Christopher Lee

Acting · Born 1922-05-27 · 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 received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.

Known for

• The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)
• Children of the Wicker Man (2024)
• Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
• Constel·lació Portabella (2024)
• Faces of Death (2023)
• The Wicker Man at 50 (2023)
• Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)
• Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
• Drácula Barcelona (2017)
• Angels in Notting Hill (2015)
• Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• Face of Unity (2014)
• How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014)
• Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
• Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
• The Girl from Nagasaki (2013)
• Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)
• The Trail of Dracula (2013)
• The Gillian Hills Trilogy (2013)
• Dark Shadows (2012)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012)
• Everything or Nothing (2012)