Christopher Lee
1 FOLLOWER • 62 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
The Avengers
Blue Heelers
Top Gear
Faerie Tale Theatre
Charlie's Angels
Space: 1999
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Movie Orgy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lolita
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Sleepy Hollow
Frankenweenie
Serial
The Story of Star Wars
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Around the World in 80 Days
The Golden Compass
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Alice in Wonderland
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Dark Shadows
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
In the Beginning
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
The Odyssey
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Hugo
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
1941
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
The Last Unicorn
Death Train
Pope John Paul II
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
The Far Pavilions
Season of the Witch
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Ivanhoe
The Resident
Mio in the Land of Faraway
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
The Man with the Golden Gun
Dracula
Beauty and the Beast
Return from Witch Mountain
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Poor Devil
The Wicker Man
Count Dracula
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
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