Billali | 1965-04-18 |
Movie | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | 1965-02-23 |
Movie | Ten Little Indians | Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) | 1965-07-31 |
Movie | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1965-08-06 |
Movie | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | 1965-08-25 |
Movie | Crypt of the Vampire | Count Ludwig Karnstein | 1964-05-27 |
Movie | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | 1964-10-18 |
Movie | The Castle of the Living Dead | Count Drago | 1964-08-05 |
Movie | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | 1964-08-01 |
Movie | Challenge the Devil | Mephistoles | 1963-05-28 |
Movie | Horror Castle | Erich | 1963-08-15 |
Movie | The Whip and the Body | Kurt Menliff | 1963-08-29 |
Movie | Secret of the Red Orchid | Capt. Allerman | 1962-03-01 |
Movie | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | 1962-05-09 |
Movie | The Devil's Agent | Baron Ferdi von Staub | 1962-09-01 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | 1962-11-30 |
Movie | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | 1961-03-15 |
Movie | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | 1961-06-05 |
Movie | Hercules in the Haunted World | King Lico (Licos) | 1961-11-16 |
Movie | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | 1961-07-20 |
Movie | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | 1960-09-09 |
Movie | Beat Girl | Kenny King | 1960-08-21 |
Movie | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | 1960-10-24 |
Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | 1960-12-01 |
Movie | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | 1960-12-01 |
Series | Stars in der Manege | Unknown | 1959-04-11 |
Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | 1959-05-04 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Movie | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerrard | 1959-06-15 |
Movie | Uncle Was A Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | 1959-10-28 |
Movie | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | 1959-08-01 |
Movie | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | 1959-07-21 |
Movie | Battle of the V-1 | Brunner | 1958-01-01 |
Series | Ivanhoe | Unknown | 1958-01-05 |
Movie | Dracula | Count Dracula | 1958-05-22 |
Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | 1958-02-07 |
Movie | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | 1958-12-01 |
Series | The Adventures of William Tell | Unknown | 1958-09-15 |
Movie | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | 1957-03-13 |
Movie | Ill Met by Moonlight | German officer at The Dentist's office | 1957-01-31 |
Movie | The Traitor | Doctor Neumann | 1957-03-01 |
Movie | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | 1957-10-01 |
Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | 1957-05-20 |
Movie | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | 1957-08-28 |
Movie | Manuela | Voice (voice) | 1957-07-18 |
Movie | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | 1956-02-17 |
Series | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Unknown | 1956-02-22 |
Movie | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | 1956-03-28 |
Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | 1956-10-29 |
Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | 1956-10-30 |
Movie | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | 1956-06-18 |
Movie | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) | 1955-04-15 |
Movie | Contraband Spain | Narrator (voice) | 1955-03-15 |
Movie | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | 1955-02-01 |
Movie | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable | 1955-05-01 |
Movie | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | 1955-12-26 |
Movie | Alias John Preston | John Preston | 1955-12-14 |
Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander Alan Grieves | 1955-11-16 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Movie | That Lady | Captain | 1955-05-11 |
Movie | The Mirror and Markheim | Visitant | 1954-01-01 |
Movie | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | 1953-07-22 |
Movie | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat (uncredited) | 1952-12-23 |
Movie | Top Secret | Russian Agent (uncredited) | 1952-11-10 |
Movie | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | 1952-09-27 |
Movie | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | 1952-11-24 |
Movie | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | 1952-12-07 |
Movie | Captain Horatio Hornblower | Spanish Captain | 1951-04-10 |
Movie | Valley of the Eagles | Det. Holt | 1951-09-26 |
Movie | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver (uncredited) | 1951-11-08 |
Movie | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | 1950-05-02 |
Movie | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | 1950-04-24 |
Movie | Trottie True | Hon. Bongo Icklesham | 1949-09-29 |
Movie | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | 1948-02-23 |
Movie | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | 1948-04-25 |
Movie | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | 1948-06-26 |
Movie | Hamlet | Palace Guard (uncredited) | 1948-12-10 |
Movie | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | 1948-11-29 |
Movie | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | 1948-06-08 |