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Birthday: Dec 13, 1929
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Christopher 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".

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Twelve Monkeys Dr. Goines 1995
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country General Chang 1991
Syriana Dean Whiting 2005
Inside Man Arthur Case 2006
A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen 2001
The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling 1975
The Lake House Simon Wyler 2006
National Treasure John Adams Gates 2004
Dragnet Reverend Jonathan Whirley 1987
Dracula 2000 Matthew Van Helsing 2000
Malcolm X Chaplain Gill 1992
Alexander Aristotle 2004
Wolf Raymond Alden 1994
Triple Cross Freddie Chapman 1966
An American Tail Henri (voice) 1986
The Amateur Professor Lakos 1981
The Gospel of John Narrator (voice) 2003
Starcrash The Emperor 1978
The New World Captain Newport 2005
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' Self 1996
Dreamscape Bob Blair 1984
Battle of Britain Squadron Leader Colin Harvey 1969
Dolores Claiborne John Mackey 1995
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Doctor Parnassus 2009
Must Love Dogs Bill 2005
The Return of the Pink Panther Sir Charles Litton 1975
Harrison Bergeron John Klaxon 1995
Eyewitness Joseph 1981
The Silent Partner Reikle 1978
The Insider Mike Wallace 1999
9 #1 (voice) 2009
Cold Creek Manor Mr. Massie 2003
Waterloo Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 1970
Hanover Street Paul Sellinger 1979
Emotional Arithmetic David Winters 2008
Murder by Decree Sherlock Holmes 1979
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert Narrator (voice) 2021
Nosferatu in Venice Professor Paris Catalano 1988
Already Dead Dr. Heller 2007
Closing the Ring Jack 2007
Up Charles F. Muntz (voice) 2009
Lucky Break Graham Mortimer 2001
International Velvet John Seaton 1978
Nicholas Nickleby Ralph Nickleby 2002
Madeline at the Ballet Narrator (voice) 1970
Madeline Narrator (voice) 1988
The Last Station Leo Tolstoy 2009
The Night of the Generals Field Marshal Rommel 1967
Firehead Col. Garland Vaughn 1991
The Sound of Music Captain Georg von Trapp 1965
Man in the Chair Flash Madden 2007
Our Fathers Cardinal Bernard Law 2005
Aces High Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair 1976
The Scarlet and the Black Col. Herbert Kappler 1983
Priest Monsignor Orelas 2011
Ararat David 2002
Somewhere in Time William Fawcett Robinson 1980
Where the Heart Is Shitty 1990
The Fall of the Roman Empire Commodus 1964
The Dinosaur Hunter Hump Hinton 2000
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Henrik Vanger 2011
A Hazard of Hearts Sir Giles Staverley 1987
The Boss' Wife Mr. Roalvang 1986
Possessed Archbishop Hume 2000
Inside Daisy Clover Raymond Swan 1965
The Arrow George Hees 1997
Wind Across the Everglades Walt Murdock 1958
Four Minutes Archie Mason 2005
Heroes of the Golden Mask Rizzo (voice) 2023
My Dog Tulip J.R. Ackerley (voice) 2010
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film Self 2006
Prototype Dr. Carl Forrester 1983
Nobody Runs Forever Sir James Quentin 1968
The Boy in Blue Knox 1986
Beginners Hal Fields 2011
American Tragedy F. Lee Bailey 2000
The Pyx Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson 1973
Mindfield Doctor Satorius 1989
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
Conduct Unbecoming Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne 1975
A Ghost in Monte Carlo The Grand Duke Ivan 1990
The Nightingale Narrator (voice) 1987
Crackerjack Ivan Getz 1994
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic Narrator 1993
Ordeal by Innocence Leo Argyle 1984
Lily in Love Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova 1984
Stage Struck Joe Sheridan 1958
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim Self 2012
Madeline and the Gypsies Narrator (voice) 1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat Narrator (voice) 1991
Madeline in London Narrator (voice) 1991
Johnny Belinda Dr. Jack Pelletier 1958
The Spiral Staircase Dr. Sherman 1975
Barrymore John Barrymore 2012
The Tempest Prospero 2010
Liar's Edge Harry Weldon 1992
Money Martin Yahl 1991
The Royal Hunt of the Sun Atahualpa 1969
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight John Marshall Harlan 2013
Lock Up Your Daughters Lord Foppington 1969
Discovering Hamlet Self 2011
I Love N.Y. John Robertson Yeats 1987
Secrets Mel Wexler 1992
Madeline: Lost in Paris Narrator (voice) 1999
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Narrator (voice) 1988
Hidden Agenda Ulrich Steiner 1999
Winchell Franklin D. Roosevelt 1998
The Forger Joseph Cutter 2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness Professor Coreman 2014
The Happy Prince The Happy Prince (voice) 1974
Hamlet at Elsinore Hamlet 1964
The Legend of Sarila Croolik (voice) 2013
Agent of Influence John Watkins 2002
Skeletons Reverend Carlyle 1997
Titans of the Ice Age Narrator 2013
After the Fall Quentin 1974
Elsa & Fred Fred 2014
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy 2012
Babes in Toyland Barnaby Crookedman (voice) 1997
Nabokov on Kafka Vladimir Nabokov 1989
The Day That Shook the World Archduke Ferdinand 1975
Desperate Voyage Jacques Burrifous 1980
Full Disclosure Robert Lecker 2001
Highpoint James Hatcher 1982
Remember Zev Guttman 2015
The Clown at Midnight Mr. Caruthers 1998
Spearfield's Daughter Lord Jack Cruze 1986
Blackheart Holmes 1998
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story Self 2022
TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY Narrator 1970
Danny Collins Frank Grubman 2015
The Exception Kaiser Wilhelm II 2017
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold Self (archive footage) 1994
Pixies Pixie King (voice) 2015
On Golden Pond Norman Thayer 2001
The Life Of Jesus Narrator 2003
Dial M for Murder Tony Wendice 1981
Kali, the Little Vampire Narrator (english version) 2012
Souvenir Ernst Kestner 1989
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special Self 2015
Mooseltoe Mooseking 2021
The Conspiracy of Fear Wakeman 1996
The Velveteen Rabbit Narrator (voice) 1985
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer Himself 1963
The River of My Dreams Himself 2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom Dr. West (voice) 2016
Rock-A-Doodle Grand Duke (voice) 1991
Red Blooded American Girl Dr. John Alcore 1990
Shadow Dancing Edmund Beaumont 1988
The First Christmas Narrator (voice) 1998
The First Emperor of China Narrator 1989
The Disappearance Deverell 1977
Caesar and Cleopatra Caesar 2009
The Last Full Measure Frank Pitsenbarger 2020
The Star King Herod (voice) 2017
Boundaries Jack Jaconi 2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas Scrooge 2017
Oedipus the King Oedipus 1968
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes Self - Narrator 2006
All the Money in the World Jean Paul Getty 2017
The Shadow Box Brian 1980
A Stranger in the Mirror Clifton Lawrence 1993
Being Different Self (Narrator) (voice) 1981
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom Dr. West (voice) 2017
Captain Brassbound's Conversion Captain Brassbound 1960
The Tin Soldier Narrator (voice) 1986
The Captains: Still Kicking Himself 2013
Night Flight 'Flash' Harry Peters 2002
Knives Out Harlan Thrombey 2019
A Doll's House Torvald 1959
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Dr. Jeffrey West (voice) 2018
Silver Blaze Sherlock Holmes 1977
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree Narrator 1990
Cliffs of Freedom Thanasi 2019
The Assignment Kaptain Behounek 1977
Blizzard Santa Claus 2003
Rumpelstiltskin Narrator 1985
Impolite Naples O'Rorke 1992
Madeline's Christmas Narrator 2010
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth Self 2019
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages Self 2002
Little Moon of Alban Kenneth Boyd 1958
Salzburg Sight and Sound Self 1965
When the Circus Came to Town Duke Royal 1981
Trans-Canada Journey Narrator (voice) 1963
Bondarchuk. Battle self 2021
Night of 100 Stars Self 1982
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Self 2021
Jesus Of Nazareth Herod Antipas 1977
Series Cast Year
SuperTed 1983
The Cosby Show Jonathan Lawrence 1984
Omnibus 1952
Studio One Dick 1948
General Electric Theater Walter Shelley 1953
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame Dr. Jack Pelletier 1951
Nuremberg Sir David Maxwell Fyfe 2000
Counterstrike Alexander Addington 1990
Miracle Planet Himself - Host 2005
Suspense 1949
Nature Narrator (voice) 1982
Jesus of Nazareth Herod Antipas 1977
Madeline Narrator (voice) 1988
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers Roscoe Heyward 1976
The Summit P.J. Aimes 2008
The Thorn Birds Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese 1983
Little Gloria... Happy at Last Reggie Vanderbilt 1982
Crossings Armand DeVilliers 1986
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood Narrator 2010
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
American Experience Narrator 1988
Berlin Lady Wilhelm Speer 1991
Young Catherine Sir Charles 1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame Torvald Helmer 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame Captain Brassbound 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame Prince Albert 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame Cyrano de Bergerac 1951
DuPont Show of the Month Sir Miles Hendon 1957
Tony Awards Self - Presenter 1956
Departure Howard Lawson 2019
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
Tony Awards Self - Winner 1956
Tony Awards Self - Nominee/Presenter 1956
The Oscars Self 1953
NBC Sunday Showcase 1959
The Arrow George Hees 1997
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
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