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Christopher Lee
Known for: ActingChristopher 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 181
Corpse Bride
+6
as Pastor Galswells (voice) 
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
+5
as Saruman the White 
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
+6
as Saruman 
Alice in Wonderland
+3
as Jabberwocky (voice) 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
+8
as Dr. Wonka 
Dark Shadows
+3
as Clarney 
Sleepy Hollow
+12
as Burgomaster 
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
+4
as Count Dooku 
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
+3
as Count Dooku 
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
+8
as Saruman (voice) 
The Odyssey
+7
as Tiresias 
The Golden Compass
+6
as First High Councilor 
The Wicker Man
+15
as Lord Summerisle 
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
+5
as Doctor Catheter 
The Man with the Golden Gun
+6
as Francisco Scaramanga 
The Colour of Magic
+12
as Death 
Season of the Witch
+22
as Cardinal D'Ambroise 
Hugo
+8
as Monsieur Labisse 
The Last Unicorn
+15
as King Haggard (voice) 
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Count Dooku (voice) 
The Three Musketeers
+4
as Rochefort 
The Resident
+12
as August 
Around the World in 80 Days
as Stuart 
Gormenghast
as Flay 
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
+3
as Commandant Rakov 
Innocent Blood
+5
as Count Dracula (archive footage) 
Dracula
+3
as Count Dracula 
Theatre Macabre
+3
as Self – Host 
Hannie Caulder
+3
as Bailey 
Scott of the Antarctic
+9
as Bernard Day 
1941
+4
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt 
The Four Musketeers
+4
as Rochefort 
Scars of Dracula
+13
as Dracula 
The Curse of Frankenstein
+9
as The Creature 
Ivanhoe
+4
as Lucas de Beaumanoir 
Moses
as Pharaoh 
Treasure Island
+2
as Blind Pew 
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
+11
as Mycroft Holmes 
Burke & Hare
+6
as Old Joseph 
Alexander the Great
+9
as Nectenabus (voice) 
Pope John Paul II
as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński 
Dracula A.D. 1972
+6
as Count Dracula 
Airport '77
+2
as Martin Wallace 
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Count Dracula 
An Eye for an Eye
+10
as Morgan Canfield 
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
+18
as Count Dracula 
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
+7
as Sir Richard Turkel 
The Crimson Pirate
+1
as Joseph - Military Attaché 
Night Train to Lisbon
+12
as Father Bartholomeu 
The Far Pavilions
+1
as Rao-Sahib 
The Battle of the River Plate
+1
as Manolo 
The Devil Rides Out
as Duc de Richleau 
Taste the Blood of Dracula
+3
as Dracula 
Taste of Fear
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard 
The Hound of the Baskervilles
+8
as Sir Henry Baskerville 
100 Years of Horror
+7
as Self - Host 
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
+9
as Stefan Crosscoe 
Return from Witch Mountain
+3
as Victor Gannon 
To the Devil a Daughter
+11
as Father Michael 
The House That Dripped Blood
+21
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") 
The Gorgon
+4
as Prof. Karl Meister 
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
+2
as Dracula 
Boogie Woogie
+6
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold 
Horror Express
+23
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton 
The Salamander
+2
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence 
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
+8
as Franklyn Marsh 
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
+3
as Spanish Captain 
Count Dracula
+24
as Dracula 
I, Monster
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake 
The French Revolution
as Sanson 
Bear Island
as Lechinski 
The Mummy
+4
as Kharis, the Mummy 
The City of the Dead
+27
as Prof. Alan Driscoll 
The Whip and the Body
+16
as Kurt Menliff 
The Skull
+4
as Sir Matthew Phillips 
Mio in the Land of Faraway
as Kato 
Arabian Adventure
as Caliph Alquazar 
The Stupids
+5
as Evil Sender 
The Face of Fu Manchu
+2
as Dr. Fu Man Chu 
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves 
The Bloody Judge
+16
as Lord George Jeffreys 
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
+2
as Miguel 
The Passage
+5
as Gypsy 
The Return of the Musketeers
+2
as Rochefort 
Too Hot to Handle
as Novak 
Triage
as Joaquín Morales 
Curse of the Crimson Altar
+13
as J.D. Morley 
Scream and Scream Again
+10
as Fremont 
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
+6
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai 
Eugenie
as Dolmance 
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Sherlock Holmes 
Storm Over the Nile
as Karaga Pasha 
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Fu Manchu 
Death Line
+9
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5 
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
+2
as Grigori Rasputin 
Julius Caesar
+5
as Artemidorus 
The Creeping Flesh
+7
as James Hildern 
Glorious 39
as Older Walter Page 
House of the Long Shadows
+11
as Corrigan 
The Oblong Box
+12
as Dr. J. Neuhartt 
Ten Little Indians
+3
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) 
Hercules in the Haunted World
+8
as King Lico (Licos) 
The Blood of Fu Manchu
+9
as Dr. Fu Man Chu 
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Paul Allen 
Death Train
as General Konstanin Benin 
Five Golden Dragons
+4
as Dragon #4 
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
+6
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard 
A Tale of Two Cities
as Marquis St. Evremonde 
Dracula and Son
+8
as Le prince des Ténèbres 
The Magic Christian
+5
as Ship's Vampire 
Vampir Cuadecuc
+4
as Self 
Caravans
+2
as Sardar Khan 
Circle of Iron
+11
as Zetan 
The Pirates of Blood River
as Captain LaRoche 
Everything or Nothing
+2
as Self 
Nothing But the Night
+7
as Col. Charles Bingham 
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
+2
as Narrator 
The Traitor
as Doctor Neumann 
Circus of Fear
+6
as Gregor 
Night of the Big Heat
+2
as Godfrey Hanson 
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
+6
as Narrator (voice) / Self 
She
as Billali 
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
+2
as Dr. Fu Manchu 
Corridors of Blood
+10
as Resurrection Joe 
Horror Castle
+1
as Erich 
Ill Met by Moonlight
as German officer at The Dentist's office 
The Hands of Orlac
+9
as Nero the magician 
Crypt of the Vampire
+8
as Count Ludwig Karnstein 
The Return of Captain Invincible
+9
as Mr. Midnight 
Hollywood Chinese
as Self 
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage) 
The Castle of the Living Dead
+5
as Count Drago 
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
as Death (synchro) 
The Castle of Fu Manchu
+9
as Dr. Fu Man Chu 
For Better or for Worse
+4
as Lazos 
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
as Luis Morel 
The Heavy
+10
as Mr. Mason 
Serial
+2
as Luckman Skull 
Corridor of Mirrors
+5
as Charles 
Theatre of Death
+4
as Philippe Darvas 
The Rainbow Thief
as Uncle Rudolf 
Private's Progress
as Major Schultz 
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
+16
as Sherlock Holmes 
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
as Sherlock Holmes 
Double Vision
as Mr. Bernard 
Murder Story
+10
as Willard Hope 
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage) 
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Himself - Presenter 
Extraordinary Tales
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') 
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
+1
as Self (archive footage) 
End of the World
+12
as Father Pergado / Zindar 
The Secret of the Red Orchid
+7
as Capt. Allerman 
Jinnah
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah 
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
+12
as Self / Various (Archive) 
Night of the Eagles
as Walter Strauss 
Beat Girl
+10
as Kenny King 
Dark Places
+10
as Dr. Ian Mandeville 
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Narrator 
Killer Force
as Major Chilton 
Albino
+3
as Bill 
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
+3
as The Lord Provost 
Bitter Victory
+3
as Sgt. Barney 
Challenge the Devil
+4
as Mephistoles 
A Feast at Midnight
+1
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow 
Battle of the V-1
as Brunner 
Penny and the Pownall Case
as Jonathan Blair 
The Wicker Tree
+4
as Old Man 
The Trail of Dracula
+8
as Self (Archival Footage) 
Meatcleaver Massacre
+16
as On-Screen Narrator 
Jaguar Lives!
+2
as Adam Caine 
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
+4
as Dr. Pearson 
Mask of Murder
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich 
Uncle Was a Vampire
+7
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten 
Umbracle
as The Man 
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself 
Alias John Preston
+1
as John Preston 
Angels in Notting Hill
+1
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice) 
Beyond Mombasa
as Gil Rossi