Christopher Lee

Birthday: May 27, 1922
Birthplace: Belgravia, London

Bio: Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery.Lee is best known for his portrayals of villains; he 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 and… More Bio: Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, is a legendary and prolific English actor known for his versatility, his professional longevity, and his distinctive basso delivery.Lee is best known for his portrayals of villains; he 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 and Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun. Lee is now over eighty years old, and has recently appeared in films such as The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

At six feet five inches, he is listed in The Guinness Book of World Records for the world's tallest leading actor, a record he shares with Vince Vaughn, and just beating Stephen Fry (Wilde) by 1/2 an inch. Despite a critically acclaimed career that spans over seven decades, he has never been nominated for an Academy Award.

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Filmography

The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)
- Actor
White Frog (2013)
- Producer
Night Train To Lisbon (2013)
- Actor
The Girl From Nagasaki (2013)
- Actor
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Saruman
- 65%
Dark Shadows (2012)
- Clarney
- 38%
The Wicker Tree (2012)
- Old Gentleman
- 29%
Meatcleaver Massacre (2012)
- Actor
The Resident (2011)
- August
- 37%
Hugo (2011)
- Monsieur Labisse
- 94%
Burke and Hare (2011)
- Joseph
- 34%
Season of the Witch (2011)
- Cardinal D'Ambroise
- 10%
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Jabberwocky
- 51%
The Heavy (2010)
- Boots' Father
Boogie Woogie (2009)
- Actor
- 36%
Glorious 39 (2009)
- Actor
- 45%
Triage (2009)
- Joaquin Morales
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- Count Dooku
- 18%
The Colour of Magic (2008)
- Death
Satanic Blood-Thirsty Horror (2008)
- Actor
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2007)
- Actor
- 100%
The Golden Compass (2007)
- First High Councilor
- 42%
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)
- Actor
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (2007)
- Narrator
- 80%
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick (2007)
- Actor
100 Years Under the Sea: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean (2007)
- Actor
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007)
- Narrator
Caravans (2007)
- Actor
Apocalypse (2007)
- Actor
Greyfriars Bobby (2006)
- Actor
Edgar Allan Poe (2006)
- Actor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2005)
- Count Dooku
- 80%
Pope John Paul II (2005)
- Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)
- Pastor Galswells
- 83%
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Dr. Wonka
- 82%
Robots (2005)
- Actor
- 64%
Les Rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse) (2004)
- Heimmerich von Garten
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Actor
- 94%
Detonator (2003)
- Actor
Making of Westworld (2003)
- Actor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D (2002)
- Count Dooku
- 67%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Saruman
- 96%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended) (2002)
- Actor
National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings (2002)
- Actor
The Master Swordsman Returns (2002)
- Actor
The Master Swordsman (2001)
- Actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Saruman
- 92%
Devil's Island: Journey into Jungle Alcatraz (2001)
- Actor
In the Beginning (2000)
- Ramses I
Gormenghast (2000)
- Flay
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Burgomaster
- 67%
Tale of the Mummy (1999)
- Sir Richard Turke
- 17%
Time Travelers (1999)
- Actor
Jinnah (1998)
- Mohammed Ali Jinnah
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1997)
- Actor
The Odyssey (1997)
- Actor
Soul Music (1997)
- Actor
Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1997)
- Lucas de Beaumanoir
Wyrd Sisters (1996)
- Actor
The Stupids (1996)
- Evil Sender
- 21%
Moses (1996)
- Ramses
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)
- Actor
100 Years of Horror (1996)
- Himself (Narrator)
Discworld: Soul Music (1996)
- Actor
Strictly Supernatural - Tarot & Astrology (1996)
- Actor
Century of Science Fiction (1996)
- Host
A Feast at Midnight (1995)
- Maj. Longfellow (Raptor)
Funny Man (1994)
- Callum Chance
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
- Actor
Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)
- Commandant Rakov
The Dark Avenger (The Warriors) (1994)
- Actor
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1993)
- Narrator
Detonator (Death Train) (1993)
- General Benin
Innocent Blood (1992)
- Count Dracula
- 38%
Double Vision (1992)
- Mr. Bernard
Journey Of Honor (1992)
- King Philip
Beauty and the Beast (1992)
- Actor
Fear in the Dark (1992)
- Himself
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
- Actor
Sherlock Holmes And The Leading Lady (1991)
- Actor
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- Dr. Catheter
- 68%
Honeymoon Academy (1990)
- Lazos
Curse 3: Blood Sacrifice (1990)
- Doctor Pearson
L'Avaro (The Miser) (1990)
- Actor
The Rainbow Thief (1990)
- Uncle Rudolf
Treasure Island (Devil's Treasure) (1989)
- Blind Pew
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
- Rochefort
- 60%
Murder Story (1989)
- Willard Hope
Mio min Mio (Mio in the Land of Faraway) (1987)
- The Wicked Knight
Jocks (1987)
- President White
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
- Actor
Shaka Zulu (1986)
- Actor
Girl (1986)
- Actor
Howling II - Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)
- Stefan Crosscoe
- 14%
The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
- King
Far Pavilions (1984)
- Actor
No-Tell Hotel (1984)
- Actor
The Return of Captain Invincible (Legend in Leotards) (1983)
- Mr. Midnight
The Salamander (1983)
- Actor
Faerie Tale Theatre - The Boy Who Left Home to Find out About the Shivers (1983)
- Actor
House of the Long Shadows (1982)
- Corrigan
The Last Unicorn (1982)
- King Haggard
- 58%
Safari 3000 (1982)
- Lorenzo Borgia
Goliath Awaits (1981)
- Actor
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
- Morgan Canfield
Salamander (1981)
- Director Baldassare
Bear Island (1980)
- Prof. Lechinski
Serial (1980)
- Luckman/Skull
1941 (1979)
- Von Kleinschmidt
- 32%
Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
- Miguel
Arabian Adventure (1979)
- Alquazar
Jaguar Lives (1979)
- Adam Caine
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
- Puppeteer
The Passage (1979)
- Head Gypsy
Captain America (1979)
- Miguel
Circle of Iron (1978)
- Zetan
- 43%
Count Dracula & His Vampire Bride (1978)
- Actor
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
- Victor
- 44%
Caravans (1978)
- Sardar Khan
End of the World (1977)
- Father Pergado/Zindar
Starship Invasions (1977)
- Capt. Rameses
Airport '77 (1977)
- Martin Wallace
- 40%
Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)
- The Narrator
To The Devil A Daughter (1976)
- Father Michael
- 29%
Dracula and Sons (1976)
- Dracula
Keeper (1976)
- The Keeper
Albino (1976)
- Bill
Killer Force (The Diamond Mercenaries) (1975)
- Chilton
The Four Musketeers (1975)
- Rochefort
- 79%
Devil's Undead (1975)
- Actor
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
- Scaramanga
- 46%
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
- Actor
Horror Express (1974)
- Prof. Alex Caxton
- 57%
The Wicker Man (1974)
- Lord Summerisle
- 89%
The Three Musketeers (1973)
- Rochefort
- 82%
Death Line (Raw Meat) (1973)
- Stratton-Villers
- 86%
Dracula: The Satanic Rites (1973)
- Count Dracula
Dark Places (1973)
- Dr. Mandeville
Poor Devil (1972)
- Lucifer
Creeping Flesh (1972)
- James Hildern
- 80%
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
- Count Dracula
- 25%
Sax Rohmer's The Castle Of Fu Manchu (1972)
- Actor
Nothing But the Night (The Devil's Undead) (The Resurrection Syndicate) (1972)
- Col. Bingham
Umbracle (1972)
- Actor
In Search of Dracula (1971)
- Actor
I, Monster (1971)
- Marlowe/Mr. Blake
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
- Reid
- 75%
Hannie Caulder (1971)
- Bailey
One More Time (1970)
- Dracula (uncredited)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
- Count Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
- Dracula
- 64%
Scream and Scream Again (Screamer) (1970)
- Fremont
- 70%
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Mycroft Holmes
- 95%
Julius Caesar (1970)
- Artemidorus
Cuadecuc, Vampir (1970)
- Actor
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (Count Dracula) (1969)
- Count Dracula
Eugenie (De Sade 70)(Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion)(Philosophy in the Boudoir) (1969)
- Dolmance
The Magic Christian (1969)
- Ship's Vampire
- 56%
Il Trono di fuoco (The Bloody Judge) (1969)
- Lord George Jeffreys
The Oblong Box (Dance, Mephisto) (1969)
- Dr. Neuharit
- 57%
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969)
- Dracula
- 79%
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
- Morley
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1968)
- Fu Manchu
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
- Fu Manchu
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
- Duc De Richeleau
- 93%
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1968)
- Fu Manchu
Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (Blood of the Virgins)(The Blood Demon)(Torture Chamber) (1967)
- Actor
Theatre of Death (1967)
- Philippe Darvas
Night of the Big Heat (Island of the Burning Damned) (1967)
- Godfrey Hanson
Circus of Fear (1967)
- Gregor Lion Tamer
Castle of the Walking Dead (1967)
- Count Regula
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
- Actor
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
- Dragon
The Secret of the Red Orchid (1967)
- Actor
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
- Dr. Fu Manchu
Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
- Rasputin
- 43%
Dracula - Prince of Darkness (1966)
- Dracula
- 83%
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
- Fu Manchu
The Skull (1965)
- Sir Matthew Phillips
She (1965)
- Billali
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (The Blood Suckers) (1965)
- Franklyn Marsh
The Gorgon (1964)
- Prof. Carl Maister
- 67%
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
- Capt. Robeles
La cripta e l'incubo (Crypt of the Vampire)(Terror in the Crypt) (1964)
- Actor
Il Castello dei morti vivi (Castle of the Living Dead) (1964)
- Actor
The Virgin of Nuremberg (La vergine di Norimberga) (1963)
- Erich
La frusta e il corpo (The Whip and The Body) (1963)
- Kurt Menliff
- 71%
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
- Sherlock Holmes
Pirates of Blood River (1962)
- LaRoche
The Longest Day (1962)
- Actor
- 92%
Corridors Of Blood (1962)
- Actor
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
- Lichas
Taste of Fear (Scream of Fear) (1961)
- Dr. Gerrard
The Terror of the Tongs (Terror of the Hatchet Men) (1961)
- Chung King
Secret of the Red Orchid (1961)
- Captain Allerman
Horror Hotel (1960)
- Prof. Allan Driscoll
Beat Girl (Wild for Kicks) (1960)
- Kenny
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) (1960)
- Paul Allen
The Hands of Orlac (Hands of a Strangler) (1960)
- Nero
The City Of The Dead (1960)
- Actor
Corridors of Blood (1959)
- Resurrection Joe
Too Hot to Handle (Playgirl After Dark) (1959)
- Novak
The Mummy (1959)
- Kharis the Mummy
- 100%
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
- Dr. Pierre Gerard
The Mummy (1959)
- Actor
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- Sir Henry Baskerville
- 100%
Tempi duri per i vampiri (Uncle was a Vampire) (1959)
- Actor
Icons Of Adventure (1959)
- Actor
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
- Marquis St. Evremonde
Horror of Dracula (1958)
- Count Dracula
- 93%
Dracula (1958)
- Actor
Truth About Women (1958)
- Francois
Ill Met by Moonlight (Intelligence Service) (Night Ambush) (1957)
- German officer at dentist's
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
- The Creature
- 100%
Bitter Victory (1957)
- Sgt. Barney
- 80%
She Played With Fire (1957)
- Charles Highbury
The Battle of the River Plate (Pursuit of the Graf Spee) (1956)
- Manola Cantina Manager
- 80%
Private's Progress (1956)
- Actor
Moby Dick (1956)
- Actor
- 84%
Alias John Preston (1956)
- John Preston
Pendulum (1956)
- Actor
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
- Gil Rossi
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
- Karaga Pasha
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
- Submarine Commander
Innocents in Paris (1953)
- Lt. Whitlock
Moulin Rouge (1952)
- Georges Scurat
- 71%
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
- Joseph Attache
- 100%
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
- Captain
- 100%
Prelude to Fame (1950)
- Newsman
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
- Bernard Day
Hamlet (1948)
- Actor
- 89%
Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
- Jonathan Blair
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
- Charles
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
- Bit
Nino Martini - One Night With You (1948)
- Pirelli's Assistant
Masters of Mayhem (1939)
- Actor
Sherlock Holmes Cinema (1932)
- Actor
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
- Actor
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Filmography

The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)

White Frog (2013)

Night Train To Lisbon (2013)

The Girl From Nagasaki (2013)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Dark Shadows (2012)

The Wicker Tree (2012)

Meatcleaver Massacre (2012)

The Resident (2011)

Hugo (2011)

Burke and Hare (2011)

Season of the Witch (2011)

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

The Heavy (2010)

Boogie Woogie (2009)

Glorious 39 (2009)

Triage (2009)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

The Colour of Magic (2008)

Satanic Blood-Thirsty Horror (2008)

Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films (2007)

The Golden Compass (2007)

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)

Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (2007)

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick (2007)

100 Years Under the Sea: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean (2007)

Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007)

Caravans (2007)

Apocalypse (2007)

Greyfriars Bobby (2006)

Edgar Allan Poe (2006)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2005)

Pope John Paul II (2005)

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Robots (2005)

Les Rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse) (2004)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Detonator (2003)

Making of Westworld (2003)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D (2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended) (2002)

National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings (2002)

The Master Swordsman Returns (2002)

The Master Swordsman (2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Devil's Island: Journey into Jungle Alcatraz (2001)

In the Beginning (2000)

Gormenghast (2000)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Tale of the Mummy (1999)

Time Travelers (1999)

Jinnah (1998)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1997)

The Odyssey (1997)

Soul Music (1997)

Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1997)

Wyrd Sisters (1996)

The Stupids (1996)

Moses (1996)

The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)

100 Years of Horror (1996)

Discworld: Soul Music (1996)

Strictly Supernatural - Tarot & Astrology (1996)

Century of Science Fiction (1996)

A Feast at Midnight (1995)

Funny Man (1994)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)

The Dark Avenger (The Warriors) (1994)

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1993)

Detonator (Death Train) (1993)

Innocent Blood (1992)

Double Vision (1992)

Journey Of Honor (1992)

Beauty and the Beast (1992)