Acting
Christopher Plummer
EN, RU, HU, FR cinema · 198 credits
Born
13 December 1929
Died
5 February 2021 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Arthur Christopher Orme 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
Filmography
Madeline at the Ballet
Madeline at the Ballet
as Narrator (voice)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century
as Narrator (voice)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
as Rizzo (voice)
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
as Narrator (voice)
Mooseltoe
as Mooseking
The Last Full Measure
as Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out
as Harlan Thrombey
Cliffs of Freedom
as Thanasi
Boundaries
as Jack
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
The Exception
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The River of My Dreams
as Himself
The Star
as King Herod (voice)
All the Money in the World
as Jean Paul Getty
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice)
Remember
as Zev Guttman
Danny Collins
as Frank Grubman
Pixies
as Pixie King (voice)
The Forger
as Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Professor Coreman
Elsa & Fred
as Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as John Marshall Harlan
The Legend of Sarila
as Croolik (voice)
Titans of the Ice Age
as Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Barrymore
as John Barrymore, Executive Producer
Kali, the Little Vampire
as Narrator (english version)
Priest
as Monsignor Orelas
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Henrik Vanger
Beginners
as Hal Fields
My Dog Tulip
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
The Tempest
as Prospero
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Doctor Parnassus
9
as #1 (voice)
Up
as Charles Muntz (voice)
The Last Station
as Leo Tolstoy
Emotional Arithmetic
as David Winters
Already Dead
as Dr. Heller
Closing the Ring
as Jack
Man in the Chair
as Flash Madden
Inside Man
as Arthur Case
The Lake House
as Simon Wyler
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
as Narrator (voice over)
Syriana
as Dean Whiting
The New World
as Captain Newport
Must Love Dogs
as Bill
Our Fathers
as Cardinal Bernard Law
Four Minutes
as Archie Mason
National Treasure
as John Adams Gates
Alexander
as Aristotle
The Gospel of John
as Narrator (voice)
Cold Creek Manor
as Mr. Massie
The Life of Jesus
as Narrator
Blizzard
as Santa Claus
Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
Ararat
as David
Agent of Influence
as John Watkins
Night Flight
2002
Night Flight
as 'Flash' Harry Peters
A Beautiful Mind
as Dr. Rosen
Lucky Break
as Graham Mortimer
Full Disclosure
as Robert Lecker
On Golden Pond
as Norman Thayer
Dracula 2000
as Matthew Van Helsing
The Dinosaur Hunter
as Hump Hinton
Possessed
as Archbishop Hume
American Tragedy
as F. Lee Bailey
The Insider
as Mike Wallace
Madeline: Lost in Paris
as Narrator (voice)
Hidden Agenda
as Ulrich Steiner
The Clown at Midnight
as Mr. Caruthers
Winchell
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Blackheart
as Holmes
The First Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
The Arrow
as George Hees
Skeletons
as Reverend Carlyle
Babes in Toyland
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
The Conspiracy of Fear
as Wakeman
We the Jury
as Wilfred Fransiscus
Twelve Monkeys
as Dr. Goines
Dolores Claiborne
as John Mackey
Harrison Bergeron
as John Klaxon
Wolf
as Raymond Alden
Crackerjack
as Ivan Getz
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Narrator
A Stranger in the Mirror
as Clifton Lawrence
Malcolm X
as Chaplain Gill
Liar's Edge
as Harry Weldon
Secrets
as Mel Wexler
Impolite
as Naples O'Rorke
The First Circle
as Viktor Abakumov
Firehead
as Col. Garland Vaughn
Madeline and the Gypsies
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline in London
1991
Madeline in London
as Narrator (voice)
Money
as Martin Yahl
Rock-A-Doodle
as Grand Duke (voice)
Where the Heart Is
as Shitty
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Grand Duke Ivan
Red Blooded American Girl
as Dr. John Alcore
Madeline's Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
Mindfield
as Doctor Satorius
Nabokov on Kafka
as Vladimir Nabokov
Souvenir
as Ernst Kestner
The First Emperor of China
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Nosferatu in Venice
as Professor Paris Catalano
Madeline
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Narrator (voice)
Shadow Dancing
as Edmund Beaumont
Dragnet
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
A Hazard of Hearts
as Sir Giles Staverley
The Nightingale
as Narrator (voice)
I Love N.Y.
as John Robertson Yeats
Portraits of Canada
1987
Portraits of Canada
as Narrator (voice)
An American Tail
as Henri (voice)
The Boss' Wife
as Mr. Roalvang
The Boy in Blue
as Knox
Spearfield's Daughter
as Lord Jack Cruze
The Tin Soldier
as Narrator (voice)
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Narrator (voice)
Rumpelstiltskin
as Narrator
Dreamscape
as Bob Blair
Ordeal by Innocence
as Leo Argyle
Lily in Love
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Highpoint
as James Hatcher
The Scarlet and the Black
as Col. Herbert Kappler
Prototype
as Dr. Carl Forrester
The Amateur
as Professor Lakos
Eyewitness
as Joseph
Dial M for Murder
as Tony Wendice
Being Different
as Self (Narrator) (voice)
When the Circus Came to Town
as Duke Royal
Somewhere in Time
as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
Desperate Voyage
as Jacques Burrifous
The Shadow Box
as Brian
Hanover Street
as Paul Sellinger
Murder by Decree
as Sherlock Holmes
Riel
as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Starcrash
as The Emperor
The Silent Partner
as Reikle
International Velvet
as John Seaton
The Disappearance
as Deverell
Silver Blaze
as Sherlock Holmes
The Assignment
as Kaptain Behounek
Aces High
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
The Man Who Would Be King
as Rudyard Kipling
The Return of the Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Litton
Conduct Unbecoming
as Major Alastair Wimbourne
The Spiral Staircase
as Dr. Joe Sherman
The Day That Shook the World
as Archduke Ferdinand
The Happy Prince
as The Happy Prince (voice)
After the Fall
as Quentin
The Pyx
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Waterloo
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Atahualpa
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lord Foppington
Nobody Runs Forever
as Sir James Quentin
Oedipus the King
as Oedipus
The Night of the Generals
as Field Marshal Rommel
Triple Cross
as Freddie Chapman
Inside Daisy Clover
as Raymond Swan
The Sound of Music
as Captain Georg von Trapp
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Commodus
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Hamlet
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
as Narrator (voice)
Trans-Canada Journey
1963
Trans-Canada Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
Cyrano De Bergerac
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
as Captain Brassbound
A Doll's House
as Torvald
Wind Across the Everglades
as Walt Murdock
Stage Struck
as Joe Sheridan
Johnny Belinda
1958
Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Little Moon of Alban
as Kenneth Boyd