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Christopher Plummer

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Christopher Plummer

Born December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDied February 5, 2021166 films

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.

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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".

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Essential films

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Knives Out poster7.8Knives Out2019A Beautiful Mind poster7.9A Beautiful Mind2001Twelve Monkeys poster7.6Twelve Monkeys1995The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster7.4The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011Inside Man poster7.4Inside Man2006The Sound of Music poster7.7The Sound of Music1965National Treasure poster6.7National Treasure20049 poster7.092009

Filmography

166 films as actor
  1. TBAMadeline at the BalletNarrator (voice)
  2. 2023Heroes of the Golden MaskRizzo (voice)
  3. 2021MooseltoeMooseking
  4. 2020The Last Full MeasureFrank Pitsenbarger
  5. 2019Knives OutHarlan Thrombey
  6. 2019Cliffs of FreedomThanasi
  7. 2018Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of MadnessDr. Jeffrey West (voice)
  8. 2018BoundariesJack
  9. 2017All the Money in the WorldJean Paul Getty
  10. 2017The StarKing Herod (voice)
  11. 2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasScrooge
  12. 2017Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea KingdomDr. West (voice)
  13. 2017The ExceptionKaiser Wilhelm II
  14. 2016Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen KingdomDr. West (voice)
  15. 2015RememberZev Guttman
  16. 2015PixiesPixie King (voice)
  17. 2015Danny CollinsFrank Grubman
  18. 2014The ForgerJoseph Cutter
  19. 2014Hector and the Search for HappinessProfessor Coreman
  20. 2014Elsa & FredFred
  21. 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJohn Marshall Harlan
  22. 2013The Legend of SarilaCroolik (voice)
  23. 2012Kali, the Little VampireNarrator (english version)
  24. 2012BarrymoreJohn Barrymore
  25. 2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooHenrik Vanger
  26. 2011BeginnersHal Fields
  27. 2011PriestMonsignor Orelas
  28. 2011A Short Film About Making Beginners
  29. 2010The TempestProspero
  30. 2010My Dog TulipJ.R. Ackerley (voice)
  31. 2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusDoctor Parnassus
  32. 2009The Last StationLeo Tolstoy
  33. 20099#1 (voice)
  34. 2009UpCharles Muntz (voice)
  35. 2009Caesar and CleopatraCaesar
  36. 2008Emotional ArithmeticDavid Winters
  37. 2007Already DeadDr. Heller
  38. 2007Closing the RingJack
  39. 2007Man in the ChairFlash Madden
  40. 2006The Lake HouseSimon Wyler
  41. 2006Inside ManArthur Case
  42. 2005The New WorldCaptain Newport
  43. 2005SyrianaDean Whiting
  44. 2005Four MinutesArchie Mason
  45. 2005Must Love DogsBill
  46. 2005Our FathersCardinal Bernard Law
  47. 2004AlexanderAristotle
  48. 2004National TreasureJohn Adams Gates
  49. 2003Cold Creek ManorMr. Massie
  50. 2003The Gospel of JohnNarrator (voice)
  51. 2003The Life of JesusNarrator
  52. 2003BlizzardSanta Claus
  53. 2002Nicholas NicklebyRalph Nickleby
  54. 2002Agent of InfluenceJohn Watkins
  55. 2002AraratDavid
  56. 2002Night Flight'Flash' Harry Peters
  57. 2001A Beautiful MindDr. Rosen
  58. 2001Lucky BreakGraham Mortimer
  59. 2001Full DisclosureRobert Lecker
  60. 2001On Golden PondNorman Thayer
  61. 2000Dracula 2000Matthew Van Helsing
  62. 2000American TragedyF. Lee Bailey
  63. 2000PossessedArchbishop Hume
  64. 2000The Dinosaur HunterHump Hinton
  65. 1999Hidden AgendaUlrich Steiner
  66. 1999The InsiderMike Wallace
  67. 1999Madeline: Lost in ParisNarrator (voice)
  68. 1999The Clown at MidnightMr. Caruthers
  69. 1998WinchellFranklin D. Roosevelt
  70. 1998BlackheartHolmes
  71. 1998The First ChristmasNarrator (voice)
  72. 1997Babes in ToylandBarnaby Crookedman (voice)
  73. 1997SkeletonsReverend Carlyle
  74. 1997The ArrowGeorge Hees
  75. 1996We the JuryWilfred Fransiscus
  76. 1996The Conspiracy of FearWakeman
  77. 1995Twelve MonkeysDr. Goines
  78. 1995Harrison BergeronJohn Klaxon
  79. 1995Dolores ClaiborneJohn Mackey
  80. 1994CrackerjackIvan Getz
  81. 1994WolfRaymond Alden
  82. 1993A Stranger in the MirrorClifton Lawrence
  83. 1992Malcolm XChaplain Gill
  84. 1992ImpoliteNaples O'Rorke
  85. 1992SecretsMel Wexler
  86. 1992The First CircleViktor Abakumov
  87. 1992Liar's EdgeHarry Weldon
  88. 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryChang
  89. 1991Madeline in LondonNarrator (voice)
  90. 1991Madeline and the GypsiesNarrator (voice)
  91. 1991Rock-A-DoodleGrand Duke (voice)
  92. 1991MoneyMartin Yahl
  93. 1991Madeline and the Bad HatNarrator (voice)
  94. 1991FireheadCol. Garland Vaughn
  95. 1990The Little Crooked Christmas TreeNarrator
  96. 1990Madeline's ChristmasNarrator (voice)
  97. 1990Red Blooded American GirlDr. John Alcore
  98. 1990A Ghost in Monte CarloThe Grand Duke Ivan
  99. 1990Where the Heart IsShitty
  100. 1989MindfieldDoctor Satorius
  101. 1989Nabokov on KafkaVladimir Nabokov
  102. 1989SouvenirErnst Kestner
  103. 1988Shadow DancingEdmund Beaumont
  104. 1988MadelineNarrator (voice)
  105. 1988Nosferatu in VeniceProfessor Paris Catalano
  106. 1987A Hazard of HeartsSir Giles Staverley
  107. 1987DragnetReverend Jonathan Whirley
  108. 1987I Love N.Y.John Robertson Yeats
  109. 1987The NightingaleNarrator (voice)
  110. 1986An American TailHenri (voice)
  111. 1986Spearfield's DaughterLord Jack Cruze
  112. 1986The Boy in BlueKnox
  113. 1986The Boss' WifeMr. Roalvang
  114. 1986The Tin SoldierNarrator (voice)
  115. 1985RumpelstiltskinNarrator
  116. 1985The Velveteen RabbitNarrator (voice)
  117. 1984Lily in LoveFitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
  118. 1984HighpointJames Hatcher
  119. 1984DreamscapeBob Blair
  120. 1984Ordeal by InnocenceLeo Argyle