Christopher Lee
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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, author, and singer. With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Lee was well known for portraying villains, gaining recognition for appearing as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films—ultimately playing the role nine times in total. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars films Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), and Saruman in both the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014).
Film
No. | Year | Title | Role | Notes | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Charleseieio | ||||||||||||||||
2 | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Hamlet | Spear Carrier | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
4 | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | |||||||||||||||||
6 | My Brother's Keeper | Second Constable | Scenes deleted | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Bit Part | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | |||||||||||||||||
9 | 1949 | Trottie True | Bongo | ||||||||||||||||
10 | 1950 | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | |||||||||||||||||
12 | 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Valley of Eagles | Det. Holt | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver | Uncredited<ref name=TFInterview /> | ||||||||||||||||
15 | 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph | Uncredited | |||||||||||||||
16 | Top Secret | Russian Agent | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
17 | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | |||||||||||||||||
18 | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
20 | 1953 | Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Unknown (voice) | Uncredited | |||||||||||||||
21 | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
22 | 1954 | Destination Milan | Svenson | ||||||||||||||||
23 | 1955 | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | Short film | |||||||||||||||
24 | That Lady | Captain | |||||||||||||||||
25 | Final Column | Larry Spence | Archive footage | ||||||||||||||||
26 | Man in Demand | Martell | Archive footage | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Contraband Spain | Narrator | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
28 | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
29 | The Cockleshell Heroes | Lt. Cdr. Dick Raikes, RN | |||||||||||||||||
30 | Alias John Preston | John Preston | |||||||||||||||||
31 | Police Dog | Police Constable Johnny | |||||||||||||||||
32 | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | |||||||||||||||||
33 | 1956 | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | Uncredited | |||||||||||||||
34 | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
35 | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | |||||||||||||||||
36 | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | |||||||||||||||||
37 | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | |||||||||||||||||
38 | 1957 | Ill Met by Moonlight | German Officer at Dentist's | ||||||||||||||||
39 | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | |||||||||||||||||
40 | The Traitor | Dr. Neumann | |||||||||||||||||
41 | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | |||||||||||||||||
42 | Manuela | Unknown (voice) | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
43 | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | |||||||||||||||||
44 | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | |||||||||||||||||
45 | 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | ||||||||||||||||
46 | Dracula | Count Dracula | Alternative title: Horror of Dracula | ||||||||||||||||
47 | Battle of the V-1 | Brunner | |||||||||||||||||
48 | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | |||||||||||||||||
49 | 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | ||||||||||||||||
50 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Pierre Gerard | |||||||||||||||||
51 | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | |||||||||||||||||
52 | The Mummy | Kharis / The Mummy | |||||||||||||||||
53 | Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | |||||||||||||||||
54 | 1960 | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | ||||||||||||||||
55 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | Alternative titles: House of Fright and Jekyll's Inferno | ||||||||||||||||
56 | Beat Girl | Kenny King | Alternative title: Wild for Kicks | ||||||||||||||||
57 | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | Alternative title: Horror Hotel | ||||||||||||||||
58 | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | |||||||||||||||||
59 | 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | ||||||||||||||||
60 | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | |||||||||||||||||
61 | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | |||||||||||||||||
62 | Ercole al centro della terra | King Lico (Licos) | Alternative title: Hercules in the Haunted World | ||||||||||||||||
63 | 1962 | The Puzzle of the Red Orchid | Captain Allerman | ||||||||||||||||
64 | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | |||||||||||||||||
65 | The Devil's Agent | Baron von Staub | |||||||||||||||||
66 | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | |||||||||||||||||
67 | 1963 | Stranglehold | |||||||||||||||||
68 | Katarsis | Mephistoles | |||||||||||||||||
69 | The Virgin of Nuremberg | Erich | Alternative titles: Castle of Terror and La vergine di Norimberga | ||||||||||||||||
70 | La frusta e il corpo | Kurt Menliff | Alternative titles: The Whip and the Body and Night Is the Phantom | ||||||||||||||||
71 | 1964 | Terror in the Crypt | Count Ludwig Karnstein | Alternative titles: Crypt of the Vampire and Crypt of Horror | |||||||||||||||
72 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | |||||||||||||||||
73 | Il castello dei morti vivi | Count Drago | Alternative title: Castle of the Living Dead | ||||||||||||||||
74 | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | |||||||||||||||||
75 | 1965 | Dr Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | Segment: "Disembodied Hand" | |||||||||||||||
76 | She | Billali | |||||||||||||||||
77 | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |||||||||||||||||
78 | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | |||||||||||||||||
79 | Ten Little Indians | Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) | Uncredited | ||||||||||||||||
80 | 1966 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | ||||||||||||||||
81 | Rasputin, the Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | |||||||||||||||||
82 | Circus of Fear | Gregor | Alternative title: Psycho Circus | ||||||||||||||||
83 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |||||||||||||||||
84 | 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon No. 4 | ||||||||||||||||
85 | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |||||||||||||||||
86 | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | |||||||||||||||||
87 | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | |||||||||||||||||
88 | The Blood Demon | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai | Alternative title: Die Schlangengrube Und Das Pendel | ||||||||||||||||
89 | 1968 | Eve | Colonel Stuart | Alternative title: The Face of Eve | |||||||||||||||
90 | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | Alternative title: The Devil's Bride | ||||||||||||||||
91 | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |||||||||||||||||
92 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Count Dracula | |||||||||||||||||
93 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Morley | Alternative title: The Crimson Cult | ||||||||||||||||
94 | 1969 | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | ||||||||||||||||
95 | The Oblong Box | Dr J. Neuhart | |||||||||||||||||
96 | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | |||||||||||||||||
97 | 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | ||||||||||||||||
98 | Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion | Dolmance | |||||||||||||||||
99 | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | Alternative title: Night of the Blood Monster | ||||||||||||||||
100 | Count Dracula | Count Dracula | |||||||||||||||||
101 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Count Dracula | |||||||||||||||||
102 | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | |||||||||||||||||
103 | One More Time | Count Dracula | Cameo | ||||||||||||||||
104 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | |||||||||||||||||
105 | Scars of Dracula | Count Dracula | |||||||||||||||||
106 | 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid | Segment: "Sweets to the Sweet" | |||||||||||||||
107 | Cuadecuc, vampir | Count Dracula / Himself | |||||||||||||||||
108 | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake | |||||||||||||||||
109 | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | |||||||||||||||||
110 | 1972 | Umbracle | The Man | ||||||||||||||||
111 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | |||||||||||||||||
112 | Horror Express | Sir Alexander Saxton | |||||||||||||||||
113 | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | Alternative title: Raw Meat | ||||||||||||||||
114 | 1973 | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | ||||||||||||||||
115 | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | |||||||||||||||||
116 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | |||||||||||||||||
117 | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | <ref name=TFInterview /> | ||||||||||||||||
118 | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | |||||||||||||||||
119 | 1974 | Dark Places | Dr. Mandeville | ||||||||||||||||
120 | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | |||||||||||||||||
121 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | |||||||||||||||||
122 | 1975 | Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline | Van Krig / Himself | ||||||||||||||||
In Search of Dracula | Narrator | ||||||||||||||||||
123 | Diagnosis Murder | Stephen Hayward | |||||||||||||||||
124 | The Story of Heidi | Unknown (voice) | English dub | ||||||||||||||||
125 | 1976 | Killer Force | Major Chilton | Alternative title: The Diamond Mercenaries | |||||||||||||||
126 | To the Devil, A Daughter | Father Michael Rayner | |||||||||||||||||
127 | Albino | Bill | Alternative titles: Whispering Death and Death in the Sun | ||||||||||||||||
128 | Dracula père et fils | The Prince of Darkness | Alternative title: Dracula and Son | ||||||||||||||||
129 | The Keeper | The Keeper | |||||||||||||||||
130 | 1977 | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | ||||||||||||||||
131 | Meatcleaver Massacre | Narrator / Himself | Alternative titles: Evil Force and Revenge of the Dead | ||||||||||||||||
132 | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | |||||||||||||||||
133 | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | |||||||||||||||||
134 | 1978 | Circle of Iron | Zetan | Alternative title: The Silent Flute | |||||||||||||||
135 | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon | |||||||||||||||||
136 | Caravans | Sardar Khan | |||||||||||||||||
137 | 1979 | The Passage | Gypsy | ||||||||||||||||
138 | Nutcracker Fantasy | Various voices | |||||||||||||||||
139 | Arabian Adventure | Alquazar | |||||||||||||||||
140 | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | |||||||||||||||||
141 | Bear Island | Lechinski | |||||||||||||||||
142 | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | |||||||||||||||||
143 | 1980 | Serial | Luckman Skull | ||||||||||||||||
144 | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | |||||||||||||||||
145 | 1981 | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | ||||||||||||||||
146 | Desperate Moves | Carl Boxer | |||||||||||||||||
147 | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar | |||||||||||||||||
149 | 1982 | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard (voice) | ||||||||||||||||
150 | 1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | ||||||||||||||||
151 | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | |||||||||||||||||
152 | New Magic | Mr. Kellar | Short film | ||||||||||||||||
153 | 1984 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Clifford King | ||||||||||||||||
154 | The Bengal Lancers! | Sir James Hunter | Unfinished film | ||||||||||||||||
155 | 1985 | Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf | Stefan Crosscoe | ||||||||||||||||
156 | 1986 | Jocks | President White | ||||||||||||||||
157 | 1987 | Mio min Mio | Kato | ||||||||||||||||
158 | The Girl | Peter Storm | |||||||||||||||||
159 | 1988 | Dark Mission | Luis Morel | ||||||||||||||||
160 | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | |||||||||||||||||
161 | Olympus Force: The Key | Filly | |||||||||||||||||
162 | 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | ||||||||||||||||
163 | La Révolution française | Sanson | Segment: "Années Terribles, Les" | ||||||||||||||||
164 | La chute des aigles | Walter Strauss | |||||||||||||||||
165 | Murder Story | Willard Hope | |||||||||||||||||
166 | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | |||||||||||||||||
167 | 1990 | L'avaro | Cardinale Spinosi | ||||||||||||||||
168 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | |||||||||||||||||
169 | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | |||||||||||||||||
170 | 1991 | Kabuto | King Philip | ||||||||||||||||
171 | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Doctor Pearson | Alternative title: Panga | ||||||||||||||||
172 | Jackpot | Cedric | |||||||||||||||||
173 | 1994 | Funny Man | Callum Chance | ||||||||||||||||
174 | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Cmndt. Alexander Nikolaevich Rakov | |||||||||||||||||
175 | A Feast at Midnight | V. E. Longfellow | |||||||||||||||||
176 | Flesh and Blood | Narrator / Himself | Documentary film | ||||||||||||||||
177 | 1996 | The Stupids | Mr. Sender | ||||||||||||||||
178 | Welcome to the Discworld | Death (voice) | Short film | ||||||||||||||||
179 | 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | ||||||||||||||||
180 | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | <ref>{{
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| 181 || 1999 || Sleepy Hollow || Burgomaster ||
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| 182 || 2001 || The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring || Saruman ||
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| 183 || rowspan="2" | 2002 || Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones || Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus ||
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| 184 || The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers || rowspan=2| Saruman ||
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| 185 || 2003 || The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King || Extended Edition only
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| 186 || 2004 || Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse || Heinrich von Garten ||
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| 187 || rowspan="4" | 2005 || Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith || Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus ||
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| 188 || Charlie and the Chocolate Factory || Dr. Wilbur Wonka ||
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| 189 || The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby || The Lord Provost ||
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| 190 || Corpse Bride || Pastor Galswells (voice) ||
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| 191 || 2007 || The Golden Compass || First High Councillor ||
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| 192 || 2008 || Star Wars: The Clone Wars || Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus (voice) ||
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| 193 || rowspan="4" | 2009 || Boogie Woogie || Alfred Rhinegold ||
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| 194 || The Heavy || Mr. Mason ||
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| 195 || Triage || Joaquín Morales ||
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| 196 || Glorious 39 || Walter ||
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| 197 || rowspan="2" | 2010 || Alice in Wonderland || Jabberwock (voice) ||
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| 198 || Burke & Hare || Joseph ||
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| 199 || rowspan="5" | 2011 || Season of the Witch|| Cardinal d’Ambroise ||
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| 200 || The Resident || August ||
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| 201 || The Wicker Tree || Old Gentleman ||
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| 202 || Grave Tales || Himself || Cameo
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| 203 || Hugo || Monsieur Labisse ||
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| 204 || rowspan="2" | 2012 || Dark Shadows || Silas Clarney ||
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| 205 || The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey || Saruman ||
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| 206 || rowspan="4" | 2013 || Night Train to Lisbon || Father Bartolomeu ||
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| 207 || Extraordinary Tales || Narrator || Segment: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
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| 208 || The Girl from Nagasaki || Old Officer Pinkerton ||
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| 209 || Necessary Evil || Narrator || Documentary film
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| 210 || 2014 || The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies || Saruman || Final role in a film released in his lifetime
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| 211 || 2015 || Angels in Notting Hill || God / Mr. President (voice) || Posthumous release
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| 212 || 2017 || The Hunting of the Snark || Narrator || Short film
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| 214 || 2018 || The Time War || Narrator || Posthumous release
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