Christopher Plummer
Acting
- Born:
- 1929-12-13
- Died:
- 2021-02-05
- Place of birth:
- 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".
Known For
Filmography
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Mooseltoe
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Bondarchuk. Battle
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
The Last Full Measure
Knives Out
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Departure
Cliffs of Freedom
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
Boundaries
All the Money in the World
The Star
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
The Exception
The River of My Dreams
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Remember
Pixies
Danny Collins
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
The Forger
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Elsa & Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
The Legend of Sarila
Titans of the Ice Age
The Captains: Still Kicking
Kali, the Little Vampire
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Barrymore
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Discovering Hamlet
Beginners
Priest
A Short Film About Making Beginners
The Tempest
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
My Dog Tulip
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Last Station
9
Up
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Summit
Emotional Arithmetic
Already Dead
Closing the Ring
Hamlet {Solo}
Man in the Chair
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
The Lake House
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Inside Man
The New World
Syriana
Four Minutes
Must Love Dogs
Our Fathers
Miracle Planet
Alexander
National Treasure
Cold Creek Manor
The Gospel of John
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Life of Jesus
Blizzard
Nicholas Nickleby
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Agent of Influence
Ararat
Night Flight
A Beautiful Mind
Lucky Break
Full Disclosure
On Golden Pond
Dracula 2000
American Tragedy
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Possessed
The Dinosaur Hunter
Nuremberg
Hidden Agenda
The Insider
Madeline: Lost in Paris
The Clown at Midnight
Winchell
Blackheart
The First Christmas
Babes in Toyland
Skeletons
The Arrow
The Arrow
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
We the Jury
The Conspiracy of Fear
Twelve Monkeys
Harrison Bergeron
Dolores Claiborne
Crackerjack
Wolf
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
A Stranger in the Mirror
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Malcolm X
Impolite
Secrets
The First Circle
Liar's Edge
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Madeline in London
Madeline and the Gypsies
Rock-A-Doodle
Money
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Young Catherine
Firehead
Berlin Lady
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Madeline's Christmas
Red Blooded American Girl
Counterstrike
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Where the Heart Is
Mindfield
Nabokov on Kafka
Souvenir
The First Emperor of China
Shadow Dancing
Madeline
Madeline
American Experience
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Nosferatu in Venice
A Hazard of Hearts
Dragnet
I Love N.Y.
Portraits of Canada
The Nightingale
An American Tail
Spearfield's Daughter
Crossings
The Boy in Blue
The Boss' Wife
The Tin Soldier
Rumpelstiltskin
The Velveteen Rabbit
Lily in Love
The Cosby Show
Highpoint
Dreamscape
Ordeal by Innocence
Prototype
SuperTed
The Thorn Birds
The Scarlet and the Black
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Nature
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Night of 100 Stars
American Playhouse
The Amateur
Being Different
Dial M for Murder
Eyewitness
When the Circus Came to Town
Desperate Voyage
Somewhere in Time
The Shadow Box
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Hanover Street
Riel
Murder by Decree
Starcrash
The Silent Partner
International Velvet
The Disappearance
The Assignment
The Sunday Drama
Jesus of Nazareth
Silver Blaze
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Aces High
The Man Who Would Be King
The Day That Shook the World
Conduct Unbecoming
The Return of the Pink Panther
The Spiral Staircase
After the Fall
The Happy Prince
The Pyx
Film '72
Waterloo
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Battle of Britain
Lock Up Your Daughters
Nobody Runs Forever
The Dick Cavett Show
Oedipus the King
Omnibus
The Night of the Generals
Triple Cross
Inside Daisy Clover
BBC Play of the Month
The Sound of Music
Salzburg Sight and Sound
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Hamlet at Elsinore
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Trans-Canada Journey
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Cyrano De Bergerac
The Mike Douglas Show
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
A Doll's House
NBC Sunday Showcase
Johnny Belinda
Wind Across the Everglades
Stage Struck
Little Moon of Alban
DuPont Show of the Month
Tony Awards
Kraft Television Theatre
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Omnibus
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Suspense
Studio One
The Ed Sullivan Show
Golden Globe Awards
Madeline at the Ballet
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century