Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 13, 1929
Died
Feb 05, 2021
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
237 titles
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".
Known For
Filmography
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Rizzo (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self
Mooseltoe
Mooseking
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Narrator (voice)
Bondarchuk. Battle
self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
The Last Full Measure
Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out
Harlan Thrombey
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Departure
Howard Lawson
Cliffs of Freedom
Thanasi
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Boundaries
Jack
All the Money in the World
Jean Paul Getty
The Star
King Herod (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Scrooge
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Dr. West (voice)
The Exception
Kaiser Wilhelm II
The River of My Dreams
Himself
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Dr. West (voice)
Remember
Zev Guttman
Pixies
Pixie King (voice)
Danny Collins
Frank Grubman
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
The Forger
Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Professor Coreman
Elsa & Fred
Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
John Marshall Harlan
The Legend of Sarila
Croolik (voice)
Titans of the Ice Age
Narrator
The Captains: Still Kicking
Self
Kali, the Little Vampire
Narrator (english version)
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Self
Barrymore
John Barrymore
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Henrik Vanger
Discovering Hamlet
Self
Beginners
Hal Fields
Priest
Monsignor Orelas
A Short Film About Making Beginners
The Tempest
Prospero
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self - Narrator (voice)
My Dog Tulip
J.R. Ackerley (voice)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Doctor Parnassus
The Last Station
Leo Tolstoy
9
#1 (voice)
Up
Charles Muntz (voice)
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
The Summit
P.J. Aimes
Emotional Arithmetic
David Winters