
Christopher Lee
1 FOLLOWER • 60 CREDITS • MAY 27, 1922 - JUN 7, 2015 • 93
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, strong 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

Saturday Night Live

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Blue Heelers

Top Gear

Faerie Tale Theatre

Charlie's Angels

Space: 1999

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Movie Orgy

Lolita

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Sleepy Hollow

Frankenweenie

Serial

The Story of Star Wars

Around the World in 80 Days

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Golden Compass

Dark Shadows

Alice in Wonderland

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

In the Beginning

The Odyssey

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Corpse Bride

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

Hugo

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

1941

Pope John Paul II

Death Train

Mio in the Land of Faraway

The Last Unicorn

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

Season of the Witch

Ivanhoe

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The Far Pavilions

The Resident

Captain America II: Death Too Soon

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

The Rank Charm School

Return from Witch Mountain

Poor Devil

The Man with the Golden Gun

The Wicker Man

Dracula

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Count Dracula

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
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