Christopher Lee

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.

Filmography

King Haggard (voice)
Francisco Scaramanga
Father Pergado / Zindar
First High Councilor
Dr. Fu Man Chu
Burgomaster
Pastor Galswells (voice)
Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Marquis St. Evremonde
General Konstanin Benin
Resurrection Joe
John Preston
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Cardinal D'Ambroise
Joseph (attache)
Le prince des Ténèbres
Sir Henry Baskerville
Martin Wallace
Count Dracula
Jabberwocky (voice)
Count Dooku (voice)
Count Dracula
Monsieur Renard (voice)
Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Joaquín Morales
Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
(archive footage)
Prof. Karl Meister
Grigori Rasputin
Mr. Mason
Uncle Rudolf
Luckman Skull
Captain Robeles
Col. Charles Bingham
Older Walter Page
Walter Strauss
Sardar Khan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
James Hildern
Captain Rameses
Morgan Canfield
Lord George Jeffreys
Artemidorus
Sir Matthew Phillips
Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Kenny King
Monsieur Labisse
Evil Sender
Lord Summerisle
Lechinski
Doctor Pierre Gerrard
Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Billali
Sir Richard Turkel
Duc de Richleau
Death (voice)
President White
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Sgt. Barney
Kharis, the Mummy
Old Joseph
Nero the magician
Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Caliph Alquazar
Major Chilton
Dr. J. Neuhartt
Godfrey Hanson
Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Count Borgia
French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Adam Caine
(archive footage)
Dolmance
Callum Chance
Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Marcus Valorium
Dr. Ian Mandeville
Colonel Stuart
Philippe Darvas
Peter Storm
Charles Highbury
Lieutenant Whitlock
Baron Roderico da Frankurten
On-Screen Narrator
Father Bartholomeu
The Man
Capitán
Slave Dealer
Russian Agent (uncredited)
Self (archive footage)
Sir Felix Raybourne
Count Ludwig Karnstein
Dr. Stephen Hayward
Old Officer Pinkerton
The Keeper
King Philip
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Franz Vermes
Karlis Zander
Baron Ferdi von Staub
Willard Hope
Dr. Carl Boxer
Major Schultz
Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Mr. Bernard
Harry Cooper
Self / Scaramanga
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Samir Al Fay
Lord Summerisle
King James of Aragon
Pirelli's Assistant
Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Nectenabus (voice)
Francois Thiers
Voice (voice)
Doctor Neumann
German officer at The Dentist's office
Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
Ship's Vampire
Lucifer
Cardinale Spinosi
Count Dooku (archive footage)
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Self (Archival Footage)
Johnny, a constable
(archive footage)
Mr. Kellar
Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
Sir James Hunter
Christopher Lee
Prof. Alan Driscoll
Self - Host
Narrador (voz)
Self (archive footage)
Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Stage Manager /Flask
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Ramses
Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tiresias