Christopher Plummer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 13, 1929
- Died
- February 5, 2021 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- 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".
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Filmography
Madeline at the Ballet
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Movie · as Rizzo (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie · as Self
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Mooseltoe
Movie · as Mooseking
Bondarchuk. Battle
Movie · as self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie · as Self
The Last Full Measure
Movie · as Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out
Movie · as Harlan Thrombey
Cliffs of Freedom
Movie · as Thanasi
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie · as Self
Departure
TV · as Howard Lawson · 9 eps
Boundaries
Movie · as Jack
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
Movie · as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
The Exception
Movie · as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The River of My Dreams
Movie · as Himself
The Star
Movie · as King Herod (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Movie · as Scrooge
All the Money in the World
Movie · as Jean Paul Getty
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Movie · as Dr. West (voice)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Movie · as Dr. West (voice)
Remember
Movie · as Zev Guttman
Danny Collins
Movie · as Frank Grubman
Pixies
Movie · as Pixie King (voice)
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Movie · as Self
The Forger
Movie · as Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Movie · as Professor Coreman
Elsa & Fred
Movie · as Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Movie · as John Marshall Harlan
The Legend of Sarila
Movie · as Croolik (voice)
Titans of the Ice Age
Movie · as Narrator
The Captains: Still Kicking
Movie · as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Movie · as Self
Barrymore
Movie · as John Barrymore
Kali, the Little Vampire
Movie · as Narrator (english version)
Priest
Movie · as Monsignor Orelas
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie · as Henrik Vanger
Beginners
Movie · as Hal Fields
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Self
A Short Film About Making Beginners
Movie
My Dog Tulip
Movie · as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
The Tempest
Movie · as Prospero
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Movie · as Doctor Parnassus
9
Movie · as #1 (voice)
Up
Movie · as Charles Muntz (voice)
The Last Station
Movie · as Leo Tolstoy
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie · as Caesar
Emotional Arithmetic
Movie · as David Winters
The Summit
TV · as P.J. Aimes · 2 eps
Already Dead
Movie · as Dr. Heller
Closing the Ring
Movie · as Jack
Man in the Chair
Movie · as Flash Madden
Hamlet {Solo}
Movie · as Self
Inside Man
Movie · as Arthur Case
The Lake House
Movie · as Simon Wyler
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Movie · as Self
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
Movie · as Narrator (voice over)
Syriana
Movie · as Dean Whiting
The New World
Movie · as Captain Newport
Must Love Dogs
Movie · as Bill
Our Fathers
Movie · as Cardinal Bernard Law
Four Minutes
Movie · as Archie Mason
Miracle Planet
TV · as Himself - Host · 5 eps
National Treasure
Movie · as John Adams Gates
Alexander
Movie · as Aristotle
The Gospel of John
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cold Creek Manor
Movie · as Mr. Massie
The Life of Jesus
Movie · as Narrator
Blizzard
Movie · as Santa Claus
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie · as Ralph Nickleby
Ararat
Movie · as David
Agent of Influence
Movie · as John Watkins
Night Flight
Movie · as 'Flash' Harry Peters
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Movie · as Self
A Beautiful Mind
Movie · as Dr. Rosen
Lucky Break
Movie · as Graham Mortimer
Full Disclosure
Movie · as Robert Lecker
On Golden Pond
Movie · as Norman Thayer
Dracula 2000
Movie · as Matthew Van Helsing
The Dinosaur Hunter
Movie · as Hump Hinton
Possessed
Movie · as Archbishop Hume
American Tragedy
Movie · as F. Lee Bailey
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Movie · as Self
Nuremberg
TV · as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe · 2 eps
The Insider
Movie · as Mike Wallace
Madeline: Lost in Paris
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Hidden Agenda
Movie · as Ulrich Steiner
The Clown at Midnight
Movie · as Mr. Caruthers
Winchell
Movie · as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Blackheart
Movie · as Holmes
The First Christmas
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Arrow
Movie · as George Hees
Skeletons
Movie · as Reverend Carlyle
Babes in Toyland
Movie · as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
The Arrow
TV · as George Hees · 2 eps
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
Movie · as Self
The Conspiracy of Fear
Movie · as Wakeman
We the Jury
Movie · as Wilfred Fransiscus
Twelve Monkeys
Movie · as Dr. Goines
Dolores Claiborne
Movie · as John Mackey
Harrison Bergeron
Movie · as John Klaxon
Wolf
Movie · as Raymond Alden
Crackerjack
Movie · as Ivan Getz
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Movie · as Narrator
A Stranger in the Mirror
Movie · as Clifton Lawrence
Malcolm X
Movie · as Chaplain Gill
Liar's Edge
Movie · as Harry Weldon
Secrets
Movie · as Mel Wexler
Impolite
Movie · as Naples O'Rorke
The First Circle
Movie · as Viktor Abakumov
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Movie · as Chang
Firehead
Movie · as Col. Garland Vaughn
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Gypsies
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Madeline in London
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Money
Movie · as Martin Yahl
Rock-A-Doodle
Movie · as Grand Duke (voice)
Berlin Lady
TV · as Wilhelm Speer · 1 ep
Young Catherine
TV · as Sir Charles · 2 eps
Where the Heart Is
Movie · as Shitty
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Movie · as The Grand Duke Ivan
Red Blooded American Girl
Movie · as Dr. John Alcore
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Movie · as Narrator
Madeline's Christmas
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Counterstrike
TV · as Alexander Addington · 66 eps
Mindfield
Movie · as Doctor Satorius
Nabokov on Kafka
Movie · as Vladimir Nabokov
Souvenir
Movie · as Ernst Kestner
The First Emperor of China
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Nosferatu in Venice
Movie · as Professor Paris Catalano
Madeline
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Shadow Dancing
Movie · as Edmund Beaumont
Madeline
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 39 eps
American Experience
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Dragnet
Movie · as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
A Hazard of Hearts
Movie · as Sir Giles Staverley
The Nightingale
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
I Love N.Y.
Movie · as John Robertson Yeats
Portraits of Canada
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
An American Tail
Movie · as Henri (voice)
The Boss' Wife
Movie · as Mr. Roalvang
The Boy in Blue
Movie · as Knox
The Tin Soldier
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Crossings
TV · as Armand DeVilliers · 3 eps
Spearfield's Daughter
TV · as Lord Jack Cruze · 3 eps
The Velveteen Rabbit
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Rumpelstiltskin
Movie · as Narrator
Dreamscape
Movie · as Bob Blair
Ordeal by Innocence
Movie · as Leo Argyle
Lily in Love
Movie · as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Highpoint
Movie · as James Hatcher
The Cosby Show
TV · as Jonathan Lawrence · 1 ep
The Scarlet and the Black
Movie · as Col. Herbert Kappler
Prototype
Movie · as Dr. Carl Forrester
SuperTed
TV · 12 eps
The Thorn Birds
TV · as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese · 4 eps
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Movie · as Self
Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
TV · as Reggie Vanderbilt · 2 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Alfred Stieglitz · 1 ep
The Amateur
Movie · as Professor Lakos
Eyewitness
Movie · as Joseph
Dial M for Murder
Movie · as Tony Wendice
Being Different
Movie · as Self (Narrator) (voice)
When the Circus Came to Town
Movie · as Duke Royal
Somewhere in Time
Movie · as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
Desperate Voyage
Movie · as Jacques Burrifous
The Shadow Box
Movie · as Brian
Hanover Street
Movie · as Paul Sellinger
Murder by Decree
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
Riel
Movie · as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Movie · as Self
Starcrash
Movie · as The Emperor
The Silent Partner
Movie · as Reikle
International Velvet
Movie · as John Seaton
The Disappearance
Movie · as Deverell
Silver Blaze
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
The Assignment
Movie · as Kaptain Behounek
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · as Herod Antipas · 4 eps
The Sunday Drama
TV · as Sherlock Holmes · 1 ep
Aces High
Movie · as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
TV · as Roscoe Heyward · 4 eps
The Man Who Would Be King
Movie · as Rudyard Kipling
The Return of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Sir Charles Litton
Conduct Unbecoming
Movie · as Major Alastair Wimbourne
The Spiral Staircase
Movie · as Dr. Joe Sherman
The Day That Shook the World
Movie · as Archduke Ferdinand
The Happy Prince
Movie · as The Happy Prince (voice)
After the Fall
Movie · as Quentin
The Pyx
Movie · as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Film '72
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Waterloo
Movie · as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Battle of Britain
Movie · as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Movie · as Atahualpa
Lock Up Your Daughters
Movie · as Lord Foppington
Nobody Runs Forever
Movie · as Sir James Quentin
Oedipus the King
Movie · as Oedipus
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Night of the Generals
Movie · as Field Marshal Rommel
Omnibus
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Triple Cross
Movie · as Freddie Chapman
Inside Daisy Clover
Movie · as Raymond Swan
The Sound of Music
Movie · as Captain Georg von Trapp
Salzburg Sight and Sound
Movie · as Self
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Don Juan · 1 ep
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movie · as Commodus
Hamlet at Elsinore
Movie · as Hamlet
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Movie · as Self
Trans-Canada Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cyrano De Bergerac
Movie · as Cyrano de Bergerac
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Movie · as Captain Brassbound
A Doll's House
Movie · as Torvald
NBC Sunday Showcase
TV · 1 ep
Wind Across the Everglades
Movie · as Walt Murdock
Stage Struck
Movie · as Joe Sheridan
Johnny Belinda
Movie · as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Little Moon of Alban
Movie · as Kenneth Boyd
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Sir Miles Hendon · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Winner, Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 3 eps
General Electric Theater
TV · as Walter Shelley · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · as Oedipus, Thomas Mendip · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Dr. Jack Pelletier, Torvald Helmer, Captain Brassbound, Prince Albert, Cyrano de Bergerac · 1 ep
Suspense
TV · 2 eps
Studio One
TV · as Dick · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps