Christopher Plummer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 13, 1929
- Died
- February 5, 2021
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
- Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century TBA
as Narrator (voice)
- Madeline at the Ballet
Madeline at the Ballet TBA
as Narrator (voice)
Heroes of the Golden Mask 2023
as Rizzo (voice)
- Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story 2022
as Self
Mooseltoe 2021
as Mooseking
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert 2021
as Narrator (voice)
Bondarchuk. Battle 2021
as self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster 2021
as Self
The Last Full Measure 2020
as Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out 2019
as Harlan Thrombey
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
as Self
Cliffs of Freedom 2019
as Thanasi
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness 2018
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Boundaries 2018
as Jack
All the Money in the World 2017
as Jean Paul Getty
The Star 2017
as King Herod (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas 2017
as Scrooge
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom 2017
as Dr. West (voice)
The Exception 2017
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The River of My Dreams 2017
as Himself
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom 2016
as Dr. West (voice)
Remember 2015
as Zev Guttman
Pixies 2015
as Pixie King (voice)
Danny Collins 2015
as Frank Grubman
- The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special 2015
as Self
The Forger 2014
as Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness 2014
as Professor Coreman
Elsa & Fred 2014
as Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 2013
as John Marshall Harlan
The Legend of Sarila 2013
as Croolik (voice)
Titans of the Ice Age 2013
as Narrator
The Captains: Still Kicking 2013
as Self
Kali, the Little Vampire 2012
as Narrator (english version)
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim 2012
as Self
Barrymore 2012
as John Barrymore, Executive Producer
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
as (archive footage)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011
as Henrik Vanger
Discovering Hamlet 2011
as Self
Beginners 2011
as Hal Fields
Priest 2011
as Monsignor Orelas
A Short Film About Making Beginners 2011
Actor
The Tempest 2010
as Prospero
My Dog Tulip 2010
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009
as Doctor Parnassus
The Last Station 2009
as Leo Tolstoy
9 2009
as #1 (voice)
Up 2009
as Charles Muntz (voice)
Caesar and Cleopatra 2009
as Caesar
Emotional Arithmetic 2008
as David Winters
Already Dead 2007
as Dr. Heller
Closing the Ring 2007
as Jack
Hamlet {Solo} 2007
as Self
Man in the Chair 2007
as Flash Madden
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes 2006
as Narrator (voice over)
The Lake House 2006
as Simon Wyler
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film 2006
as Self
Inside Man 2006
as Arthur Case
The New World 2005
as Captain Newport
Syriana 2005
as Dean Whiting
Four Minutes 2005
as Archie Mason
Must Love Dogs 2005
as Bill
Our Fathers 2005
as Cardinal Bernard Law
Alexander 2004
as Aristotle
National Treasure 2004
as John Adams Gates
Cold Creek Manor 2003
as Mr. Massie
The Gospel of John 2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Life of Jesus 2003
as Narrator
Blizzard 2003
as Santa Claus
Nicholas Nickleby 2002
as Ralph Nickleby
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages 2002
as Self
Agent of Influence 2002
as John Watkins
Ararat 2002
as David
- Night Flight
Night Flight 2002
as 'Flash' Harry Peters
A Beautiful Mind 2001
as Dr. Rosen
Lucky Break 2001
as Graham Mortimer
Full Disclosure 2001
as Robert Lecker
On Golden Pond 2001
as Norman Thayer
Dracula 2000 2000
as Matthew Van Helsing
American Tragedy 2000
as F. Lee Bailey
Back To "Somewhere In Time" 2000
as Self
Possessed 2000
as Archbishop Hume
The Dinosaur Hunter 2000
as Hump Hinton
Hidden Agenda 1999
as Ulrich Steiner
The Insider 1999
as Mike Wallace
Madeline: Lost in Paris 1999
as Narrator (voice)
The Clown at Midnight 1999
as Mr. Caruthers
Winchell 1998
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
The First Christmas 1998
as Narrator (voice)
Blackheart 1998
as Holmes
Babes in Toyland 1997
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
Skeletons 1997
as Reverend Carlyle
The Arrow 1997
as George Hees
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' 1996
as Self
We the Jury 1996
as Wilfred Fransiscus
The Conspiracy of Fear 1996
as Wakeman
Twelve Monkeys 1995
as Dr. Goines
Harrison Bergeron 1995
as John Klaxon
Dolores Claiborne 1995
as John Mackey
Crackerjack 1994
as Ivan Getz
Wolf 1994
as Raymond Alden
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold 1994
as Self (archive footage)
A Stranger in the Mirror 1993
as Clifton Lawrence
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic 1993
as Narrator
Malcolm X 1992
as Chaplain Gill
Impolite 1992
as Naples O'Rorke
Secrets 1992
as Mel Wexler
The First Circle 1992
as Viktor Abakumov
Liar's Edge 1992
as Harry Weldon
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991
as Chang
- Madeline in London
Madeline in London 1991
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Gypsies 1991
as Narrator (voice)
Rock-A-Doodle 1991
as Grand Duke (voice)
Money 1991
as Martin Yahl
- Madeline and the Bad Hat
Madeline and the Bad Hat 1991
as Narrator (voice)
Firehead 1991
as Col. Garland Vaughn
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree 1990
as Narrator
Madeline's Christmas 1990
as Narrator (voice)
Red Blooded American Girl 1990
as Dr. John Alcore
A Ghost in Monte Carlo 1990
as The Grand Duke Ivan
Where the Heart Is 1990
as Shitty
Mindfield 1989
as Doctor Satorius
Nabokov on Kafka 1989
as Vladimir Nabokov
Souvenir 1989
as Ernst Kestner
The First Emperor of China 1989
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Shadow Dancing 1988
as Edmund Beaumont
Madeline 1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988
as Narrator (voice)
Nosferatu in Venice 1988
as Professor Paris Catalano
A Hazard of Hearts 1987
as Sir Giles Staverley
Dragnet 1987
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
I Love N.Y. 1987
as John Robertson Yeats
- Portraits of Canada
Portraits of Canada 1987
as Narrator (voice)
The Nightingale 1987
as Narrator (voice)
An American Tail 1986
as Henri (voice)
The Boy in Blue 1986
as Knox
The Tin Soldier 1986
as Narrator (voice)
The Boss' Wife 1986
as Mr. Roalvang
Rumpelstiltskin 1985
as Narrator
The Velveteen Rabbit 1985
as Narrator (voice)
Lily in Love 1984
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Highpoint 1984
as James Hatcher
Dreamscape 1984
as Bob Blair
Ordeal by Innocence 1984
as Leo Argyle
Prototype 1983
as Dr. Carl Forrester
The Scarlet and the Black 1983
as Col. Herbert Kappler
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 1982
as Self
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
The Amateur 1981
as Professor Lakos
Being Different 1981
as Self (Narrator) (voice)
Dial M for Murder 1981
as Tony Wendice
Eyewitness 1981
as Joseph
When the Circus Came to Town 1981
as Duke Royal
Desperate Voyage 1980
as Jacques Burrifous
Somewhere in Time 1980
as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
The Shadow Box 1980
as Brian
Arthur Miller on Home Ground 1979
as Self
Hanover Street 1979
as Paul Sellinger
Riel 1979
as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Murder by Decree 1979
as Sherlock Holmes
Starcrash 1978
as The Emperor
The Silent Partner 1978
as Reikle
International Velvet 1978
as John Seaton
The Disappearance 1977
as Deverell
The Assignment 1977
as Kaptain Behounek
Silver Blaze 1977
as Sherlock Holmes
Aces High 1976
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
The Man Who Would Be King 1975
as Rudyard Kipling
The Day That Shook the World 1975
as Archduke Ferdinand
Conduct Unbecoming 1975
as Major Alastair Wimbourne
The Return of the Pink Panther 1975
as Sir Charles Litton
The Spiral Staircase 1975
as Dr. Joe Sherman
After the Fall 1974
as Quentin
The Happy Prince 1974
as The Happy Prince (voice)
The Pyx 1973
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Waterloo 1970
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1969
as Atahualpa
Battle of Britain 1969
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Lock Up Your Daughters 1969
as Lord Foppington
Nobody Runs Forever 1968
as Sir James Quentin
Oedipus the King 1968
as Oedipus
The Night of the Generals 1967
as Field Marshal Rommel
Triple Cross 1966
as Freddie Chapman
Inside Daisy Clover 1966
as Raymond Swan
The Sound of Music 1965
as Captain Georg von Trapp
Salzburg Sight and Sound 1965
as Self
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy 1964
as Narrator (voice)
Hamlet at Elsinore 1964
as Hamlet
The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964
as Commodus
- Trans-Canada Journey
Trans-Canada Journey 1963
as Narrator (voice)
- 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer 1963
as Self
- Cyrano De Bergerac
Cyrano De Bergerac 1962
as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Captain Brassbound's Conversion 1960
as Captain Brassbound
A Doll's House 1959
as Torvald
- Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda 1958
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Wind Across the Everglades 1958
as Walt Murdock
Stage Struck 1958
as Joe Sheridan
Little Moon of Alban 1958
as Kenneth Boyd
Credits from TMDB.