Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (born December 13, 1929) is 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.[1] 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.
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- Born:
- Dec 13, 1929 In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 152
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Stage Struck 1958-04-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie Heroes of the Golden Mask 2023-07-13
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Heroes of the Golden Mask | Rizzo (voice) | 2023-07-13 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Frank Pitsenbarger | 2020-01-23 |
| Movie | Knives Out | Harlan Thrombey | 2019-11-27 |
| Movie | Boundaries | Jack Jaconi | 2018-06-22 |
| Movie | The River of My Dreams | Himself | 2017-01-27 |
| Movie | Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom | Dr. West (voice) | 2017-09-23 |
| Movie | The Exception | Kaiser Wilhelm II | 2017-06-02 |
| Movie | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Scrooge | 2017-10-12 |
| Movie | The Star | King Herod (voice) | 2017-11-15 |
| Movie | All the Money in the World | Jean Paul Getty | 2017-12-21 |
| Movie | Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom | Dr. West (voice) | 2016-08-20 |
| Movie | Danny Collins | Frank Grubman | 2015-03-19 |
| Movie | Pixies | Pixie King (voice) | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Remember | Zev Guttman | 2015-10-23 |
| Movie | Elsa & Fred | Fred | 2014-03-07 |
| Movie | Hector and the Search for Happiness | Professor Coreman | 2014-08-14 |
| Movie | The Forger | Joseph Cutter | 2014-09-10 |
| Movie | Titans of the Ice Age | Narrator | 2013-02-15 |
| Movie | The Legend of Sarila | Croolik (voice) | 2013-02-21 |
| Movie | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | John Marshall Harlan | 2013-10-04 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | Kali, the Little Vampire | Narrator (english version) | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | Priest | Monsignor Orelas | 2011-05-05 |
| Movie | Beginners | Hal Fields | 2011-06-03 |
| Movie | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Henrik Vanger | 2011-12-14 |
| Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Self | 2011-11-01 |
| Movie | My Dog Tulip | J.R. Ackerley (voice) | 2010-01-05 |
| Series | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Narrator | 2010-11-01 |
| Movie | The Tempest | Prospero | 2010-11-20 |
| Movie | Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | 2009-01-23 |
| Movie | 9 | #1 (voice) | 2009-08-19 |
| Movie | Up | Charles F. Muntz (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
| Movie | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Doctor Parnassus | 2009-10-01 |
| Movie | The Last Station | Leo Tolstoy | 2009-09-04 |
| Movie | Emotional Arithmetic | David Winters | 2008-04-18 |
| Series | The Summit | P.J. Aimes | 2008-06-15 |
| Movie | Man in the Chair | Flash Madden | 2007-01-27 |
| Movie | Closing the Ring | Jack | 2007-09-14 |
| Movie | Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes | Self - Narrator | 2006-10-25 |
| Movie | Inside Man | Arthur Case | 2006-03-17 |
| Movie | The Lake House | Simon Wyler | 2006-06-16 |
| Movie | Must Love Dogs | Bill | 2005-07-21 |
| Movie | Four Minutes | Archie Mason | 2005-10-06 |
| Movie | Our Fathers | Cardinal Bernard Law | 2005-05-11 |
| Movie | Syriana | Dean Whiting | 2005-11-23 |
| Movie | The New World | Captain Newport | 2005-12-25 |
| Movie | National Treasure | John Adams Gates | 2004-11-19 |
| Movie | Blizzard | Santa Claus | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | The Gospel of John | Narrator (voice) | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Cold Creek Manor | Mr. Massie | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | Ararat | David | 2002-05-20 |
| Movie | Agent of Influence | John Watkins | 2002-06-30 |
| Movie | Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | 2002-12-27 |
| Movie | Full Disclosure | Robert Lecker | 2001-05-15 |
| Movie | On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer | 2001-04-29 |
| Movie | Lucky Break | Graham Mortimer | 2001-08-24 |
| Movie | The Dinosaur Hunter | Hump Hinton | 2000-08-05 |
| Movie | Possessed | Archbishop Hume | 2000-10-22 |
| Series | Nuremberg | Sir David Maxwell Fyfe | 2000-07-16 |
| Movie | American Tragedy | F. Lee Bailey | 2000-11-12 |
| Movie | Dracula 2000 | Matthew Van Helsing | 2000-12-22 |
| Movie | Madeline: Lost in Paris | Narrator (voice) | 1999-08-02 |
| Movie | The Insider | Mike Wallace | 1999-10-28 |
| Movie | Hidden Agenda | Ulrich Steiner | 1999-11-02 |
| Movie | The First Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Blackheart | Holmes | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Winchell | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1998-11-21 |
| Movie | The Clown at Midnight | Mr. Caruthers | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Skeletons | Reverend Carlyle | 1997-04-04 |
| Movie | The Arrow | George Hees | 1997-01-12 |
| Movie | Babes in Toyland | Barnaby Crookedman (voice) | 1997-10-14 |
| Movie | The Conspiracy of Fear | Wakeman | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' | Self | 1996-11-05 |
| Movie | Harrison Bergeron | John Klaxon | 1995-08-13 |
| Movie | Dolores Claiborne | John Mackey | 1995-03-24 |
| Movie | Twelve Monkeys | Dr. Goines | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Wolf | Raymond Alden | 1994-06-17 |
| Movie | Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Self (archive footage) | 1994-02-01 |
| Movie | Crackerjack | Ivan Getz | 1994-08-18 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic | Narrator | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | A Stranger in the Mirror | Clifton Lawrence | 1993-10-24 |
| Movie | Secrets | Mel Wexler | 1992-04-06 |
| Movie | Liar's Edge | Harry Weldon | 1992-02-14 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Chaplain Gill | 1992-11-18 |
| Movie | Young Catherine | Sir Charles | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | La dame de Berlin | Wilhelm Speer | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Firehead | Col. Garland Vaughn | 1991-01-25 |
| Movie | Money | Martin Yahl | 1991-04-06 |
| Movie | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | General Chang | 1991-12-06 |
| Movie | Rock-A-Doodle | Grand Duke (voice) | 1991-08-02 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | Howard | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | The Gnomes' Great Adventure | Narrator | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Where the Heart Is | Shitty | 1990-02-23 |
| Movie | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | The Grand Duke Ivan | 1990-04-02 |
| Movie | Red Blooded American Girl | Dr. John Alcore | 1990-10-04 |
| Series | Counterstrike | 1990-07-01 | |
| Movie | Souvenir | Ernst Kestner | 1989-01-06 |
| Movie | The First Emperor of China | Narrator | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Mindfield | Doctor Satorius | 1989-12-15 |
| Movie | Nosferatu in Venice | Professor Paris Catalano | 1988-09-10 |
| Movie | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-01 |
| Movie | Shadow Dancing | Edmund Beaumont | 1988-12-02 |
| Movie | I Love N.Y. | John Robertson Yeats | 1987-05-04 |
| Movie | The Man Who Planted Trees | Narrator (voice) | 1987-05-13 |
| Movie | A Hazard of Hearts | Sir Giles Staverley | 1987-12-27 |
| Movie | Dragnet | Reverend Jonathan Whirley | 1987-06-23 |
| Movie | The Boss' Wife | Mr. Roalvang | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Boy in Blue | Knox | 1986-01-17 |
| Series | Crossings | Armand DeVilliers | 1986-02-23 |
| Movie | An American Tail | Henri (voice) | 1986-11-21 |
| Series | The World of David the Gnome | 1985-10-26 | |
| Movie | Dreamscape | Bob Blair | 1984-08-15 |
| Movie | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyle | 1984-06-22 |
| Movie | Lily in Love | Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova | 1984-10-17 |
| Movie | The Scarlet and the Black | Col. Herbert Kappler | 1983-02-02 |
| Movie | Prototype | Dr. Carl Forrester | 1983-12-07 |
| Movie | Highpoint | James Hatcher | 1982-08-20 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Reggie Vanderbilt | 1982-10-24 |
| Movie | Dial M for Murder | Tony Wendice | 1981-04-09 |
| Movie | The Shadow Box | Brian | 1980-09-30 |
| Movie | Desperate Voyage | Jacques Burrifous | 1980-11-29 |
| Movie | Somewhere in Time | William Fawcett Robinson | 1980-10-02 |
| Movie | Murder by Decree | Sherlock Holmes | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | Hanover Street | Paul Sellinger | 1979-05-18 |
| Movie | International Velvet | John Seaton | 1978-07-19 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Reikle | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Starcrash | The Emperor | 1978-12-21 |
| Series | Jesus of Nazareth | Herod Antipas | 1977-03-27 |
| Movie | The Disappearance | Deverell | 1977-11-30 |
| Movie | Aces High | Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair | 1976-05-19 |
| Series | Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers | Roscoe Heyward | 1976-12-04 |
| Movie | Conduct Unbecoming | Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | The Spiral Staircase | Dr. Sherman | 1975-01-31 |
| Movie | The Man Who Would Be King | Rudyard Kipling | 1975-12-03 |
| Movie | The Day That Shook the World | Archduke Ferdinand | 1975-10-31 |
| Movie | After the Fall | Quentin | 1974-01-02 |
| Movie | The Pyx | Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson | 1973-09-08 |
| Movie | Waterloo | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | 1970-10-26 |
| Movie | Lock Up Your Daughters | Lord Foppington | 1969-03-29 |
| Movie | Battle of Britain | Squadron Leader Colin Harvey | 1969-09-15 |
| Movie | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Atahualpa | 1969-10-05 |
| Movie | Oedipus the King | Oedipus | 1968-06-01 |
| Movie | Nobody Runs Forever | Sir James Quentin | 1968-08-22 |
| Movie | The Night of the Generals | Field Marshal Rommel | 1967-01-29 |
| Movie | The Sound of Music | Captain Georg von Trapp | 1965-03-29 |
| Movie | Inside Daisy Clover | Raymond Swan | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Commodus | 1964-03-24 |
| Movie | 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer | Himself | 1963-01-01 |
| Movie | Stage Struck | Joe Sheridan | 1958-04-22 |
| Movie | Johnny Belinda | Dr. Jack Pelletier | 1958-10-13 |
| Movie | Wind Across the Everglades | Walt Murdock | 1958-09-11 |