The following is the filmography of English actor Sir Christopher Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015).
With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Lee was a credited actor in at least 266 feature theatrical films. He was well known for portraying Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films, beginning with Dracula (1958). His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond action film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002–2005), and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014).
Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and the BFI Fellowship in 2013.*"Hammer Horror star Lee knighted". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2012 "Christopher Lee to receive Bafta Fellowship". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2012 "Depp surprises Sir Christopher Lee with film award". BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2013 He considered his best performance to be that of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998), and his best film to be the British cult film The Wicker Man (1973). He frequently appeared opposite his friend Peter Cushing in numerous horror films, and late in his career had roles in five Tim Burton films.
Film Year Title Role Notes 1948 Corridor of Mirrors Charles One Night with You Pirelli's Assistant Hamlet Spear Carrier Uncredited A Song for Tomorrow Auguste Penny and the Pownall Case Jonathan Blair My Brother's Keeper Second Constable Scenes deleted Saraband for Dead Lovers Bit Part Uncredited Scott of the Antarctic Bernard Day 1949 Trottie True Honourable Bongo Icklesham 1950 They Were Not Divided Chris Lewis Prelude to Fame Newsman 1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower Spanish Captain Valley of Eagles Detective Holt Quo Vadis Chariot Driver Uncredited 1952 The Crimson Pirate Joseph Top Secret Russian Agent Paul Temple Returns Sir Felix Raybourne Babes in Bagdad Slave Dealer Moulin Rouge Georges Seurat Uncredited 1953 Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot Unknown (voice) Innocents in Paris Lieutenant Whitlock 1954 Destination Milan Svenson 1955 Cross-Roads Harry Cooper Short film That Lady Captain Final Column Larry Spence Archive footage Man in Demand Martell Contraband Spain Narrator Uncredited The Dark Avenger French Patrol Captain at Tavern The Cockleshell Heroes Lt Cdr Dick Raikes, RN Alias John Preston John Preston Police Dog Police Constable Johnny Storm Over the Nile Karaga Pasha 1956 Private's Progress Major Schultz Uncredited Alexander the Great Nectenabus (voice) Port Afrique Franz Vermes Beyond Mombasa Gil Rossi The Battle of the River Plate Manolo 1957 Ill Met by Moonlight German Officer at Dentist's Fortune Is a Woman Charles Highbury The Traitor Dr Neumann The Curse of Frankenstein The Creature Manuela Unknown (voice) Uncredited Bitter Victory Sgt Barney The Truth About Women Francois Thiers 1958 A Tale of Two Cities Marquis St Evremonde Dracula Count Dracula Alternative title: Horror of Dracula Battle of the V-1 Brunner Corridors of Blood Resurrection Joe 1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Henry Baskerville The Man Who Could Cheat Death Pierre Gerard The Treasure of San Teresa Jaeger The Mummy Kharis / The Mummy Uncle Was a Vampire Baron Roderico da Frankurten 1960 Too Hot to Handle Novak The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Paul Allen Alternative titles: House of Fright and Jekyll's Inferno Beat Girl Kenny King Alternative title: Wild for Kicks The City of the Dead Prof. Alan Driscoll Alternative title: Horror Hotel The Hands of Orlac Nero the magician 1961 The Terror of the Tongs Chung King Taste of Fear Doctor Pierre Gerrard The Devil's Daffodil Ling Chu Hercules in the Haunted World King Lico (Licos) Alternative title: Ercole al centro della terra 1962 The Puzzle of the Red Orchid Captain Allerman Alternative title: The Secret of the Red Orchid The Pirates of Blood River Captain LaRoche The Devil's Agent Baron von Staub Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace Sherlock Holmes 1963 Katarsis Mephistopheles Alternative title: Challenge the Devil The Virgin of Nuremberg Erich Alternative titles: Castle of Terror and La vergine di Norimberga La frusta e il corpo Kurt Menliff Alternative titles: The Whip and the Body and Night Is the Phantom 1964 Terror in the Crypt Count Ludwig Karnstein Alternative titles: Crypt of the Vampire and Crypt of Horror The Devil-Ship Pirates Captain Robeles Il castello dei morti vivi Count Drago Alternative title: Castle of the Living Dead The Gorgon Prof. Karl Meister 1965 Dr Terror's House of Horrors Franklyn Marsh Segment: "Disembodied Hand" She Billali The Face of Fu Manchu Dr Fu Manchu The Skull Sir Matthew Phillips Ten Little Indians Mr UN Owen (voice) Uncredited 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness Count Dracula Rasputin, the Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin Circus of Fear Gregor Alternative title: Psycho Circus The Brides of Fu Manchu Dr Fu Manchu 1967 Five Golden Dragons Dragon No 4 The Vengeance of Fu Manchu Dr Fu Manchu Night of the Big Heat Godfrey Hanson Theatre of Death Philippe Darvas The Blood Demon Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai Alternative titles: Die Schlangengrube Und Das Pendel and The Torture Chamber of Dr Sadism 1968 Eve Colonel Stuart Alternative title: The Face of Eve The Devil Rides Out Duc de Richleau Alternative title: The Devil's Bride The Blood of Fu Manchu Dr Fu Manchu Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Count Dracula Curse of the Crimson Altar Morley Alternative title: The Crimson Cult 1969 The Castle of Fu Manchu Dr Fu Manchu The Oblong Box Dr J Neuhart The Magic Christian Ship's Vampire 1970 Scream and Scream Again Fremont Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion Dolmance The Bloody Judge Lord George Jeffreys Alternative title: Night of the Blood Monster Count Dracula Count Dracula Taste the Blood of Dracula Count Dracula Julius Caesar Artemidorus One More Time The Vampire Cameo The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Mycroft Holmes Scars of Dracula Count Dracula 1971 The House That Dripped Blood John Reid Segment: "Sweets to the Sweet" Cuadecuc, vampir Count Dracula / Himself I, Monster Dr Charles Marlowe / Mr Edward Blake Hannie Caulder Bailey 1972 Umbracle The Man Dracula A.D. 1972 Count Dracula Horror Express Sir Alexander Saxton Death Line Stratton-Villiers, MI5 Alternative title: Raw Meat 1973 Nothing But the Night Col. Charles Bingham The Creeping Flesh James Hildern The Satanic Rites of Dracula Count Dracula The Wicker Man Lord Summerisle The Three Musketeers Rochefort 1974 Dark Places Dr Mandeville The Four Musketeers Rochefort The Man with the Golden Gun Francisco Scaramanga 1975 Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline Van Krig / Himself In Search of Dracula Narrator Diagnosis Murder Stephen Hayward The Story of Heidi Unknown (voice) English dub 1976 Killer Force Major Chilton Alternative title: The Diamond Mercenaries To the Devil, A Daughter Father Michael Rayner Albino Bill Alternative titles: Whispering Death and Death in the Sun Dracula père et fils The Prince of Darkness Alternative title: Dracula and Son The Keeper The Keeper 1977 Airport '77 Martin Wallace Meatcleaver Massacre Narrator / Himself Alternative titles: Evil Force and Revenge of the Dead End of the World Father Pergado / Zindar Starship Invasions Captain Rameses 1978 Circle of Iron Zetan Alternative title: The Silent Flute Return from Witch Mountain Victor Gannon Caravans Sardar Khan 1979 The Passage Gypsy Captain America II: Death Too Soon General Miguel Nutcracker Fantasy Various voices A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Arabian Adventure Alquazar Jaguar Lives! Adam Caine Bear Island Lechinski 1941 Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt 1980 Serial Luckman Skull Safari 3000 Count Borgia 1981 An Eye for an Eye Morgan Canfield Desperate Moves Carl Boxer The Salamander Prince Baldasar 1982 The Last Unicorn King Haggard (voice) 1983 House of the Long Shadows Corrigan The Return of Captain Invincible Mr Midnight New Magic Mr Kellar Short film 1984 The Rosebud Beach Hotel Clifford King The Bengal Lancers! Sir James Hunter Unfinished film 1985 Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf Stefan Crosscoe Mask of Murder Chief Superintendent Jonathan Rich 1986 Jocks President White 1987 Mio min Mio Kato The Girl Peter Storm 1988 Dark Mission Luis Morel Olympus Force: The Key Filly 1989 The Return of the Musketeers Rochefort La Révolution française Sanson Segment: "Années Terribles, Les" La chute des aigles Walter Strauss Murder Story Willard Hope Honeymoon Academy Lazos 1990 L'avaro Cardinale Spinosi Gremlins 2: The New Batch Doctor Catheter The Rainbow Thief Uncle Rudolf 1991 Kabuto King Philip Curse III: Blood Sacrifice Doctor Pearson Alternative title: Panga 1992 Jackpot Cedric 1994 Funny Man Callum Chance Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Commandant Alexander Nikolaevich Rakov A Feast at Midnight VE Longfellow Flesh and Blood Narrator / Himself Documentary film 1996 The Stupids Mr Sender Welcome to the Discworld Death (voice) Short film 1998 Tale of the Mummy Sir Richard Turkel Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah 1999 Sleepy Hollow Burgomaster 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Saruman 2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Count Dooku The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Saruman 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition only 2004 Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse Heinrich von Garten 2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Count Dooku Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dr Wilbur Wonka The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby The Lord Provost Corpse Bride Pastor Galswells (voice) 2007 The Golden Compass First High Councillor 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Count Dooku (voice) 2009 Boogie Woogie Alfred Rhinegold The Heavy Mr Mason Triage Joaquín Morales Glorious 39 Walter 2010 Alice in Wonderland Jabberwocky (voice) Cameo Burke & Hare Joseph 2011 Season of the Witch Cardinal d’Ambroise The Resident August The Wicker Tree Old Gentleman Grave Tales Himself Cameo Hugo Monsieur Labisse 2012 Dark Shadows Silas Clarney The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Saruman 2013 Night Train to Lisbon Father Bartolomeu Extraordinary Tales Narrator Segment: "The Fall of the House of Usher" The Girl from Nagasaki Old Officer Pinkerton Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics Narrator Documentary film 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Saruman Final live-action role and final work released in his lifetime 2016 Angels in Notting Hill God / Mr President (voice) Posthumous release 2017 The Hunting of the Snark Narrator Short film; posthumous release 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Saruman (voice) Archival recording; posthumous release
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