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.
Acting
Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Saruman
2001
Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Saruman
2002
Movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Saruman the White
2012
Movie
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Dr. Wonka
2005
Movie
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Saruman the White
2014
Movie
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Count Dooku
2005
Movie
Alice in Wonderland
as Jabberwocky (voice)
2010
Movie
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Count Dooku
2002
Movie
Corpse Bride
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
2005
Movie
Hugo
as Monsieur Labisse
2011
Movie
Dark Shadows
as Clarney
2012
Movie
Sleepy Hollow
as Burgomaster
1999
Movie
The Golden Compass
as First High Councilor
2007
Movie
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Doctor Catheter
1990
Movie
Season of the Witch
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
2011
Movie
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Francisco Scaramanga
1974
Movie
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Count Dooku (voice)
2008
Movie
The Wicker Man
as Lord Summerisle
1973
Movie
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
as Commandant Rakov
1994
Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Saruman (voice)
2024
TV
The Odyssey
as Tiresias
1997
Movie
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
as Emerich
2004
Movie
Dracula
as Count Dracula
1958
Movie
1941
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
1979
