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