Christopher Lee
1922-2015
Known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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.
Movie Credits
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)
Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007)
Devil's Island (2001)
Jinnah (1998)
Soul Music (1997)
Funny Man (1994)
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Witchcraft (1991)
Murder Story (1989)
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
End of the World (1977)
Albino (1976)
Dracula and Son (1976)
Meatcleaver Massacre (1976)
Dark Places (1974)
In Search of Dracula (1974)
Nothing But the Night (1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Horror Express (1972)
Cuadecuc, Vampir (1971)
I, Monster (1971)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Count Dracula (1970)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
The Bloody Judge (1970)
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
Circus of Fear (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
Challenge the Devil (1963)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962)
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988)
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Starship Invasions (1977)
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
The Oblong Box (1969)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
The Skull (1965)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Whip and the Body (1963)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
The City of the Dead (1960)
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
The Mummy (1959)
Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)
Dracula (1958)
The Wicker Tree (2011)
Triage (2009)
Mask of Murder (1988)
Once Upon a Spy (1980)
