Christopher Plummer
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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Movies (47)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
as Rizzo (voice)
2023
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self
2022
Mooseltoe
as Mooseking
2021
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Bondarchuk. Battle
as self
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021
The Last Full Measure
as Frank Pitsenbarger
2020
Knives Out
as Harlan Thrombey
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
Cliffs of Freedom
as Thanasi
2019
Howard Lovecraft & 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
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Scrooge
2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice)
2017
The Exception
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
2017
The River of My Dreams
as Himself
2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice)
2016
Remember
as Zev Guttman
2015
Pixies
as Pixie King (voice)
2015
Danny Collins
as Frank Grubman
2015
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
as Self
2015
The Forger
as Joseph Cutter
2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Professor Coreman
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
The Captains: Still Kicking
as Himself
2013
Kali, the Little Vampire
as Narrator (english version)
2012
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
as Self
2012
Barrymore
as John Barrymore
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Henrik Vanger
2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Self
2011
Beginners
as Hal Fields
2011
Priest
as Monsignor Orelas
2011
The Tempest
as Prospero
2010
My Dog Tulip
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
2010
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Doctor Parnassus
2009
The Last Station
as Leo Tolstoy
2009
9
as #1 (voice)
2009
Up
as Charles F. Muntz (voice)
2009
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Caesar
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
as David Winters
2008
Already Dead
as Dr. Heller
2007
