Christopher Plummer

Known for ActingBorn 1929-12-13Died 2021-02-05Toronto, 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".Read more

Movies & web series

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Kalahari: The Flooded Desert

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

Impolite

Berlin Lady

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

A Doll's House

Little Moon of Alban

Kraft Television Theatre

Salzburg Sight and Sound

Cyrano De Bergerac

On Golden Pond

The Conspiracy of Fear

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Tempest

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes

Up

Knives Out

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

The Little Crooked Christmas Tree

A Beautiful Mind

Spearfield's Daughter

Riel

Silver Blaze

Nature

A Hazard of Hearts

After the Fall

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

The Gospel of John

30 Minutes, Mister Plummer

Trans-Canada Journey

Discovering Hamlet

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

Jesus of Nazareth

Twelve Monkeys

Malcolm X

Remember

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Insider

The Last Full Measure

The Arrow

Inside Man

Hamlet at Elsinore

Nuremberg

Nabokov on Kafka

The Sound of Music

Somewhere in Time