
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".
Acting (180 movies)

Twelve Monkeys
1995

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991

Syriana
2005

Inside Man
2006

A Beautiful Mind
2001

The Man Who Would Be King
1975

The Lake House
2006

National Treasure
2004

Dragnet
1987

Dracula 2000
2000

Malcolm X
1992

Alexander
2004

Wolf
1994

Triple Cross
1966

An American Tail
1986

The Amateur
1981

The Gospel of John
2003

Starcrash
1978

The New World
2005

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996

Dreamscape
1984

Battle of Britain
1969

Dolores Claiborne
1995

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009

Must Love Dogs
2005

The Return of the Pink Panther
1975

Harrison Bergeron
1995

Eyewitness
1981

The Silent Partner
1978

The Insider
1999

9
2009

Cold Creek Manor
2003

Waterloo
1970

Hanover Street
1979

Emotional Arithmetic
2008

Murder by Decree
1979

Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
2021

Nosferatu in Venice
1988

Already Dead
2007

Closing the Ring
2007

Up
2009

Lucky Break
2001

International Velvet
1978

Nicholas Nickleby
2002

Madeline
1988

The Last Station
2009

The Night of the Generals
1967

Firehead
1991

The Sound of Music
1965

Man in the Chair
2007

Our Fathers
2005

Aces High
1976

The Scarlet and the Black
1983

Priest
2011

Ararat
2002

Somewhere in Time
1980

Where the Heart Is
1990

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964

The Dinosaur Hunter
2000

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011

A Hazard of Hearts
1987

The Boss' Wife
1986

Possessed
2000

Inside Daisy Clover
1966

The Arrow
1997

Wind Across the Everglades
1958

Four Minutes
2005

Heroes of the Golden Mask
2023

My Dog Tulip
2010

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006

Prototype
1983

Nobody Runs Forever
1968

The Boy in Blue
1986

Beginners
2011

American Tragedy
2000

The Pyx
1973

Mindfield
1989

Conduct Unbecoming
1975

A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990

The Nightingale
1987

Crackerjack
1994

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993

Ordeal by Innocence
1984

Lily in Love
1984

Stage Struck
1958

Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
2012

Madeline and the Gypsies
1991

The Spiral Staircase
1975

Barrymore
2012

The Tempest
2010

Liar's Edge
1992

Money
1991

The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013

Lock Up Your Daughters
1969

Discovering Hamlet
2011

I Love N.Y.
1987

Secrets
1992

Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Barrymore | 2012 | Executive Producer |