Christopher Plummer
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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, and notable film performances include The Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Insider. In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries The Thorn Birds. In the 21st century, his film roles include The Insider as Mike Wallace, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, the Disney–Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as '1', The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger, and Beginners as Hal. Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest actor and person ever to win an Academy Award. On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".
Known for
Credits
Inside Man (2006)
as Arthur Case
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Up (2009)
as Charles Muntz (voice)
Knives Out (2019)
as Harlan Thrombey
The Sound of Music (1965)
as Captain Georg von Trapp
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
as Dr. Rosen
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
as Dr. Goines
National Treasure (2004)
as John Adams Gates
9 (2009)
as #1 (voice)
Priest (2011)
as Monsignor Orelas
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
as Henrik Vanger
The Star (2017)
as King Herod (voice)
Alexander (2004)
as Aristotle
The Lake House (2006)
as Simon Wyler
An American Tail (1986)
as Henri (voice)
Malcolm X (1992)
as Chaplain Gill
The Insider (1999)
as Mike Wallace
Somewhere in Time (1980)
as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
as John Mackey
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
as Doctor Parnassus
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
as Scrooge
Battle of Britain (1969)
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Dracula 2000 (2000)
as Matthew Van Helsing
Syriana (2005)
as Dean Whiting
The New World (2005)
as Captain Newport
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
as Chang
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
as Commodus
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
as Sir Charles Litton
Danny Collins (2015)
as Frank Grubman
Wolf (1994)
as Raymond Alden
All the Money in the World (2017)
as Jean Paul Getty
Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
as Grand Duke (voice)
Waterloo (1970)
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Cold Creek Manor (2003)
as Mr. Massie
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
as Col. Herbert Kappler
The Last Full Measure (2020)
as Frank Pitsenbarger
The Exception (2017)
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Dragnet (1987)
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Must Love Dogs (2005)
as Bill
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
as Rudyard Kipling
The Forger (2014)
as Joseph Cutter
Beginners (2011)
as Hal Fields
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Ralph Nickleby
Hanover Street (1979)
as Paul Sellinger
Starcrash (1978)
as The Emperor
Remember (2015)
as Zev Guttman
Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
as Professor Coreman
The Night of the Generals (1967)
as Field Marshal Rommel
Triple Cross (1966)
as Freddie Chapman
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Elsa & Fred (2014)
as Fred
Aces High (1976)
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Dreamscape (1984)
as Bob Blair
Oedipus the King (1968)
as Oedipus
The Gospel of John (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Our Fathers (2005)
as Cardinal Bernard Law
The Boy in Blue (1986)
as Knox
Closing the Ring (2007)
as Jack
The Boss' Wife (1986)
as Mr. Roalvang
The Last Station (2009)
as Leo Tolstoy
Souvenir (1989)
as Ernst Kestner
Murder by Decree (1979)
as Sherlock Holmes
Eyewitness (1981)
as Joseph
Lucky Break (2001)
as Graham Mortimer
The Amateur (1981)
as Professor Lakos
Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
as Leo Argyle
Ararat (2002)
as David
Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
as Professor Paris Catalano
Prototype (1983)
as Dr. Carl Forrester
The Silent Partner (1978)
as Reikle
Boundaries (2018)
as Jack
Possessed (2000)
as Archbishop Hume
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
as John Marshall Harlan
The Arrow (1997)
as George Hees
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Winchell (1998)
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
as Sir James Quentin
Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
as Raymond Swan
Already Dead (2007)
as Dr. Heller
The Legend of Sarila (2013)
as Croolik (voice)
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as Self
Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023)
as Rizzo (voice)
My Dog Tulip (2010)
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
International Velvet (1978)
as John Seaton
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness (2018)
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Liar's Edge (1992)
as Harry Weldon
We the Jury (1996)
as Wilfred Fransiscus
Where the Heart Is (1990)
as Shitty
Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
as Hamlet
Harrison Bergeron (1995)
as John Klaxon
Blizzard (2003)
as Santa Claus
Night Flight (2002)
as 'Flash' Harry Peters
Hamlet {Solo} (2007)
as Self
Highpoint (1982)
as James Hatcher
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019)
as Self
The Clown at Midnight (1999)
as Mr. Caruthers
A Hazard of Hearts (1987)
as Sir Giles Staverley
The Pyx (1973)
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as Major Alastair Wimbourne
Man in the Chair (2007)
as Flash Madden
Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Red Blooded American Girl (1990)
as Dr. John Alcore
Agent of Influence (2002)
as John Watkins
Four Minutes (2005)
as Archie Mason
On Golden Pond (2001)
as Norman Thayer
The First Emperor of China (1989)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Full Disclosure (2001)
as Robert Lecker
Cliffs of Freedom (2019)
as Thanasi
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
as Atahualpa
Mindfield (1989)
as Doctor Satorius
Crackerjack (1994)
as Ivan Getz
Desperate Voyage (1980)
as Jacques Burrifous
A Stranger in the Mirror (1993)
as Clifton Lawrence
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Lily in Love (1984)
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Stage Struck (1958)
as Joe Sheridan
Emotional Arithmetic (2008)
as David Winters
The Tempest (2010)
as Prospero
Secrets (1992)
as Mel Wexler
Babes in Toyland (1997)
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
The Life of Jesus (2003)
as Narrator
Hidden Agenda (1999)
as Ulrich Steiner
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' (1996)
as Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Actor
The First Circle (1992)
as Viktor Abakumov
The Disappearance (1977)
as Deverell
I Love N.Y. (1987)
as John Robertson Yeats
Titans of the Ice Age (2013)
as Narrator
Blackheart (1998)
as Holmes
Skeletons (1997)
as Reverend Carlyle
Pixies (2015)
as Pixie King (voice)
Impolite (1992)
as Naples O'Rorke
The Dinosaur Hunter (2000)
as Hump Hinton
Money (1991)
as Martin Yahl
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
as Walt Murdock
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017)
as Dr. West (voice)
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes (2006)
as Narrator (voice over)
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)
as Lord Foppington
Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
Actor
A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
as The Grand Duke Ivan
The Shadow Box (1980)
as Brian
The Velveteen Rabbit (1985)
as Narrator (voice)
Being Different (1981)
as Self (Narrator) (voice)
American Tragedy (2000)
as F. Lee Bailey
Bondarchuk. Battle (2021)
as self
Madeline at the Ballet (—)
as Narrator (voice)
After the Fall (1974)
as Quentin
Cyrano De Bergerac (1962)
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Dial M for Murder (1981)
as Tony Wendice
Johnny Belinda (1958)
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Silver Blaze (1977)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Tin Soldier (1986)
as Narrator (voice)
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
as Self
Riel (1979)
as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Kali, the Little Vampire (2012)
as Narrator (english version)
Rumpelstiltskin (1985)
as Narrator
Shadow Dancing (1988)
as Edmund Beaumont
Firehead (1991)
as Col. Garland Vaughn
Caesar and Cleopatra (2009)
as Caesar
The Day That Shook the World (1975)
as Archduke Ferdinand
The Spiral Staircase (1975)
as Dr. Joe Sherman
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016)
as Dr. West (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
as Self
When the Circus Came to Town (1981)
as Duke Royal
The Captains: Still Kicking (2013)
as Self
The Happy Prince (1974)
as The Happy Prince (voice)
Barrymore (2012)
as John Barrymore
A Doll's House (1959)
as Torvald
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)
as Self
The Conspiracy of Fear (1996)
as Wakeman
Little Moon of Alban (1958)
as Kenneth Boyd
The Nightingale (1987)
as Narrator (voice)
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)
as Self
Spearfield's Daughter (1986)
as Lord Jack Cruze
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993)
as Narrator
The Assignment (1977)
as Kaptain Behounek
Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1960)
as Captain Brassbound
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
The River of My Dreams (2017)
as Himself
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer (1963)
as Himself
Nabokov on Kafka (1989)
as Vladimir Nabokov
Madeline and the Gypsies (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Back To "Somewhere In Time" (2000)
as Self
Salzburg Sight and Sound (1965)
as Self
Madeline's Christmas (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
Mooseltoe (2021)
as Mooseking
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special (2015)
as Self
A Short Film About Making Beginners (2011)
Actor
Madeline (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Bad Hat (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim (2012)
as Self
Madeline in London (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
The First Christmas (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Trans-Canada Journey (1963)
as Narrator (voice)
Portraits of Canada (1987)
as Narrator (voice)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century (—)
as Narrator (voice)
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree (1990)
as Narrator