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 |