Christopher Plummer
Acting
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".
Media of
Christopher Plummer
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Filmography of
Christopher Plummer
Rizzo (voice)
... 2023
... 2022
Narrator (voice)
... 2021
self
... 2021
... 2021
Frank Pitsenbarger
... 2020
Harlan Thrombey
... 2019
... 2019
Thanasi
... 2019
Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
... 2018
Jack Jaconi
... 2018
Jean Paul Getty
... 2017
King Herod (voice)
... 2017
Scrooge
... 2017
Dr. West (voice)
... 2017
Kaiser Wilhelm II
... 2017
Himself
... 2017
Dr. West (voice)
... 2016
Zev Guttman
... 2015
Pixie King (voice)
... 2015
Frank Grubman
... 2015
... 2015
Joseph Cutter
... 2014
Professor Coreman
... 2014
Fred
... 2014
John Marshall Harlan
... 2013
Croolik (voice)
... 2013
Narrator
... 2013
Himself
... 2013
Narrator (english version)
... 2012
... 2012
John Barrymore
... 2012
(archive footage)
... 2012
Henrik Vanger
... 2011
Self
... 2011
Hal Fields
... 2011
Monsignor Orelas
... 2011
Prospero
... 2010
Narrator
... 2010
J.R. Ackerley (voice)
... 2010
Doctor Parnassus
... 2009
Leo Tolstoy
... 2009
1 (voice)
... 2009
Charles F. Muntz (voice)
... 2009
Caesar
... 2009
David Winters
... 2008
Dr. Heller
... 2007
Jack
... 2007
Flash Madden
... 2007
Kommentator
... 2006
Simon Wyler
... 2006
... 2006
Arthur Case
... 2006
Captain Newport
... 2005
Dean Whiting
... 2005
Archie Mason
... 2005
Bill
... 2005
Cardinal Bernard Law
... 2005
Aristotle
... 2004
John Adams Gates
... 2004
Mr. Massie
... 2003
Narrator (voice)
... 2003
Santa Claus
... 2003
Ralph Nickleby
... 2002
... 2002
John Watkins
... 2002
David
... 2002
'Flash' Harry Peters
... 2002
Dr. Rosen
... 2001
Graham Mortimer
... 2001
Robert Lecker
... 2001
Norman Thayer
... 2001
Matthew Van Helsing
... 2000
F. Lee Bailey
... 2000
Archbishop Hume
... 2000
... 2000
Hump Hinton
... 2000
Ulrich Steiner
... 1999
Mike Wallace
... 1999
Narrator (voice)
... 1999
Franklin D. Roosevelt
... 1998
Narrator (voice)
... 1998
Holmes
... 1998
Mr. Caruthers
... 1998
Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
... 1997
Reverend Carlyle
... 1997
George Hees
... 1997
... 1996
Wakeman
... 1996
Dr. Goines
... 1995
John Klaxon
... 1995
John Mackey
... 1995
Ivan Getz
... 1994
Raymond Alden
... 1994
Self (archive footage)
... 1994
Narrator (voice)
... 1993
Clifton Lawrence
... 1993
Narrator
... 1993
Narrator
... 1993
Chaplain Gill
... 1992
Naples O'Rorke
... 1992
Mel Wexler
... 1992
Harry Weldon
... 1992
General Chang
... 1991
Narrator (voice)
... 1991
Narrator (voice)
... 1991
Grand Duke (voice)
... 1991
Martin Yahl
... 1991
Narrator (voice)
... 1991
Col. Garland Vaughn
... 1991
Narrator
... 1990
Dr. John Alcore
... 1990
The Grand Duke Ivan
... 1990
Shitty
... 1990
Doctor Satorius
... 1989
Vladimir Nabokov
... 1989
Ernst Kestner
... 1989
Narrator
... 1989
Edmund Beaumont
... 1988
Narrator (voice)
... 1988
Narrator (voice)
... 1988
Professor Paris Catalano
... 1988
Sir Giles Staverley
... 1987
Reverend Jonathan Whirley
... 1987
Narrator (voice: English version)
... 1987
John Robertson Yeats
... 1987
Narrator (voice)
... 1987
Henri (voice)
... 1986
Lord Jack Cruze
... 1986
Knox
... 1986
Narrator (voice)
... 1986
Mr. Roalvang
... 1986
Narrator
... 1985
Narrator (voice)
... 1985
Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
... 1984
Bob Blair
... 1984
Leo Argyle
... 1984
Dr. Carl Forrester
... 1983
Col. Herbert Kappler
... 1983
James Hatcher
... 1982
Self
... 1982
Professor Lakos
... 1981
Self (Narrator) (voice)
... 1981
Tony Wendice
... 1981
Joseph
... 1981
Duke Royal
... 1981
Jacques Burrifous
... 1980
William Fawcett Robinson
... 1980
Brian
... 1980
Paul Sellinger
... 1979
Sherlock Holmes
... 1979
The Emperor
... 1978
Reikle
... 1978
John Seaton
... 1978
Deverell
... 1977
Kaptain Behounek
... 1977
Sherlock Holmes
... 1977
Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
... 1976
Rudyard Kipling
... 1975
Archduke Ferdinand
... 1975
Sir Charles Litton
... 1975
Dr. Sherman
... 1975
Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
... 1975
The Happy Prince (voice)
... 1974
Quentin
... 1974
Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
... 1973
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
... 1970
Atahualpa
... 1969
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
... 1969
Lord Foppington
... 1969
Sir James Quentin
... 1968
Oedipus
... 1968
Field Marshal Rommel
... 1967
Freddie Chapman
... 1966
Raymond Swan
... 1965
Captain Georg von Trapp
... 1965
... 1965
Hamlet
... 1964
Commodus
... 1964
Narrator (voice)
... 1963
Himself
... 1963
Captain Brassbound
... 1960
Torvald
... 1959
Dr. Jack Pelletier
... 1958
Walt Murdock
... 1958
Joe Sheridan
... 1958
Kenneth Boyd
... 1958