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Christopher Plummer
Born · December 13, 1929
Died · February 5, 2021 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bio
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".
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self
10.0
2022
Mooseltoe
Mooseking
0.0
2021
The Flooded Desert
Narrator (voice)
10.0
2021
The Last Full Measure
Frank Pitsenbarger
7.3
2020
Knives Out
Harlan Thrombey
7.8
2019
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness
Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
4.7
2018
Boundaries
Jack Jaconi
5.7
2018
All the Money in the World
Jean Paul Getty
6.5
2017
The Star
King Herod (voice)
6.3
2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Scrooge
6.8
2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Dr. West (voice)
5.1
2017
The Exception
Kaiser Wilhelm II
6.9
2017
The River of My Dreams
Himself
0.0
2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Dr. West (voice)
4.9
2016
Remember
Zev Guttman
7.3
2015
Pixies
Pixie King (voice)
4.5
2015
Danny Collins
Frank Grubman
6.8
2015
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Self
7.0
2015
Elsa & Fred
Fred
6.0
2014
Titans of the Ice Age
Narrator
7.1
2013
The Captains: Still Kicking
Himself
7.0
2013
Kali, the Little Vampire
Narrator (english version)
6.0
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
7.0
2012
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
0.0
2009
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
Self - Narrator
8.5
2006
The Life Of Jesus
Narrator
0.0
2003
Night Flight
'Flash' Harry Peters
6.0
2002
Full Disclosure
Robert Lecker
4.0
2001
On Golden Pond
Norman Thayer
9.0
2001
The Clown at Midnight
Mr. Caruthers
4.6
1998
Blackheart
Holmes
4.0
1998
The First Christmas
Narrator (voice)
5.0
1998
Babes in Toyland
Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
5.0
1997
The Conspiracy of Fear
Wakeman
10.0
1996
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1994
A Stranger in the Mirror
Clifton Lawrence
3.7
1993
Rock-A-Doodle
Grand Duke (voice)
6.2
1991
Red Blooded American Girl
Dr. John Alcore
3.9
1990
Nabokov on Kafka
Vladimir Nabokov
6.0
1989
Souvenir
Ernst Kestner
5.5
1989
The First Emperor of China
Narrator
4.3
1989
Shadow Dancing
Edmund Beaumont
3.0
1988
Spearfield's Daughter
Lord Jack Cruze
0.0
1986
The Tin Soldier
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1986
The Velveteen Rabbit
Narrator (voice)
5.6
1985
Highpoint
James Hatcher
4.8
1982
Being Different
Self (Narrator) (voice)
5.7
1981
Dial M for Murder
Tony Wendice
6.3
1981
Desperate Voyage
Jacques Burrifous
7.5
1980
The Shadow Box
Brian
5.2
1980
The Disappearance
Deverell
5.6
1977
The Day That Shook the World
Archduke Ferdinand
5.9
1975
After the Fall
Quentin
0.0
1974
TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Narrator
0.0
Bondarchuk. Battle
self
0.0
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
8.0
2021
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
6.5
2019
Departure
Howard Lawson · (9 episodes)
6.8
2019
Cliffs of Freedom
Thanasi
7.3
2019
Priest
Monsignor Orelas
5.8
2011
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Doctor Parnassus
6.4
2009
The Last Station
Leo Tolstoy
6.3
2009
9
#1 (voice)
6.9
2009
Up
Charles F. Muntz (voice)
8.0
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
David Winters
5.4
2008
Already Dead
Dr. Heller
5.5
2007
Closing the Ring
Jack
6.1
2007
Man in the Chair
Flash Madden
6.9
2007
The Lake House
Simon Wyler
7.0
2006
Inside Man
Arthur Case
7.4
2006
The New World
Captain Newport
6.5
2005
Syriana
Dean Whiting
6.4
2005
Must Love Dogs
Bill
5.9
2005
Our Fathers
Cardinal Bernard Law
6.4
2005
Alexander
Aristotle
5.9
2004
National Treasure
John Adams Gates
6.6
2004
Cold Creek Manor
Mr. Massie
5.4
2003
The Gospel of John
Narrator (voice)
7.6
2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
6.9
2002
Ararat
David
6.2
2002
A Beautiful Mind
Dr. Rosen
7.9
2001
Lucky Break
Graham Mortimer
6.2
2001
Dracula 2000
Matthew Van Helsing
5.3
2000
The Insider
Mike Wallace
7.5
1999
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
Self
6.7
1996
Twelve Monkeys
Dr. Goines
7.6
1995
Harrison Bergeron
John Klaxon
6.9
1995
Dolores Claiborne
John Mackey
7.3
1995
Wolf
Raymond Alden
6.1
1994
Malcolm X
Chaplain Gill
7.5
1992
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
General Chang
7.0
1991
Firehead
Col. Garland Vaughn
2.3
1991
Madeline
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1988
Nosferatu in Venice
Professor Paris Catalano
6.0
1988
Dragnet
Reverend Jonathan Whirley
6.0
1987
An American Tail
Henri (voice)
6.7
1986
Dreamscape
Bob Blair
6.1
1984
The Scarlet and the Black
Col. Herbert Kappler
7.0
1983
The Amateur
Professor Lakos
5.5
1981
Eyewitness
Joseph
5.6
1981
Somewhere in Time
William Fawcett Robinson
7.5
1980
Hanover Street
Paul Sellinger
5.6
1979
Murder by Decree
Sherlock Holmes
6.4
1979
Starcrash
The Emperor
4.2
1978
The Silent Partner
Reikle
7.1
1978
International Velvet
John Seaton
7.4
1978
Aces High
Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
5.8
1976
The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling
7.5
1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
Sir Charles Litton
6.8
1975
Waterloo
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
7.1
1970
Battle of Britain
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
6.8
1969
Triple Cross
Freddie Chapman
6.0
1966
Madeline at the Ballet
Narrator (voice)
2.0
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Rizzo (voice)
7.6
2023
The Forger
Joseph Cutter
5.8
2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Professor Coreman
6.7
2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
John Marshall Harlan
6.4
2013
The Legend of Sarila
Croolik (voice)
4.4
2013
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Self
0.0
2012
Barrymore
John Barrymore
6.4
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
7.5
2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Henrik Vanger
7.4
2011
Discovering Hamlet
Self
7.0
2011
Beginners
Hal Fields
6.8
2011
The Tempest
Prospero
8.0
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Narrator · (7 episodes)
4.7
2010
Madeline's Christmas
Narrator
4.4
2010
My Dog Tulip
J.R. Ackerley (voice)
6.7
2010
The Summit
P.J. Aimes · (2 episodes)
5.5
2008
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
0.0
2006
Four Minutes
Archie Mason
4.4
2005
Miracle Planet
Himself - Host · (5 episodes)
0.0
2005
Blizzard
Santa Claus
5.9
2003
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
6.0
2002
Agent of Influence
John Watkins
7.0
2002
American Tragedy
F. Lee Bailey
10.0
2000
Possessed
Archbishop Hume
5.5
2000
The Dinosaur Hunter
Hump Hinton
5.5
2000
Nuremberg
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe · (2 episodes)
7.5
2000
Hidden Agenda
Ulrich Steiner
2.5
1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris
Narrator (voice)
7.0
1999
Winchell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
6.4
1998
Skeletons
Reverend Carlyle
4.8
1997
The Arrow
George Hees
7.0
1997
The Arrow
George Hees · (2 episodes)
10.0
1997
Crackerjack
Ivan Getz
3.8
1994
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Narrator
7.4
1993
Impolite
Naples O'Rorke
0.0
1992
Secrets
Mel Wexler
3.8
1992
Liar's Edge
Harry Weldon
4.0
1992
Madeline in London
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
Madeline and the Gypsies
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
Money
Martin Yahl
4.5
1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
Young Catherine
Sir Charles · (2 episodes)
6.2
1991
Berlin Lady
Wilhelm Speer · (1 episode)
0.0
1991
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Narrator
0.0
1990
Counterstrike
Alexander Addington · (66 episodes)
7.0
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
The Grand Duke Ivan
5.7
1990
Where the Heart Is
Shitty
6.0
1990
Mindfield
Doctor Satorius
4.3
1989
American Experience
Narrator · (1 episode)
7.5
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Narrator (voice)
8.0
1988
Madeline
Narrator (voice) · (39 episodes)
5.7
1988
A Hazard of Hearts
Sir Giles Staverley
8.1
1987
I Love N.Y.
John Robertson Yeats
5.0
1987
The Nightingale
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1987
Crossings
Armand DeVilliers · (3 episodes)
4.8
1986
The Boy in Blue
Knox
4.8
1986
The Boss' Wife
Mr. Roalvang
5.0
1986
Rumpelstiltskin
Narrator
3.0
1985
Lily in Love
Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
6.0
1984
The Cosby Show
Jonathan Lawrence · (1 episode)
7.0
1984
Ordeal by Innocence
Leo Argyle
4.5
1984
Prototype
Dr. Carl Forrester
5.8
1983
SuperTed
(12 episodes)
6.8
1983
The Thorn Birds
Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese · (4 episodes)
7.2
1983
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Reggie Vanderbilt · (2 episodes)
6.8
1982
Nature
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
8.1
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
6.5
1982
When the Circus Came to Town
Duke Royal
6.0
1981
The Assignment
Kaptain Behounek
5.0
1977
Jesus Of Nazareth
Herod Antipas
9.0
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Herod Antipas · (4 episodes)
7.7
1977
Silver Blaze
Sherlock Holmes
0.0
1977
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Roscoe Heyward · (4 episodes)
3.0
1976
The Spiral Staircase
Dr. Sherman
4.9
1975
Conduct Unbecoming
Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
6.2
1975
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince (voice)
5.3
1974
The Pyx
Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
5.3
1973
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Atahualpa
6.0
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
Lord Foppington
4.5
1969
Nobody Runs Forever
Sir James Quentin
6.0
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1968
Oedipus the King
Oedipus
4.7
1968
The Night of the Generals
Field Marshal Rommel
6.8
1967
Inside Daisy Clover
Raymond Swan
5.7
1965
The Sound of Music
Captain Georg von Trapp
7.7
1965
Salzburg Sight and Sound
Self
8.0
1965
Hamlet at Elsinore
Hamlet
7.7
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Commodus
6.5
1964
Trans-Canada Journey
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1963
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Himself
0.0
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Captain Brassbound
0.0
1960
A Doll's House
Torvald
10.0
1959
NBC Sunday Showcase
(1 episode)
4.5
1959
Johnny Belinda
Dr. Jack Pelletier
0.0
1958
Wind Across the Everglades
Walt Murdock
6.1
1958
Stage Struck
Joe Sheridan
6.0
1958
Little Moon of Alban
Kenneth Boyd
0.0
1958
DuPont Show of the Month
Sir Miles Hendon · (1 episode)
6.7
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (2 episodes)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (2 episodes)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Walter Shelley · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Omnibus
(3 episodes)
6.0
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Jack Pelletier · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Torvald Helmer · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Captain Brassbound · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Prince Albert · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cyrano de Bergerac · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Suspense
(2 episodes)
4.6
1949
Studio One
Dick · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948