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Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Acting December 13, 1929 (91 years old) February 5, 2021 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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".

Movies 197

Up 8.0

Up

as Charles Muntz (voice)

2009
Knives Out 7.8

Knives Out

as Harlan Thrombey

2019
A Beautiful Mind 7.9

A Beautiful Mind

as Dr. Rosen

2001
Twelve Monkeys 7.6

Twelve Monkeys

as Dr. Goines

1995
The Sound of Music 7.7

The Sound of Music

as Captain Georg von Trapp

1965
National Treasure 6.7

National Treasure

as John Adams Gates

2004
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7.4

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

as Henrik Vanger

2011
9 7.0

9

as #1 (voice)

2009
Inside Man 7.4

Inside Man

as Arthur Case

2006
Alexander 6.0

Alexander

as Aristotle

2004
Priest 5.9

Priest

as Monsignor Orelas

2011
The Insider 7.5

The Insider

as Mike Wallace

1999
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 7.0

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

as Chang

1991
Malcolm X 7.6

Malcolm X

as Chaplain Gill

1992
All the Money in the World 6.5

All the Money in the World

as Jean Paul Getty

2017
The Lake House 7.0

The Lake House

as Simon Wyler

2006
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 6.4

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

as Doctor Parnassus

2009
Syriana 6.4

Syriana

as Dean Whiting

2005
Dracula 2000 5.2

Dracula 2000

as Matthew Van Helsing

2000
Somewhere in Time 7.5

Somewhere in Time

as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson

1980
The Star 6.5

The Star

as King Herod (voice)

2017
Hanover Street 5.7

Hanover Street

as Paul Sellinger

1979
The Man Who Would Be King 7.5

The Man Who Would Be King

as Rudyard Kipling

1975
The Fall of the Roman Empire 6.4

The Fall of the Roman Empire

as Commodus

1964
The New World 6.5

The New World

as Captain Newport

2005
Battle of Britain 6.8

Battle of Britain

as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey

1969
An American Tail 6.8

An American Tail

as Henri (voice)

1986
The Man Who Invented Christmas 6.9

The Man Who Invented Christmas

as Scrooge

2017
Wolf 6.1

Wolf

as Raymond Alden

1994
Dolores Claiborne 7.3

Dolores Claiborne

as John Mackey

1995
The Return of the Pink Panther 6.8

The Return of the Pink Panther

as Sir Charles Litton

1975
Danny Collins 6.7

Danny Collins

as Frank Grubman

2015
Waterloo 7.1

Waterloo

as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

1970
The Night of the Generals 6.8

The Night of the Generals

as Field Marshal Rommel

1967
Must Love Dogs 5.9

Must Love Dogs

as Bill

2005
Remember 7.3

Remember

as Zev Guttman

2015
Cold Creek Manor 5.3

Cold Creek Manor

as Mr. Massie

2003
The Forger 5.8

The Forger

as Joseph Cutter

2014
The Exception 6.9

The Exception

as Kaiser Wilhelm II

2017
The Last Full Measure 7.3

The Last Full Measure

as Frank Pitsenbarger

2020
Dreamscape 6.1

Dreamscape

as Bob Blair

1984
Dragnet 6.0

Dragnet

as Reverend Jonathan Whirley

1987
Rock-A-Doodle 6.2

Rock-A-Doodle

as Grand Duke (voice)

1991
Murder by Decree 6.4

Murder by Decree

as Sherlock Holmes

1979
The Last Station 6.4

The Last Station

as Leo Tolstoy

2009
Starcrash 4.3

Starcrash

as The Emperor

1978
Beginners 6.8

Beginners

as Hal Fields

2011
The Scarlet and the Black 7.1

The Scarlet and the Black

as Col. Herbert Kappler

1983
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 7.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012
Nicholas Nickleby 6.8

Nicholas Nickleby

as Ralph Nickleby

2002
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 6.4

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as John Marshall Harlan

2013
Triple Cross 6.1

Triple Cross

as Freddie Chapman

1966
Prototype 6.3

Prototype

as Dr. Carl Forrester

1983
The Gospel of John 7.5

The Gospel of John

as Narrator (voice)

2003
Harrison Bergeron 6.8

Harrison Bergeron

as John Klaxon

1995
The Silent Partner 7.1

The Silent Partner

as Reikle

1978
Eyewitness 5.6

Eyewitness

as Joseph

1981
The Legend of Sarila 4.9

The Legend of Sarila

as Croolik (voice)

2013
Blizzard 6.0

Blizzard

as Santa Claus

2003
Boundaries 5.6

Boundaries

as Jack

2018
Heroes of the Golden Mask 6.5

Heroes of the Golden Mask

as Rizzo (voice)

2023
Where the Heart Is 6.2

Where the Heart Is

as Shitty

1990
Elsa & Fred 6.0

Elsa & Fred

as Fred

2014
Aces High 5.9

Aces High

as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair

1976
The Boy in Blue 5.0

The Boy in Blue

as Knox

1986
Closing the Ring 6.1

Closing the Ring

as Jack

2007
Madeline: Lost in Paris 6.8

Madeline: Lost in Paris

as Narrator (voice)

1999
A Ghost in Monte Carlo 5.3

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

as The Grand Duke Ivan

1990
Ordeal by Innocence 5.1

Ordeal by Innocence

as Leo Argyle

1984
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness 4.5

Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness

as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)

2018
A Hazard of Hearts 7.8

A Hazard of Hearts

as Sir Giles Staverley

1987
Already Dead 5.6

Already Dead

as Dr. Heller

2007
Dial M for Murder 6.2

Dial M for Murder

as Tony Wendice

1981
The First Emperor of China 5.2

The First Emperor of China

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1989
Night of 100 Stars 5.8

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

1982
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster 6.3

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

as Self

2021
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 8.0

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Narrator (voice)

1988
Wind Across the Everglades 6.2

Wind Across the Everglades

as Walt Murdock

1958
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom 4.3

Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom

as Dr. West (voice)

2017
Nosferatu in Venice 5.8

Nosferatu in Venice

as Professor Paris Catalano

1988
Red Blooded American Girl 3.9

Red Blooded American Girl

as Dr. John Alcore

1990
Mindfield 4.8

Mindfield

as Doctor Satorius

1989
Babes in Toyland 5.3

Babes in Toyland

as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)

1997
Hector and the Search for Happiness 6.7

Hector and the Search for Happiness

as Professor Coreman

2014
Crackerjack 4.1

Crackerjack

as Ivan Getz

1994
Possessed 5.4

Possessed

as Archbishop Hume

2000
Winchell 5.9

Winchell

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

1998
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 6.5

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

as Self

2019
International Velvet 7.4

International Velvet

as John Seaton

1978
Our Fathers 6.5

Our Fathers

as Cardinal Bernard Law

2005
Lily in Love 6.2

Lily in Love

as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova

1984
Inside Daisy Clover 5.6

Inside Daisy Clover

as Raymond Swan

1966
The Amateur 5.4

The Amateur

as Professor Lakos

1981
Ararat 6.1

Ararat

as David

2002
Pixies 4.7

Pixies

as Pixie King (voice)

2015
The Pyx 5.5

The Pyx

as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson

1973
Nobody Runs Forever 6.0

Nobody Runs Forever

as Sir James Quentin

1968
The Clown at Midnight 4.5

The Clown at Midnight

as Mr. Caruthers

1999
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom 4.7

Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom

as Dr. West (voice)

2016
Secrets 5.0

Secrets

as Mel Wexler

1992
Full Disclosure 4.5

Full Disclosure

as Robert Lecker

2001
When the Circus Came to Town 7.3

When the Circus Came to Town

as Duke Royal

1981
A Stranger in the Mirror 4.4

A Stranger in the Mirror

as Clifton Lawrence

1993
Man in the Chair 6.3

Man in the Chair

as Flash Madden

2007
Lucky Break 6.3

Lucky Break

as Graham Mortimer

2001
Highpoint 5.1

Highpoint

as James Hatcher

1984
The Day That Shook the World 6.1

The Day That Shook the World

as Archduke Ferdinand

1975
Titans of the Ice Age 7.1

Titans of the Ice Age

as Narrator

2013
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic 7.7

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

as Narrator

1993
Lock Up Your Daughters 6.0

Lock Up Your Daughters

as Lord Foppington

1969
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 6.0

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

as Self

1982
Conduct Unbecoming 5.9

Conduct Unbecoming

as Major Alastair Wimbourne

1975
The Conspiracy of Fear 8.3

The Conspiracy of Fear

as Wakeman

1996
The Boss' Wife 5.0

The Boss' Wife

as Mr. Roalvang

1986
The Royal Hunt of the Sun 6.1

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

as Atahualpa

1969
Madeline and the Gypsies 6.0

Madeline and the Gypsies

as Narrator (voice)

1991
The River of My Dreams

The River of My Dreams

as Himself

2017
The Disappearance 5.6

The Disappearance

as Deverell

1977
Rumpelstiltskin 3.0

Rumpelstiltskin

as Narrator

1985
Skeletons 4.2

Skeletons

as Reverend Carlyle

1997
Discovering Hamlet 7.5

Discovering Hamlet

as Self

2011
I Love N.Y. 5.8

I Love N.Y.

as John Robertson Yeats

1987
Hidden Agenda 3.2

Hidden Agenda

as Ulrich Steiner

1999
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages 4.7

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

as Self

2002
Boris Karloff:  The Rest of the Story 10.0

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

as Self

2022
The Life of Jesus

The Life of Jesus

as Narrator

2003
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes 8.0

Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes

as Narrator (voice over)

2006
The Arrow 7.0

The Arrow

as George Hees

1997
The Spiral Staircase 5.1

The Spiral Staircase

as Dr. Joe Sherman

1975
The Captains: Still Kicking 6.0

The Captains: Still Kicking

as Self

2013
Emotional Arithmetic 5.5

Emotional Arithmetic

as David Winters

2008
Madeline at the Ballet 2.0

Madeline at the Ballet

as Narrator (voice)

Being Different 6.8

Being Different

as Self (Narrator) (voice)

1981
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold 10.0

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

as Self (archive footage)

1994
Salzburg Sight and Sound 9.0

Salzburg Sight and Sound

as Self

1965
Liar's Edge 4.5

Liar's Edge

as Harry Weldon

1992
Desperate Voyage 7.2

Desperate Voyage

as Jacques Burrifous

1980
Stage Struck 6.0

Stage Struck

as Joe Sheridan

1958
Bondarchuk. Battle

Bondarchuk. Battle

as self

2021
Riel 6.0

Riel

as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald

1979
The Happy Prince 6.2

The Happy Prince

as The Happy Prince (voice)

1974
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

as Self

2006
On Golden Pond 8.3

On Golden Pond

as Norman Thayer

2001
Cliffs of Freedom 7.1

Cliffs of Freedom

as Thanasi

2019
Impolite 10.0

Impolite

as Naples O'Rorke

1992
Blackheart 4.2

Blackheart

as Holmes

1998
The Shadow Box 5.3

The Shadow Box

as Brian

1980
Arthur Miller on Home Ground 10.0

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

as Self

1979
Night Flight 7.5

Night Flight

as 'Flash' Harry Peters

2002
Money 5.5

Money

as Martin Yahl

1991
Kali, the Little Vampire 6.5

Kali, the Little Vampire

as Narrator (english version)

2012
Back To "Somewhere In Time" 8.0

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

as Self

2000
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' 7.0

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'

as Self

1996
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim

Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim

as Self

2012
The Dinosaur Hunter 6.1

The Dinosaur Hunter

as Hump Hinton

2000
Oedipus the King 6.0

Oedipus the King

as Oedipus

1968
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

as Narrator (voice)

1964
Hamlet {Solo}

Hamlet {Solo}

as Self

2007
Captain Brassbound's Conversion

Captain Brassbound's Conversion

as Captain Brassbound

1960
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer 8.0

30 Minutes, Mister Plummer

as Self

1963
Souvenir 6.0

Souvenir

as Ernst Kestner

1989
Hamlet at Elsinore 8.0

Hamlet at Elsinore

as Hamlet

1964
Firehead 2.9

Firehead

as Col. Garland Vaughn

1991
The First Circle 5.0

The First Circle

as Viktor Abakumov

1992
Four Minutes 4.9

Four Minutes

as Archie Mason

2005
American Tragedy 5.8

American Tragedy

as F. Lee Bailey

2000
Agent of Influence 6.9

Agent of Influence

as John Watkins

2002
Madeline 6.3

Madeline

as Narrator (voice)

1988
My Dog Tulip 6.4

My Dog Tulip

as J.R. Ackerley (voice)

2010
Shadow Dancing 4.2

Shadow Dancing

as Edmund Beaumont

1988
The Assignment 6.8

The Assignment

as Kaptain Behounek

1977
The Velveteen Rabbit 5.8

The Velveteen Rabbit

as Narrator (voice)

1985
Madeline and the Bad Hat

Madeline and the Bad Hat

as Narrator (voice)

1991
The Tempest 8.0

The Tempest

as Prospero

2010
Little Moon of Alban 10.0

Little Moon of Alban

as Kenneth Boyd

1958
Silver Blaze 8.0

Silver Blaze

as Sherlock Holmes

1977
The First Christmas 6.7

The First Christmas

as Narrator (voice)

1998
Barrymore 6.4

Barrymore

as John Barrymore

2012
We the Jury 7.0

We the Jury

as Wilfred Fransiscus

1996
Nabokov on Kafka 7.5

Nabokov on Kafka

as Vladimir Nabokov

1989
Madeline's Christmas 5.3

Madeline's Christmas

as Narrator (voice)

1990
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert 10.0

Kalahari: The Flooded Desert

as Narrator (voice)

2021
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special 7.0

The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special

as Self

2015
A Short Film About Making Beginners

A Short Film About Making Beginners

2011
After the Fall 8.0

After the Fall

as Quentin

1974
Cyrano De Bergerac 9.0

Cyrano De Bergerac

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1962
Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

as Caesar

2009
A Doll's House 10.0

A Doll's House

as Torvald

1959
Madeline in London

Madeline in London

as Narrator (voice)

1991
Trans-Canada Journey 8.0

Trans-Canada Journey

as Narrator (voice)

1963
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century 8.0

Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century

as Narrator (voice)

The Tin Soldier 6.0

The Tin Soldier

as Narrator (voice)

1986
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree 8.0

The Little Crooked Christmas Tree

as Narrator

1990
The Nightingale

The Nightingale

as Narrator (voice)

1987
Mooseltoe

Mooseltoe

as Mooseking

2021
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

as Dr. Jack Pelletier

1958
Portraits of Canada 7.0

Portraits of Canada

as Narrator (voice)

1987

TV Shows 49

The Mike Douglas Show 5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

1961
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5.5

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

2003
Nature 7.9

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

1982
The Dick Cavett Show 6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
The Cosby Show 7.0

The Cosby Show

as Jonathan Lawrence

1984
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
American Experience 6.5

American Experience

as Narrator

1988
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

1956
Film '72 5.1

Film '72

as Self

1971
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as Dick

1948
BBC Play of the Month 5.2

BBC Play of the Month

as Don Juan

1965
Omnibus 7.2

Omnibus

as Narrator

1967
American Playhouse 6.6

American Playhouse

as Alfred Stieglitz

1982
The Ed Sullivan Show 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

1948
Omnibus 7.0

Omnibus

1952
Omnibus 7.0

Omnibus

as Oedipus

1952
Omnibus 7.0

Omnibus

as Thomas Mendip

1952
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

1949
Departure 6.5

Departure

as Howard Lawson

2019
Counterstrike 7.0

Counterstrike

as Alexander Addington

1990
Jesus of Nazareth 7.8

Jesus of Nazareth

as Herod Antipas

1977
The Thorn Birds 7.2

The Thorn Birds

as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese

1983
Madeline 5.9

Madeline

as Narrator (voice)

1988
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Walter Shelley

1953
SuperTed 6.8

SuperTed

1983
DuPont Show of the Month 7.4

DuPont Show of the Month

as Sir Miles Hendon

1957
Nuremberg 7.4

Nuremberg

as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

2000
The Sunday Drama 5.0

The Sunday Drama

as Sherlock Holmes

1977
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Jack Pelletier

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Torvald Helmer

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Captain Brassbound

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Prince Albert

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cyrano de Bergerac

1951
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 5.4

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010
NBC Sunday Showcase 5.0

NBC Sunday Showcase

1959
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers 4.0

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

as Roscoe Heyward

1976
The Summit 5.6

The Summit

as P.J. Aimes

2008
Young Catherine 5.9

Young Catherine

as Sir Charles

1991
Crossings 4.7

Crossings

as Armand DeVilliers

1986
Kraft Television Theatre 10.0

Kraft Television Theatre

1953
Little Gloria... Happy at Last 5.8

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

as Reggie Vanderbilt

1982
The Arrow 7.0

The Arrow

as George Hees

1997
Spearfield's Daughter

Spearfield's Daughter

as Lord Jack Cruze

1986
Miracle Planet 6.0

Miracle Planet

as Himself - Host

2005
Berlin Lady 10.0

Berlin Lady

as Wilhelm Speer

1991

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