Christopher Plummer
Acting
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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movieHeroes of the Golden Mask
2023
Rizzo (voice)
movieMooseltoe
2021
Mooseking
movieKalahari: The Flooded Desert
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Last Full Measure
2020
Frank Pitsenbarger
movieKnives Out
2019
Harlan Thrombey
tvDeparture
2019
Howard Lawson
movieCliffs of Freedom
2019
Thanasi
movieHoward Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
2018
Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
movieAll the Money in the World
2017
Jean Paul Getty
movieThe Star
2017
King Herod (voice)
movieHoward Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
2017
Dr. West (voice)
movieThe Exception
2017
Kaiser Wilhelm II
movieHoward Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
2016
Dr. West (voice)
movieRemember
2015
Zev Guttman
moviePixies
2015
Pixie King (voice)
movieDanny Collins
2015
Frank Grubman
movieThe Forger
2014
Joseph Cutter
movieHector and the Search for Happiness
2014
Professor Coreman
movieMuhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
John Marshall Harlan
movieThe Legend of Sarila
2013
Croolik (voice)
movieTitans of the Ice Age
2013
Narrator
movieKali, the Little Vampire
2012
Narrator (english version)
movieBarrymore
2012
John Barrymore
movieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)
movieThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Henrik Vanger
movieBeginners
2011
Hal Fields
moviePriest
2011
Monsignor Orelas
movieThe Tempest
2010
Prospero
tvMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieMy Dog Tulip
2010
J.R. Ackerley (voice)
movieThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
Doctor Parnassus
movieThe Last Station
2009
Leo Tolstoy
movie9
2009
#1 (voice)
movieUp
2009
Charles Muntz (voice)
tvThe Summit
2008
P.J. Aimes
movieEmotional Arithmetic
2008
David Winters
movieAlready Dead
2007
Dr. Heller
movieMan in the Chair
2007
Flash Madden
movieNuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
2006
Narrator (voice over)
movieThe Lake House
2006
Simon Wyler
movieInside Man
2006
Arthur Case
movieThe New World
2005
Captain Newport
movieSyriana
2005
Dean Whiting
movieFour Minutes
2005
Archie Mason
movieOur Fathers
2005
Cardinal Bernard Law
tvMiracle Planet
2005
Himself - Host
movieAlexander
2004
Aristotle
movieNational Treasure
2004
John Adams Gates
movieCold Creek Manor
2003
Mr. Massie
movieThe Gospel of John
2003
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Life of Jesus
2003
Narrator
movieBlizzard
2003
Santa Claus
movieNicholas Nickleby
2002
Ralph Nickleby
movieAgent of Influence
2002
John Watkins
movieArarat
2002
David
Night Flight
2002
'Flash' Harry Peters
movieA Beautiful Mind
2001
Dr. Rosen
movieLucky Break
2001
Graham Mortimer
movieFull Disclosure
2001
Robert Lecker
movieOn Golden Pond
2001
Norman Thayer
movieDracula 2000
2000
Matthew Van Helsing
movieAmerican Tragedy
2000
F. Lee Bailey
moviePossessed
2000
Archbishop Hume
movieThe Dinosaur Hunter
2000
Hump Hinton
tvNuremberg
2000
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
movieHidden Agenda
1999
Ulrich Steiner
movieThe Insider
1999
Mike Wallace
movieMadeline: Lost in Paris
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Clown at Midnight
1999
Mr. Caruthers
movieWinchell
1998
Franklin D. Roosevelt
movieBlackheart
1998
Holmes
movieThe First Christmas
1998
Narrator (voice)
movieBabes in Toyland
1997
Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
movieSkeletons
1997
Reverend Carlyle
movieThe Arrow
1997
George Hees
tvThe Arrow
1997
George Hees
movieWe the Jury
1996
Wilfred Fransiscus
movieTwelve Monkeys
1995
Dr. Goines
movieHarrison Bergeron
1995
John Klaxon
movieDolores Claiborne
1995
John Mackey
movieCrackerjack
1994
Ivan Getz
movieWolf
1994
Raymond Alden
movieMichael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieA Stranger in the Mirror
1993
Clifton Lawrence
movieMalcolm X
1992
Chaplain Gill
movieImpolite
1992
Naples O'Rorke
movieSecrets
1992
Mel Wexler
movieThe First Circle
1992
Viktor Abakumov
movieLiar's Edge
1992
Harry Weldon
Madeline in London
1991
Narrator (voice)
movieMadeline and the Gypsies
1991
Narrator (voice)
movieRock-A-Doodle
1991
Grand Duke (voice)
movieMoney
1991
Martin Yahl
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991
Narrator (voice)
tvYoung Catherine
1991
Sir Charles
movieFirehead
1991
Col. Garland Vaughn
tvBerlin Lady
1991
Wilhelm Speer
movieMadeline's Christmas
1990
Narrator (voice)
movieRed Blooded American Girl
1990
Dr. John Alcore
tvCounterstrike
1990
Alexander Addington
movieA Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
The Grand Duke Ivan
movieMindfield
1989
Doctor Satorius
movieNabokov on Kafka
1989
Vladimir Nabokov
movieSouvenir
1989
Ernst Kestner
movieThe First Emperor of China
1989
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieShadow Dancing
1988
Edmund Beaumont
movieMadeline
1988
Narrator (voice)
tvMadeline
1988
Narrator (voice)
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Narrator
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Narrator (voice)
movieNosferatu in Venice
1988
Professor Paris Catalano
movieA Hazard of Hearts
1987
Sir Giles Staverley
movieDragnet
1987
Reverend Jonathan Whirley
movieI Love N.Y.
1987
John Robertson Yeats
Portraits of Canada
1987
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Nightingale
1987
Narrator (voice)
movieAn American Tail
1986
Henri (voice)
movieSpearfield's Daughter
1986
Lord Jack Cruze
tvCrossings
1986
Armand DeVilliers
movieThe Boss' Wife
1986
Mr. Roalvang
movieThe Tin Soldier
1986
Narrator (voice)
movieRumpelstiltskin
1985
Narrator
movieThe Velveteen Rabbit
1985
Narrator (voice)
movieLily in Love
1984
Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
tvThe Cosby Show
1984
Jonathan Lawrence
movieDreamscape
1984
Bob Blair
movieOrdeal by Innocence
1984
Leo Argyle
moviePrototype
1983
Dr. Carl Forrester
tvThe Thorn Birds
1983
Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
movieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
Col. Herbert Kappler
tvLittle Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
Reggie Vanderbilt
tvNature
1982
Narrator (voice)
movieHighpoint
1982
James Hatcher
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Alfred Stieglitz
movieThe Amateur
1981
Professor Lakos
movieBeing Different
1981
Self (Narrator) (voice)
movieDial M for Murder
1981
Tony Wendice
movieEyewitness
1981
Joseph
movieWhen the Circus Came to Town
1981
Duke Royal
movieDesperate Voyage
1980
Jacques Burrifous
movieSomewhere in Time
1980
William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
movieHanover Street
1979
Paul Sellinger
movieRiel
1979
Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
movieMurder by Decree
1979
Sherlock Holmes
movieStarcrash
1978
The Emperor
movieInternational Velvet
1978
John Seaton
movieThe Disappearance
1977
Deverell
movieThe Assignment
1977
Kaptain Behounek
The Sunday Drama
1977
Sherlock Holmes
tvJesus of Nazareth
1977
Herod Antipas
movieSilver Blaze
1977
Sherlock Holmes
tvArthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
Roscoe Heyward
movieAces High
1976
Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
movieThe Man Who Would Be King
1975
Rudyard Kipling
movieThe Day That Shook the World
1975
Archduke Ferdinand
movieConduct Unbecoming
1975
Major Alastair Wimbourne
movieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Sir Charles Litton
movieThe Spiral Staircase
1975
Dr. Joe Sherman
movieAfter the Fall
1974
Quentin
movieThe Happy Prince
1974
The Happy Prince (voice)
movieThe Pyx
1973
Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
movieWaterloo
1970
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
movieThe Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
Atahualpa
movieBattle of Britain
1969
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
movieLock Up Your Daughters
1969
Lord Foppington
movieNobody Runs Forever
1968
Sir James Quentin
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieOedipus the King
1968
Oedipus
tvOmnibus
1967
Narrator
movieThe Night of the Generals
1967
Field Marshal Rommel
movieTriple Cross
1966
Freddie Chapman
movieInside Daisy Clover
1966
Raymond Swan
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Don Juan
movieThe Sound of Music
1965
Captain Georg von Trapp
movieAn Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964
Narrator (voice)
Trans-Canada Journey
1963
Narrator (voice)
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
Cyrano de Bergerac
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
Captain Brassbound
movieA Doll's House
1959
Torvald
Johnny Belinda
1958
Dr. Jack Pelletier
movieWind Across the Everglades
1958
Walt Murdock
movieStage Struck
1958
Joe Sheridan
movieLittle Moon of Alban
1958
Kenneth Boyd
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957
Sir Miles Hendon
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter / Self - Winner / Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Presenter
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Walter Shelley
tvOmnibus
1952
Oedipus / Thomas Mendip
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Dr. Jack Pelletier / Torvald Helmer / Captain Brassbound / Prince Albert / Cyrano de Bergerac
tvStudio One
1948
Dick
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Madeline at the Ballet
Narrator (voice)
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movieBarrymore
2012
Executive Producer