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