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Christopher Lee
Westminster, London, England, UK
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 Ham…
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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.
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2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
TV show Self (footage)
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2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Movie Saruman (voice)
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2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Constel·lació Portabella
Movie (archive footage)
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2024
Children of the Wicker Man
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Movie Self / Various (Archive)
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2023
The Wicker Man at 50
Movie Lord Summerisle
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2023
Faces of Death
Movie (archive footage)
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2023
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Movie Lord Summerisle
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2022
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Movie Himself
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2019
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
Drácula Barcelona
Movie Himself
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2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Movie Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
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2015
Angels in Notting Hill
Movie The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
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2015
Extraordinary Tales
Movie Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
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2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Movie (archive footage)
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2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie Saruman the White
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2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014
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2014
Face of Unity
Movie Self
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2013
The Trail of Dracula
Movie Self (Archival Footage)
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2013
The Girl from Nagasaki
Movie Old Officer Pinkerton
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2013
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Movie Narrator
- 2013
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2013
Night Train to Lisbon
Movie Father Bartholomeu
- 2012
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2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie Saruman the White
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2012
The Fall of the House Of Usher
Movie The Narrator
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2012
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Movie Self
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2012
Dracula vs. Vampir
Movie
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2012
Everything or Nothing
Movie Self
- 2012
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2012
Dark Shadows
Movie Clarney
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2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Movie Dracula (archive footage)
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2012
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
Movie Narrator
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2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Movie Self
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2011
Hugo
Movie Monsieur Labisse
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2011
The Wicker Tree
Movie Old Man
