Christopher Plummer
Acting
Born December 13, 1929 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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".
Films (196)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
2023
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
Mooseltoe
2021
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
2021
Bondarchuk. Battle
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
The Last Full Measure
2020
Knives Out
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
Cliffs of Freedom
2019
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
2018
Boundaries
2018
All the Money in the World
2017
The Star
2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
2017
The Exception
2017
The River of My Dreams
2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
2016
Remember
2015
Pixies
2015
Danny Collins
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
Kali, the Little Vampire
2012
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
2012
Barrymore
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Discovering Hamlet
2011
Beginners
2011
Priest
2011
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
The Tempest
2010
My Dog Tulip
2010
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
The Last Station
2009
9
2009
Up
2009
Caesar and Cleopatra
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
Already Dead
2007
Closing the Ring
2007
Hamlet {Solo}
2007
Man in the Chair
2007
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
2006
The Lake House
2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
Inside Man
2006
The New World
2005
Syriana
2005
Four Minutes
2005
Must Love Dogs
2005
Our Fathers
2005
Alexander
2004
National Treasure
2004
Cold Creek Manor
2003
The Gospel of John
2003
The Life Of Jesus
2003
Blizzard
2003
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
Agent of Influence
2002
Ararat
2002
Night Flight
2002
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Lucky Break
2001
Full Disclosure
2001
On Golden Pond
2001
Dracula 2000
2000
American Tragedy
2000
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000
Possessed
2000
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000
Hidden Agenda
1999
The Insider
1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999
Winchell
1998
The Clown at Midnight
1998
Blackheart
1998
The First Christmas
1998
Babes in Toyland
1997
Skeletons
1997
The Arrow
1997
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996
We the Jury
1996
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Harrison Bergeron
1995
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Crackerjack
1994
Wolf
1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
Malcolm X
1992
Impolite
1992
Secrets
1992
The First Circle
1992
Liar's Edge
1992
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
Madeline in London
1991
Madeline and the Gypsies
1991
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
Money
1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991
Firehead
1991
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
1990
Madeline's Christmas
1990
Red Blooded American Girl
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
Where the Heart Is
1990
Mindfield
1989
Nabokov on Kafka
1989
Souvenir
1989
The First Emperor of China
1989
Shadow Dancing
1988
Madeline
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
A Hazard of Hearts
1987
Dragnet
1987
I Love N.Y.
1987
Portraits of Canada
1987
The Nightingale
1987
An American Tail
1986
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
The Boy in Blue
1986
The Boss' Wife
1986
The Tin Soldier
1986
Rumpelstiltskin
1985
The Velveteen Rabbit
1985
Lily in Love
1984
Dreamscape
1984
Ordeal by Innocence
1984
Prototype
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
Highpoint
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
The Amateur
1981
Being Different
1981
Dial M for Murder
1981
Eyewitness
1981
When the Circus Came to Town
1981
Desperate Voyage
1980
Somewhere in Time
1980
The Shadow Box
1980
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
Hanover Street
1979
Riel
1979
Murder by Decree
1979
Starcrash
1978
The Silent Partner
1978
International Velvet
1978
The Disappearance
1977
The Assignment
1977
Silver Blaze
1977
Aces High
1976
The Man Who Would Be King
1975
The Day That Shook the World
1975
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
The Spiral Staircase
1975
After the Fall
1974
The Happy Prince
1974
The Pyx
1973
Waterloo
1970
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
Battle of Britain
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
Oedipus the King
1968
The Night of the Generals
1967
Triple Cross
1966
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
The Sound of Music
1965
Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Trans-Canada Journey
1963
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
1963
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
A Doll's House
1959
Johnny Belinda
1958
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
Stage Struck
1958
Little Moon of Alban
1958