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Christopher Lee

ACTOR · FROM WESTMINSTER, UK

Christopher Lee

1922–2015288 credits since 1948

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ABOUT CHRISTOPHER

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born27 May 1922

Died7 June 2015

BirthplaceWestminster, UK

Known forActing

On Cineora194 of 287 titles

Known for

The titles people know Christopher from.

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

Movie

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001IMDb8.9

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones poster

Movie

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002IMDb6.6

Hugo poster

Movie

2011IMDb7.5

The Man with the Golden Gun poster

Movie

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974IMDb6.7

Gremlins 2: The New Batch poster

Movie

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990IMDb6.5

The Wicker Man poster

Movie

1973IMDb7.5

Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Movie

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008IMDb6.0

1941 poster

Movie

1979IMDb5.7

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow poster

Movie

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

1994IMDb3.5

The Last Unicorn poster

Movie

The Last Unicorn

1982IMDb7.3

The Resident poster

Movie

2011IMDb5.3

Dracula poster

Movie

1958IMDb7.2

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 194
Average IMDb: 6.1
Highest rated: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingIMDb 8.9
Working since: 1948

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

288 credits

The 2020s

5 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

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

Movie

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024IMDb6.3

as Saruman (voice)

Not on Cineora

Constel·lació Portabella

2024

as (archive footage)

Not on Cineora

The Wicker Man at 50

2023

as Lord Summerisle

Not on Cineora

Faces of Death

2023

as (archive footage)

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending

Not on Cineora

Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending

2023

as Lord Summerisle

The 2010s

21 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average

Not on Cineora

Angels in Notting Hill

2015

as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)

Extraordinary Tales poster

Movie

Extraordinary Tales

2015IMDb6.4

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

Not on Cineora

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015

as (archive footage)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

Movie

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014IMDb7.4

as Saruman the White

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

Movie

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014IMDb7.4

as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Not on Cineora

The Girl from Nagasaki

2013

as Old Officer Pinkerton

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics poster

Movie

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

2013IMDb6.8

as Narrator

Night Train to Lisbon poster

Movie

Night Train to Lisbon

2013IMDb6.8

as Father Bartholomeu

The 2000s

26 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Glorious 39 poster

Movie

2009IMDb6.4

as Older Walter Page

Triage poster

Movie

2009IMDb6.5

as Joaquín Morales

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem poster

Movie

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem

2008IMDb7.8

as Narrator (voice)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Movie

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008IMDb6.0

as Count Dooku (voice)

The Colour of Magic poster

Series

The Colour of Magic

2008IMDb7.0

as Death · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1

2008

as Death (synchro)

Not on Cineora

The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2

2008

as Death (synchro)

The Golden Compass poster

Movie

The Golden Compass

2007IMDb6.1

as First High Councilor

The 1990s

39 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average

Sleepy Hollow poster

Movie

1999IMDb7.3

as Burgomaster

Not on Cineora

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

1999TMDB5.2

as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin

Jinnah poster

Movie

1998IMDb7.7

as Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy poster

Movie

Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy

1998IMDb4.1

as Sir Richard Turkel

Not on Cineora

100 Years of Horror

1998

as Presenter

Not on Cineora

Soul Music

1997

as Death (voice) · 7 episodes

The Odyssey poster

Series

1997IMDb7.1

as Tiresias · 2 episodes

Wyrd Sisters poster

Series

1997IMDb7.0

as Death (voice) · 6 episodes

The 1980s

39 titles · IMDb 5.8 on average

For Better or for Worse poster

Movie

For Better or for Worse

1989IMDb4.8

as Lazos

Not on Cineora

The French Revolution

1989

as Sanson (« Les Années terribles ») · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Murder Story

1989

as Willard Hope

Not on Cineora

Night of the Eagles

1989

as Walter Strauss

The French Revolution poster

Movie

The French Revolution

1989IMDb7.6

as Sanson

Around the World in 80 Days poster

Series

Around the World in 80 Days

1989IMDb7.1

as Stuart · 3 episodes

The Return of the Musketeers poster

Movie

The Return of the Musketeers

1989IMDb5.9

as Rochefort

Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil poster

Movie

Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil

1988IMDb3.5

as Luis Morel

The 1970s

52 titles · IMDb 5.8 on average

1941 poster

Movie

1979IMDb5.7

as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

Bear Island poster

Movie

1979IMDb5.9

as Lechinski

Captain America II: Death Too Soon poster

Movie

Captain America II: Death Too Soon

1979IMDb3.7

as Miguel

Jaguar Lives! poster

Movie

1979IMDb4.2

as Adam Caine

Arabian Adventure poster

Movie

Arabian Adventure

1979IMDb5.7

as Caliph Alquazar

The Passage poster

Movie

1979IMDb6.0

as Gypsy

Not on Cineora

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

Caravans poster

Movie

1978IMDb5.9

as Sardar Khan

The 1960s

45 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average

The Magic Christian poster

Movie

The Magic Christian

1969IMDb5.8

as Ship's Vampire

The Oblong Box poster

Movie

1969IMDb6.0

as Dr. J. Neuhartt

The Castle of Fu Manchu poster

Movie

The Castle of Fu Manchu

1969IMDb3.0

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

Curse of the Crimson Altar poster

Movie

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968IMDb5.5

as J.D. Morley

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave poster

Movie

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

1968IMDb6.5

as Dracula

The Blood of Fu Manchu poster

Movie

The Blood of Fu Manchu

1968IMDb4.3

as Dr. Fu Man Chu

The Devil Rides Out poster

Movie

The Devil Rides Out

1968IMDb6.8

as Duc de Richleau

Not on Cineora

The Face of Eve

1968

as Colonel Stuart

The 1950s

52 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Uncle Was a Vampire poster

Movie

Uncle Was a Vampire

1959IMDb5.0

as Baron Roderico da Frankurten

The Mummy poster

Movie

1959IMDb6.6

as Kharis, the Mummy

Not on Cineora

The Treasure of San Teresa

1959

as Jaeger

The Man Who Could Cheat Death poster

Movie

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959IMDb6.3

as Dr. Pierre Gerrard

The Hound of the Baskervilles poster

Movie

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959IMDb6.9

as Sir Henry Baskerville

One Step Beyond poster

Series

One Step Beyond

1959–1961IMDb7.8

as Wilhelm Reitlinger · 1 episode

Corridors of Blood poster

Movie

Corridors of Blood

1958IMDb6.4

as Resurrection Joe

Not on Cineora

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

as Prince Erik · 1 episode

The 1940s

8 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Not on Cineora

Trottie True

1949

as Hon. Bongo Icklesham

Hamlet poster

Movie

1948IMDb7.5

as Palace Guard (uncredited)

Scott of the Antarctic poster

Movie

Scott of the Antarctic

1948IMDb7.0

as Bernard Day

Saraband for Dead Lovers poster

Movie

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948IMDb6.5

as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel

Not on Cineora

Penny and the Pownall Case

1948

as Jonathan Blair

Not on Cineora

A Song for Tomorrow

1948

as Auguste

Not on Cineora

One Night with You

1948

as Pirelli's Assistant

Corridor of Mirrors poster

Movie

Corridor of Mirrors

1948IMDb6.4

as Charles