Christopher Lee portrayed Count Dooku.
Christopher Lee . With a career spanning nearly 70 years , Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films . His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974 ) , Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ( 2001 -- 2003 ) and The Hobbit film trilogy ( 2012 -- 2014 ) , and Count Dooku in the second and third films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy ( 2002 and 2005 ) . Count Dooku is a fictional character from the Star Wars franchise , appearing in Star Wars : Episode II -- Attack of the Clones and Star Wars : Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith ( portrayed by Christopher Lee ) .