Christopher Lee

Actor, also producer · Died June 7, 2015, aged 93 · 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 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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: May 27, 1922
Died: June 7, 2015 (aged 93)
From: Westminster, London, England, UK
Works as: Actor, also producer
Titles: 188 on MovieCove · 301 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Christopher Lee's films like?

Across their 154 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Horror30 titles38^th

Action29 titles32^nd

Drama21 titles43^rd

Adventure19 titles40^th

Comedy14 titles28^th

Crime13 titles22^nd

Documentary11 titles69^th

Animation5 titles59^th

Biography3 titles50^th

Thriller3 titles15^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

29%

Bonds

18%

Survival

15%

Power

14%

Self

12%

Society

Ideas

Survival33 Romantic love24 Justice26 Deception21 Identity20 Sacrifice19 Family bonds18 Power15

What they feel like to watch

their average across 149 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 13 · Wry 8 · Earnest 127

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 56 · Serious 46 · Dark 47

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 48 · Stylized 59 · Heightened 42

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 30 · Charged 76 · Intense 43

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 67 · Shifting 73 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 98 · Some laughs 36 · Funny 15

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 73 · Even-paced 69 · Relentless 7

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 60 · Engaged 75 · Full focus 14

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 81 · Affecting 50 · Heavy 18

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 117 · Open-ended 25 · Ambiguous 7

Roles they play

118 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 60 of 118 analyzed roles.

Shadow

60 of 118

Mentor

20 of 118

Hero

11 of 118

Threshold guardian

9 of 118

Herald

6 of 118

Shapeshifter

4 of 118

Ally

4 of 118

Trickster

4 of 118

Show the 118 roles

Heroas John Preston in Alias John Preston (1955)
Shapeshifteras John Preston in Alias John Preston (1955)
Shadowas John Preston in Alias John Preston (1955)
Allyas Sergeant Barney in Bitter Victory (1957)
Shadowas Creature in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Shapeshifteras Doctor Neumann in The Accursed (1957)
Shadowas Brunner in Missiles from Hell (1958)
Shadowas Resurrection Joe in Corridors of Blood (1958)
Shadowas Count Dracula in Horror of Dracula (1958)
Heroas Sir Henry Baskerville in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Shadowas The Mummy in The Mummy (1959)
Shadowas Kenny King in Wild for Kicks (1960)
Shadowas Novak in Too Hot to Handle (1960)
Heraldas Prof. Alan Driscoll in Horror Hotel (1960)
Shadowas Nero the Magician in The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Allyas Dr. Pierre Gerrard in Scream of Fear (1961)
Shadowas Lico in Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
Shadowas Chung King in The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Heraldas Baron Ferdi von Staub in The Devil's Agent (1962)
Heroas Capt. Allerman in Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Shadowas Capt. LaRoche in The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Heroas Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
Mentoras Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
Shadowas Kurt Menliff in The Whip and the Body (1963)
Shadowas Mephistoles in Challenge the Devil (1963)
Threshold guardianas Erich in Horror Castle (1963)
Heroas Prof. Karl Meister in The Gorgon (1964)
Mentoras Count Ludwig Karnstein in Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
Shadowas Captain Robeles in The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
Mentoras Sir Matthew Phillips in The Skull (1965)
Shadowas Fu Manchu in The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Shadowas Billali in She (1965)
Shadowas Dracula in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Tricksteras Philippe Darvas in Theatre of Death (1966)
Shadowas Grigori Rasputin in Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Shadowas Fu Manchu in The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Shadowas Gregor in Psycho-Circus (1966)
Mentoras Godfrey Hanson in Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Shadowas Dragon #4 in Five Golden Dragons (1967)
Shadowas Fu Manchu in The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
Shadowas Count Frederic Regula in The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
Shadowas Dracula in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Shadowas Fu Manchu in The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
Shadowas Morley in The Crimson Cult (1968)
Heroas Duc de Richleau in The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Threshold guardianas Dracula in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Shadowas Fu Manchu in The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
Threshold guardianas Dr. J. Neuhartt in The Oblong Box (1969)
Mentoras Fremont in Scream and Scream Again (1970)
Shadowas Dracula in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Shadowas Count Dracula in Count Dracula (1970)
Mentoras Mycroft Holmes in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Mentoras Dolmance in Eugenie (1970)
Shadowas Dracula in Scars of Dracula (1970)
Shadowas Judge Jeffries in Night of the Blood Monster (1970)
Heroas Dr. Charles Marlowe in I, Monster (1971)
Allyas Bailey in Hannie Caulder (1971)
Shadowas Edward Blake in I, Monster (1971)
Shadowas The Man in Umbracle (1972)
Shadowas Count Dracula in Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Heroas Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton in Horror Express (1972)
Shadowas Count Dracula in The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Shadowas Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973)
Shadowas James Hildern in The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Heroas Colonel Charles Bingham in Nothing But the Night (1973)
Threshold guardianas Lucifer in Poor Devil (1973)
Shadowas Rochefort in The Three Musketeers (1973)
Shadowas Dr. Ian Mandeville in Dark Places (1974)
Tricksteras Rochefort in The Four Musketeers (1974)
Shadowas Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Shadowas Father Michael in To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Mentoras Father Michael in To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Shapeshifteras Dracula in Dracula and Son (1976)
Mentoras Bill in The Night of the Askari (1976)
Heraldas Father Pergado in End of the World (1977)
Shadowas Martin Wallace in Airport '77 (1977)
Shadowas Father Pergado's alien double in End of the World (1977)
Threshold guardianas Zetan in Circle of Iron (1978)
Shadowas Victor in Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Shadowas Adam Caine in Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Allyas The Gypsy in The Passage (1979)
Tricksteras Thaddeus Lechinski in Bear Island (1979)
Shadowas Miguel in Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
Shadowas Alquazar in Arabian Adventure (1979)
Shadowas Marcus Valorium in Once Upon a Spy (1980)
Shadowas Morgan Canfield in An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Shadowas Prince Baldasar in The Salamander (1981)
Threshold guardianas Prince Philip in Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
Shadowas King Haggard in The Last Unicorn (1982)
Shapeshifteras Corrigan in House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Shadowas Mr. Midnight in The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Shadowas King in The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
Mentoras Kaka-ji Rao in The Far Pavilions (1984)
Mentoras Stefan Crosscoe in Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)
Heraldas Host in The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Shadowas Kato in Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
Shadowas Lazos in For Better or for Worse (1989)
Mentoras Willard Hope in Murder Story (1989)
Mentoras Karlis Zander in The Care of Time (1990)
Shadowas Blind Pew in Treasure Island (1990)
Mentoras Dr. Pearson in Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)
Heroas Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Shadowas General Benin in Detonator (1993)
Heraldas Commandant Rakov in Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
Mentoras Narrator in Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Mentoras Narrator in A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
Mentoras Tiresias in The Odyssey (1997)
Heroas Mohammed Ali Jinnah in Jinnah (1998)
Mentoras Sir Richard Turkel in Tale of the Mummy (1998)
Mentoras M.R. James in Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000)
Shadowas Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Shadowas Heinrich von Garten in Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
Tricksteras Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Threshold guardianas The Lord Provost in The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
Threshold guardianas Cardinal D'Ambroise in Season of the Witch (2011)
Threshold guardianas August in The Resident (2011)
Heraldas Narrator (segment: The Fall of the House of Usher) in Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Mentoras The Boss in Angels in Notting Hill (2016)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

106

Dread

Thrilling

Melancholic

Absurd

Other

114

How their films linger

Fun49 Unsettling40 Bittersweet44 Haunting32 Feel-good29 Thought-provoking25

How their films end · 36 with a twist

Happy55
Bittersweet64
Tragic14
Ambiguous19
Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Christopher Lee's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 120 of their 188 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (78).

Also on these channels

Midnight Pulp18 titles
Shout! TV14 titles
Screambox11 titles, show their 11 titles on Screambox
ScreenPix9 titles, show their 9 titles on ScreenPix
Cineverse7 titles, show their 7 titles on Cineverse
Howdy5 titles, show their 5 titles on Howdy
BFI Player4 titles, show their 4 titles on BFI Player
Lionsgate+4 titles, show their 4 titles on Lionsgate+
Sundance Now3 titles, show their 3 titles on Sundance Now
IndieFlix2 titles, show their 2 titles on IndieFlix
MovieSphere+2 titles, show their 2 titles on MovieSphere+
BritBox1 title, show their title on BritBox
Cohen Media Channel1 title, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
IndiePix Unlimited1 title, show their title on IndiePix Unlimited
Sony Pictures Core1 title, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
UP Faith & Family1 title, show their title on UP Faith & Family

Subscription and free streaming for Christopher Lee's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

301 credits, 188 with a MovieCove page; 86 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim(2024)
as Saruman (voice)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Constel·lació Portabella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as (archive footage)
The Wicker Man at 50 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Lord Summerisle
Faces of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as (archive footage)
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Lord Summerisle
Angels in Notting Hill(2016)
as The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Extraordinary Tales(2013)
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Fifty Shades of Erotica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as (archive footage)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies(2014)
as Saruman the White
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(2014)
as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Girl from Nagasaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Old Officer Pinkerton
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics(2013)
as Narrator
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Gillian Hills Trilogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Actor
Night Train to Lisbon(2013)
as Father Bartholomeu
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey(2012)
as Saruman the White
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Fall of the House Of Usher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as The Narrator
Dracula vs. Vampir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Actor
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Actor
Dark Shadows(2012)
as Clarney
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Dracula (archive footage)
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Narrator
Hugo(2011)
as Monsieur Labisse
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Wicker Tree(2011)
as Old Man
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Resident(2011)
as August
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Season of the Witch(2011)
as Cardinal D'Ambroise
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Burke and Hare(2010)
as Old Joseph
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Boogie Woogie(2009)
as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Heavy(2009)
as Mr. Mason
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Alice in Wonderland(2010)
as Jabberwocky (voice)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Halloween: The Inside Story(2010)
Actor
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Glorious 39(2009)
as Older Walter Page
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Triage(2009)
as Joaquín Morales
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2008)
as Count Dooku (voice)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Color of Magic(2008)
Show 2 episodes · as Death
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Death (synchro)
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Death (synchro)
The Golden Compass(2007)
as First High Councilor
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn(2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Narrator
Pope John Paul II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 2 episodes · as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Actor
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby(2005)
as The Lord Provost
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Corpse Bride(2005)
as Pastor Galswells (voice)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005)
as Dr. Wonka
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith(2005)
as Count Dooku
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Story of Star Wars: The Story of Anakin Skywalker(2004)
as Count Dooku (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse(2004)
as Emerich
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Drácula en la Hammer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
as Christopher Lee
100 Greatest Scary Moments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)
as Saruman
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Actor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones(2002)
as Count Dooku
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Actor
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
as Saruman
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Narrator
Ghost Stories for Christmas(2000)
Show 4 episodes · as Narrator
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
In the Beginning(2000)
Show 2 episodes · as Rameses I
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Actor
Gormenghast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Show 4 episodes · as Flay
The Many Faces of Dracula(2000)
as Narrator
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sleepy Hollow(1999)
as Burgomaster
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Jinnah(1998)
as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Tale of the Mummy(1998)
as Sir Richard Turkel
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
100 Years of Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Presenter
Soul Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 7 episodes · as Death (voice)
The Odyssey(1997)
Show 2 episodes · as Tiresias
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Wyrd Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 6 episodes · as Death (voice)
Soul Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Death (voice)
Ivanhoe(1997)
Show 6 episodes · as Lucas de Beaumanoir
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Welcome to the Discworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Death
The Stupids(1996)
as Evil Sender
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Actor
Moses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 2 episodes · as Pharaoh
Alisea and the Dream Prince (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 2 episodes · as Azaret
A Century of Science Fiction(1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Actor
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Show 13 episodes · as Narrator
A Feast at Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror(1994)
as Narrator (voice) / Self
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Funny Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Callum Chance
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow(1994)
as Commandant Rakov
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Rainbow Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Uncle Rudolf
Blue Heelers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Show 5 episodes · as Scott James
Detonator(1993)
as General Konstanin Benin
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Cyber Eden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Cedric
Double Vision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Mr. Bernard
Innocent Blood(1992)
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · as Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls(1992)
as Sherlock Holmes
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Beauty and the Beast(1992)
as Monsieur Renard (voice)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Dracula in the Movies(1992)
as (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady(1991)
as Sherlock Holmes
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Fear in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Narrator
Halloween Monster Bash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice(1991)
as Dr. Pearson
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Journey of Honor(1991)
as King Philip
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Care of Time(1990)
as Karlis Zander
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch(1990)
as Doctor Catheter
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Treasure Island(1990)
as Blind Pew
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Miser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Cardinale Spinosi
For Better or for Worse(1989)
as Lazos
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The French Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Show 2 episodes · as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
Murder Story(1989)
as Willard Hope
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Night of the Eagles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Walter Strauss
The French Revolution(1989)
as Sanson
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Around the World in 80 Days(1989)
Show 3 episodes · as Stuart
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
The Return of the Musketeers(1989)
as Rochefort
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Luis Morel
Olympus Force: The Key (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Filly
Creepy Classics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Mio in the Land of Faraway(1987)
as Kato
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Peter Storm
Casanova(1987)
as Branicki
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Disputation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as King James of Aragon
Un métier de seigneur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Show 2 episodes · as Fog
Jocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as President White
Shaka Zulu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Show 10 episodes · as Lord Bathurst
Mask of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf(1985)
as Stefan Crosscoe
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Best of All Time Horror Classics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Actor
The Rosebud Beach Hotel(1984)
as King
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
as King Vladimir V
The Bengal Lancers! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
as Sir James Hunter
The Far Pavilions(1984)
Show 3 episodes · as Rao-Sahib
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
House of the Long Shadows(1983)
as Corrigan
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Return of Captain Invincible(1983)
as Mr. Midnight
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
as Narrator
New Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
as Mr. Kellar
The Last Unicorn(1982)
as King Haggard (voice)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story(1982)
as Prince Philip
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Faerie Tale Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Show 1 episode · as King Vladimir V
Massarati and the Brain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
as Victor Leopold
Safari 3000(1982)
as Count Borgia
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Goliath Awaits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Show 2 episodes · as John McKenzie
An Eye for an Eye(1981)
as Morgan Canfield
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Evil Stalks This House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
as Host
The Salamander(1981)
as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Once Upon a Spy(1980)
as Marcus Valorium
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Serial(1980)
as Luckman Skull
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Desperate Moves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
as Dr. Carl Boxer
1941(1979)
as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Bear Island(1979)
as Lechinski
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Captain America II: Death Too Soon(1979)
as Miguel
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Jaguar Lives!(1979)
as Adam Caine
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Arabian Adventure(1979)
as Caliph Alquazar
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Passage(1979)
as Gypsy
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Horror Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
as (archive footage)
Caravans(1978)
as Sardar Khan
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Circle of Iron(1978)
as Zetan
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Return from Witch Mountain(1978)
as Victor Gannon
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Pirate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Show 2 episodes · as Samir Al Fay
Starship Invasions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
as Captain Rameses
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
as Narrator
Playboy's Playmate Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Actor
End of the World(1977)
as Father Pergado / Zindar
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Airport '77(1977)
as Martin Wallace
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Meatcleaver Massacre(1976)
as On-Screen Narrator
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
How the West Was Won(1976)
Show 1 episode · as The Grand Duke
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Show 2 episodes · as Dale Woodman
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Dracula and Son(1976)
as Le prince des Ténèbres
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Night of the Askari(1976)
as Bill
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
To the Devil a Daughter(1976)
as Father Michael
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Killer Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
as Major Chilton
The Keeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
as The Keeper
Space: 1999(1975)
Show 1 episode · as Captain Zandor
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
as Satanus / Van Krig
The Man with the Golden Gun(1974)
as Francisco Scaramanga
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Four Musketeers(1974)
as Rochefort
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Diagnosis: Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
as Dr. Stephen Hayward
The Three Musketeers(1973)
as Rochefort
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Wicker Man(1973)
as Lord Summerisle
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Show 1 episode · as Arnaud
Dark Places(1974)
as Dr. Ian Mandeville
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Satanic Rites of Dracula(1973)
as Count Dracula
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Nothing But the Night(1973)
Producer · as Col. Charles Bingham
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Poor Devil(1973)
as Lucifer
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Creeping Flesh(1973)
as James Hildern
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Death Line(1972)
as Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Horror Express(1972)
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Dracula A.D. 1972(1972)
as Count Dracula
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Umbracle(1972)
as The Man
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Hannie Caulder(1971)
as Bailey
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
I, Monster(1971)
as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
The House That Dripped Blood(1971)
as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Scars of Dracula(1970)
as Dracula
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes(1970)
as Mycroft Holmes
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Julius Caesar(1970)
as Artemidorus
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
One More Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
as Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula(1970)
as Dracula
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Count Dracula(1970)
as Dracula
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Eugenie(1970)
as Dolmance
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Night of the Blood Monster(1970)
as Lord George Jeffreys
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Scream and Scream Again(1970)
as Fremont
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Magic Christian(1969)
as Ship's Vampire
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Oblong Box(1969)
as Dr. J. Neuhartt
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Castle of Fu Manchu(1969)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Crimson Cult(1968)
as J.D. Morley
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave(1968)
as Dracula
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Blood of Fu Manchu(1968)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Devil Rides Out(1968)
as Duc de Richleau
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Face of Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
as Colonel Stuart
The Movie Orgy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism(1967)
as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Five Golden Dragons(1967)
as Dragon #4
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Theatre of Death(1966)
as Philippe Darvas
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu(1967)
as Dr. Fu Manchu
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Night of the Big Heat(1967)
as Godfrey Hanson
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Brides of Fu Manchu(1966)
as Fu Manchu
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Psycho-Circus(1966)
as Gregor
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Rasputin: The Mad Monk(1966)
as Grigori Rasputin
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Dracula: Prince of Darkness(1966)
as Count Dracula
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Skull(1965)
as Sir Matthew Phillips
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Face of Fu Manchu(1965)
as Dr. Fu Man Chu
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Ten Little Indians(1965)
as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
She(1965)
as Billali
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors(1965)
as Franklyn Marsh
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Gorgon(1964)
as Prof. Karl Meister
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Castle of the Living Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
as Count Drago
The Devil-Ship Pirates(1964)
as Captain Robeles
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Crypt of the Vampire(1964)
as Count Ludwig Karnstein
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Whip and the Body(1963)
as Kurt Menliff
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Horror Castle(1963)
as Erich
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Challenge the Devil(1963)
as Mephistoles
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace(1962)
as Sherlock Holmes
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1962)
Show 1 episode · as Karl Jorla
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Devil's Agent(1962)
as Baron Ferdi von Staub
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Pirates of Blood River(1962)
as Captain LaRoche
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Secret of the Red Orchid(1962)
as Capt. Allerman
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Hercules in the Haunted World(1961)
as King Lico (Licos)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Devil's Daffodil(1961)
as Ling Chu
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Scream of Fear(1961)
as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Terror of the Tongs(1961)
as Chung King
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Show 1 episode · as Colonel Mannering · as Professor Stone
The Hands of Orlac(1960)
as Nero the magician
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Too Hot to Handle(1960)
as Novak
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll(1960)
as Paul Allen
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Horror Hotel(1960)
as Prof. Alan Driscoll
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Wild for Kicks(1960)
as Kenny King
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Uncle Was a Vampire(1959)
as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Mummy(1959)
as Kharis, the Mummy
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Treasure of San Teresa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
as Jaeger
The Man Who Could Cheat Death(1959)
as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Hound of the Baskervilles(1959)
as Sir Henry Baskerville
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Whicker's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
One Step Beyond(1959)
Show 1 episode · as Wilhelm Reitlinger
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Corridors of Blood(1958)
as Resurrection Joe
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Adventures of William Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Show 1 episode · as Prince Erik
Horror of Dracula(1958)
as Count Dracula
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
A Tale of Two Cities(1958)
as Marquis St. Evremonde
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Ivanhoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Show 1 episode · as Sir Otto from the Rhine
Missiles from Hell(1958)
as Brunner
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Truth About Women(1957)
as Francois Thiers
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Bitter Victory(1957)
as Sgt. Barney
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Stowaway Girl(1957)
as Voice (voice)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Curse of Frankenstein(1957)
as The Creature
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
She Played with Fire(1957)
as Charles Highbury
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Accursed(1957)
as Doctor Neumann
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Night Ambush(1957)
as German officer at The Dentist's office
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Pursuit of the Graf Spee(1956)
as Manolo
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Beyond Mombasa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
as Gil Rossi
The Errol Flynn Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Show 1 episode · as Compte de Merret · as General Hamelin · as Maurice Gabet · as The Visitant
Port Afrique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
as Franz Vermes
Alexander the Great(1956)
as Nectenabus (voice)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Show 1 episode · as Jeanpierre
Private's Progress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
as Major Schultz
Storm Over the Nile(1955)
as Karaga Pasha
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Alias John Preston(1955)
as John Preston
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The Cockleshell Heroes(1955)
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Show 1 episode · as Louis the Executioner (uncredited)
Moby Dick—Rehearsed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as A Stage Manager /Flask
Police Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as Johnny, a constable
The Warriors(1955)
as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Contraband Spain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as Narrador (voz)
That Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as Capitán
Cross-Roads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as Harry Cooper
Final Column (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Actor
Mark Saber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Show 1 episode · as Larry Spence
The Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
The Mirror and Markheim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
as Visitant
Innocents in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
as Lieutenant Whitlock
The Top and the Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
as Father
Babes in Bagdad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
as Slave Dealer
Paul Temple Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
as Sir Felix Raybourne
Top Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge(1952)
as Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Crimson Pirate(1952)
as Joseph - Military Attaché
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Quo Vadis(1951)
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Valley of the Eagles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
as Det. Holt
Captain Horatio Hornblower(1951)
as Spanish Captain
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Prelude to Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Newsman
They Were Not Divided (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Chris Lewis
Trottie True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
as Hon. Bongo Icklesham
Hamlet(1948)
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Scott of the Antarctic(1948)
as Bernard Day
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Saraband(1948)
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Penny and the Pownall Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Jonathan Blair
A Song for Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Auguste
One Night with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Pirelli's Assistant
Corridor of Mirrors(1948)
as Charles
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 300 titles from 1948 to 2024; peak year 2011.

Biggest box office

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

$906M worldwide

Highest rated

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

19482024

Peak 2011 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 65 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1948Screen debut· Scott of the Antarctic
1961First top-billed film· The Terror of the Tongs
1966Career best· Dracula: Prince of Darkness

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting300 of 300 · 42^ndProducing1 of 300

By decade

1940s8 · acting1950s53 · acting1960s45 · acting1970s53 · 53 acting · 1 crew1980s40 · acting1990s41 · acting2000s31 · acting2010s24 · acting2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 28% of 134 roles

14%

58%

62%

38%

10%

20%

14%

40%

48535863687378839398030813

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Christopher Lee's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40^th percentile, the median of all 176; across their 149 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41^st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 149

Approval · how many liked their films

33^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 149

Reach · how many have seen their films

67^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 149

Midcredits score across 188 titles, by percentile

75^th and up35
50^th to 74^th47
25^th to 49^th63
Below 25^th43

Shape of the crowd

60 of their 188 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved15
Universally Panned8
Divisive2
Cult Classic3
Crowd Pleaser60
Broadly Agreed48
Mixed52

Most divisive · actor

Angels in Notting Hill (2016)

97^th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Midcredits 99^th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 137 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Christopher Lee's work okay for kids?

Across up to 55 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore36 titles34–69 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most films

Sex & Nudity55 titles8–60 · median 21 · mildlighter than most films

Profanity30 titles0–41 · median 12 · minimallighter than most films

Alcohol & Drugs34 titles14–37 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense36 titles37–70 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.