Christopher Lee



First NameChristopher
Last NameLee
Full Name at BirthChristopher Frank Carandini Lee
Other NamesChris
Age89
Date of BirthMay 27, 1922
BirthplaceBelgravia, Westminster England
Height6' 5" (196 cm)
BuildAthletic
Eye ColorBrown - Dark
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignGemini
EthnicityWhite
NationalityEnglish
UniversityWellington College,
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameThe Face of Fu Manchu
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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922) is 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, strong voice.


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Filmography

Selected Christopher Lee film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2012
Dark Shadows
Bill Malloy

2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Saruman

2012
The Hunting of the Snark
Narrator

2011
The Hobbit: Part 2
Saruman

2011
Hugo
Monsieur Labisse

2011
Season of the Witch
Cardinal D'Ambroise

2010
Alice in Wonderland
Jabberwocky

2010
The Wicker Tree
Old Man

2010
Burke and Hare
Old Joseph

2010
The Resident
August

2009
Boogie Woogie
Mr. Alfred Rhinegold

2009
The Heavy
Mr. Mason

2009
Triage
Joaquín Morales

2009
Glorious 39
Walter Page

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Count Dooku

2008
The Color of Magic
Death

2007
The Golden Compass
First High Councilor

2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dr. Wonka

2005
Corpse Bride
Pastor Galswells

2005
Greyfriars Bobby
The Lord Provost

2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Count Dooku

2005
Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

2004
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse
Heinrich von Garten

2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Saruman

2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Count Dooku, Darth Tyranus

2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Saruman the White

2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Saruman

2001
Les redoutables
La mort

2000
Gormenghast
Flay

2000
In the Beginning
Rameses I

2000
Ghost Stories for Christmas
M.R James

1999
Sleepy Hollow
Burgomaster

1998
Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah

1998
Tale of the Mummy
Sir Richard Turkel

1997
Ivanhoe
Lucas de Beaumanoir

1997
The Odyssey
Tiresias

1997
Wyrd Sisters
Death

1997
The New Adventures of Robin Hood
Olwyn

1997
Soul Music
Death

1996
The Stupids
Evil Sender

1996
Welcome to the Discworld
Death

1996
Princess Alisea
Azaret

1995
A Feast at Midnight
V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow

1995
Moses
Ramses

1995
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Host, Host, Prince Prospero

1994
Funny Man
Callum Chance

1994
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Cmndt. Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov

1994
Street Gear
Nick Dupont

1993
Death Train
General Konstantin Benin

1992
Cyber Eden
Cedric

1992
Double Vision
Mr. Bernard

1992
The Tomorrow People
Rameses

1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Count Ottokar Graf Czerin

1991
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Doctor Pearson

1991
Journey of Honor
King Philip

1991
Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes

1991
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Sherlock Holmes

1990
L'avaro
Cardinale Spinosi

1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Doctor Catheter

1990
Honeymoon Academy
Lazos

1990
The Rainbow Thief
Uncle Rudolf

1990
Treasure Island
Blind Pew

1990
The Care of Time
Karlis Zander

1989
Fall of the Eagles
Walter Strauss

1989
Murder Story
Willard Hope

1989
La révolution française
Sanson

1989
The Return of the Musketeers
Rochefort

1989
Around the World in 80 Days
Stuart

1988
Dark Mission: Evil Flowers
Luis Morel

1988
Olympus Force: The Key
Filly

1987
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Kato

1987
Shaka Zulu
Lord Bathurst

1987
The Girl
Peter Storm

1986
Jocks
President White

1986
Shaka Zulu
Lord Bathurst

1986
The Disputation
King James of Aragon

1986
Un métier du seigneur
Fog

1985
Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf
Stefan Crosscoe

1985
Mask of Murder
Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich

1984
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
Mr. Clifford King

1984
The Far Pavilions
Kaka-ji Rao

1983
House of the Long Shadows
Corrigan

1983
The Return of Captain Invincible
Mr. Midnight

1983
New Magic
Mr. Kellar

1982
Safari 3000
Count Borgia

1982
The Last Unicorn
King Haggard

1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Prince Philip

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
King Vladimir V

1982
Massarati and the Brain
Victor Leopold

1981
An Eye for an Eye
Morgan Canfield

1981
Steigler and Steigler
Dr. Carl Boxer

1981
The Salamander
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

1981
Goliath Awaits
John McKenzie

1981
Tales of the Haunted
Host

1980
Serial
Luckman Skull

1980
Once Upon a Spy
Marcus Valorium

1979
1941
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

1979
Arabian Adventure
Caliph Alquazar

1979
Bear Island
Lechinski

1979
Jaguar Lives!
Adam Caine

1979
Nutcracker Fantasy
Uncle Drosselmeyer, Street Singer , Watchmaker

1979
The Passage
Gypsy

1979
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Miguel

1978
Caravans
Sardar Khan

1978
Circle of Iron
Zetan

1978
Return from Witch Mountain
Victor

1978
How the West Was Won
The Grand Duke

1978
The Pirate
Samir Al Fay

1977
Airport '77
Martin Wallace

1977
End of the World
Father Pergado/Zindar

1977
Meatcleaver Massacre
On-Screen Narrator

1977
Starship Invasions
Captain Rameses

1976
Dracula and Son
Dracula père, Le prince des Ténèbres, Prince of Darkness

1976
Killer Force
Major Chilton

1976
The Keeper
The Keeper

1976
The Night of the Askari
Bill

1976
To the Devil a Daughter
Father Michael

1976
Charlie's Angels
Dale Woodman

1975
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Stephen Hayward

1975
Space: 1999
Captain Zandor

1975
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Satanus/Van Krig

1974
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge
Rochefort

1974
The Man with the Golden Gun
Francisco Scaramanga

1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Count Dracula

1973
Dark Places
Dr. Ian Mandeville

1973
Nothing But the Night
Col. Charles Bingham

1973
The Creeping Flesh
James Hildern

1973
The Three Musketeers
Rochefort

1973
The Wicker Man
Lord Summerisle

1973
Great Mysteries
Arnaud

1973
Poor Devil
Lucifer

1972
Dracula A.D. 1972
Count Dracula

1972
Horror Express
Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton

1972
Raw Meat
Stratton-Villiers, MI5

1971
Hannie Caulder
Bailey

1971
I, Monster
Dr. Charles Marlowe, Edward Blake

1971
The House That Dripped Blood
John Reid

1970
Count Dracula
Count Dracula

1970
Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion
Dolmance

1970
Julius Caesar
Artemidorus

1970
The Bloody Judge
Judge Jeffries

1970
One More Time
Dracula

1970
Scars of Dracula
Dracula

1970
Scream and Scream Again
Fremont

1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Dracula

1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Mycroft Holmes

1970
Umbracle
The Man

1969
Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu

1969
The Magic Christian
Ship's Vampire

1969
The Oblong Box
Dr. Newhartt

1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Dracula

1968
Eve
Colonel Stuart

1968
Kiss and Kill
Fu Manchu

1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar
J. D. Morley

1968
The Devil Rides Out
Duc de Richleau

1967
Blood Fiend
Philippe Darvas

1967
Island of the Burning Damned
Godfrey Hanson

1967
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Count Frederic Regula/Graf von Andomai

1967
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu

1967
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #4

1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Count Dracula

1966
Psycho-Circus
Gregor

1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Grigori Rasputin

1966
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu

1965
Agatha Christie's 'Ten Little Indians'
Mr. Owen

1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Franklyn Marsh

1965
She
Billali

1965
The Face of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu

1965
The Skull
Sir Matthew Phillips

1964
Castle of the Living Dead
Count Drago

1964
Crypt of the Vampire
Count Ludwig Karnstein

1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Captain Robeles

1964
The Gorgon
Prof. Karl Meister

1963
Horror Castle
Erich

1963
The Whip and the Body
Kurt Menliff

1963
Katarsis
Mephistoles

1962
The Pirates of Blood River
Captain LaRoche

1962
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Sherlock Holmes

1962
Secret of the Red Orchid
Captain Allerman

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Karl Jorla

1962
Stranglehold
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1962
The Devil's Agent
Baron von Staub

1961
Hercules in the Haunted World
King Lico

1961
Scream of Fear
Doctor Pierre Gerrard

1961
The Terror of the Tongs
Chung King

1961
The Avengers
Colonel Mannering, Professor Frank N.Stone

1961
The Devil's Daffodil
Ling Chu

1960
The City of the Dead
Prof. Alan Driscoll

1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Paul Allen

1960
Playgirl After Dark
Novak

1960
The Hands of Orlac
Nero the magician

1959
Tempi duri per i vampiri
Baron Roderico da Frankurten

1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Henry

1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Dr. Pierre Gerrard

1959
The Mummy
Kharis, the Mummy

1959
Wild for Kicks
Kenny King

1959
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
Wilhelm Reitlinger

1959
Tales of the Vikings
Norman Knight

1959
Hot Money Girl
Jaeger

1958
A Tale of Two Cities
Marquis St. Evremonde

1958
Corridors of Blood
Resurrection Joe

1958
Horror of Dracula
Count Dracula

1958
Ivanhoe
Sir Otto from the Rhine

1958
William Tell
Prince Erik

1958
Missiles from Hell
Brunner - Labor Camp Captain

1958
White Hunter
Mark Caldwell

1957
Bitter Victory
Sgt. Barney

1957
Night Ambush
German officer at dentists

1957
She Played with Fire
Charles Highbury

1957
The Curse of Frankenstein
Creature

1957
Stowaway Girl
Voice

1957
The Accursed
Dr. Neumann

1957
The Truth About Women
François

1957
O.S.S.
Dessinger

1957
The Errol Flynn Theatre
Compte de Merret, Count Henri de Dairval, Maurice Gabet, Maurice Gabet

1957
The Gay Cavalier
Colonel Jeffries

1956
Beyond Mombasa
Gil Rossi

1956
Private's Progress
Major Schultz

1956
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Manolo

1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Monsieur Jean-Pierre

1956
Port Afrique
Franz Vermes

1956
Assignment Foreign Legion
El Abba, Rodin the Gardener

1956
The Adventures of Aggie
Inspector John Hollis

1956
Chevron Hall of Stars
Governor

1955
Storm Over the Nile
Karaga Pasha

1955
That Lady
Captain

1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
Submarine Commander Grieves

1955
The Dark Avenger
French Patrol Captain at Tavern

1955
Moby Dick Rehearsed
A Stage Manager, Flask

1955
Sailor of Fortune
Carnot, Yusif

1955
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Louis

1955
Alias John Preston
John Preston

1955
Police Dog
Johnny, a constable

1955
Crossroads
The Ghost

1955
Tales of Hans Anderson
Emperor of China, Old man, Olle, Olle

1954
The Vise
Edgar Brookes, Larry Spence, Richard Martell

1954
Destination Milan
Svenson

1954
The Mirror and Markheim
Visitant

1953
Innocents in Paris
Lieutenant Whitlock

1953
Rheingold Theatre
Antonio, Brackett, Carl, Carl

1952
Babes in Bagdad
Slave dealer

1952
Moulin Rouge
Georges Seurat

1952
The Crimson Pirate
Joseph - Military Attaché

1952
Bombay Waterfront
Sir Felix Raybourne

1952
Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow
Russian Agent

1952
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
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1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Spanish Captain

1951
Valley of the Eagles
Det. Holt

1950
They Were Not Divided
Chris Lewis

1950
Prelude to Fame
Newsman

1949
The Gay Lady
Hon. Bongo Icklesham

1948
Corridor of Mirrors
Charles

1948
Hamlet
Spear Carrier

1948
Saraband
Duke Anthony von Wolfenbuttel

1948
Scott of the Antarctic
Bernard Day

1948
A Song for Tomorrow
Auguste

1948
My Brother's Keeper
Second Constable

1948
One Night with You
Pirelli's Assistant

1948
Penny and the Pownall Case
Jonathan Blair

Producer Credits

1973
Nothing But the Night
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Soundtrack Credits

1983
The Return of Captain Invincible
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