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Christopher Plummer
Known for: ActingArthur 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".
Filmography 111
Knives Out
as Harlan Thrombey 
A Beautiful Mind
as Dr. Rosen 
Up
as Charles Muntz (voice) 
The Sound of Music
as Captain Georg von Trapp 
Inside Man
+2
as Arthur Case 
National Treasure
as John Adams Gates 
Twelve Monkeys
as Dr. Goines 
Alexander
as Aristotle 
Nuremberg
as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe 
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
+1
as Henrik Vanger 
9
as #1 (voice) 
The Lake House
+2
as Simon Wyler 
Dolores Claiborne
as John Mackey 
Jesus of Nazareth
as Herod Antipas 
The Star
+1
as King Herod (voice) 
All the Money in the World
+3
as Jean Paul Getty 
The Thorn Birds
as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese 
The Insider
as Mike Wallace 
An American Tail
as Henri (voice) 
Dracula 2000
as Matthew Van Helsing 
Wolf
as Raymond Alden 
The New World
as Captain Newport 
Danny Collins
as Frank Grubman 
The Exception
as Kaiser Wilhelm II 
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Doctor Parnassus 
Priest
+1
as Monsignor Orelas 
The Man Who Would Be King
as Rudyard Kipling 
The Summit
as P.J. Aimes 
The Last Full Measure
as Frank Pitsenbarger 
Must Love Dogs
as Bill 
Boundaries
as Jack 
Remember
as Zev Guttman 
The Forger
as Joseph Cutter 
Syriana
+1
as Dean Whiting 
Somewhere in Time
+1
as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson 
Ararat
as David 
The Return of the Pink Panther
+1
as Sir Charles Litton 
Battle of Britain
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey 
Cold Creek Manor
as Mr. Massie 
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Commodus 
Rock-A-Doodle
as Grand Duke (voice) 
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Scrooge 
The Night of the Generals
as Field Marshal Rommel 
Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby 
The Legend of Sarila
+1
as Croolik (voice) 
Hanover Street
as Paul Sellinger 
Dragnet
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley 
Closing the Ring
as Jack 
Ordeal by Innocence
as Leo Argyle 
Waterloo
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 
Where the Heart Is
as Shitty 
Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Professor Coreman 
The Gospel of John
as Narrator (voice) 
The Last Station
as Leo Tolstoy 
Murder by Decree
as Sherlock Holmes 
Starcrash
as The Emperor 
Beginners
as Hal Fields 
Dreamscape
as Bob Blair 
The Scarlet and the Black
as Col. Herbert Kappler 
Triple Cross
as Freddie Chapman 
The Silent Partner
as Reikle 
Conduct Unbecoming
as Major Alastair Wimbourne 
Inside Daisy Clover
as Raymond Swan 
Heroes of the Golden Mask
+1
as Rizzo (voice) 
Aces High
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair 
Mindfield
as Doctor Satorius 
Blizzard
as Santa Claus 
A Hazard of Hearts
as Sir Giles Staverley 
The Boy in Blue
as Knox 
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as John Marshall Harlan 
Nosferatu in Venice
as Professor Paris Catalano 
Pixies
as Pixie King (voice) 
Eyewitness
as Joseph 
Already Dead
as Dr. Heller 
The Boss' Wife
as Mr. Roalvang 
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice) 
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self 
Crackerjack
as Ivan Getz 
Elsa & Fred
as Fred 
Lucky Break
as Graham Mortimer 
Cliffs of Freedom
as Thanasi 
Madeline: Lost in Paris
as Narrator (voice) 
Babes in Toyland
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice) 
The Clown at Midnight
as Mr. Caruthers 
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Atahualpa 
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
as Dr. West (voice) 
Emotional Arithmetic
as David Winters 
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice) 
The Disappearance
as Deverell 
Possessed
as Archbishop Hume 
International Velvet
as John Seaton 
Discovering Hamlet
as Self 
The Dinosaur Hunter
as Hump Hinton 
The Arrow
as George Hees 
The Life of Jesus
as Narrator 
Red Blooded American Girl
as Dr. John Alcore 
When the Circus Came to Town
as Duke Royal 
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
as Self (archive footage) 
The First Emperor of China
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
The Day That Shook the World
as Archduke Ferdinand 
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
as Narrator (voice) 
The Captains: Still Kicking
as Self 
Lily in Love
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova 
Full Disclosure
as Robert Lecker 
Agent of Influence
as John Watkins 
Firehead
as Col. Garland Vaughn 
The Pyx
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson 
Hidden Agenda
as Ulrich Steiner