Christopher Lee
27. mai 1922 (104 aastat), Westminster, London, England, UK
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.
Tuntud rollide järgi
7.5 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.9 Saturday Night Live
1975
5.8 The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.8 The Avengers
1961
7.8 The Avengers
1961
8.4 Sõrmuste isand: Sõrmuse vennaskond
2001
8.4 Sõrmuste isand: Kaks kantsi
2002
7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
7.3 Kääbik: Viie väe lahing
2014
6.7 Charlie's Angels
1976
5.6 Wetten, dass..?
1981
6.7 Blue Heelers
1993
Filmograafia
- 2024The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (Self / Various (Archive))
- 2023The Wicker Man at 50 (Lord Summerisle)
- 2023Faces of Death ((archive footage))
- 2020Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (Himself)
- 2017Drácula Barcelona (Himself)
- 2017Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer (Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage))
- 2015Angels in Notting Hill (The Boss / Mr. President (voice))
- 2015Extraordinary Tales (Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher'))
- 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica ((archive footage))
- 2014Kääbik: Viie väe lahing (Saruman the White)
- 2014Face of Unity (Self)
- 2013The Trail of Dracula (Self (Archival Footage))
- 2013The Girl from Nagasaki (Old Officer Pinkerton)
- 2013Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (Narrator)
- 2013Night Train to Lisbon (Father Bartholomeu)
- 2012Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror (Self)
- 2012Kääbik: Ootamatu teekond (Saruman the White)
- 2012The Fall of the House Of Usher (The Narrator)
- 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (Self)
- 2012Dracula vs. Vampir
- 2012Everything or Nothing (Self)
- 2012The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
- 2012Dark Shadows (Clarney)
- 2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (Dracula (archive footage))
- 2012Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (Narrator)
- 2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (Self)
- 2011Hugo (Monsieur Labisse)
- 2011The Wicker Tree (Old Man)
- 2011The Resident (August)
- 2011Season of the Witch (Cardinal D'Ambroise)
- 2010Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens (Self)
- 2010Burke & Hare (Old Joseph)
- 2010Boogie Woogie (Mr. Alfred Rhinegold)
- 2010The Heavy (Mr. Mason)
- 2010Alice Imedemaale (Jabberwocky (voice))
- 2009Glorious 39 (Older Walter Page)
- 2009Triage (Joaquín Morales)
- 2008The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (Narrator (voice))
- 2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Count Dooku (voice))
- 2008Fanex Files: Hammer Films (Self)
- 2007The Golden Compass (First High Councilor)
- 2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (Narrator (voice))
- 2007Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands (Self)
- 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (Self (archive footage))
- 2007Hollywood Chinese (Self)
- 2007Ein Leben wie im Flug (Self)
- 2007Beloved Count (Self)
- 2007Bloody Jess (Self)
- 2006The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (Self)
- 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (Self)
- 2005The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (The Lord Provost)
- 2005Laibast pruut (Pastor Galswells (voice))
- 2005Charlie ja šokolaadivabrik (Dr. Wonka)
- 2005Star Wars: Osa III - Sithi kättemaks (Count Dooku)
- 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (Self)
- 2004The Story of Star Wars (Count Dooku (archive footage))
- 2004Les Rivières pourpres 2 : Les Anges de l'apocalypse (Emerich)
- 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (Self)
- 2003Drácula en la Hammer (Christopher Lee)
- 2002Sõrmuste isand: Kaks kantsi (Saruman)
- 2002Best Ever Bond (Self / Scaramanga)
- 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II (Self / Count Dooku)
- 2002Perversion Stories (Self)
- 2002To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
- 2002Star Wars: Osa II - Kloonide rünnak (Count Dooku)
- 2001Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
- 2001Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (Self)
- 2001Sõrmuste isand: Sõrmuse vennaskond (Saruman)
- 2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (Self)
- 2001Quest for the Ring (Self)
- 2001R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (Self)
- 2001The Wicker Man Enigma (Himself)
- 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (Self)
- 2000Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
- 2000Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (Self)
- 2000The Many Faces of Dracula (Narrator)
- 1999Sleepy Hollow (Burgomaster)
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (Count Ottokar Graf Czernin)
- 1998Ex-S: The Wicker Man (Self)
- 1998Jinnah (Muhammad Ali Jinnah)
- 1998Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah (Self)
- 1998Tale of the Mummy (Sir Richard Turkel)
- 1998100 Years of Horror (Presenter)
- 1998The Mummy (Self - Host)
- 1997Soul Music (Death (voice))
- 1996Welcome to the Discworld (Death)
- 1996The Stupids (Evil Sender)
- 1996In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
- 1996The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (Self)
- 1996The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
- 1996A Century of Science Fiction (Narrator (voice))
- 1995A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James (Self)
- 1995In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (Self)
- 1994A Feast at Midnight (V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow)
- 1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (Narrator (voice) / Self)
- 1994Funny Man (Callum Chance)
- 1994Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (Commandant Rakov)
- 1994The Rainbow Thief (Uncle Rudolf)
- 1993Death Train (General Konstanin Benin)
- 1992Jackpot (Cedric)
- 1992Double Vision (Mr. Bernard)
- 1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (Sherlock Holmes)
- 1992Beauty and the Beast (Monsieur Renard (voice))
- 1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (Sherlock Holmes)
- 1991Fear in the Dark (Narrator)
- 1991Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (Dr. Pearson)
- 1991Journey of Honor (King Philip)
- 1990The Care of Time (Karlis Zander)
- 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Doctor Catheter)
- 1990Treasure Island (Blind Pew)
- 1990L'avaro (Cardinale Spinosi)
- 1989Honeymoon Academy (Lazos)
- 1989Murder Story (Willard Hope)
- 1989La chute des aigles (Walter Strauss)
- 1989La Révolution française (Sanson)
- 1989The Return of the Musketeers (Rochefort)
- 1988Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (Luis Morel)
- 1988Olympus Force: The Key (Filly)
- 1987Creepy Classics (Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage))
- 1987Mio min Mio (Kato)
- 1987The Girl (Peter Storm)
- 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (Self)
- 1986The Disputation (King James of Aragon)
- 1986Un métier de seigneur (Fog)
- 1986Jocks (President White)
- 1985Mask of Murder (Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich)
- 1985Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (Stefan Crosscoe)
- 1985The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (Himself - Presenter)
- 1984The Rosebud Beach Hotel (King)
- 1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (King Vladimir V)
- 1984The Bengal Lancers! (Sir James Hunter)
- 1983House of the Long Shadows (Corrigan)
- 1983The Return of Captain Invincible (Mr. Midnight)
- 1983New Magic (Mr. Kellar)
- 1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (Narrator)
- 1982The Last Unicorn (King Haggard (voice))
- 1982The Rank Charm School (Self)
- 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (Prince Philip)
- 1982Massarati and the Brain (Victor Leopold)
- 1982Safari 3000 (Count Borgia)
- 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (Self (archive footage))
- 1981An Eye for an Eye (Morgan Canfield)
- 1981Evil Stalks This House (Host)
- 1981The Salamander (Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence)
- 1980Once Upon a Spy (Marcus Valorium)
- 1980Serial (Luckman Skull)
- 1980Desperate Moves (Dr. Carl Boxer)
- 19791941 (Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt)
- 1979Bear Island (Lechinski)
- 1979Captain America II: Death Too Soon (Miguel)
- 1979Jaguar Lives! (Adam Caine)
- 1979Arabian Adventure (Caliph Alquazar)
- 1979The Passage (Gypsy)
- 1979The Horror Show ((archive footage))
- 1978The Pirate (Samir Al Fay)
- 1978Caravans (Sardar Khan)
- 1978Circle of Iron (Zetan)
- 1978Return from Witch Mountain (Victor Gannon)
- 1977Starship Invasions (Captain Rameses)
- 1977The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (Narrator)
- 1977End of the World (Father Pergado / Zindar)
- 1977Airport '77 (Martin Wallace)
- 1977Meatcleaver Massacre (On-Screen Narrator)
- 1976Dracula père et fils (Le prince des Ténèbres)
- 1976Albino (Bill)
- 1976To the Devil a Daughter (Father Michael)
- 1976Killer Force (Major Chilton)
- 1976The Keeper (The Keeper)
- 1975Vem var Dracula? (Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula)
- 1975Le Boucher, la Star et l'Orpheline (Satanus / Van Krig)
- 1974Agent 007: Mees kuldse relvaga (Francisco Scaramanga)
- 1974The Four Musketeers (Rochefort)
- 1974Diagnosis: Murder (Dr. Stephen Hayward)
- 1973The Three Musketeers (Rochefort)
- 1973The Wicker Man (Lord Summerisle)
- 1973Dark Places (Dr. Ian Mandeville)
- 1973The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Count Dracula)
- 1973Nothing But the Night (Col. Charles Bingham)
- 1973Poor Devil (Lucifer)
- 1973The Creeping Flesh (James Hildern)
- 1972Death Line (Stratton-Villiers, MI5)
- 1972Pánico en el Transiberiano (Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton)
- 1972Dracula A.D. 1972 (Count Dracula)
- 1972Cuadecuc, vampir (Self)
- 1972Umbracle (The Man)
- 1971Hannie Caulder (Bailey)
- 1971I, Monster (Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake)
- 1971The House That Dripped Blood (John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet"))
- 1970Scars of Dracula (Dracula)
- 1970The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Mycroft Holmes)
- 1970Julius Caesar (Artemidorus)
- 1970One More Time (Dracula)
- 1970Taste the Blood of Dracula (Dracula)
- 1970Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (Dracula)
- 1970De Sade 70 (Dolmance)
- 1970Il trono di fuoco (Lord George Jeffreys)
- 1970Scream and Scream Again (Fremont)
- 1969The Magic Christian (Ship's Vampire)
- 1969The Oblong Box (Dr. J. Neuhartt)
- 1969The Castle of Fu Manchu (Dr. Fu Man Chu)
- 1969Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula (Self)
- 1968Curse of the Crimson Altar (J.D. Morley)
- 1968Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (Dracula)
- 1968The Blood of Fu Manchu (Dr. Fu Man Chu)
- 1968The Devil Rides Out (Duc de Richleau)
- 1968The Face of Eve (Colonel Stuart)
- 1968The Movie Orgy (Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage))
- 1967Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai)
- 1967Five Golden Dragons (Dragon #4)
- 1967Theatre of Death (Philippe Darvas)
- 1967The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (Dr. Fu Manchu)
- 1967Night of the Big Heat (Godfrey Hanson)
- 1966The Brides of Fu Manchu (Fu Manchu)
- 1966Circus of Fear (Gregor)
- 1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk (Grigori Rasputin)
- 1966Dracula: Prince of Darkness (Count Dracula)
- 1965The Skull (Sir Matthew Phillips)
- 1965The Face of Fu Manchu (Dr. Fu Man Chu)
- 1965Ten Little Indians (Mr. U.N. Owen (voice))
- 1965She (Billali)
- 1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (Franklyn Marsh)
- 1964The Gorgon (Prof. Karl Meister)
- 1964Il castello dei morti vivi (Count Drago)
- 1964The Devil-Ship Pirates (Captain Robeles)
- 1964La cripta e l'incubo (Count Ludwig Karnstein)
- 1963La frusta e il corpo (Kurt Menliff)
- 1963La vergine di Norimberga (Erich)
- 1963Katarsis (Mephistoles)
- 1962Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (Sherlock Holmes)
- 1962The Devil's Agent (Baron Ferdi von Staub)
- 1962The Pirates of Blood River (Captain LaRoche)
- 1962Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee (Capt. Allerman)
- 1961Ercole al centro della terra (King Lico (Licos))
- 1961Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen (Ling Chu)
- 1961Taste of Fear (Doctor Pierre Gerrard)
- 1961The Terror of the Tongs (Chung King)
- 1960The Hands of Orlac (Nero the magician)
- 1960Too Hot to Handle (Novak)
- 1960The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (Paul Allen)
- 1960The City of the Dead (Prof. Alan Driscoll)
- 1960Beat Girl (Kenny King)
- 1959Tempi duri per i vampiri (Baron Roderico da Frankurten)
- 1959The Mummy (Kharis, the Mummy)
- 1959The Treasure of San Teresa (Jaeger)
- 1959The Man Who Could Cheat Death (Dr. Pierre Gerrard)
- 1959The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Henry Baskerville)
- 1958Corridors of Blood (Resurrection Joe)
- 1958Dracula (Count Dracula)
- 1958A Tale of Two Cities (Marquis St. Evremonde)
- 1958Battle of the V-1 (Brunner)
- 1957The Truth About Women (Francois Thiers)
- 1957Bitter Victory (Sgt. Barney)
- 1957Manuela (Voice (voice))
- 1957The Curse of Frankenstein (The Creature)
- 1957Fortune Is a Woman (Charles Highbury)
- 1957The Traitor (Doctor Neumann)
- 1957Ill Met by Moonlight (German officer at The Dentist's office)
- 1956The Battle of the River Plate (Manolo)
- 1956Beyond Mombasa (Gil Rossi)
- 1956Port Afrique (Franz Vermes)
- 1956Alexander the Great (Nectenabus (voice))
- 1956Private's Progress (Major Schultz)
- 1955Storm Over the Nile (Karaga Pasha)
- 1955Alias John Preston (John Preston)
- 1955The Cockleshell Heroes (Submarine Commander Alan Grieves)
- 1955Police Dog (Johnny, a constable)
- 1955The Dark Avenger (French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited))
- 1955Contraband Spain (Narrador (voz))
- 1955That Lady (Capitán)
- 1955Cross-Roads (Harry Cooper)
- 1954The Awakening (Factory proprietor (uncredited))
- 1953Innocents in Paris (Lieutenant Whitlock)
- 1953The Top and the Ball (Father)
- 1952Babes in Bagdad (Slave Dealer)
- 1952Paul Temple Returns (Sir Felix Raybourne)
- 1952Top Secret (Russian Agent (uncredited))
- 1952Moulin Rouge (Georges Seurat (uncredited))
- 1952The Crimson Pirate (Joseph (attache))
- 1951Quo Vadis (Chariot Driver (uncredited))
- 1951Valley of the Eagles (Det. Holt)
- 1951Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (Spanish Captain)
- 1950Prelude to Fame (Newsman)
- 1950They Were Not Divided (Chris Lewis)
- 1949Trottie True (Hon. Bongo Icklesham)
- 1948Hamlet (Palace Guard (uncredited))
- 1948Penny and the Pownall Case (Jonathan Blair)
- 1948A Song for Tomorrow (Auguste)
- -Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending (Lord Summerisle)
- 2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Saruman (voice))
- 2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (Self (archive footage))
- 2024Constel·lació Portabella ((archive footage))
- 2024Children of the Wicker Man (Self (archive footage))
- 2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall (Self (archive footage))
- 2019La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català (Self (archive footage))
- 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited))
- 2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (Self)
- 2013The Gillian Hills Trilogy
- 2008The Colour of Magic (Death)
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (Death (synchro))
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (Death (synchro))
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show (Self)
- 2007Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (Narrator)
- 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' (Self)
- 2006Semperopernball (Self)
- 2005Pope John Paul II
- 2005Pope John Paul II (Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński)
- 2004Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (Self)
- 2003J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (Self)
- 2003Les baleines de l'Atlantide (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (Self)
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design (Self)
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (Self)
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (Self)
- 2001Iles du Diable: l'Archipel des Mondes Perdus (Narrator)
- 2001Aeschbacher (Self)
- 2000Ghost Stories for Christmas (Narrator)
- 2000In the Beginning (Rameses I)
- 2000Gormenghast (Flay)
- 1997Soul Music (Death (voice))
- 1997The Odyssey (Tiresias)
- 1997Wyrd Sisters (Death (voice))
- 1997Ivanhoe (Lucas de Beaumanoir)
- 1996100 Years of Horror (Self - Host)
- 1996Moses (Pharaoh)
- 1996Sorellina e il principe del sogno (Azaret)
- 1995Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Narrator)
- 1994The World of Hammer (Self (archive footage))
- 1994Brisant (Self)
- 1993Blue Heelers (Scott James)
- 1992Innocent Blood (Count Dracula (archive footage))
- 1992Noore Indiana Jonesi seiklused (Count Ottokar Graf Czerin)
- 1992Dracula in the Movies ((archive footage))
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash (Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage))
- 1991Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal (Self - Narrator)
- 1990Stern TV (Self)
- 1989La Révolution Française (Sanson (« Les Années terribles »))
- 1989Around the World in 80 Days (Stuart)
- 1988Nase vorn (Self)
- 1987Seitenblicke (self)
- 1987Casanova (Branicki)
- 1986Shaka Zulu (Lord Bathurst)
- 1986Wedden, dat..? (Self)
- 1985The Best of All Time Horror Classics
- 1984The Far Pavilions (Rao-Sahib)
- 1982Faerie Tale Theatre (King Vladimir V)
- 1982Champs-Elysées (Self)
- 1981Goliath Awaits (John McKenzie)
- 1981Wetten, dass..? (Self)
- 1978Mickey's 50 (Self)
- 1977The Pirate (Samir Al Fay)
- 1977Playboy's Playmate Party
- 1977How the West Was Won (The Grand Duke)
- 1977Auf los geht's los (Self)
- 1976Charlie's Angels (Dale Woodman)
- 1975Saturday Night Live (Self - Host)
- 1975Space: 1999 (Captain Zandor)
- 1973Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (Arnaud)
- 1971Film '72 (Self)
- 1971Theatre Macabre (Self – Host)
- 1970Treffpunkte (Self)
- 1964Horror!!! (Self)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Self)
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Karl Jorla)
- 1961The Mike Douglas Show (Self)
- 1961The Avengers (Professor Stone)
- 1961The Avengers (Colonel Mannering)
- 1959Stars in der Manege (Self)
- 1959Whicker's World
- 1959One Step Beyond (Wilhelm Reitlinger)
- 1958The Adventures of William Tell (Prince Erik)
- 1958Ivanhoe (Sir Otto from the Rhine)
- 1957Sailor of Fortune (Yusif Carnot)
- 1956The Errol Flynn Theatre (Maurice Gabet)
- 1956The Errol Flynn Theatre (Compte de Merret)
- 1956The Errol Flynn Theatre (The Visitant)
- 1956The Errol Flynn Theatre (General Hamelin)
- 1956Colonel March of Scotland Yard (Jeanpierre)
- 1955The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Louis the Executioner (uncredited))
- 1955Moby Dick—Rehearsed (A Stage Manager /Flask)
- 1955Final Column
- 1954The Mirror and Markheim (Visitant)
- 1948Saraband for Dead Lovers (Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel)
- -Science Fiction Film Awards (Self)
- 1954Mark Saber (Larry Spence)
- 1948Scott of the Antarctic (Bernard Day)
- 1948One Night with You (Pirelli's Assistant)
- 1948Corridor of Mirrors (Charles)
- 1939Eugen Weidmann Execution Film (Himself)