Christopher Lee
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 (59)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Night Train to Lisbon
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dark Shadows
Hugo
Season of the Witch
The Wicker Tree
Alice in Wonderland
Burke & Hare
Boogie Woogie
Triage
The Golden Compass
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Corpse Bride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sleepy Hollow
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Innocent Blood
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Treasure Island
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
The Last Unicorn
1941
Arabian Adventure
Return from Witch Mountain
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Four Musketeers
The Wicker Man
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
The Three Musketeers
Horror Express
Death Line
Hannie Caulder
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Scars of Dracula
Count Dracula
The Devil Rides Out
Theatre of Death
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
The Face of Fu Manchu
Ten Little Indians
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Lolita
The City of the Dead
The Mummy
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Dracula
The Curse of Frankenstein
Alexander the Great
The Crimson Pirate
Quo Vadis
