Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1922-05-27
Day of Death
2015-06-07
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Christopher Lee
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.
Filmography (315)
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
Faces of Death
2023
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
