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
Dr. Goines
Twelve Monkeys
General Chang
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Dean Whiting
Syriana
Arthur Case
Inside Man
Dr. Rosen
A Beautiful Mind
Rudyard Kipling
The Man Who Would Be King
Simon Wyler
The Lake House
John Adams Gates
National Treasure
Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Dragnet
Matthew Van Helsing
Dracula 2000
Chaplain Gill
Malcolm X
Aristotle
Alexander
Raymond Alden
Wolf
Freddie Chapman
Triple Cross
Henri (voice)
An American Tail
Professor Lakos
The Amateur
Narrator (voice)
The Gospel of John
The Emperor
Starcrash
Captain Newport
The New World
Self
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
Bob Blair
Dreamscape
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Battle of Britain
Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
John Mackey
Dolores Claiborne
Bill
Must Love Dogs
Sir Charles Litton
The Return of the Pink Panther
John Klaxon
Harrison Bergeron
Joseph
Eyewitness
Reikle
The Silent Partner
Mike Wallace
The Insider
#1 (voice)
9
Mr. Massie
Cold Creek Manor
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Paul Sellinger
Hanover Street
David Winters
Emotional Arithmetic
Sherlock Holmes
Murder by Decree
Narrator (voice)
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Professor Paris Catalano
Nosferatu a Venezia
Dr. Heller
Already Dead
Jack
Closing the Ring
Charles F. Muntz (voice)
Up
Graham Mortimer
Lucky Break
John Seaton
International Velvet
Ralph Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby
Narrator (voice)
Madeline
Narrator (voice)
Madeline at the Ballet
Leo Tolstoy
The Last Station
Field Marshal Rommel
The Night of the Generals
Col. Garland Vaughn
Firehead
Captain Georg von Trapp
The Sound of Music
Flash Madden
Man in the Chair
Cardinal Bernard Law
Our Fathers
Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Aces High
Col. Herbert Kappler
The Scarlet and the Black
Monsignor Orelas
Priest
David
Ararat
William Fawcett Robinson
Somewhere in Time
Shitty
Where the Heart Is
Commodus
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Hump Hinton
The Dinosaur Hunter
Henrik Vanger
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sir Giles Staverley
A Hazard of Hearts
Mr. Roalvang
The Boss' Wife
Archbishop Hume
Possessed
Raymond Swan
Inside Daisy Clover
George Hees
The Arrow
Walt Murdock
Wind Across the Everglades
Archie Mason
Four Minutes
Rizzo (voice)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
J.R. Ackerley (voice)
My Dog Tulip
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Dr. Carl Forrester
Prototype
Sir James Quentin
Nobody Runs Forever
Knox
The Boy in Blue
Hal Fields
Beginners
F. Lee Bailey
American Tragedy
Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
The Pyx
Doctor Satorius
Mindfield
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
Conduct Unbecoming
The Grand Duke Ivan
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Narrator (voice)
The Nightingale
Ivan Getz
Crackerjack
Narrator
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Leo Argyle
Ordeal by Innocence
Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Lily in Love
Self
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Joe Sheridan
Stage Struck
Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Gypsies
Narrator (voice)
Madeline in London
Dr. Jack Pelletier
Johnny Belinda
Dr. Sherman
The Spiral Staircase
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Prospero
The Tempest
Harry Weldon
Liar's Edge
Martin Yahl
Money
Atahualpa
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
John Marshall Harlan
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Lord Foppington
Lock Up Your Daughters
Self
Discovering Hamlet
John Robertson Yeats
I Love N.Y.
Mel Wexler
Secrets
Narrator (voice)
Madeline: Lost in Paris
Narrator (voice)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Ulrich Steiner
Hidden Agenda
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winchell
Joseph Cutter
The Forger
Professor Coreman
Hector and the Search for Happiness
The Happy Prince (voice)
The Happy Prince
Hamlet
Hamlet at Elsinore
Croolik (voice)
The Legend of Sarila
John Watkins
Agent of Influence
Reverend Carlyle
Skeletons
Narrator
Titans of the Ice Age
Quentin
After the Fall
Fred
Elsa & Fred
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
Babes in Toyland
Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov on Kafka
Archduke Ferdinand
Sarajevski atentat
Jacques Burrifous
Desperate Voyage
Robert Lecker
Full Disclosure
James Hatcher
Highpoint
Zev Guttman
Remember
Mr. Caruthers
The Clown at Midnight
Lord Jack Cruze
Spearfield's Daughter
Holmes
Blackheart
Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Narrator
TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Frank Grubman
Danny Collins
Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Exception
Self (archive footage)
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Pixie King (voice)
Pixies
Norman Thayer
On Golden Pond
Narrator
The Life Of Jesus
Tony Wendice
Dial M for Murder
Narrator (english version)
Kali, le petit vampire
Ernst Kestner
Souvenir
Self
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Mooseking
Mooseltoe
Wakeman
The Conspiracy of Fear
Narrator (voice)
The Velveteen Rabbit
Himself
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Himself
The River of My Dreams
Dr. West (voice)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Grand Duke (voice)
Rock-A-Doodle
Dr. John Alcore
Red Blooded American Girl
Edmund Beaumont
Shadow Dancing
Narrator (voice)
The First Christmas
Self - Narrator (voice)
The First Emperor of China
Deverell
The Disappearance
Caesar
Caesar and Cleopatra
Frank Pitsenbarger
The Last Full Measure
King Herod (voice)
The Star
Jack Jaconi
Boundaries
Scrooge
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Oedipus
Oedipus the King
Self - Narrator
Le procès de Nuremberg : les Nazis face à leurs crimes
Jean Paul Getty
All the Money in the World
Brian
The Shadow Box
Clifton Lawrence
A Stranger in the Mirror
Self (Narrator) (voice)
Being Different
Dr. West (voice)
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Captain Brassbound
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Narrator (voice)
The Tin Soldier
Himself
The Captains: Still Kicking
'Flash' Harry Peters
Night Flight
Harlan Thrombey
Knives Out
Torvald
A Doll's House
Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
Sherlock Holmes
Silver Blaze
Narrator
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Thanasi
Cliffs of Freedom
Kaptain Behounek
Uppdraget
Santa Claus
Blizzard
Narrator
Rumpelstiltskin
Naples O'Rorke
Impolite
Narrator (voice)
Madeline's Christmas
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Kenneth Boyd
Little Moon of Alban
Self
Salzburg Sight and Sound
Duke Royal
When the Circus Came to Town
Narrator (voice)
Trans-Canada Journey
self
Бондарчук. Battle
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Self
Hamlet {Solo}
Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Riel
Viktor Abakumov
The First Circle
Wilfred Fransiscus
We the Jury
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
193
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-12-13
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
크리스토퍼 플러머