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Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Birthday: 1929-12-13 | Place of Birth: 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".

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Kalahari: The Flooded Desert

as    Narrator (voice)

2021
Bondarchuk. Battle

as    self

2020
The Last Full Measure

as    Frank Pitsenbarger

2019
Knives Out

as    Harlan Thrombey

2018
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness

as    Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)

2018
Boundaries

as    Jack Jaconi

2017
All the Money in the World

as    Jean Paul Getty

2017
The Exception

as    Kaiser Wilhelm II

2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas

as    Scrooge

2016
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom

as    Dr. West (voice)

2016
Remember

as    Zev Guttman

2015
Danny Collins

as    Frank Grubman

2015
The Forger

as    Joseph Cutter

2015
Pixies

as    Pixie King (voice)

2014
Elsa & Fred

as    Fred

2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness

as    Professor Coreman

2013
The Legend of Sarila

as    Croolik (voice)

2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as    John Marshall Harlan

2013
Titans of the Ice Age

as    Narrator

2011
Beginners

as    Hal Fields

2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

as    Henrik Vanger

2011
Priest

as    Monsignor Orelas

2010
Madeline's Christmas

as    Narrator

2009
9

as    1 (voice)

2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

as    Doctor Parnassus