Christopher Plummer
Acting
Born 1929-12-13
Died 2021-02-05
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
237 credits
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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".
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Filmography
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The Mike Douglas Show
Golden Globe Awards
Tony Awards
American Experience
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
BBC Play of the Month
Knives Out
The Cosby Show
Up
Nature
Omnibus
Film '72
Studio One
The Sound of Music
The Oscars
Twelve Monkeys
A Beautiful Mind
American Playhouse
Suspense
Departure
Inside Man
National Treasure
The Ed Sullivan Show
Alexander
9
The Star
Omnibus
The Thorn Birds
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Priest
Jesus of Nazareth
The Insider
The Lake House
Malcolm X
Counterstrike
DuPont Show of the Month
All the Money in the World
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
An American Tail
Danny Collins
Dracula 2000
The New World
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Madeline
Nuremberg
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Rock-A-Doodle
Somewhere in Time
The Sunday Drama
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Wolf
Must Love Dogs
Dolores Claiborne
The Return of the Pink Panther
Battle of Britain
Syriana
The Man Who Would Be King
The Last Full Measure
Waterloo
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