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".
Acting
Movie
Up
as Charles Muntz (voice)
2009
Movie
Knives Out
as Harlan Thrombey
2019
Movie
A Beautiful Mind
as Dr. Rosen
2001
Movie
Twelve Monkeys
as Dr. Goines
1995
Movie
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Henrik Vanger
2011
Movie
National Treasure
as John Adams Gates
2004
Movie
Inside Man
as Arthur Case
2006
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9
as #1 (voice)
2009
Movie
The Sound of Music
as Captain Georg von Trapp
1965
Movie
Alexander
as Aristotle
2004
Movie
The Lake House
as Simon Wyler
2006
Movie
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
as Doctor Parnassus
2009
Movie
Priest
as Monsignor Orelas
2011
Movie
All the Money in the World
as Jean Paul Getty
2017
Movie
The Insider
as Mike Wallace
1999
Movie
Malcolm X
as Chaplain Gill
1992
Movie
Syriana
as Dean Whiting
2005
Movie
An American Tail
as Henri (voice)
1986
Movie
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
as Chang
1991
Movie
The New World
as Captain Newport
2005
Movie
Beginners
as Hal Fields
2011
Movie
Wolf
as Raymond Alden
1994
Movie
Hector and the Search for Happiness
as Professor Coreman
2014
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Dolores Claiborne
as John Mackey
1995
