Christopher Lee

Career timeline

1. 1922 · Born

   Born in Westminster, London, England, UK

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   Hamlet (Movie)

3. 2001 · Breakthrough

   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Movie)

4. 2015 · Died

   June 7, 2015

5. 2024 · Latest release

   The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1940s

19 1950s

12 1960s

22 1970s

10 1980s

11 1990s

13 2000s

11 2010s

1 2020s

• Drama30
• Adventure24
• Horror23
• Comedy20
• Action18
• Fantasy18

Highest-rated title The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 8.5 Most popular title The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Christopher Lee in our catalogue.

Peter Cushing

14 titles together

Tim Burton

6 titles together

Ian McKellen

5 titles together

Danny Elfman

5 titles together

Johnny Depp

5 titles together

Geraldine Chaplin

5 titles together

Michael Ripper

4 titles together

Peter Jackson

4 titles together

Ian McDiarmid

4 titles together

Fran Walsh

4 titles together

1. 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Saruman (voice) 6.5 Movie
2. 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Saruman the White 7.3 Movie
3. 2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
4. 2013 Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics as Narrator 6.8 Movie
5. 2013 Night Train to Lisbon as Father Bartholomeu 6.5 Movie
6. 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Saruman the White 7.4 Movie
7. 2012 Dark Shadows as Clarney 6.1 Movie
8. 2011 Hugo as Monsieur Labisse 7.2 Movie
9. 2011 The Resident as August 5.8 Movie
10. 2011 Season of the Witch as Cardinal D'Ambroise 5.5 Movie
11. 2010 Burke & Hare as Old Joseph 6.1 Movie
12. 2010 Alice in Wonderland as Jabberwocky (voice) 6.6 Movie
13. 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Count Dooku (voice) 6.2 Movie
14. 2008 The Colour of Magic as Death 6.8 TV
15. 2007 The Golden Compass as First High Councilor 6.1 Movie
16. 2005 Corpse Bride as Pastor Galswells (voice) 7.6 Movie
17. 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Dr. Wonka 7.0 Movie
18. 2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Count Dooku 7.5 Movie
19. 2004 The Story of Star Wars as Count Dooku (archive footage) 7.2 Movie
20. 2004 Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as Emerich 6.1 Movie
21. 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Saruman 8.4 Movie
22. 2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Count Dooku 6.6 Movie
23. 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Saruman 8.5 Movie
24. 2000 In the Beginning as Rameses I TV
25. 2000 Gormenghast as Flay 6.9 TV
26. 1999 Sleepy Hollow as Burgomaster 7.2 Movie
27. 1997 The Odyssey as Tiresias 7.3 TV
28. 1997 Ivanhoe as Lucas de Beaumanoir TV
29. 1996 Moses as Pharaoh TV
30. 1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow as Commandant Rakov 4.6 Movie
31. 1993 Blue Heelers as Scott James TV
32. 1993 Death Train as General Konstanin Benin 5.0 Movie
33. 1992 Innocent Blood as Count Dracula (archive footage) 6.2 Movie
34. 1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin 6.6 TV
35. 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Doctor Catheter 6.5 Movie
36. 1990 Treasure Island as Blind Pew 6.7 Movie
37. 1989 Around the World in 80 Days as Stuart 6.8 TV
38. 1989 The Return of the Musketeers as Rochefort 6.2 Movie
39. 1986 Un métier de seigneur as Fog TV
40. 1986 Jocks as President White 4.2 Movie
41. 1986 Shaka Zulu as Lord Bathurst 7.2 TV
42. 1985 Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch as Stefan Crosscoe 5.0 Movie
43. 1982 The Last Unicorn as King Haggard (voice) 7.3 Movie
44. 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre as King Vladimir V 8.1 TV
45. 1981 Goliath Awaits as John McKenzie TV
46. 1980 Serial as Luckman Skull Movie
47. 1979 1941 as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt 5.8 Movie
48. 1978 Return from Witch Mountain as Victor Gannon 5.9 Movie
49. 1977 Airport '77 as Martin Wallace 5.6 Movie
50. 1977 How the West Was Won as The Grand Duke 7.0 TV
51. 1976 Charlie's Angels as Dale Woodman 6.7 TV
52. 1975 Space: 1999 as Captain Zandor 7.1 TV
53. 1974 The Man with the Golden Gun as Francisco Scaramanga 6.5 Movie
54. 1974 The Four Musketeers as Rochefort 6.5 Movie
55. 1973 The Three Musketeers as Rochefort 6.7 Movie
56. 1973 The Wicker Man as Lord Summerisle 7.3 Movie
57. 1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Arnaud TV
58. 1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Count Dracula 5.6 Movie
59. 1973 Poor Devil as Lucifer Movie
60. 1972 Horror Express as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton 6.3 Movie
61. 1972 Dracula A.D. 1972 as Count Dracula 5.9 Movie
62. 1971 Hannie Caulder as Bailey 6.2 Movie
63. 1971 The House That Dripped Blood as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") 6.4 Movie
64. 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes 6.8 Movie
65. 1970 Julius Caesar as Artemidorus 5.9 Movie
66. 1970 One More Time as Dracula Movie
67. 1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula as Dracula 6.1 Movie
68. 1970 Count Dracula as Dracula 5.9 Movie
69. 1969 The Oblong Box as Dr. J. Neuhartt 5.8 Movie
70. 1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave as Dracula 6.7 Movie
71. 1968 The Devil Rides Out as Duc de Richleau 6.5 Movie
72. 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Count Dracula 6.7 Movie
73. 1965 She as Billali 5.6 Movie
74. 1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Franklyn Marsh 6.5 Movie
75. 1964 The Gorgon as Prof. Karl Meister 6.4 Movie
76. 1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates as Captain Robeles 5.8 Movie
77. 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Karl Jorla 7.9 TV
78. 1962 The Devil's Agent as Baron Ferdi von Staub Movie
79. 1961 The Avengers as Professor Stone 7.8 TV
80. 1960 The City of the Dead as Prof. Alan Driscoll 6.5 Movie
81. 1959 The Mummy as Kharis, the Mummy 6.7 Movie
82. 1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville 6.8 Movie
83. 1959 Whicker's World TV
84. 1959 One Step Beyond as Wilhelm Reitlinger TV
85. 1958 The Adventures of William Tell as Prince Erik TV
86. 1958 Dracula as Count Dracula 7.2 Movie
87. 1958 Ivanhoe as Sir Otto from the Rhine TV
88. 1957 Manuela as Voice (voice) Movie
89. 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein as The Creature 6.8 Movie
90. 1956 The Battle of the River Plate as Manolo 6.4 Movie
91. 1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Jeanpierre TV
92. 1956 Private's Progress as Major Schultz 6.6 Movie
93. 1955 Alias John Preston as John Preston Movie
94. 1955 The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Louis the Executioner (uncredited) TV
95. 1955 Final Column Movie
96. 1954 Mark Saber as Larry Spence TV
97. 1952 The Crimson Pirate as Joseph - Military Attaché 7.0 Movie
98. 1951 Quo Vadis as Chariot Driver (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
99. 1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Spanish Captain 7.0 Movie
100. 1948 Hamlet as Palace Guard (uncredited) 7.4 Movie

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