Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ was an English actor and musician who first became famous for his roles in Hammer Horror films and, latterly, for his roles as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movie trilogies, and Count Dooku in the Star Wars film franchise.

Acting

2025

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie

Self - (archive footage)

2024

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Movie

Saruman (voice)

2024

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2024

Constel·lació Portabella
Movie

(archive footage)

2024

Children of the Wicker Man
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2024

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Movie

Self / Various (Archive)

2019

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Tv

Self (archive footage)

2017

Drácula Barcelona
Movie

Himself

2017

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Movie

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

2015

Angels in Notting Hill
Movie

The Boss / Mr. President (voice)

2015

Extraordinary Tales
Movie

Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

2015

Fifty Shades of Erotica
Movie

(archive footage)

2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie

Saruman the White

2014

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie

Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013

The Trail of Dracula
Movie

Self (Archival Footage)

2013

The Girl from Nagasaki
Movie

Old Officer Pinkerton

2013

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Movie

Narrator

2013

Night Train to Lisbon
Movie

Father Bartholomeu

2012

Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
Movie

Self

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie

Saruman the White

2012

Everything or Nothing
Movie

Self

2012

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
Movie

Unknown

2012

Dark Shadows
Movie

Clarney

2012

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Movie

Self

2011

Hugo
Movie

Monsieur Labisse

2011

The Wicker Tree
Movie

Old Man

2011

The Resident
Movie

August

2011

Season of the Witch
Movie

Cardinal D'Ambroise

2010

Burke & Hare
Movie

Old Joseph

2010

Boogie Woogie
Movie

Mr. Alfred Rhinegold

2010

The Heavy
Movie

Mr. Mason

2010

Alice in Wonderland
Movie

Jabberwocky (voice)

2009

Glorious 39
Movie

Older Walter Page

2009

Triage
Movie

Joaquín Morales

2008

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
Movie

Narrator (voice)

2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Movie

Count Dooku (voice)

2008

The Colour of Magic
Tv

Death

2007

The Golden Compass
Movie

First High Councilor

2007

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Tv

Self

2007

Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Movie

Self

2007

Hollywood Chinese
Movie

Self

2007

Hollywood Chinese
Movie

Self

2006

Walker Payne
Movie

Stu

2006

Semperopernball
Tv

Self

2006

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Movie

Self

2005

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Movie

The Lord Provost

2005

Corpse Bride
Movie

Pastor Galswells (voice)

2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Movie

Dr. Wonka

2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie

Count Dooku

2004

Cast & crew User reviews IMDbPro The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition Scenes
Movie

Saruman

2004

The Story of Star Wars
Movie

Count Dooku (archive footage)

2004

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Movie

Emerich

2004

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Tv

Self

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Special Extended Edition Scenes
Movie

Saruman

2003

The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Movie

Unknown

2003

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2003

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2003

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2003

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2003

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie

Saruman

2002

Best Ever Bond
Movie

Self / Scaramanga

2002

Perversion Stories
Movie

Self

2002

Perversion Stories
Movie

Self

2002

Perversion Stories
Movie

Self

2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie

Count Dooku

2002

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Movie

Self

2001

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie

Self

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie

Saruman

2001

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Movie

Self

2001

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Movie

Self

2000

In the Beginning
Tv

Rameses I

2000

Gormenghast
Tv

Flay

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie

Narrator

1999

Sleepy Hollow
Movie

Burgomaster

1999

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Movie

Count Ottokar Graf Czernin

1998

Jinnah
Movie

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

1998

Tale of the Mummy
Movie

Sir Richard Turkel

1997

Soul Music
Tv

Death (voice)

1997

The Odyssey
Movie

Tiresias

1997

The Odyssey
Movie

Tiresias

1997

The Odyssey
Movie

Tiresias

1997

Wyrd Sisters
Tv

Death (voice)

1997

The Odyssey
Tv

Tiresias

1997

Soul Music
Movie

Death (voice)

1997

Ivanhoe
Tv

Lucas de Beaumanoir

1996

100 Years of Horror
Tv

Self - Host

1996

Vem Var Dracula
Movie

Self

1996

Vem Var Dracula
Movie

Self

1996

The Stupids
Movie

Evil Sender

1996

Alisea and the Dream Prince
Tv

Azaret

1995

Moses
Movie

Ramses

1995

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Movie

Self

1995

Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tv

Narrator

1994

A Feast at Midnight
Movie

V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow

1994

The World of Hammer
Tv

Unknown

1994

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Movie

Narrator (voice) / Self

1994

Funny Man
Movie

Callum Chance

1994

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Movie

Commandant Rakov

1994

The Rainbow Thief
Movie

Uncle Rudolf

1994

Brisant
Tv

Self

1993

Death Train
Movie

General Konstanin Benin

1992

Double Vision
Movie

Mr. Bernard

1992

Innocent Blood
Movie

Count Dracula (archive footage)

1992

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Movie

Sherlock Holmes

1991

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Movie

Sherlock Holmes

1991

Fear in the Dark
Movie

Narrator

1991

Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Movie

Dr. Pearson

1991

Journey of Honor
Movie

King Philip

1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie

Doctor Catheter

1990

Stern TV
Tv

Self

1990

Treasure Island
Movie

Blind Pew

1989

Honeymoon Academy
Movie

Lazos

1989

The French Revolution
Tv

Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)

1989

Murder Story
Movie

Willard Hope

1989

Night of the Eagles
Movie

Walter Strauss

1989

The French Revolution
Movie

Sanson

1989

Around the World in 80 Days
Tv

Stuart

1989

The Return of the Musketeers
Movie

Rochefort

1988

Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
Movie

Luis Morel

1988

Olympus Force: The Key
Movie

Filly

1987

Seitenblicke
Tv

self

1987

Mio in the Land of Faraway
Movie

Kato

1986

The Disputation
Movie

King James of Aragon

1986

Jocks
Movie

President White

1986

Wedden, dat..?
Tv

Self

1985

Mask of Murder
Movie

Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich

1985

Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
Movie

Stefan Crosscoe

1984

The Rosebud Beach Hotel
Movie

King

1984

The Far Pavilions
Tv

Rao-Sahib

1983

House of the Long Shadows
Movie

Corrigan

1983

The Return of Captain Invincible
Movie

Mr. Midnight

1982

The Last Unicorn
Movie

King Haggard (voice)

1982

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Movie

Prince Philip

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Tv

King Vladimir V

1982

Massarati and the Brain
Movie

Victor Leopold

1982

Safari 3000
Movie

Count Borgia

1982

Champs-Elysées
Tv

Self

1981

Goliath Awaits
Tv

John McKenzie

1981

An Eye for an Eye
Movie

Morgan Canfield

1981

The Salamander
Movie

Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

1980

Serial
Movie

Luckman Skull

1980

Desperate Moves
Movie

Dr. Carl Boxer

1979

1941
Movie

Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

1979

Bear Island
Movie

Lechinski

1979

Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Movie

Miguel

1979

Jaguar Lives!
Movie

Adam Caine

1979

Arabian Adventure
Movie

Caliph Alquazar

1979

The Passage
Movie

Gypsy

1978

The Pirate
Movie

Samir Al Fay

1978

Mickey's 50
Movie

Self

1978

Mickey's 50
Movie

Self

1978

Mickey's 50
Movie

Self

1978

Caravans
Movie

Sardar Khan

1978

Circle of Iron
Movie

Zetan

1978

Return from Witch Mountain
Movie

Victor Gannon

1977

Starship Invasions
Movie

Captain Rameses

1977

Playboy's Playmate Party
Movie

Unknown

1977

End of the World
Movie

Father Pergado / Zindar

1977

Airport '77
Movie

Martin Wallace

1977

Meatcleaver Massacre
Movie

On-Screen Narrator

1977

How the West Was Won
Tv

The Grand Duke

1977

Auf los geht's los
Tv

Self

1976

Charlie's Angels
Tv

Dale Woodman

1976

Dracula and Son
Movie

Le prince des Ténèbres

1976

Death in the Sun
Movie

Bill

1976

To the Devil a Daughter
Movie

Father Michael

1976

Killer Force
Movie

Major Chilton

1976

The Keeper
Movie

The Keeper

1975

Saturday Night Live
Tv

Self - Host

1975

In Search of Dracula
Movie

Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula

1974

The Man with the Golden Gun
Movie

Francisco Scaramanga

1974

The Four Musketeers
Movie

Rochefort

1973

The Three Musketeers
Movie

Rochefort

1973

The Wicker Man
Movie

Lord Summerisle

1973

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Tv

Arnaud

1973

Dark Places
Movie

Dr. Ian Mandeville

1973

The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Movie

Count Dracula

1973

Nothing But the Night
Movie

Col. Charles Bingham

1973

Poor Devil
Movie

Lucifer

1973

The Creeping Flesh
Movie

James Hildern

1972

Death Line
Movie

Stratton-Villiers, MI5

1972

Horror Express
Movie

Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton

1972

Dracula A.D. 1972
Movie

Count Dracula

1972

Vampir Cuadecuc
Movie

Self

1972

Umbracle
Movie

The Man

1971

Hannie Caulder
Movie

Bailey

1971

I, Monster
Movie

Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake

1971

The House That Dripped Blood
Movie

John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

1970

Scars of Dracula
Movie

Dracula

1970

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Movie

Mycroft Holmes

1970

Julius Caesar
Movie

Artemidorus

1970

Taste the Blood of Dracula
Movie

Dracula

1970

One More Time
Movie

Dracula

1970

Count Dracula
Movie

Dracula

1970

Eugenie
Movie

Dolmance

1970

The Bloody Judge
Movie

Lord George Jeffreys

1970

Scream and Scream Again
Movie

Fremont

1969

The Magic Christian
Movie

Ship's Vampire

1969

The Oblong Box
Movie

Dr. J. Neuhartt

1969

The Castle of Fu Manchu
Movie

Dr. Fu Man Chu

1968

Curse of the Crimson Altar
Movie

J.D. Morley

1968

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Movie

Dracula

1968

The Blood of Fu Manchu
Movie

Dr. Fu Man Chu

1968

The Devil Rides Out
Movie

Duc de Richleau

1968

Eve
Movie

Colonel Stuart

1968

The Movie Orgy
Movie

Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)

1967

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Movie

Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

1967

Five Golden Dragons
Movie

Dragon #4

1967

Theatre of Death
Movie

Philippe Darvas

1967

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Movie

Dr. Fu Manchu

1967

Night of the Big Heat
Movie

Godfrey Hanson

1966

The Brides of Fu Manchu
Movie

Fu Manchu

1966

Circus of Fear
Movie

Gregor

1966

Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Movie

Grigori Rasputin

1966

Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Movie

Count Dracula

1965

The Skull
Movie

Sir Matthew Phillips

1965

The Face of Fu Manchu
Movie

Dr. Fu Man Chu

1965

Ten Little Indians
Movie

Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)

1965

She
Movie

Billali

1965

Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Movie

Franklyn Marsh

1964

The Gorgon
Movie

Prof. Karl Meister

1964

The Castle of the Living Dead
Movie

Count Drago

1964

The Devil-Ship Pirates
Movie

Captain Robeles

1964

Crypt of the Vampire
Movie

Count Ludwig Karnstein

1963

The Whip and the Body
Movie

Kurt Menliff

1963

The Virgin of Nuremberg
Movie

Erich

1963

Corridors of Blood
Movie

Resurrection Joe

1963

Challenge the Devil
Movie

Mephistoles

1962

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Movie

Sherlock Holmes

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Tv

Karl Jorla

1962

The Devil's Agent
Movie

Baron Ferdi von Staub

1962

Lolita
Movie

Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962

The Pirates of Blood River
Movie

Captain LaRoche

1962

Secret of the Red Orchid
Movie

Capt. Allerman

1961

Hercules in the Haunted World
Movie

King Lico (Licos)

1961

The Devil's Daffodil
Movie

Ling Chu

1961

Taste of Fear
Movie

Doctor Pierre Gerrard

1961

The Terror of the Tongs
Movie

Chung King

1961

The Avengers
Tv

Professor Stone

1961

The Avengers
Tv

Colonel Mannering

1960

Too Hot to Handle
Movie

Novak

1960

The Hands of Orlac
Movie

Nero the magician

1960

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Movie

Paul Allen

1960

The City of the Dead
Movie

Prof. Alan Driscoll

1960

Beat Girl
Movie

Kenny King

1959

Uncle Was a Vampire
Movie

Baron Roderico da Frankurten

1959

The Mummy
Movie

Kharis, the Mummy

1959

The Treasure of San Teresa
Movie

Jaeger

1959

The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Movie

Dr. Pierre Gerrard

1959

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie

Sir Henry Baskerville

1959

Stars in the Ring
Tv

Self

1959

One Step Beyond
Tv

Wilhelm Reitlinger

1958

Dracula
Movie

Count Dracula

1958

A Tale of Two Cities
Movie

Marquis St. Evremonde

1958

Ivanhoe
Tv

Sir Otto from the Rhine

1958

Battle of the V-1
Movie

Brunner

1957

The Truth About Women
Movie

Francois Thiers

1957

Bitter Victory
Movie

Sgt. Barney

1957

Manuela
Movie

Voice (voice)

1957

The Curse of Frankenstein
Movie

The Creature

1957

Fortune Is a Woman
Movie

Charles Highbury

1957

The Traitor
Movie

Doctor Neumann

1957

Ill Met by Moonlight
Movie

German officer at The Dentist's office

1956

The Battle of the River Plate
Movie

Manolo

1956

Beyond Mombasa
Movie

Gil Rossi

1956

The Errol Flynn Theatre
Tv

Maurice Gabet

1956

The Errol Flynn Theatre
Tv

The Visitant

1956

The Errol Flynn Theatre
Tv

General Hamelin

1956

The Errol Flynn Theatre
Tv

Compte de Merret

1956

Port Afrique
Movie

Franz Vermes

1956

Alexander the Great
Movie

Nectenabus (voice)

1956

Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Tv

Jeanpierre

1956

Private's Progress
Movie

Major Schultz

1955

Storm Over the Nile
Movie

Karaga Pasha

1955

Alias John Preston
Movie

John Preston

1955

The Cockleshell Heroes
Movie

Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

1955

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Tv

Louis (uncredited)

1955

Police Dog
Movie

Johnny, a constable

1955

The Dark Avenger
Movie

French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

1955

Contraband Spain
Movie

Narrador (voz)

1955

That Lady
Movie

Capitán

1953

Innocents in Paris
Movie

Lieutenant Whitlock

1952

Moulin Rouge
Movie

Georges Seurat (uncredited)

1952

Babes in Bagdad
Movie

Slave Dealer

1952

Paul Temple Returns
Movie

Sir Felix Raybourne

1952

Top Secret
Movie

Russian Agent (uncredited)

1952

The Crimson Pirate
Movie

Joseph (attache)

1951

Quo Vadis
Movie

Chariot Driver (uncredited)

1951

Valley of the Eagles
Movie

Det. Holt

1951

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Movie

Spanish Captain

1950

Prelude to Fame
Movie

Newsman

1950

They Were Not Divided
Movie

Chris Lewis

1949

Trottie True
Movie

Hon. Bongo Icklesham

1948

Hamlet
Movie

Palace Guard (uncredited)

1948

Scott of the Antarctic
Movie

Bernard Day

1948

Saraband for Dead Lovers
Movie

Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel

1948

Penny and the Pownall Case
Movie

Jonathan Blair

1948

A Song for Tomorrow
Movie

Auguste

1948

One Night with You
Movie

Pirelli's Assistant

1948

Corridor of Mirrors
Movie

Charles

1939

Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
Movie

Himself

1939

Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
Movie

Himself

Crew

2018

Art Prison
Movie

Driver

Writing

2003

The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare
Book

Author

Production

1973

Nothing But the Night
Movie

Producer

Infos

Full Name
Christopher Lee
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
5/27/1922
Date of Death
6/7/2015
Website
http://christopherleeweb.com/
Also Known As

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee

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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee