Christopher Lee

Explore Christopher Lee's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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.

Filmography

• Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025)
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
• Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
• Constel·lació Portabella (2024)
• Children of the Wicker Man (2024)
• The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)
• The Wicker Man at 50 (2023)
• Faces of Death (2023)
• Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending (2023)
• The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall (2022)
• Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)
• Drácula Barcelona (2017)
• Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
• Angels in Notting Hill (2015)
• Extraordinary Tales (2015)
• Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
• How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014)
• Face of Unity (2014)
• The Trail of Dracula (2013)
• The Girl from Nagasaki (2013)
• Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)
• The Gillian Hills Trilogy (2013)
• Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
• Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror (2012)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• The Fall of the House Of Usher (2012)
• Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
• Dracula vs. Vampir (2012)
• Everything or Nothing (2012)
• The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012)
• Dark Shadows (2012)
• Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012)
• Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (2012)
• Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012)
• Hugo (2011)
• The Wicker Tree (2011)
• The Resident (2011)
• Season of the Witch (2011)
• Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror (2010)
• Burke & Hare (2010)
• The Color of Magic 2in1 (2010)
• Boogie Woogie (2010)
• The Heavy (2010)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Glorious 39 (2009)
• Triage (2009)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (2008)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
• Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)
• The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (2008)
• The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (2008)
• The Golden Compass (2007)
• Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007)
• Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007)
• Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands (2007)
• Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
• Hollywood Chinese (2007)
• Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007)
• Beloved Count (2007)
• Bloody Jess (2007)
• The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2006)
• The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2006)
• Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (2005)
• The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004)
• The Story of Star Wars (2004)
• Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
• Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003)
• J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (2003)
• Drácula en la Hammer (2003)
• Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Best Ever Bond (2002)
• From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II (2002)
• The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script (2002)
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design (2002)
• The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast (2002)
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth (2002)
• Perversion Stories (2002)
• To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001)
• Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001)
• Quest for the Ring (2001)
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
• The Wicker Man Enigma (2001)
• The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz (2001)
• Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000)
• Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)
• Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000)
• The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
• Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998)
• Jinnah (1998)
• Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah (1998)
• Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy (1998)
• 100 Years of Horror (1998)
• The Mummy (1998)
• Soul Music (1997)
• Welcome to the Discworld (1996)
• The Stupids (1996)
• In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
• The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996)
• The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)
• A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
• A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James (1995)
• In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
• A Feast at Midnight (1994)
• Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
• Funny Man (1994)
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
• The Rainbow Thief (1994)
• Death Train (1993)
• Cyber Eden (1992)
• Double Vision (1992)
• Innocent Blood (1992)
• Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
• Beauty and the Beast (1992)
• Dracula in the Movies (1992)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
• Fear in the Dark (1991)
• Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
• Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)
• Journey of Honor (1991)
• Ghost (1991)
• The Care of Time (1990)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• Treasure Island (1990)
• The Miser (1990)
• For Better or for Worse (1989)
• Murder Story (1989)
• Night of the Eagles (1989)
• The French Revolution (1989)
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
• Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988)
• Olympus Force: The Key (1988)
• Creepy Classics (1987)
• Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
• The Girl (1987)
• Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
• Casanova (1987)
• The Disputation (1986)
• Un métier de seigneur (1986)
• Jocks (1986)
• Mask of Murder (1985)
• Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)
• The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
• The Best of All Time Horror Classics (1985)
• Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! (1985)
• The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
• The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
• The Bengal Lancers! (1984)
• House of the Long Shadows (1983)
• The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
• New Magic (1983)
• Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
• The Last Unicorn (1982)
• The Rank Charm School (1982)
• Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
• Massarati and the Brain (1982)
• Safari 3000 (1982)
• Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
• An Eye for an Eye (1981)
• Evil Stalks This House (1981)
• The Salamander (1981)
• Once Upon a Spy (1980)
• Serial (1980)
• Desperate Moves (1980)
• 1941 (1979)
• Bear Island (1979)
• Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
• Jaguar Lives! (1979)
• Arabian Adventure (1979)
• The Passage (1979)
• The Horror Show (1979)
• Mickey's 50 (1978)
• Caravans (1978)
• Circle of Iron (1978)
• Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
• Starship Invasions (1977)
• The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (1977)
• Playboy's Playmate Party (1977)
• End of the World (1977)
• Airport '77 (1977)
• Meatcleaver Massacre (1977)
• Dracula and Son (1976)
• Albino (1976)
• To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
• Killer Force (1976)
• The Keeper (1976)
• In Search of Dracula (1975)
• The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• The Four Musketeers (1974)
• Diagnosis: Murder (1974)
• The Three Musketeers (1973)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• Dark Places (1973)
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
• Nothing But the Night (1973)
• Poor Devil (1973)
• The Creeping Flesh (1973)
• Death Line (1972)
• Horror Express (1972)
• Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
• Vampir Cuadecuc (1972)
• Umbracle (1972)
• Hannie Caulder (1971)
• I, Monster (1971)
• The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
• Scars of Dracula (1970)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
• Julius Caesar (1970)
• One More Time (1970)
• Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
• Count Dracula (1970)
• Eugenie (1970)
• The Bloody Judge (1970)
• Scream and Scream Again (1970)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• The Oblong Box (1969)
• The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
• Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula (1969)
• Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
• Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
• The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
• The Devil Rides Out (1968)
• The Face of Eve (1968)
• The Movie Orgy (1968)
• The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
• Five Golden Dragons (1967)
• Theatre of Death (1967)
• The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
• Night of the Big Heat (1967)
• The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
• Circus of Fear (1966)
• Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
• Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
• The Skull (1965)
• The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
• Ten Little Indians (1965)
• She (1965)
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
• The Gorgon (1964)
• The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
• The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
• Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
• Horror!!! (1964)
• The Whip and the Body (1963)
• Horror Castle (1963)
• Challenge the Devil (1963)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
• The Devil's Agent (1962)
• The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
• The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
• Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
• The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
• Taste of Fear (1961)
• The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
• The Hands of Orlac (1960)
• Too Hot to Handle (1960)
• The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
• The City of the Dead (1960)
• Beat Girl (1960)
• Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
• The Mummy (1959)
• The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)
• The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
• Corridors of Blood (1958)
• Dracula (1958)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
• Battle of the V-1 (1958)
• The Truth About Women (1957)
• Bitter Victory (1957)
• Manuela (1957)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
• Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
• The Traitor (1957)
• Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
• Beyond Mombasa (1956)
• Port Afrique (1956)
• Alexander the Great (1956)
• Private's Progress (1956)
• Storm Over the Nile (1955)
• Alias John Preston (1955)
• The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
• Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955)
• Police Dog (1955)
• The Dark Avenger (1955)
• Contraband Spain (1955)
• That Lady (1955)
• Cross-Roads (1955)
• Final Column (1955)
• The Awakening (1954)
• The Mirror and Markheim (1954)
• Innocents in Paris (1953)
• The Top and the Ball (1953)
• Babes in Bagdad (1952)
• Paul Temple Returns (1952)
• Top Secret (1952)
• Moulin Rouge (1952)
• The Crimson Pirate (1952)
• Quo Vadis (1951)
• Valley of the Eagles (1951)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
• Prelude to Fame (1950)
• They Were Not Divided (1950)
• Trottie True (1949)
• Hamlet (1948)
• Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
• Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
• Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
• A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
• One Night with You (1948)
• Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
• Eugen Weidmann Execution Film (1939)