Christopher Lee profile
Actor profile

Christopher Lee

27th May 1922 Westminster, London, England, UK Acting

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.

317 Movies 56 TV Shows 373 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Hugo poster
Hugo 22nd November 2011 as Monsieur Labisse
Triage poster
Triage 13th November 2009 as Joaquín Morales
Jinnah poster
Jinnah 7th November 1998 as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Jocks poster
Jocks 14th November 1986 as President White
The Salamander poster
The Salamander 25th April 1981 as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Serial poster
Serial 28th March 1980 as Luckman Skull
1941 poster
1941 14th December 1979 as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Death Line poster
Death Line 13th October 1972 as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
I, Monster poster
I, Monster 1st November 1971 as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Eugenie poster
Eugenie 20th February 1970 as Dolmance
The Skull poster
The Skull 25th August 1965 as Sir Matthew Phillips
She poster
She 9th June 1965 as Billali
Dracula poster
Dracula 21st April 1958 as Count Dracula
Manuela poster
Manuela 18th July 1957 as Voice (voice)
Top Secret poster
Top Secret 10th November 1952 as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Quo Vadis poster
Quo Vadis 8th November 1951 as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Hamlet poster
Hamlet 10th December 1948 as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Ivanhoe poster
Ivanhoe 12th January 1997 as Lucas de Beaumanoir
Moses poster
Moses 7th April 1996 as Pharaoh
Ivanhoe poster
Ivanhoe 5th January 1958 as Sir Otto from the Rhine