Christopher Lee
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 27, 1922
Day of Death: June 7, 2015 (93 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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Actor Clarney
Dark Shadows
Actor Saruman the White
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Actor Dracula (archive footage)
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Actor Self
Everything or Nothing
Actor Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Actor The Narrator
The Fall of the House Of Usher
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Dracula vs. Vampir
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Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
Actor Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
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Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
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The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
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Actor First High Councilor
The Golden Compass
Actor Self
Ein Leben wie im Flug
Actor Self
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Actor Self
Hollywood Chinese
Actor Narrator
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Actor Self
Bloody Jess
Actor Self
Beloved Count
Actor Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Actor Narrator
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
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Actor Saruman
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Actor Count Dooku
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
Actor Francisco Scaramanga (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bond Girls Are Forever
Actor Self / Scaramanga
Best Ever Bond
Actor Self / Count Dooku
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Actor Self
Perversion Stories
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The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
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Actor Saruman
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Actor Self
Quest for the Ring
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A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
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Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
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Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Actor Himself
The Wicker Man Enigma
Actor Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Actor Narrator
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Actor Uncle Rudolf
The Rainbow Thief
Actor V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
A Feast At Midnight
Actor Callum Chance
Funny Man
Actor Commandant Rakov
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Actor Count Dracula
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
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The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing
Actor (archieve footage)
The World of Hammer: Mummies, Werewolves, and the Living Dead
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Count Dracula
Actor Mycroft Holmes
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Actor Dracula
Scars of Dracula
Actor Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Actor Fremont
Scream and Scream Again
Actor Artemidorus
Julius Caesar
Actor Lord George Jeffreys
The Bloody Judge
Actor Dolmance
Eugenie
Actor Dracula
One More Time
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Actor John Preston
Alias John Preston
Actor Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
The Cockleshell Heroes
Actor French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
The Dark Avenger
Actor Capitán
That Lady
Actor Harry Cooper
Cross-Roads
Actor Karaga Pasha
Storm Over the Nile
Actor Johnny, a constable
Police Dog
Actor Narrador (voz)
Contraband Spain
