Christopher Plummer

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

Homepage http://www.christopherplummer.eu/
Birth Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born 1929-12-13
Died 2021-02-05

Movies

Heroes of the Golden Masks as Rizzo (voice)
2023
The Kalahari: The Flooded Desert as Narrator (voice)
2021
2021
The Last Full Measure as Frank Pitsenbarger
2020
Knives Out as Harlan Thrombey
2019
Cliffs of Freedom as Thanasi
2019
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
2018
Boundaries as Jack Jaconi
2018
All the Money in the World as Jean Paul Getty
2017
The Star as King Herod (voice)
2017
2017
The Exception as Kaiser Wilhelm II
2017
2017
2016
Remember as Zev Guttman
2015
Pixies as Pixie King (voice)
2015
Danny Collins as Frank Grubman
2015
The Forger as Joseph Cutter
2014
2014
Elsa & Fred as Fred
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as John Marshall Harlan
2013
The Legend of Sarila as Croolik (voice)
2013
Titans of the Ice Age as Narrator
2013
Still Kicking as Himself
2013
Kali, the Little Vampire as Narrator (english version)
2012
Barrymore as John Barrymore
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2012
2011
2011
Beginners as Hal Fields
2011
Priest as Monsignor Orelas
2011
The Tempest as Prospero
2010
Madeline's Christmas as Narrator
2010
My Dog Tulip as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
2010
2009
The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy
2009
9 as 1 (voice)
2009
Up as Charles F. Muntz (voice)
2009
2009
Emotional Arithmetic as David Winters
2008
Already Dead as Dr. Heller
2007
2007
Man in the Chair as Flash Madden
2007
The Lake House as Simon Wyler
2006
Inside Man as Arthur Case
2006
The New World as Captain Newport
2005
Syriana as Dean Whiting
2005
Four Minutes as Archie Mason
2005
Must Love Dogs as Bill
2005
Our Fathers as Cardinal Bernard Law
2005
Alexander as Aristotle
2004
National Treasure as John Adams Gates
2004
Cold Creek Manor as Mr. Massie
2003
The Gospel of John as Narrator (voice)
2003
The Life Of Jesus as Narrator
2003
Blizzard as Santa Claus
2003
Nicholas Nickleby as Ralph Nickleby
2002
Agent of Influence as John Watkins
2002
Ararat as David
2002
Night Flight as 'Flash' Harry Peters
2002
A Beautiful Mind as Dr. Rosen
2001
Lucky Break as Graham Mortimer
2001
Full Disclosure as Robert Lecker
2001
On Golden Pond as Norman Thayer
2001
Dracula 2000 as Matthew Van Helsing
2000
American Tragedy as F. Lee Bailey
2000
Possessed as Archbishop Hume
2000
2000
The Dinosaur Hunter as Hump Hinton
2000
Hidden Agenda as Ulrich Steiner
1999
The Insider as Mike Wallace
1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris as Narrator (voice)
1999
Winchell as Franklin D. Roosevelt
1998
The Clown at Midnight as Mr. Caruthers
1998
Blackheart as Holmes
1998
The First Christmas as Narrator (voice)
1998
Babes in Toyland as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
1997
Skeletons as Reverend Carlyle
1997
The Arrow as George Hees
1997
1996
Twelve Monkeys as Dr. Goines
1995
Harrison Bergeron as John Klaxon
1995
Dolores Claiborne as John Mackey
1995
Crackerjack as Ivan Getz
1994
Wolf as Raymond Alden
1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self (archive footage)
1994
Madeline at the Ballet as Narrator (voice)
1993
A Stranger in the Mirror as Clifton Lawrence
1993
1993
Malcolm X as Chaplain Gill
1992
Impolite as Naples O'Rorke
1992
Secrets as Mel Wexler
1992
Liar's Edge as Harry Weldon
1992
Madeline in London as Narrator (voice)
1991
Madeline and the Gypsies as Narrator (voice)
1991
Rock-A-Doodle as Grand Duke (voice)
1991
Money as Martin Yahl
1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat as Narrator (voice)
1991
Firehead as Col. Garland Vaughn
1991
Red Blooded American Girl as Dr. John Alcore
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo as The Grand Duke Ivan
1990
Where the Heart Is as Shitty
1990
Mindfield as Doctor Satorius
1989
Nabokov on Kafka as Vladimir Nabokov
1989
Souvenir as Ernst Kestner
1989
1989
Shadow Dancing as Edmund Beaumont
1988
Madeline as Narrator (voice)
1988
Nosferatu in Venice as Professor Paris Catalano
1988
A Hazard of Hearts as Sir Giles Staverley
1987
Dragnet as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
1987
I Love N.Y. as John Robertson Yeats
1987
The Nightingale as Narrator (voice)
1987
An American Tail as Henri (voice)
1986
Spearfield's Daughter as Lord Jack Cruze
1986
The Boy in Blue as Knox
1986
The Boss' Wife as Mr. Roalvang
1986
The Tin Soldier as Narrator (voice)
1986
Rumpelstiltskin as Narrator
1985
The Velveteen Rabbit as Narrator (voice)
1985
Lily in Love as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
1984
Dreamscape as Bob Blair
1984
Ordeal by Innocence as Leo Argyle
1984
Prototype as Dr. Carl Forrester
1983
The Scarlet and the Black as Col. Herbert Kappler
1983
Highpoint as James Hatcher
1982
1982
The Amateur as Professor Lakos
1981
Being Different as Self (Narrator) (voice)
1981
Dial M for Murder as Tony Wendice
1981
Eyewitness as Joseph
1981
1981
Desperate Voyage as Jacques Burrifous
1980
Somewhere in Time as William Fawcett Robinson
1980
The Shadow Box as Brian
1980
Hanover Street as Paul Sellinger
1979
Murder by Decree as Sherlock Holmes
1979
Starcrash as The Emperor
1978
The Silent Partner as Reikle
1978
International Velvet as John Seaton
1978
The Disappearance as Deverell
1977
The Assignment as Kaptain Behounek
1977
Silver Blaze as Sherlock Holmes
1977
Aces High as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
1976
The Man Who Would Be King as Rudyard Kipling
1975
The Day That Shook the World as Archduke Ferdinand
1975
The Return of the Pink Panther as Sir Charles Litton
1975
The Spiral Staircase as Dr. Sherman
1975
Conduct Unbecoming as Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
1975
The Happy Prince as The Happy Prince (voice)
1974
After the Fall as Quentin
1974
The Pyx as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
1973
Waterloo as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
1970
1969
Battle of Britain as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters as Lord Foppington
1969
Nobody Runs Forever as Sir James Quentin
1968
Oedipus the King as Oedipus
1968
The Night of the Generals as Field Marshal Rommel
1967
Triple Cross as Freddie Chapman
1966
Inside Daisy Clover as Raymond Swan
1965
The Sound of Music as Captain Georg von Trapp
1965
Hamlet at Elsinore as Hamlet
1964
1964
Trans-Canada Journey as Narrator (voice)
1963
1963
Captain Brassbound's Conversation as Captain Brassbound
1960
A Doll's House as Torvald
1959
Johnny Belinda as Dr. Jack Pelletier
1958
Wind Across the Everglades as Walt Murdock
1958
Stage Struck as Joe Sheridan
1958
Little Moon of Alban as Kenneth Boyd
1958

Movies

Barrymore Executive Producer
2012