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Christopher Lee
Name: Christopher Lee
Born: 1922-05-27
Place of birth: Westminster, London, England, UK
Deathday: 2015-06-07
Gender: Male
Occupation: Acting
Popularity: 2.2
Biography:
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.
Horror Filmography:
As Actor
| Films | Year | Role | Poster |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | 2025 | Self - (archive footage) |  |
| Extraordinary Tales | 2015 | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') |  |
| The Trail of Dracula | 2013 | Self (Archival Footage) |  |
| The Fall of the House Of Usher | 2012 | The Narrator |  |
| The Wicker Tree | 2011 | Old Man |  |
| Burke & Hare | 2010 | Old Joseph |  |
| The Many Faces of Dracula | 2000 | Narrator |  |
| Sleepy Hollow | 1999 | Burgomaster |  |
| Tale of the Mummy | 1998 | Sir Richard Turkel |  |
| A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James | 1995 | Self |  |
| Funny Man | 1994 | Callum Chance |  |
| Innocent Blood | 1992 | Count Dracula (archive footage) |  |
| Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | 1991 | Dr. Pearson |  |
| Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal | 1991 | Self - Narrator |  |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | 1990 | Doctor Catheter |  |
| Murder Story | 1989 | Willard Hope |  |
| Mask of Murder | 1985 | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich |  |
| Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | 1985 | Stefan Crosscoe |  |
| The Best of All Time Horror Classics | 1985 |  |
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| The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers | 1984 | King Vladimir V |  |
| House of the Long Shadows | 1983 | Corrigan |  |
| Evil Stalks This House | 1981 | Host |  |
| The Horror Show | 1979 | (archive footage) |  |
| End of the World | 1977 | Father Pergado / Zindar |  |
| Meatcleaver Massacre | 1977 | On-Screen Narrator |  |
| Dracula and Son | 1976 | Le prince des Ténèbres |  |
| Death in the Sun | 1976 | Bill |  |
| To the Devil a Daughter | 1976 | Father Michael |  |
| The Keeper | 1976 | The Keeper |  |
| In Search of Dracula | 1975 | Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula |  |
| The Wicker Man | 1973 | Lord Summerisle |  |
| Dark Places | 1973 | Dr. Ian Mandeville |  |
| The Satanic Rites of Dracula | 1973 | Count Dracula |  |
| Nothing But the Night | 1973 | Col. Charles Bingham |  |
| The Creeping Flesh | 1973 | James Hildern |  |
| Death Line | 1972 | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 |  |
| Horror Express | 1972 | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton |  |
| Dracula A.D. 1972 | 1972 | Count Dracula |  |
| I, Monster | 1971 | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake |  |
| The House That Dripped Blood | 1971 | John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") |  |
| Scars of Dracula | 1970 | Dracula |  |
| Taste the Blood of Dracula | 1970 | Dracula |  |
| Count Dracula | 1970 | Dracula |  |
| Eugenie | 1970 | Dolmance |  |
| The Bloody Judge | 1970 | Lord George Jeffreys |  |
| Scream and Scream Again | 1970 | Fremont |  |
| The Oblong Box | 1969 | Dr. J. Neuhartt |  |
| Curse of the Crimson Altar | 1968 | J.D. Morley |  |
| Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | 1968 | Dracula |  |
| The Devil Rides Out | 1968 | Duc de Richleau |  |
| The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | 1967 | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai |  |
| Theatre of Death | 1967 | Philippe Darvas |  |
| Night of the Big Heat | 1967 | Godfrey Hanson |  |
| Circus of Fear | 1966 | Gregor |  |
| Rasputin: The Mad Monk | 1966 | Grigori Rasputin |  |
| Dracula: Prince of Darkness | 1966 | Count Dracula |  |
| The Skull | 1965 | Sir Matthew Phillips |  |
| Ten Little Indians | 1965 | Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) |  |
| Dr Terror's House of Horrors | 1965 | Franklyn Marsh |  |
| The Gorgon | 1964 | Prof. Karl Meister |  |
| The Castle of the Living Dead | 1964 | Count Drago |  |
| Crypt of the Vampire | 1964 | Count Ludwig Karnstein |  |
| The Whip and the Body | 1963 | Kurt Menliff |  |
| The Virgin of Nuremberg | 1963 | Erich |  |
| Corridors of Blood | 1963 | Resurrection Joe |  |
| Challenge the Devil | 1963 | Mephistoles |  |
| Hercules in the Haunted World | 1961 | King Lico (Licos) |  |
| Taste of Fear | 1961 | Doctor Pierre Gerrard |  |
| The Hands of Orlac | 1960 | Nero the magician |  |
| The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | 1960 | Paul Allen |  |
| The City of the Dead | 1960 | Prof. Alan Driscoll |  |
| Uncle Was a Vampire | 1959 | Baron Roderico da Frankurten |  |
| The Mummy | 1959 | Kharis, the Mummy |  |
| The Man Who Could Cheat Death | 1959 | Dr. Pierre Gerrard |  |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1959 | Sir Henry Baskerville |  |
| Dracula | 1958 | Count Dracula |  |
| The Curse of Frankenstein | 1957 | The Creature |  |
| Alias John Preston | 1955 | John Preston |  |
| Cross-Roads | 1955 | Harry Cooper |  |
| The Mirror and Markheim | 1954 | Visitant |  |
As Producer
| Films | Year | Poster |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing But the Night | 1973 | |