--- title: Christopher Lee's Career in Pictures description: From villain to hero, see the actor's wide range of roles that spanned decades and genres canonical: https://time.com/3917476/sir-christopher-lee-memorable-roles/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-11T13:16:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:06.288Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Christopher Lee's Career in Pictures og:description: From villain to hero, see the actor's wide range of roles that spanned decades and genres og:url: https://time.com/3917476/sir-christopher-lee-memorable-roles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa11267e556202ac/69885417e20a874ba2a8bcb1/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Christopher-Lee-memorable-roles-12 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Christopher Lee's Career in Pictures twitter:description: From villain to hero, see the actor's wide range of roles that spanned decades and genres twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa11267e556202ac/69885417e20a874ba2a8bcb1/christopher-lee-memorable-roles-12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Christopher Lee's Career in Pictures by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 11, 2015 1:16 PM CUT  Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers (2002). Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers (2002).New Line Productions by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 11, 2015 1:16 PM CUT  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Warner Bros  Christopher Lee and Daliah Lavi in The Whip and the Body (1963). Francinor-PIP Leone Film Titanus  Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1963). Hammer/ Warner  Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man (1973). Rialto Pictures  Christopher Lee and Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). MGM  Christopher Lee in House of the Long Shadows (1983). MGM  Christopher Lee in Howling II- ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985). MGM  Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Warner Bros.  Christopher Lee in Star Wars- Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Lucasfilm  Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers (2002). New Line Productions  Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars- Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). Lucasfilm  Christopher Lee and Paz Vega in Triage (2009). Parallel Films  Christopher Lee and Charlotte Rampling in Boogie Woogie (2009). IFC Films  Christopher Lee and Gary Stretch in The Heavy (2010). Grindstone Entertainment  Christopher Lee in The Resident (2011). Image Entertainment  Christopher Lee in Season of the Witch (2011). Season of the Witch Distributions  Christopher Lee and Asa Butterfield in Hugo (2011). 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