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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
Up
+3
as Charles Muntz (voice) 
Knives Out
+6
as Harlan Thrombey 
National Treasure
+3
as John Adams Gates 
Twelve Monkeys
+2
as Dr. Goines 
A Beautiful Mind
+5
as Dr. Rosen 
The Sound of Music
+3
as Captain Georg von Trapp 
Jesus of Nazareth
+8
as Herod Antipas 
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
+8
as Henrik Vanger 
Inside Man
+2
as Arthur Case 
9
+4
as #1 (voice) 
The Thorn Birds
as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese 
The Lake House
+3
as Simon Wyler 
Alexander
+2
as Aristotle 
The Star
+5
as King Herod (voice) 
All the Money in the World
+3
as Jean Paul Getty 
The Insider
+2
as Mike Wallace 
An American Tail
+2
as Henri (voice) 
Priest
+8
as Monsignor Orelas 
The New World
+3
as Captain Newport 
Danny Collins
+11
as Frank Grubman 
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
+4
as Doctor Parnassus 
Nuremberg
as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe 
Dracula 2000
+5
as Matthew Van Helsing 
The Exception
+12
as Kaiser Wilhelm II 
The Last Full Measure
+6
as Frank Pitsenbarger 
Must Love Dogs
+3
as Bill 
The Forger
+8
as Joseph Cutter 
Syriana
+3
as Dean Whiting 
Dolores Claiborne
+3
as John Mackey 
The Summit
+1
as P.J. Aimes 
Somewhere in Time
+11
as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson 
Wolf
+4
as Raymond Alden 
The Man Who Would Be King
+7
as Rudyard Kipling 
The Return of the Pink Panther
+8
as Sir Charles Litton 
Battle of Britain
+8
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey 
Cold Creek Manor
+3
as Mr. Massie 
The Fall of the Roman Empire
+9
as Commodus 
Rock-A-Doodle
+11
as Grand Duke (voice) 
The Man Who Invented Christmas
+7
as Scrooge 
The Night of the Generals
+2
as Field Marshal Rommel 
Nicholas Nickleby
+10
as Ralph Nickleby 
The Legend of Sarila
as Croolik (voice) 
Hanover Street
+4
as Paul Sellinger 
Dragnet
+4
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley 
Closing the Ring
+11
as Jack 
Ordeal by Innocence
+4
as Leo Argyle 
Where the Heart Is
+2
as Shitty 
Hector and the Search for Happiness
+6
as Professor Coreman 
Remember
+2
as Zev Guttman 
The Gospel of John
+6
as Narrator (voice) 
The Last Station
+2
as Leo Tolstoy 
Murder by Decree
+3
as Sherlock Holmes 
Dreamscape
+18
as Bob Blair 
Beginners
+2
as Hal Fields 
Waterloo
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 
Starcrash
+17
as The Emperor 
Triple Cross
+11
as Freddie Chapman 
The Silent Partner
+2
as Reikle 
The Scarlet and the Black
+11
as Col. Herbert Kappler 
Inside Daisy Clover
+1
as Raymond Swan 
Heroes of the Golden Mask
+9
as Rizzo (voice) 
A Hazard of Hearts
+6
as Sir Giles Staverley 
The Boy in Blue
as Knox 
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
+4
as John Marshall Harlan 
Nosferatu in Venice
+9
as Professor Paris Catalano 
Pixies
+11
as Pixie King (voice) 
Eyewitness
as Joseph 
Already Dead
as Dr. Heller 
Aces High
+5
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair 
The Boss' Wife
+2
as Mr. Roalvang 
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
+12
as Dr. West (voice) 
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
+13
as Self 
Elsa & Fred
+3
as Fred 
Boundaries
+2
as Jack 
Ararat
as David 
Blizzard
+4
as Santa Claus 
Lucky Break
+2
as Graham Mortimer 
Cliffs of Freedom
+6
as Thanasi 
Madeline: Lost in Paris
+3
as Narrator (voice) 
Babes in Toyland
+7
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice) 
The Clown at Midnight
+6
as Mr. Caruthers 
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as Atahualpa 
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
+12
as Dr. West (voice) 
Emotional Arithmetic
+1
as David Winters 
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
+12
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice) 
The Disappearance
as Deverell 
Possessed
+4
as Archbishop Hume 
International Velvet
+3
as John Seaton 
Discovering Hamlet
as Self 
The Dinosaur Hunter
as Hump Hinton 
+8 
Conduct Unbecoming
+5
as Major Alastair Wimbourne 
The Life of Jesus
+7
as Narrator 
Red Blooded American Girl
+1
as Dr. John Alcore 
Crackerjack
+8
as Ivan Getz 
When the Circus Came to Town
as Duke Royal 
Mindfield
as Doctor Satorius 
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
+3
as Self (archive footage) 
The First Emperor of China
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
The Day That Shook the World
+2
as Archduke Ferdinand 
The Arrow
as George Hees 
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
+3
as Narrator (voice) 
The Captains: Still Kicking
as Self 
Lily in Love
+2
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova 
Full Disclosure
+5
as Robert Lecker 
Agent of Influence
+11
as John Watkins 
Firehead
+3
as Col. Garland Vaughn 
The Pyx
+8
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson 
Hidden Agenda
as Ulrich Steiner