Biografía de Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee nació en Londres, Inglaterra, el 27 de mayo de 1922. Su madre era condesa italiana y su padre un coronel del ejército británico. Pese a que en su infancia su familia estaba en una buena posición económica, Christopher tuvo que dejar sus estudios, lo que obligó a trabajar desde muy chico.
Este actor tuvo una trayectoria profesional de las más extensas que hayan existido en el mundo de la cinematografía contemporáneo. Interpretó papeles importantes como "Drácula" o "El Mago de la Tierra Media" que marcaron un antes y un después en la historia del cine.
En un principio, su carrera artística se orientaba hacia la música. Lee llegó a formar parte de los coros de la Ópera de Estocolmo, pero lo dejó porque no cobraba suficiente dinero. En 1947 firmó un contrato con una productora, y a partir de ahí no paró de hacer películas y series de televisión.
Christopher pasó varios años interpretando personajes secundarios hasta que en 1957 filmó "La maldición de Frankenstein" y un año más tarde interpreta al príncipe de las tinieblas en "Drácula". Considerado el relevo de Bela Lugosi, Lee no tardó en hacerse famoso.
Después de "Drácula" vinieron otros títulos donde el actor seguía encarnando al legendario vampiro u otros papeles similares. Eso le encasilló e impidió que pudiera ampliar su registro más allá del género fantástico. Con el tiempo, Lee consiguió demostrar su capacidad de interpretar a los personajes más variados, como FuManchú o Sherlock Holmes.
En su extensa carrera, con casi 300 producciones para cine y televisión, se destacan películas como "La momia" (1959), "Las dos caras del Dr. Jekyll" (1960), "La vida privada de Sherlock Holmes" (1970), "El regreso de los mosqueteros" (1989) o "Sleepy Hollow" (1999). Y en 2001, este gran conocedor de la obra de Tolkien aceptó interpretar, sin lugar a dudas, a Saruman, el mago que cae en manos del Mal en la trilogía de "El Señor de los Anillos".
Filmografia
Año |
Movie/Pelicula |
Role/Personaje |
2013 |
The Hobbit: There and Back Again |
Saruman |
2012 |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
Saruman |
2012 |
The Hunting of the Snark |
Narrator |
2011 |
Hugo |
Monsieur Labisse ; |
2011 |
Back2Hell |
The Raven |
2011 |
En tiempo de brujas |
Cardinal D'Ambroise |
2010 |
La víctima perfecta |
August |
2010 |
Burke and Hare |
Old Joseph |
2010 |
Alicia en el país de las maravillas |
Jabberwocky |
2010 |
The Wicker Tree |
Old Man |
2010 |
The Heavy |
Mr. Mason |
2009 |
Glorious 39 |
Walter Page |
2009 |
Triage |
Joaquín Morales |
2008 |
Cowboys for Christ |
Sir Lachlan Morrison |
2008 |
The Colour of Magic |
Death |
2007 |
La Brújula dorada |
First High Councilor |
2005 |
Pope John Paul II |
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski |
2005 |
El Cadaver de la novia |
Pastor Galswells (voz) |
2005 |
Charlie y La Fabrica de Chocolate |
Dr. Wonka |
2005 |
Star Wars Episodio III: La Venganza de los Sith |
Conde Dooku |
2005 |
Greyfriars Bobby |
The Lord Provost |
2004 |
Les Rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse |
Heinrich von Garten |
2003 |
El Señor de los Anillos: El Retorno del Rey |
Saruman |
2002 |
El Señor de los Anillos: Las dos Torres |
Saruman the White |
2002 |
Star Wars Episodio II: El Ataque de los Clones |
Conde Dooku/Darth Tyranus |
2001 |
El Señor de los Anillos: La comunidad del Anillo |
Saruman |
2001 |
Les Redoutables |
Death |
2000 |
Ghost Stories for Christmas |
M.R James (voz) |
2000 |
In the Beginning |
Rameses I |
2000 |
Gormenghast |
Flay |
1999 |
Sleepy Hollow |
Burgomaster |
1999 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones |
Conde Ottokar Graf Czernin |
1998 |
The New Adventures of Robin Hood |
Olwyn |
1998 |
Jinnah |
Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
1998 |
Tale of the Mummy |
Sir Richard Turkel |
1997 |
The Odyssey |
Tiresias |
1997 |
Wyrd Sisters |
Death (voz) |
1997 |
Soul Music |
Death (voz) |
1997 |
Ivanhoe |
Lucas de Beaumanoir |
1996 |
The Stupids |
Evil Sender |
1996 |
Sorellina e il principe del sogno |
Azaret |
1996 |
Welcome to the Discworld |
Death |
1995 |
Moses |
Ramses |
1995 |
The Tomorrow People |
Rameses |
1994 |
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow |
Alexandrei N. Rakov |
1994 |
Funny Man |
Callum Chance |
1994 |
A Feast at Midnight |
V. E. Longfellow |
1993 |
Death Train |
General Konstantin Benin |
1992 |
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady |
Sherlock Holmes |
1992 |
Kabuto |
King Philip |
1992 |
Double Vision |
Mr. Bernard |
1992 |
Jackpot |
Cedric |
1991 |
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice |
Doctor Pearson |
1991 |
Incident at Victoria Falls |
Sherlock Holmes |
1990 |
Gremlins 2: The New Batch |
Doctor Catheter |
1990 |
Honeymoon Academy |
Lazos |
1990 |
L' Avaro |
Cardinale Spinosi |
1990 |
Treasure Island |
Blind Pew |
1990 |
The Care of Time |
Karlis Zander |
1990 |
The Rainbow Thief |
Uncle Rudolf |
1989 |
La Révolution française |
Sanson |
1989 |
The Return of the Musketeers |
Rochefort |
1989 |
Around the World in 80 Days |
Stuart |
1989 |
La Chute des aigles |
Walter Strauss |
1989 |
Murder Story |
Willard Hope |
1988 |
Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) |
Luis Morel |
1987 |
Mio min Mio |
Kato |
1987 |
Jocks |
President White |
1987 |
Shaka Zulu (Pelicula) |
Lord Bathurst |
1986 |
Shaka Zulu (Serie) |
Lord Bathurst |
1986 |
The Disputation |
King James of Aragon |
1986 |
The Girl |
Peter Storm |
1986 |
Un métier du seigneur |
Fog |
1985 |
Howling II: ...Your Sister Is a Werewolf |
Stefan Crosscoe |
1985 |
Mask of Murder |
Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich |
1984 |
The Rosebud Beach Hotel |
Mr. Clifford King |
1984 |
The Far Pavilions |
Kaka-ji Rao |
1983 |
House of the Long Shadows |
Corrigan |
1983 |
The Return of Captain Invincible |
Mr. Midnight |
1983 |
New Magic |
Mr. Kellar |
1982 |
The Last Unicorn |
King Haggard (voz) |
1982 |
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story |
Prince Philip |
1982 |
Massarati and the Brain |
Victor Leopold |
1982 |
Safari 3000 |
Count Borgia |
1981 |
Goliath Awaits |
John McKenzie |
1981 |
An Eye for an Eye |
Morgan Canfield |
1981 |
Desperate Moves |
Dr. Carl Boxer |
1981 |
Evil Stalks This House |
Host |
1981 |
The Salamander |
Prince Baldasar |
1980 |
Once Upon a Spy |
Marcus Valorium |
1980 |
Serial |
Luckman Skull |
1979 |
1941 |
Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt |
1979 |
Bear Island |
Lechinski |
1979 |
Captain America II: Death Too Soon |
Miguel |
1979 |
Jaguar Lives! |
Adam Caine |
1979 |
Nutcracker Fantasy |
Uncle Drosselmeye (voz) |
1979 |
Arabian Adventure |
Alquazar |
1979 |
The Passage |
Gypsy |
1978 |
Circle of Iron |
Zetan |
1978 |
The Pirate |
Samir Al Fay |
1978 |
Caravans |
Sardar Khan |
1978 |
Return from Witch Mountain |
Dr. Victor Gannon |
1978 |
How the West Was Won |
The Grand Duke |
1977 |
Starship Invasions |
Captain Rameses |
1977 |
End of the World |
Father Pergado/Zindar |
1977 |
Meatcleaver Massacre |
On-screen narrator |
1977 |
Airport '77 |
Martin Wallace |
1976 |
Albino |
Bill |
1976 |
Dracula père et fils |
Prince of Darkness |
1976 |
To the Devil a Daughter |
Father Michael Rayner |
1976 |
Killer Force |
Major Chilton |
1976 |
The Keeper |
The Keeper |
1975 |
Le Boucher, la star et l'orpheline |
Van Krig/Himself |
1975 |
Diagnosis: Murder |
Dr. Stephen Hayward |
1974 |
The Four Musketeers |
Rochefort |
1974 |
The Man with the Golden Gun |
Francisco Scaramanga |
1974 |
The Satanic Rites of Dracula |
Conde Dracula |
1973 |
The Wicker Man |
Lord Summerisle |
1973 |
The Three Musketeers |
Rochefort |
1973 |
Horror Express |
Professor Alexander Saxton |
1973 |
Poor Devil |
Lucifer |
1973 |
The Creeping Flesh |
James Hildern |
1973 |
Dark Places |
Dr. Mandeville |
1972 |
Dracula A.D. 1972 |
Conde Dracula |
1972 |
Nothing But the Night |
Col. Charles Bingham |
1972 |
Death Line |
Stratton-Villiers, MI5 |
1971 |
Hannie Caulder |
Bailey |
1971 |
I, Monster |
Dr. Charles Marlowe |
1971 |
The House That Dripped Blood |
John Reid |
1970 |
Scars of Dracula |
Dracula |
1970 |
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |
Mycroft Holmes |
1970 |
Eugenie |
Dolmance |
1970 |
Julius Caesar |
Artemidorus |
1970 |
One More Time |
Dracula |
1970 |
Taste the Blood of Dracula |
Dracula |
1970 |
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht |
Conde Dracula |
1970 |
Il Trono di fuoco |
Lord George Jeffreys |
1970 |
Umbracle |
The Man |
1970 |
Scream and Scream Again |
Fremont |
1969 |
The Magic Christian |
Ship's vampire |
1969 |
The Oblong Box |
Dr. J. Neuhart |
1969 |
Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu |
Fu Manchu |
1969 |
Light Entertainment Killers |
|
1968 |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave |
Dracula |
1968 |
The Blood of Fu Manchu |
Fu Manchu |
1968 |
The Face of Eve |
Colonel Stuart |
1968 |
The Devil Rides Out |
Duc de Richleau |
1968 |
Curse of the Crimson Altar |
Morley |
1967 |
Schlangengrube und das Pendel, Die |
Conde Frederic Regula |
1967 |
Five Golden Dragons |
Dragon #4 |
1967 |
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu |
Dr. Fu Manchu |
1967 |
Night of the Big Heat |
Godfrey Hanson |
1966 |
The Brides of Fu Manchu |
Fu Manchu |
1966 |
Circus of Fear |
Gregor |
1966 |
Rasputin: The Mad Monk |
Grigori Rasputin |
1966 |
Dracula: Prince of Darkness |
Conde Dracula |
1966 |
Theatre of Death |
Philippe Darvas |
1965 |
The Face of Fu Manchu |
Dr. Fu Manchu/Lee Tao |
1965 |
Ten Little Indians |
Mr. Owen (voz) |
1965 |
The Skull |
Sir Matthew Phillips |
1965 |
She |
Billali |
1965 |
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors |
Franklyn Marsh |
1964 |
The Gorgon |
Prof. Karl Meister |
1964 |
The Devil-Ship Pirates |
Capitan Robeles |
1964 |
La Cripta e l'incubo |
Conde Ludwig Karnstein |
1964 |
Il Castello dei morti vivi |
Count Drago |
1963 |
La Frusta e il corpo |
Kurt Menliff |
1963 |
La Vergine di Norimberga |
Erich |
1963 |
Katarsis |
Mephistoles |
1962 |
Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes |
Sherlock Holmes |
1962 |
Tempi duri per i vampiri |
Baron Roderico da Frankurten |
1962 |
Pirates of Blood River |
Capitan LaRoche |
1962 |
Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee |
Capitan Allerman |
1962 |
Stranglehold |
|
1961 |
Ercole al centro della terra |
King Lico |
1961 |
The Devil's Agent |
Baron von Staub |
1961 |
Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen |
Ling Chu |
1961 |
Taste of Fear |
Doctor Gerrard |
1961 |
The Terror of the Tongs |
The Tong Leader |
1960 |
The Hands of Orlac |
Nero the magician |
1960 |
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll |
Paul Allen |
1960 |
The City of the Dead |
Prof. Alan Driscoll |
1960 |
Beat Girl |
Kenny |
1960 |
Too Hot to Handle |
Novak |
1959 |
The Mummy |
Kharis, the Mummy |
1959 |
The Treasure of San Teresa |
Jaeger |
1959 |
The Man Who Could Cheat Death |
Dr. Pierre Gerard |
1959 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
Sir Henry Baskerville |
1958 |
Corridors of Blood |
Resurrection Joe |
1958 |
The Battle of the V.1 |
Labor Camp Captain |
1958 |
Dracula |
Conde Dracula |
1958 |
A Tale of Two Cities |
Marquis St. Evremonde |
1957 |
The Truth About Women |
François |
1957 |
Bitter Victory |
Sgt. Barney |
1957 |
Manuela |
(voz) |
1957 |
The Curse of Frankenstein |
The Creature |
1957 |
The Traitor |
Dr. Neumann |
1957 |
Fortune Is a Woman |
Charles Highbury |
1957 |
Ill Met by Moonlight |
German officer at dentists |
1956 |
The Battle of the River Plate |
Manolo |
1956 |
Beyond Mombasa |
Gil Rossi |
1956 |
Alias John Preston |
John Preston |
1956 |
Port Afrique |
Franz Vermes |
1956 |
Private's Progress |
Gen. von Linbeck's aide |
1955 |
Storm Over the Nile |
Karaga Pasha |
1955 |
The Cockleshell Heroes |
Submarine Commander |
1955 |
The Dark Avenger |
French Patrol |
1955 |
Police Dog |
Johnny, a constable |
1955 |
That Lady |
Captain |
1955 |
Moby Dick Rehearsed |
A Stage Manager/Flask |
1955 |
Man in Demand |
|
1955 |
Final Column |
|
1955 |
Crossroads |
The Ghost |
1954 |
Destination Milan |
Svenson |
1953 |
Innocents in Paris |
Lieutenant Whitlock |
1953 |
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot |
|
1952 |
Moulin Rouge |
Georges Seurat |
1952 |
Babes in Bagdad |
Slave dealer |
1952 |
Paul Temple Returns |
Sir Felix Raybourne |
1952 |
Top Secret |
|
1952 |
The Crimson Pirate |
Joseph |
1951 |
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. |
Capitan Español |
1951 |
Valley of Eagles |
Det. Holt |
1950 |
Prelude to Fame |
Newsman |
1950 |
They Were Not Divided |
Chris Lewis |
1949 |
Trottie True |
Bongo |
1948 |
Scott of the Antarctic |
Bernard Day |
1948 |
Saraband for Dead Lovers |
Bit part |
1948 |
My Brother's Keeper |
Second Constable |
1948 |
A Song for Tomorrow |
Auguste |
1948 |
Penny and the Pownall Case |
Jonathan Blair |
1948 |
One Night with You |
Pirelli's Assistant |
1948 |
Hamlet |
Spear carrier |
1948 |
Corridor of Mirrors |
Charles |