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