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".

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

American Experience

The Cosby Show

All Movies (198)

• Heroes of the Golden Mask2023 · as Rizzo (voice)
• Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story2022 · as Self
• Mooseltoe2021 · as Mooseking
• Kalahari: The Flooded Desert2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• Bondarchuk. Battle2021 · as self
• Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster2021 · as Self
• The Last Full Measure2020 · as Frank Pitsenbarger
• Knives Out2019 · as Harlan Thrombey
• Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019 · as Self
• Cliffs of Freedom2019 · as Thanasi
• Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness2018 · as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
• Boundaries2018 · as Jack
• All the Money in the World2017 · as Jean Paul Getty
• The Star2017 · as King Herod (voice)
• The Man Who Invented Christmas2017 · as Scrooge
• Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom2017 · as Dr. West (voice)
• The Exception2017 · as Kaiser Wilhelm II
• The River of My Dreams2017 · as Himself
• Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom2016 · as Dr. West (voice)
• Remember2015 · as Zev Guttman
• Pixies2015 · as Pixie King (voice)
• Danny Collins2015 · as Frank Grubman
• The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special2015 · as Self
• The Forger2014 · as Joseph Cutter
• Hector and the Search for Happiness2014 · as Professor Coreman
• Elsa & Fred2014 · as Fred
• Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight2013 · as John Marshall Harlan
• The Legend of Sarila2013 · as Croolik (voice)
• Titans of the Ice Age2013 · as Narrator
• The Captains: Still Kicking2013 · as Self
• Kali, the Little Vampire2012 · as Narrator (english version)
• Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim2012 · as Self
• Barrymore2012 · as John Barrymore
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011 · as Henrik Vanger
• Discovering Hamlet2011 · as Self
• Beginners2011 · as Hal Fields
• Priest2011 · as Monsignor Orelas
• A Short Film About Making Beginners2011
• The Tempest2010 · as Prospero
• My Dog Tulip2010 · as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009 · as Doctor Parnassus
• The Last Station2009 · as Leo Tolstoy
• 92009 · as #1 (voice)
• Up2009 · as Charles Muntz (voice)
• Caesar and Cleopatra2009 · as Caesar
• Emotional Arithmetic2008 · as David Winters
• Already Dead2007 · as Dr. Heller
• Closing the Ring2007 · as Jack
• Hamlet {Solo}2007 · as Self
• Man in the Chair2007 · as Flash Madden
• Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes2006 · as Narrator (voice over)
• The Lake House2006 · as Simon Wyler
• Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film2006 · as Self
• Inside Man2006 · as Arthur Case
• The New World2005 · as Captain Newport
• Syriana2005 · as Dean Whiting
• Four Minutes2005 · as Archie Mason
• Must Love Dogs2005 · as Bill
• Our Fathers2005 · as Cardinal Bernard Law
• Alexander2004 · as Aristotle
• National Treasure2004 · as John Adams Gates
• Cold Creek Manor2003 · as Mr. Massie
• The Gospel of John2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Life of Jesus2003 · as Narrator
• Blizzard2003 · as Santa Claus
• Nicholas Nickleby2002 · as Ralph Nickleby
• Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages2002 · as Self
• Agent of Influence2002 · as John Watkins
• Ararat2002 · as David
• Night Flight2002 · as 'Flash' Harry Peters
• A Beautiful Mind2001 · as Dr. Rosen
• Lucky Break2001 · as Graham Mortimer
• Full Disclosure2001 · as Robert Lecker
• On Golden Pond2001 · as Norman Thayer
• Dracula 20002000 · as Matthew Van Helsing
• American Tragedy2000 · as F. Lee Bailey
• Back To "Somewhere In Time"2000 · as Self
• Possessed2000 · as Archbishop Hume
• The Dinosaur Hunter2000 · as Hump Hinton
• Hidden Agenda1999 · as Ulrich Steiner
• The Insider1999 · as Mike Wallace
• Madeline: Lost in Paris1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Clown at Midnight1999 · as Mr. Caruthers
• Winchell1998 · as Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Blackheart1998 · as Holmes
• The First Christmas1998 · as Narrator (voice)
• Babes in Toyland1997 · as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
• Skeletons1997 · as Reverend Carlyle
• The Arrow1997 · as George Hees
• The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'1996 · as Self
• We the Jury1996 · as Wilfred Fransiscus
• The Conspiracy of Fear1996 · as Wakeman
• Twelve Monkeys1995 · as Dr. Goines
• Harrison Bergeron1995 · as John Klaxon
• Dolores Claiborne1995 · as John Mackey
• Crackerjack1994 · as Ivan Getz
• Wolf1994 · as Raymond Alden
• Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Stranger in the Mirror1993 · as Clifton Lawrence
• Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic1993 · as Narrator
• Malcolm X1992 · as Chaplain Gill
• Impolite1992 · as Naples O'Rorke
• Secrets1992 · as Mel Wexler
• The First Circle1992 · as Viktor Abakumov
• Liar's Edge1992 · as Harry Weldon
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991 · as Chang
• Madeline in London1991 · as Narrator (voice)
• Madeline and the Gypsies1991 · as Narrator (voice)
• Rock-A-Doodle1991 · as Grand Duke (voice)
• Money1991 · as Martin Yahl
• Madeline and the Bad Hat1991 · as Narrator (voice)
• Firehead1991 · as Col. Garland Vaughn
• The Little Crooked Christmas Tree1990 · as Narrator
• Madeline's Christmas1990 · as Narrator (voice)
• Red Blooded American Girl1990 · as Dr. John Alcore
• A Ghost in Monte Carlo1990 · as The Grand Duke Ivan
• Where the Heart Is1990 · as Shitty
• Mindfield1989 · as Doctor Satorius
• Nabokov on Kafka1989 · as Vladimir Nabokov
• Souvenir1989 · as Ernst Kestner
• The First Emperor of China1989 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Shadow Dancing1988 · as Edmund Beaumont
• Madeline1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Nosferatu in Venice1988 · as Professor Paris Catalano
• A Hazard of Hearts1987 · as Sir Giles Staverley
• Dragnet1987 · as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
• I Love N.Y.1987 · as John Robertson Yeats
• Portraits of Canada1987 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Nightingale1987 · as Narrator (voice)
• An American Tail1986 · as Henri (voice)
• Spearfield's Daughter1986 · as Lord Jack Cruze
• The Boy in Blue1986 · as Knox
• The Boss' Wife1986 · as Mr. Roalvang
• The Tin Soldier1986 · as Narrator (voice)
• Rumpelstiltskin1985 · as Narrator
• The Velveteen Rabbit1985 · as Narrator (voice)
• Lily in Love1984 · as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
• Dreamscape1984 · as Bob Blair
• Ordeal by Innocence1984 · as Leo Argyle
• Prototype1983 · as Dr. Carl Forrester
• The Scarlet and the Black1983 · as Col. Herbert Kappler
• Highpoint1982 · as James Hatcher
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• The Amateur1981 · as Professor Lakos
• Being Different1981 · as Self (Narrator) (voice)
• Dial M for Murder1981 · as Tony Wendice
• Eyewitness1981 · as Joseph
• When the Circus Came to Town1981 · as Duke Royal
• Desperate Voyage1980 · as Jacques Burrifous
• Somewhere in Time1980 · as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
• The Shadow Box1980 · as Brian
• Arthur Miller on Home Ground1979
• Hanover Street1979 · as Paul Sellinger
• Riel1979 · as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
• Murder by Decree1979 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Starcrash1978 · as The Emperor
• The Silent Partner1978 · as Reikle
• International Velvet1978 · as John Seaton
• The Disappearance1977 · as Deverell
• The Assignment1977 · as Kaptain Behounek
• Silver Blaze1977 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Aces High1976 · as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
• The Man Who Would Be King1975 · as Rudyard Kipling
• The Day That Shook the World1975 · as Archduke Ferdinand
• Conduct Unbecoming1975 · as Major Alastair Wimbourne
• The Return of the Pink Panther1975 · as Sir Charles Litton
• The Spiral Staircase1975 · as Dr. Joe Sherman
• After the Fall1974 · as Quentin
• The Happy Prince1974 · as The Happy Prince (voice)
• The Pyx1973 · as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
• Waterloo1970 · as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun1969 · as Atahualpa
• Battle of Britain1969 · as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
• Lock Up Your Daughters1969 · as Lord Foppington
• Nobody Runs Forever1968 · as Sir James Quentin
• Oedipus the King1968 · as Oedipus
• The Night of the Generals1967 · as Field Marshal Rommel
• Triple Cross1966 · as Freddie Chapman
• Inside Daisy Clover1966 · as Raymond Swan
• The Sound of Music1965 · as Captain Georg von Trapp
• Salzburg Sight and Sound1965 · as Self
• An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hamlet at Elsinore1964 · as Hamlet
• The Fall of the Roman Empire1964 · as Commodus
• Trans-Canada Journey1963 · as Narrator (voice)
• 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer1963 · as Himself
• Cyrano De Bergerac1962 · as Cyrano de Bergerac
• Captain Brassbound's Conversion1960 · as Captain Brassbound
• A Doll's House1959 · as Torvald
• Johnny Belinda1958 · as Dr. Jack Pelletier
• Wind Across the Everglades1958 · as Walt Murdock
• Stage Struck1958 · as Joe Sheridan
• Little Moon of Alban1958 · as Kenneth Boyd
• Madeline at the Ballet— · as Narrator (voice)
• Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century— · as Narrator (voice)

All TV Shows (47)

• Departure2019 · as Howard Lawson
• Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood2010 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Summit2008 · as P.J. Aimes
• Miracle Planet2005 · as Himself - Host
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Nuremberg2000 · as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
• The Arrow1997 · as George Hees
• Young Catherine1991 · as Sir Charles
• Berlin Lady1991 · as Wilhelm Speer
• Counterstrike1990 · as Alexander Addington
• Madeline1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator
• Crossings1986 · as Armand DeVilliers
• The Cosby Show1984 · as Jonathan Lawrence
• SuperTed1983
• The Thorn Birds1983 · as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
• Little Gloria... Happy at Last1982 · as Reggie Vanderbilt
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Sunday Drama1977 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Jesus of Nazareth1977 · as Herod Antipas
• Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers1976 · as Roscoe Heyward
• Film '721971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Omnibus1967 · as Narrator
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Don Juan
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• NBC Sunday Showcase1959
• DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Sir Miles Hendon
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Kraft Television Theatre1953
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Walter Shelley
• Omnibus1952
• Omnibus1952 · as Oedipus
• Omnibus1952 · as Thomas Mendip
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dr. Jack Pelletier
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Torvald Helmer
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Prince Albert
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Captain Brassbound
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Cyrano de Bergerac
• Suspense1949
• Studio One1948 · as Dick
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee