Christopher Plummer
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".
Acted in
Heroes of the Golden Mask
2023
as Rizzo (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self
Mooseltoe
2021
as Mooseking
The Flooded Desert
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Bondarchuk. Battle
2021
as self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
The Last Full Measure
2020
as Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out
2019
as Harlan Thrombey
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Departure
2019
as Howard Lawson
Cliffs of Freedom
2019
as Thanasi
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness
2018
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Boundaries
2018
as Jack Jaconi
All the Money in the World
2017
as Jean Paul Getty
The Star
2017
as King Herod (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Scrooge
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
2017
as Dr. West (voice)
The Exception
2017
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The River of My Dreams
2017
as Himself
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
2016
as Dr. West (voice)
Remember
2015
as Zev Guttman
Pixies
2015
as Pixie King (voice)
Danny Collins
2015
as Frank Grubman
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
2015
as Self
The Forger
2014
as Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014
as Professor Coreman
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as John Marshall Harlan
The Legend of Sarila
2013
as Croolik (voice)
Titans of the Ice Age
2013
as Narrator
The Captains: Still Kicking
2013
as Himself
Kali, the Little Vampire
2012
as Narrator (english version)
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
2012
as Self
Barrymore
2012
as John Barrymore
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Henrik Vanger
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Self
Beginners
2011
as Hal Fields
Priest
2011
as Monsignor Orelas
The Tempest
2010
as Prospero
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Narrator
Madeline's Christmas
2010
as Narrator
My Dog Tulip
2010
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Doctor Parnassus
The Last Station
2009
as Leo Tolstoy
9
2009
as #1 (voice)
Up
2009
as Charles F. Muntz (voice)
Caesar and Cleopatra
2009
as Caesar
The Summit
2008
as P.J. Aimes
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as David Winters
Already Dead
2007
as Dr. Heller
Closing the Ring
2007
as Jack
Man in the Chair
2007
as Flash Madden
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
2006
as Self - Narrator
The Lake House
2006
as Simon Wyler
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
Inside Man
2006
as Arthur Case
The New World
2005
as Captain Newport
Syriana
2005
as Dean Whiting
Four Minutes
2005
as Archie Mason
Must Love Dogs
2005
as Bill
Our Fathers
2005
as Cardinal Bernard Law
Miracle Planet
2005
as Himself - Host
Alexander
2004
as Aristotle
National Treasure
2004
as John Adams Gates
Cold Creek Manor
2003
as Mr. Massie
The Gospel of John
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Life Of Jesus
2003
as Narrator
Blizzard
2003
as Santa Claus
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Ralph Nickleby
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
Agent of Influence
2002
as John Watkins
Ararat
2002
as David
Night Flight
2002
as 'Flash' Harry Peters
A Beautiful Mind
2001
as Dr. Rosen
Lucky Break
2001
as Graham Mortimer
Full Disclosure
2001
as Robert Lecker
On Golden Pond
2001
as Norman Thayer
Dracula 2000
2000
as Matthew Van Helsing
American Tragedy
2000
as F. Lee Bailey
Possessed
2000
as Archbishop Hume
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000
as Hump Hinton
Nuremberg
2000
as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
Hidden Agenda
1999
as Ulrich Steiner
The Insider
1999
as Mike Wallace
Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Winchell
1998
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Clown at Midnight
1998
as Mr. Caruthers
Blackheart
1998
as Holmes
The First Christmas
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Babes in Toyland
1997
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
Skeletons
1997
as Reverend Carlyle
The Arrow
1997
as George Hees
The Arrow
1997
as George Hees
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996
as Self
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996
as Wakeman
Twelve Monkeys
1995
as Dr. Goines
Harrison Bergeron
1995
as John Klaxon
Dolores Claiborne
1995
as John Mackey
Crackerjack
1994
as Ivan Getz
Wolf
1994
as Raymond Alden
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self (archive footage)
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
as Clifton Lawrence
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
as Narrator
Malcolm X
1992
as Chaplain Gill
Impolite
1992
as Naples O'Rorke
Secrets
1992
as Mel Wexler
Liar's Edge
1992
as Harry Weldon
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
as General Chang
Madeline in London
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Gypsies
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
as Grand Duke (voice)
Money
1991
as Martin Yahl
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Young Catherine
1991
as Sir Charles
Firehead
1991
as Col. Garland Vaughn
Berlin Lady
1991
as Wilhelm Speer
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
1990
as Narrator
Red Blooded American Girl
1990
as Dr. John Alcore
Counterstrike
1990
as Alexander Addington
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as The Grand Duke Ivan
Where the Heart Is
1990
as Shitty
Mindfield
1989
as Doctor Satorius
Nabokov on Kafka
1989
as Vladimir Nabokov
Souvenir
1989
as Ernst Kestner
The First Emperor of China
1989
as Narrator
Shadow Dancing
1988
as Edmund Beaumont
Madeline
1988
as Narrator (voice)
American Experience
1988
as Narrator
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Professor Paris Catalano
Madeline
1988
as Narrator (voice)
A Hazard of Hearts
1987
as Sir Giles Staverley
Dragnet
1987
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
I Love N.Y.
1987
as John Robertson Yeats
The Nightingale
1987
as Narrator (voice)
An American Tail
1986
as Henri (voice)
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
as Lord Jack Cruze
Crossings
1986
as Armand DeVilliers
The Boy in Blue
1986
as Knox
The Boss' Wife
1986
as Mr. Roalvang
The Tin Soldier
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Rumpelstiltskin
1985
as Narrator
The Velveteen Rabbit
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Lily in Love
1984
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
The Cosby Show
1984
as Jonathan Lawrence
Dreamscape
1984
as Bob Blair
Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Leo Argyle
Prototype
1983
as Dr. Carl Forrester
SuperTed
1983
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Col. Herbert Kappler
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Reggie Vanderbilt
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Highpoint
1982
as James Hatcher
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Amateur
1981
as Professor Lakos
Being Different
1981
as Self (Narrator) (voice)
Dial M for Murder
1981
as Tony Wendice
Eyewitness
1981
as Joseph
When the Circus Came to Town
1981
as Duke Royal
Desperate Voyage
1980
as Jacques Burrifous
Somewhere in Time
1980
as William Fawcett Robinson
The Shadow Box
1980
as Brian
Hanover Street
1979
as Paul Sellinger
Murder by Decree
1979
as Sherlock Holmes
Starcrash
1978
as The Emperor
The Silent Partner
1978
as Reikle
International Velvet
1978
as John Seaton
The Disappearance
1977
as Deverell
The Assignment
1977
as Kaptain Behounek
Jesus Of Nazareth
1977
as Herod Antipas
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Herod Antipas
Silver Blaze
1977
as Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
as Roscoe Heyward
Aces High
1976
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
The Man Who Would Be King
1975
as Rudyard Kipling
The Day That Shook the World
1975
as Archduke Ferdinand
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
as Sir Charles Litton
The Spiral Staircase
1975
as Dr. Sherman
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
The Happy Prince
1974
as The Happy Prince (voice)
After the Fall
1974
as Quentin
The Pyx
1973
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Waterloo
1970
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
as Atahualpa
Battle of Britain
1969
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lord Foppington
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
as Sir James Quentin
Oedipus the King
1968
as Oedipus
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Field Marshal Rommel
Triple Cross
1966
as Freddie Chapman
Inside Daisy Clover
1965
as Raymond Swan
The Sound of Music
1965
as Captain Georg von Trapp
Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965
as Self
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964
as Hamlet
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Commodus
Trans-Canada Journey
1963
as Narrator (voice)
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
1963
as Himself
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
as Captain Brassbound
A Doll's House
1959
as Torvald
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
as Walt Murdock
Stage Struck
1958
as Joe Sheridan
Little Moon of Alban
1958
as Kenneth Boyd
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Sir Miles Hendon
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Walter Shelley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Torvald Helmer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Prince Albert
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Captain Brassbound
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948
as Dick
Madeline at the Ballet
as Narrator (voice)
TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
as Narrator