Christopher Lee

Acting · Born 1922-05-27 in Westminster, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Dr. Wonka
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman
• The Last Unicorn as King Haggard (voice)
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Count Dooku
• Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster
• Corpse Bride as Pastor Galswells (voice)
• Dracula as Count Dracula
• Hugo as Monsieur Labisse
• The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle

TV

• The Avengers as Professor Stone
• The Avengers as Colonel Mannering
• Blue Heelers as Scott James
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
• Charlie's Angels as Dale Woodman
• The Colour of Magic as Death
• Ivanhoe as Sir Otto from the Rhine
• Shaka Zulu as Lord Bathurst
• Gormenghast as Flay
• One Step Beyond as Wilhelm Reitlinger