Christopher Plummer profile
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Christopher Plummer

13th December 1929 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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".

198 Movies 38 TV Shows 236 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Star poster
The Star 15th November 2017 as King Herod (voice)
Pixies poster
Pixies 5th June 2015 as Pixie King (voice)
Priest poster
Priest 5th May 2011 as Monsignor Orelas
9 poster
9 19th August 2009 as #1 (voice)
Up poster
Up 28th May 2009 as Charles Muntz (voice)
Syriana poster
Syriana 23rd November 2005 as Dean Whiting
Winchell poster
Winchell 21st November 1998 as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wolf poster
Wolf 17th June 1994 as Raymond Alden
Impolite poster
Impolite 16th September 1992 as Naples O'Rorke
Money poster
Money 6th April 1991 as Martin Yahl
Firehead poster
Firehead 25th January 1991 as Col. Garland Vaughn
Madeline poster
Madeline 7th November 1988 as Narrator (voice)
Dragnet poster
Dragnet 26th June 1987 as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Lily in Love poster
Lily in Love 17th October 1984 as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Prototype poster
Prototype 7th December 1983 as Dr. Carl Forrester
Riel poster
Riel 11th April 1979 as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Aces High poster
Aces High 19th May 1976 as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
The Pyx poster
The Pyx 8th September 1973 as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Waterloo poster
Waterloo 26th October 1970 as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Nuremberg poster
Nuremberg 16th July 2000 as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
Madeline poster
Madeline 7th November 1988 as Narrator (voice)
Crossings poster
Crossings 23rd February 1986 as Armand DeVilliers
Nature poster
Nature 10th October 1982 as Narrator (voice)
Omnibus poster
Omnibus 9th November 1952 as Thomas Mendip