Christopher Plummer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-12-13
Day of Death
2021-02-05 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Christopher Plummer
Biography
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".
Acting
Madeline at the Ballet
as Narrator (voice)
TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
as Narrator
(2023)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
as Rizzo (voice)
(2022)
(2021)
(2021)
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Mooseltoe
as Mooseking
(2021)
Bondarchuk. Battle
as self
(2020)
The Last Full Measure
as Frank Pitsenbarger
(2019)
Knives Out
as Harlan Thrombey
(2019)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
(2019)
Cliffs of Freedom
as Thanasi
(2018)
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
(2018)
Boundaries
as Jack Jaconi
(2017)
The Star
as King Herod (voice)
(2017)
All the Money in the World
as Jean Paul Getty
(2017)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Scrooge
(2017)
The Exception
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
(2017)
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice)
(2017)
The River of My Dreams
as Himself
(2016)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice)
(2015)
Danny Collins
as Frank Grubman
(2015)
Remember
as Zev Guttman
(2015)
Pixies
as Pixie King (voice)
(2015)
(2014)
Elsa & Fred
as Fred
(2014)
Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Professor Coreman
(2014)
The Forger
as Joseph Cutter
(2013)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as John Marshall Harlan
(2013)
The Legend of Sarila
as Croolik (voice)
(2013)
Titans of the Ice Age
as Narrator
(2013)
The Captains: Still Kicking
as Himself
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Barrymore
as John Barrymore
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Kali, the Little Vampire
as Narrator (english version)
(2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Henrik Vanger
(2011)
Priest
as Monsignor Orelas
(2011)
Beginners
as Hal Fields
(2011)
Discovering Hamlet
as Self
(2010)
The Tempest
as Prospero
(2010)
My Dog Tulip
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
(2010)
Madeline's Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
Up
as Charles F. Muntz (voice)
(2009)
9
as #1 (voice)
(2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Doctor Parnassus
(2009)
The Last Station
as Leo Tolstoy
(2009)
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Caesar
(2008)
Emotional Arithmetic
as David Winters
(2007)
Closing the Ring
as Jack
(2007)
Man in the Chair
as Flash Madden
(2007)
Already Dead
as Dr. Heller
(2007)
Hamlet {Solo}
as Self
(2006)
Inside Man
as Arthur Case
(2006)
The Lake House
as Simon Wyler
(2006)
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
as Self - Narrator
(2006)
(2005)
The New World
as Captain Newport
(2005)
Syriana
as Dean Whiting
(2005)
Must Love Dogs
as Bill
(2005)
Our Fathers
as Cardinal Bernard Law
(2005)
Four Minutes
as Archie Mason
(2004)
National Treasure
as John Adams Gates
(2004)
Alexander
as Aristotle
(2003)
Cold Creek Manor
as Mr. Massie
(2003)
The Gospel of John
as Narrator (voice)
(2003)
Blizzard
as Santa Claus
(2003)
The Life Of Jesus
as Narrator
(2002)
Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
(2002)
Ararat
as David
(2002)
Agent of Influence
as John Watkins
(2002)
(2002)
Night Flight
as 'Flash' Harry Peters
(2001)
A Beautiful Mind
as Dr. Rosen
(2001)
Lucky Break
as Graham Mortimer
(2001)
Full Disclosure
as Robert Lecker
(2001)
On Golden Pond
as Norman Thayer
(2000)
Dracula 2000
as Matthew Van Helsing
(2000)
Possessed
as Archbishop Hume
(2000)
American Tragedy
as F. Lee Bailey
(2000)
The Dinosaur Hunter
as Hump Hinton
(2000)
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
as Self
(1999)
The Insider
as Mike Wallace
(1999)
Madeline: Lost in Paris
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
Hidden Agenda
as Ulrich Steiner
(1998)
Winchell
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1998)
The Clown at Midnight
as Mr. Caruthers
(1998)
Blackheart
as Holmes
(1998)
The First Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Babes in Toyland
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
(1997)
Skeletons
as Reverend Carlyle
(1997)
The Arrow
as George Hees
(1996)
(1996)
The Conspiracy of Fear
as Wakeman
(1995)
Twelve Monkeys
as Dr. Goines
(1995)
Dolores Claiborne
as John Mackey
(1995)
Harrison Bergeron
as John Klaxon
(1994)
Wolf
as Raymond Alden
(1994)
Crackerjack
as Ivan Getz
(1994)
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Narrator
(1993)
A Stranger in the Mirror
as Clifton Lawrence
(1992)
Malcolm X
as Chaplain Gill
(1992)
Secrets
as Mel Wexler
(1992)
Liar's Edge
as Harry Weldon
(1992)
Impolite
as Naples O'Rorke
(1991)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
as General Chang
(1991)
Rock-A-Doodle
as Grand Duke (voice)
(1991)
Money
as Martin Yahl
(1991)
Firehead
as Col. Garland Vaughn
(1991)
Madeline in London
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
Madeline and the Gypsies
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
Madeline and the Bad Hat
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Where the Heart Is
as Shitty
(1990)
Red Blooded American Girl
as Dr. John Alcore
(1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Grand Duke Ivan
(1990)
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
as Narrator
(1989)
Mindfield
as Doctor Satorius
(1989)
Nabokov on Kafka
as Vladimir Nabokov
(1989)
Souvenir
as Ernst Kestner
(1989)
The First Emperor of China
as Narrator
(1988)
Nosferatu in Venice
as Professor Paris Catalano
(1988)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Narrator (voice)
(1988)
Shadow Dancing
as Edmund Beaumont
(1988)
Madeline
as Narrator (voice)
(1987)
Dragnet
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
(1987)
I Love N.Y.
as John Robertson Yeats
(1987)
A Hazard of Hearts
as Sir Giles Staverley
(1987)
The Nightingale
as Narrator (voice)
(1986)
An American Tail
as Henri (voice)
(1986)
The Boss' Wife
as Mr. Roalvang
(1986)
The Boy in Blue
as Knox
(1986)
The Tin Soldier
as Narrator (voice)
(1986)
Spearfield's Daughter
as Lord Jack Cruze
(1985)
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Narrator (voice)
(1985)
Rumpelstiltskin
as Narrator
(1984)
Dreamscape
as Bob Blair
(1984)
Ordeal by Innocence
as Leo Argyle
(1984)
Lily in Love
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
(1983)
The Scarlet and the Black
as Col. Herbert Kappler
(1983)
Prototype
as Dr. Carl Forrester
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Highpoint
as James Hatcher
(1981)
The Amateur
as Professor Lakos
(1981)
Eyewitness
as Joseph
(1981)
Being Different
as Self (Narrator) (voice)
(1981)
When the Circus Came to Town
as Duke Royal
(1981)
Dial M for Murder
as Tony Wendice
(1980)
Somewhere in Time
as William Fawcett Robinson
(1980)
Desperate Voyage
as Jacques Burrifous
(1980)
The Shadow Box
as Brian
(1979)
Murder by Decree
as Sherlock Holmes
(1979)
Hanover Street
as Paul Sellinger
(1978)
Starcrash
as The Emperor
(1978)
The Silent Partner
as Reikle
(1978)
International Velvet
as John Seaton
(1977)
The Disappearance
as Deverell
(1977)
Silver Blaze
as Sherlock Holmes
(1977)
The Assignment
as Kaptain Behounek
(1976)
Aces High
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
(1975)
The Return of the Pink Panther
as Sir Charles Litton
(1975)
The Man Who Would Be King
as Rudyard Kipling
(1975)
Conduct Unbecoming
as Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
(1975)
The Day That Shook the World
as Archduke Ferdinand
(1975)
The Spiral Staircase
as Dr. Sherman
(1974)
After the Fall
as Quentin
(1974)
The Happy Prince
as The Happy Prince (voice)
(1973)
The Pyx
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
(1970)
Waterloo
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
(1969)
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
(1969)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Atahualpa
(1969)
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lord Foppington
(1968)
Nobody Runs Forever
as Sir James Quentin
(1968)
Oedipus the King
as Oedipus
(1967)
The Night of the Generals
as Field Marshal Rommel
(1966)
Triple Cross
as Freddie Chapman
(1965)
The Sound of Music
as Captain Georg von Trapp
(1965)
Inside Daisy Clover
as Raymond Swan
(1965)
Salzburg Sight and Sound
as Self
(1964)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Commodus
(1964)
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Hamlet
(1963)
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
as Himself
(1963)
Trans-Canada Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(1960)
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
as Captain Brassbound
(1959)
A Doll's House
as Torvald
(1958)
Stage Struck
as Joe Sheridan
(1958)
Wind Across the Everglades
as Walt Murdock
(1958)
Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
(1958)
Little Moon of Alban
as Kenneth Boyd
Crew
(2012)
Barrymore
Executive Producer