The filmography of English actor Sir Christopher Lee begins in 1948 and continues to the present day.
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| # | Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | |
| 2 | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | ||
| 3 | Hamlet | Spear Carrier | Uncredited 1948 Best Picture |
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| 4 | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | ||
| 5 | A Song of Tomorrow | Auguste | ||
| 6 | My Brother's Keeper | Second Constable | Scenes Deleted | |
| 7 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Bit Part | Uncredited | |
| 8 | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | ||
| 9 | 1949 | Trottie True | Bongo | |
| 10 | 1950 | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | |
| 11 | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | ||
| 12 | 1951 | Valley of Eagles | Det. Holt | |
| 13 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain | ||
| 14 | 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | |
| 15 | Top Secret | Uncredited | ||
| 16 | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | ||
| 17 | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | ||
| 18 | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat | ||
| 19 | 1953 | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Uncredited | |
| 20 | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | Uncredited | |
| 21 | 1954 | Destination Milan | Svenson | |
| 22 | 1955 | Man in Demand | ||
| 23 | Crossroads | The Ghost | ||
| 24 | Final Column | |||
| 25 | That Lady | Captain | ||
| 26 | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable | ||
| 27 | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern | Uncredited | |
| 28 | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander | ||
| 29 | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | ||
| 30 | 1956 | Alias John Preston | John Preston | |
| 31 | Private's Progress | Gen. von Linbeck's aide | Uncredited | |
| 32 | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | ||
| 33 | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | ||
| 34 | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | ||
| 35 | 1957 | Ill Met by Moonlight | German Officer at Dentists | |
| 36 | Fortune is a Woman | Charles Highbury | ||
| 37 | The Traitor | Dr. Neumann | ||
| 38 | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | ||
| 39 | Manuela | Voice | Uncredited | |
| 40 | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | ||
| 41 | The Truth About Women | François | ||
| 42 | 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | |
| 43 | Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 44 | Battle of the V-1 | Labor Camp Captain, Men's Section | ||
| 45 | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | ||
| 46 | 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry | |
| 47 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerard | ||
| 48 | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | ||
| 49 | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | ||
| 50 | Tempi duri per i vampiri | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | ||
| 51 | 1960 | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | |
| 52 | Beat Girl | Kenny | ||
| 53 | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | ||
| 54 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | ||
| 55 | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | ||
| 56 | 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | |
| 57 | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | ||
| 58 | Das geheimnis der gelben Narzissen | Ling Chu | ||
| 59 | Ercole al centro della terra | King Lico (Licos) | ||
| 60 | 1962 | Stranglehold | ||
| 61 | The Puzzle of the Red Orchid | Captain Allerman | ||
| 62 | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | ||
| 63 | The Devil's Agent | Baron von Staub | ||
| 64 | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 65 | 1963 | Katarsis | Mephistoles | |
| 66 | La vergine di Norimberga | Erich | ||
| 67 | La frusta e il corpo | Kurt Menliff | ||
| 68 | 1964 | Il castello dei morti vivi | Count Drago | |
| 69 | La cripta e l'incubo | Count Ludwig Karnstein | ||
| 70 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | ||
| 71 | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | ||
| 72 | 1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | |
| 73 | She | Billali | ||
| 74 | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | ||
| 75 | Ten Little Indians | Voice of "Mr. Owen" | Uncredited | |
| 76 | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu / Lee Tao | ||
| 77 | 1966 | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | |
| 78 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | ||
| 79 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | ||
| 80 | Circus of Fear | Gregor | ||
| 81 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | ||
| 82 | 1967 | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |
| 83 | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | ||
| 84 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | ||
| 85 | Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel | Count Frederic Regula, Graf von Andomai | ||
| 86 | 1968 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Morley | |
| 87 | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | ||
| 88 | The Face of Eve | Colonel Stuart | ||
| 89 | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | ||
| 90 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Count Dracula | ||
| 91 | 1969 | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | |
| 92 | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhart | ||
| 93 | The Magic Christian | Ship's vampire | ||
| 94 | 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | |
| 95 | Umbracle | The Man | ||
| 96 | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | ||
| 97 | Count Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 98 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 99 | One More Time | Count Dracula | ||
| 100 | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | ||
| 101 | Eugenie | Dolmance | ||
| 102 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | ||
| 103 | Scars of Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 104 | 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid | Segment: "Sweets to the Sweet" |
| 105 | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe/Edward Blake | ||
| 106 | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | ||
| 107 | 1972 | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | |
| 108 | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | ||
| 109 | Dracula AD 1972 | Count Dracula | ||
| 110 | 1973 | Dark Places | Dr. Mandeville | |
| 111 | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | ||
| 112 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 113 | Horror Express | Sir Alexander Saxton | ||
| 114 | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | ||
| 115 | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
| 116 | 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 117 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | ||
| 118 | 1975 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | |
| 119 | Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline | Van Krig/Himself | ||
| 120 | 1976 | The Keeper | The Keeper | |
| 121 | Killer Force | Major Chilton | ||
| 122 | To the Devil, A Daughter | Father Michael Rayner | ||
| 123 | Dracula père et fils | Prince of Darkness | ||
| 124 | Albino | Bill | ||
| 125 | 1977 | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | |
| 126 | Meatcleaver Massacre | On-screen narrator | ||
| 127 | End of the World | Father Pergado/Zindar | ||
| 128 | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | ||
| 129 | 1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor | |
| 130 | Caravans | Sardar Khan | ||
| 131 | Circle of Iron | Zetan | ||
| 132 | 1979 | The Passage | Gypsy | |
| 133 | Arabian Adventure | Alquazar | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
| 134 | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer / Street Singer / Watchmaker | Voice | |
| 135 | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | ||
| 136 | Bear Island | Lechinski | ||
| 137 | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | ||
| 138 | 1980 | Serial | Luckman Skull | |
| 139 | 1981 | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | |
| 140 | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | ||
| 141 | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | ||
| 142 | 1982 | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | |
| 143 | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard | Voice; also in German language version | |
| 144 | 1983 | New Magic | Mr. Kellar | |
| 145 | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | ||
| 146 | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | Caixa de Catalunya for Best Actor | |
| 147 | 1984 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Mr. Clifford King | |
| 148 | 1985 | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | |
| 149 | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe | ||
| 150 | 1986 | The Girl | Peter Storm | |
| 151 | 1987 | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | |
| 152 | Jocks | President White | ||
| 153 | Mio min Mio | Kato | ||
| 154 | 1988 | Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) | Luis Morel | |
| 155 | 1989 | Murder Story | Willard Hope | |
| 156 | La chute des aigles | Walter Strauss | ||
| 157 | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | ||
| 158 | 1990 | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | |
| 159 | L'Avaro | Cardinale Spinosi | ||
| 160 | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | ||
| 161 | Panga | - | ||
| 162 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | ||
| 163 | 1991 | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Doctor Pearson | |
| 164 | 1992 | Jackpot | Cedric | |
| 165 | Kabuto | King Philip | ||
| 166 | 1994 | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Cmndt. Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov | |
| 167 | Funny Man | Callum Chance | ||
| 168 | Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror(documentary) | Narrator/Self | (last collaboration with Peter Cushing) | |
| 169 | 1995 | A Feast at Midnight | V. E. Longfellow, aka Raptor | |
| 170 | 1996 | Welcome to the Discworld | Death | |
| 171 | The Stupids | Evil Sender | ||
| 172 | 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | |
| 173 | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | Christopher Lee has considered it his favorite role & most significant[1][2] | |
| 174 | 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | |
| 175 | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Ian McKellen) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 176 | 2002 | Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight |
| 177 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| 178 | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Extended Edition only | |
| 179 | 2004 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Heinrich von Garten | |
| 180 | 2005 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | |
| 181 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | ||
| 182 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | ||
| 183 | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells | Voice | |
| 184 | 2007 | The Golden Compass | First High Councillor | |
| 185 | 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | Voice |
| 186 | 2009 | Boogie Woogie | Alfred Rhinegold | |
| 187 | Triage | Joaquín Morales | ||
| 188 | Glorious 39 | Walter | ||
| 189 | 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Jabberwocky | Voice |
| 190 | Burke and Hare | Joseph | ||
| 191 | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | ||
| 192 | 2011 | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D’Ambroise | |
| 193 | The Resident | August | ||
| 194 | The Wicker Tree | Old Man | ||
| 195 | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast | |
| 196 | 2012 | Dark Shadows | Bill Malloy | post-production |
| 198 | Night Train to Lisbon | pre-production | ||
| 199 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | filming | |
| 200 | 2013 | The Hobbit: There And Back Again | filming |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Moby Dick Rehearsed | A Stage Manager/Flask | TV movie |
| The Vise | Different Roles | Episodes: "Stronghold", "Price of Vanity", "The Final Column" | |
| Tales of Hans Anderson | Different Roles | Episodes: "Wee Willie Winkie", "The Cripple Boy" | |
| 1956 | Chevron of Fallen Stars | Governor | Episode: "Captain Kidd" |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Louis (Uncredited) | Episode: "The Elusive Chauvelin" | |
| Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Jean-Pierre | Episode: "At Night All Cats Are Grey" | |
| 1953–1956 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents | Different Roles | 13 Episodes |
| 1956 | Sailor of Fortune | Different Roles | Episodes: "The Desert Hostages", "Stranger in Danger" |
| The Adventures of Aggie | Inspector Hollis | Episode: "Cut Glass" | |
| 1957 | Errol Flynn Theater | Different Roles | 4 Episodes |
| 1956–1957 | Assignment Foreign Legion | Different Roles | Episodes: "As We Forgive", "The Anaya" |
| 1957 | The Gay Cavalier | Colonel Jeffries | Episode: "The Lady's Dilemma" |
| 1958 | O.S.S. | Dessinger | Episode: "Operation Firefly" |
| Ivanhoe | Sir Otto | Episode: "The German Knight" | |
| White Hunter | Mark Caldwell | Episode: "This Hungry Hell" | |
| 1959 | The Adventures of William Tell | Prince Erik | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 1960 | Tales of the Vikings | Norman Knight | Episode: "The Bull" |
| 1961 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Wilhelm Reitlinger | Episode: "The Sorcerer" |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Karl Jorla | Episode: "The Sign of Satan" |
| 1967 | The Avengers | Professor Stone | Episode: "Never, Never Say Die" |
| 1969 | The Avengers | Colonel Mannering | Episode: "The Interrogators" |
| Light Entertainment Killers | TV movie | ||
| 1973 | Poor Devil | Lucifer | TV movie |
| Great Mysteries | Arnaud | Episode: "The Leather Funnel" | |
| 1976 | Space: 1999 | Captain Zandor | Episode: "Earthbound" |
| 1978 | How the West Was Won | The Grand Duke | TV miniseries |
| The Pirate | Samir Al Fay | TV movie | |
| 1979 | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | TV movie |
| 1980 | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | TV movie |
| Charlie's Angels | Dale Woodman | Episode: "Angel in Hiding" | |
| 1981 | Evil Stalks This House | Host | TV movie |
| Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | TV movie | |
| 1982 | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | TV movie |
| Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Prince Philip | TV movie | |
| 1984 | The Far Pavilions | Kaka-ji Rao | TV miniseries |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | King Vladimir V | Episode: "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers" | |
| 1986 | Un métier du seigneur | Fog | TV movie |
| The Disputation | King James of Aragon | TV movie | |
| Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | TV miniseries | |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | TV miniseries |
| La Révolution française | Sanson | Segment: "Les Années Terribles" | |
| 1990 | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | TV movie |
| Treasure Island | Blind Pew | TV movie | |
| 1991 | Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | TV movie |
| 1992 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | TV movie |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Count Ottokar Graf Czerin | Episode: "Austria, March 1917" | |
| Double Vision | Mr. Bernard | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Death Train | General Konstantin Benin | TV movie |
| 1995 | The Tomorrow People | Rameses | 5 episodes |
| Moses | Ramses | TV movie | |
| Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Host | TV series | |
| 1996 | Sorellina e il principe del sogno | Azaret | TV movie |
| 1997 | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | TV miniseries |
| Soul Music | Death | TV series | |
| Wyrd Sisters | Death | TV miniseries | |
| The Odyssey | Tiresias | TV miniseries | |
| 1997–1998 | The New Adventures of Robin Hood | Olwyn | 6 episodes |
| 1996–1999 | Blue Heelers | Richard | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Flay | TV miniseries |
| In the Beginning | Rameses I | TV movie | |
| Ghost Stories for Christmas | M. R. James | TV miniseries | |
| 2001 | Les Redoutables | Death | Segment: "Confession" (unknown episodes) |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński | TV miniseries |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Death | (voice) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ghosts | Dr. Marcus Grimalkin / Himself | |
| 1999 | The Rocky Interactive Horror Show | Narrator | |
| 2001 | Conquest: Frontier Wars | Anvil / Headquarters | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | |
| 2003 | Freelancer | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman | ||
| 2004 | EverQuest II | Lucan D'Lere | |
| GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | Francisco Scaramanga | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | Saruman | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth | Saruman | ||
| 2005 | Lego Star Wars: The Video Game | Count Dooku | |
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | ||
| Kingdom Hearts II | DiZ / Ansem the Wise | ||
| 2006 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king | Saruman | |
| 2009 | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | DiZ | |
| Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron | Count Dooku | ||
| 2011 | Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku |