Christopher Plummer
Actor

Christopher Plummer

15 Movies
15 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 15
Birthday December 13, 1929 (96 years old)
Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
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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".

Filmography (235)

Heroes of the Golden Mask 2023
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story 2022
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert 2021
Mooseltoe 2021
Bondarchuk. Battle 2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster 2021
The Last Full Measure 2020
Knives Out 2019
Cliffs of Freedom 2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
Departure 2019
Boundaries 2018
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness 2018
The Exception 2017
The River of My Dreams 2017
The Star 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas 2017
All the Money in the World 2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom 2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom 2016
Remember 2015
Danny Collins 2015
Pixies 2015
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special 2015
The Forger 2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness 2014
Elsa & Fred 2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 2013
The Legend of Sarila 2013
Titans of the Ice Age 2013
The Captains: Still Kicking 2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim 2012
Barrymore 2012
Kali, the Little Vampire 2012
Priest 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011
Beginners 2011
Discovering Hamlet 2011
A Short Film About Making Beginners 2011
My Dog Tulip 2010
The Tempest 2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 2010
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009
9 2009
Up 2009
The Last Station 2009
Caesar and Cleopatra 2009
Emotional Arithmetic 2008
The Summit 2008
Already Dead 2007
Closing the Ring 2007
Man in the Chair 2007
Hamlet {Solo} 2007
Inside Man 2006 The Lake House 2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film 2006
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes 2006
Syriana 2005
The New World 2005
Must Love Dogs 2005
Our Fathers 2005
Four Minutes 2005
Miracle Planet 2005
National Treasure 2004 Alexander 2004
The Gospel of John 2003
Cold Creek Manor 2003
The Life of Jesus 2003
Blizzard 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003
Nicholas Nickleby 2002
Ararat 2002
Agent of Influence 2002
Night Flight 2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages 2002
A Beautiful Mind 2001
Lucky Break 2001
Full Disclosure 2001
On Golden Pond 2001
Dracula 2000 2000
The Dinosaur Hunter 2000
Possessed 2000
American Tragedy 2000
Back To "Somewhere In Time" 2000
Nuremberg 2000
The Insider 1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris 1999
Hidden Agenda 1999
The Clown at Midnight 1999
Winchell 1998
Blackheart 1998
The First Christmas 1998
The Arrow 1997
Skeletons 1997
Babes in Toyland 1997
The Arrow 1997
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' 1996
The Conspiracy of Fear 1996
We the Jury 1996
Twelve Monkeys 1995 Dolores Claiborne 1995 Harrison Bergeron 1995 Wolf 1994 Crackerjack 1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold 1994
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic 1993
A Stranger in the Mirror 1993
Malcolm X 1992
Liar's Edge 1992
Secrets 1992
Impolite 1992
The First Circle 1992
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991
Firehead 1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat 1991
Madeline and the Gypsies 1991
Madeline in London 1991
Money 1991
Rock-A-Doodle 1991
Berlin Lady 1991
Young Catherine 1991
Where the Heart Is 1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo 1990
Red Blooded American Girl 1990
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree 1990
Madeline's Christmas 1990
Counterstrike 1990
Mindfield 1989
Nabokov on Kafka 1989
Souvenir 1989
The First Emperor of China 1989
Nosferatu in Venice 1988
Madeline 1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988
Shadow Dancing 1988
Madeline 1988
American Experience 1988
Dragnet 1987
A Hazard of Hearts 1987
The Nightingale 1987
I Love N.Y. 1987
Portraits of Canada 1987
An American Tail 1986
The Boss' Wife 1986
The Boy in Blue 1986
Spearfield's Daughter 1986
The Tin Soldier 1986
Crossings 1986
The Velveteen Rabbit 1985
Rumpelstiltskin 1985
Dreamscape 1984
Ordeal by Innocence 1984
Lily in Love 1984
The Cosby Show 1984
The Scarlet and the Black 1983
Prototype 1983
SuperTed 1983
The Thorn Birds 1983
Highpoint 1982
Night of 100 Stars 1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 1982
Nature 1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last 1982
The Amateur 1981
Eyewitness 1981
Dial M for Murder 1981
Being Different 1981
When the Circus Came to Town 1981
Somewhere in Time 1980
Desperate Voyage 1980
The Shadow Box 1980
Hanover Street 1979
Murder by Decree 1979
Riel 1979
Arthur Miller on Home Ground 1979
Starcrash 1978
The Silent Partner 1978
International Velvet 1978
The Disappearance 1977
Silver Blaze 1977
The Assignment 1977
Jesus of Nazareth 1977
The Sunday Drama 1977
Aces High 1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers 1976
The Man Who Would Be King 1975
The Return of the Pink Panther 1975
Conduct Unbecoming 1975
The Spiral Staircase 1975
The Day That Shook the World 1975
The Happy Prince 1974
After the Fall 1974
The Pyx 1973
Film '72 1971
Waterloo 1970
Battle of Britain 1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1969
Lock Up Your Daughters 1969
Nobody Runs Forever 1968
Oedipus the King 1968
The Dick Cavett Show 1968
The Night of the Generals 1967
Triple Cross 1966
Inside Daisy Clover 1966
The Sound of Music 1965
Salzburg Sight and Sound 1965
BBC Play of the Month 1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964
Hamlet at Elsinore 1964
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy 1964
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer 1963
Trans-Canada Journey 1963
Cyrano De Bergerac 1962
The Mike Douglas Show 1961
Captain Brassbound's Conversion 1960
A Doll's House 1959
NBC Sunday Showcase 1959
Wind Across the Everglades 1958
Stage Struck 1958
Johnny Belinda 1958
Little Moon of Alban 1958
DuPont Show of the Month 1957
Tony Awards 1956
General Electric Theater 1953
The Oscars 1953
Kraft Television Theatre 1953
Omnibus 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Suspense 1949
Studio One 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
Golden Globe Awards 1944
Madeline at the Ballet
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century