Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee Movies and TV Shows

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born May 27, 1922, died 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, strong 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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1922-05-27 (101 years old)
  • Place of birth: Belgravia, Westminster, England
  • nationality: British
  • height: 1.96 m
  • Net worth: $25,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
2014

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
73%
2013

Action

Crime

Documentary

6.7
69%
Night Train to Lisbon
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Father Bartholomeu
2013

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

6.8
65%
Extraordinary Tales
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
2013

Animation

Horror

Mystery

6.4
64%
2012

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
74%
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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
TMDB 62%
role:
Self
Not available
2012

Adventure

Documentary

62%
Not available
2012

Documentary

7.5
73%
Frankenweenie
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Movie Dracula (archive footage)
2012

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.9
69%
Dark Shadows
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Clarney
2012

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
60%
Hugo
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Monsieur Labisse
2011

Adventure

Drama

Family

7.5
72%
The Resident
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 58%
role:
August
2011

Mystery

Thriller

5.3
58%
Season of the Witch
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 54%
role:
Cardinal D'Ambroise
2011

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.4
54%
Burke & Hare
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Old Joseph
Not available
2010

Comedy

History

Horror

Thriller

6.1
61%
Not available
Halloween: The Inside Story
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 74%
role:
(archive footage)
Not available
2010

Documentary

TV Movie

7.9
74%
Not available
Alice in Wonderland
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 66%
role:
The Jabberwocky (voice)
2010

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
66%
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Glorious 39
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 58%
role:
Older Walter Page
Not available
2009

Drama

History

Thriller

War & Politics

6.4
58%
Not available
Triage
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 62%
role:
Joaquín Morales
2009

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.5
62%
Boogie Woogie
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 52%
role:
Alfred Rhinegold
2009

Comedy

Drama

5.1
52%
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 61%
role:
Count Dooku (voice)
2008

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
61%
2008

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
67%
The Golden Compass
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
First High Councilor
2007

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
60%
Corpse Bride
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 75%
role:
Pastor Galswells (voice)
2005

Animation

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
75%
2005

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
71%
Second chance
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
Not available
2005

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
75%
Not available
2005

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
74%
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2004

Action

Crime

Thriller

5.9
61%
2003

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

9.0
85%
2002

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.8
84%
2002

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
66%
2001

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.9
84%
Sleepy Hollow
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 72%
role:
Burgomaster
1999

Drama

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
72%
Tale of the Mummy
IMDB 4.0
TMDB 45%
role:
Sir Richard Turkel
1998

Adventure

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.0
45%
The Odyssey
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 71%
role:
Tiresias
Not available
1997

Action

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
71%
Not available
1994

Comedy

Crime

3.5
45%
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Doctor Catheter
1990

Comedy

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
64%
The Return of the Musketeers
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 63%
role:
Rochefort
Not available
1989

Action

Adventure

Comedy

5.9
63%
Not available
Mio in the Land of Faraway
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 61%
role:
Kato
Not available
1987

Adventure

Drama

Family

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
61%
Not available
1985

Horror

Thriller

3.7
51%
Fright Night
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Dracula (archive footage)
1985

Comedy

Horror

7.1
70%
The Last Unicorn
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 72%
role:
King Haggard (voice)
1982

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
72%
An Eye for an Eye
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 53%
role:
Morgan Canfield
Not available
1981

Action

Adventure

Crime

5.5
53%
Not available
1941
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 59%
role:
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
1979

Action

Comedy

War & Politics

5.8
59%
Bear Island
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 58%
role:
Lechinski
1979

Comedy

5.8
58%
1978

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
59%
Airport '77
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 55%
role:
Martin Wallace
1977

Action

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

5.8
55%
To the Devil a Daughter
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 58%
role:
Father Michael
1976

Horror

5.8
58%
The Man with the Golden Gun
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Francisco Scaramanga
1974

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.7
64%
1974

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

6.9
64%
The Three Musketeers
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Rochefort
Not available
1973

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

7.1
68%
Not available
The Wicker Man
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Lord Summerisle
1973

Horror

7.5
74%
1973

Horror

5.5
56%
Death Line
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 58%
role:
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
1972

Horror

5.9
58%
Horror Express
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
1972

Horror

6.5
64%
Dracula A.D. 1972
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Count Dracula
1972

Horror

5.9
60%
1971

Crime

Drama

Western

6.3
63%
I, Monster
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 54%
role:
Dr. Charles Marlowe
Not available
1971

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
54%
Not available
1970

Horror

6.1
60%
1970

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

7.0
69%
1970

Horror

6.3
62%
Count Dracula
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 60%
role:
Dracula
1970

Horror

5.6
60%
Eugenie
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 44%
role:
Dolmance
Not available
1970

Drama

Horror

5.2
44%
Not available
1970

Crime

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5
55%
1968

Horror

6.5
67%
The Devil Rides Out
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 67%
role:
Duc de Richleau
Not available
1968

Horror

6.9
67%
Not available
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 68%
role:
Count Dracula
Not available
1966

Horror

6.6
68%
Not available
The Skull
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Sir Matthew Phillips
1965

Horror

Thriller

6.2
61%
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Franklyn Marsh (segment "Disembodied Hand")
1965

Horror

6.6
66%
The Gorgon
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Prof. Karl Meister
1964

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
64%
The Whip and the Body
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 64%
role:
Kurt Menliff
1963

Horror

Mystery

6.6
64%
Taste of Fear
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Doctor Pierre Gerrard
Not available
1961

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

7.4
70%
Not available
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Paul Allen
Not available
1960

Horror

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3
63%
Not available
The City of the Dead
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 65%
role:
Prof. Alan Driscoll
1960

Horror

Mystery

6.7
65%
The Mummy
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 69%
role:
Kharis, the Mummy
Not available
1959

Horror

6.7
69%
Not available
The Hound of the Baskervilles
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Sir Henry Baskerville
1959

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

6.9
69%
Dracula
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Count Dracula
Not available
1958

Horror

7.2
73%
Not available
1957

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
69%
Alexander the Great
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 58%
role:
Nectenabus (voice)
1956

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

War & Politics

5.8
58%
Private's Progress
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
Major Schultz
Not available
1956

Comedy

War & Politics

6.4
63%
Not available
The Crimson Pirate
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Joseph (attache)
1952

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

7.1
70%
1951

Action

Adventure

Drama

War & Politics

7.3
69%
Hamlet
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 75%
role:
Spear Carrier & 1 more
Not available
1948

Drama

7.6
75%
Not available
1948

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

7.0
72%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving Christopher Lee are, for example, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics and Night Train to Lisbon.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
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