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.
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 (Movies)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Character:Rizzo (voice)
Release Date:13/07/2023
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2022
Mooseltoe
Character:Mooseking
Release Date:24/11/2021
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/11/2021
Bondarchuk. Battle
Character:self
Release Date:30/09/2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2021
The Last Full Measure
Character:Frank Pitsenbarger
Release Date:23/01/2020
Knives Out
Character:Harlan Thrombey
Release Date:27/11/2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2019
Cliffs of Freedom
Character:Thanasi
Release Date:01/03/2019
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
Character:Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Release Date:04/12/2018
Boundaries
Character:Jack Jaconi
Release Date:22/06/2018
All the Money in the World
Character:Jean Paul Getty
Release Date:21/12/2017
The Star
Character:King Herod (voice)
Release Date:15/11/2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Character:Scrooge
Release Date:12/10/2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Character:Dr. West (voice)
Release Date:23/09/2017
The Exception
Character:Kaiser Wilhelm II
Release Date:02/06/2017
The River of My Dreams
Character:Himself
Release Date:27/01/2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Character:Dr. West (voice)
Release Date:20/08/2016
Remember
Character:Zev Guttman
Release Date:23/10/2015
Pixies
Character:Pixie King (voice)
Release Date:05/06/2015
Danny Collins
Character:Frank Grubman
Release Date:19/03/2015
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Character:Self
Release Date:16/03/2015
The Forger
Character:Joseph Cutter
Release Date:10/09/2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Character:Professor Coreman
Release Date:14/08/2014
Elsa & Fred
Character:Fred
Release Date:07/03/2014
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Character:John Marshall Harlan
Release Date:04/10/2013
The Legend of Sarila
Character:Croolik (voice)
Release Date:21/02/2013
Titans of the Ice Age
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/02/2013
The Captains: Still Kicking
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/01/2013
Kali, the Little Vampire
Character:Narrator (english version)
Release Date:01/11/2012
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/2012
Barrymore
Character:John Barrymore
Release Date:25/05/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Character:Henrik Vanger
Release Date:14/12/2011
Discovering Hamlet
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2011
Beginners
Character:Hal Fields
Release Date:03/06/2011
Priest
Character:Monsignor Orelas
Release Date:05/05/2011
A Short Film About Making Beginners
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2011
The Tempest
Character:Prospero
Release Date:20/11/2010
My Dog Tulip
Character:J.R. Ackerley (voice)
Release Date:05/01/2010
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Character:Doctor Parnassus
Release Date:01/10/2009
The Last Station
Character:Leo Tolstoy
Release Date:04/09/2009
9
Character:#1 (voice)
Release Date:19/08/2009
Up
Character:Charles F. Muntz (voice)
Release Date:28/05/2009
Caesar and Cleopatra
Character:Caesar
Release Date:23/01/2009
Emotional Arithmetic
Character:David Winters
Release Date:18/04/2008
Already Dead
Character:Dr. Heller
Release Date:11/12/2007
Closing the Ring
Character:Jack
Release Date:14/09/2007
Hamlet {Solo}
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2007
Man in the Chair
Character:Flash Madden
Release Date:27/01/2007
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
Character:Narrator (voice over)
Release Date:25/10/2006
The Lake House
Character:Simon Wyler
Release Date:16/06/2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Character:Self
Release Date:27/03/2006
Inside Man
Character:Arthur Case
Release Date:17/03/2006
The New World
Character:Captain Newport
Release Date:25/12/2005
Syriana
Character:Dean Whiting
Release Date:23/11/2005
Four Minutes
Character:Archie Mason
Release Date:06/10/2005
Must Love Dogs
Character:Bill
Release Date:21/07/2005
Our Fathers
Character:Cardinal Bernard Law
Release Date:11/05/2005
Alexander
Character:Aristotle
Release Date:21/11/2004
National Treasure
Character:John Adams Gates
Release Date:19/11/2004
Cold Creek Manor
Character:Mr. Massie
Release Date:19/09/2003
The Gospel of John
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/09/2003
The Life Of Jesus
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/06/2003
Blizzard
Character:Santa Claus
Release Date:15/05/2003
Nicholas Nickleby
Character:Ralph Nickleby
Release Date:27/12/2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Character:Self
Release Date:07/11/2002
Agent of Influence
Character:John Watkins
Release Date:30/06/2002
Ararat
Character:David
Release Date:20/05/2002
Night Flight
Character:'Flash' Harry Peters
Release Date:02/02/2002
A Beautiful Mind
Character:Dr. Rosen
Release Date:14/12/2001
Lucky Break
Character:Graham Mortimer
Release Date:24/08/2001
Full Disclosure
Character:Robert Lecker
Release Date:15/05/2001
On Golden Pond
Character:Norman Thayer
Release Date:29/04/2001
Dracula 2000
Character:Matthew Van Helsing
Release Date:22/12/2000
American Tragedy
Character:F. Lee Bailey
Release Date:12/11/2000
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/2000
Possessed
Character:Archbishop Hume
Release Date:22/10/2000
The Dinosaur Hunter
Character:Hump Hinton
Release Date:05/08/2000
Hidden Agenda
Character:Ulrich Steiner
Release Date:02/11/1999
The Insider
Character:Mike Wallace
Release Date:28/10/1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/08/1999
Winchell
Character:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Release Date:21/11/1998
The Clown at Midnight
Character:Mr. Caruthers
Release Date:01/01/1998
Blackheart
Character:Holmes
Release Date:01/01/1998
The First Christmas
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1998
Babes in Toyland
Character:Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
Release Date:14/10/1997
Skeletons
Character:Reverend Carlyle
Release Date:04/04/1997
The Arrow
Character:George Hees
Release Date:12/01/1997
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
Character:Self
Release Date:05/11/1996
We the Jury
Character:Wilfred Fransiscus
Release Date:16/10/1996
The Conspiracy of Fear
Character:Wakeman
Release Date:01/01/1996
Twelve Monkeys
Character:Dr. Goines
Release Date:29/12/1995
Harrison Bergeron
Character:John Klaxon
Release Date:13/08/1995
Dolores Claiborne
Character:John Mackey
Release Date:24/03/1995
Crackerjack
Character:Ivan Getz
Release Date:18/08/1994
Wolf
Character:Raymond Alden
Release Date:17/06/1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/1994
A Stranger in the Mirror
Character:Clifton Lawrence
Release Date:24/10/1993
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1993
Malcolm X
Character:Chaplain Gill
Release Date:18/11/1992
Impolite
Character:Naples O'Rorke
Release Date:16/09/1992
Secrets
Character:Mel Wexler
Release Date:06/04/1992
The First Circle
Character:Viktor Abakumov
Release Date:25/02/1992
Liar's Edge
Character:Harry Weldon
Release Date:14/02/1992
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Character:Chang
Release Date:06/12/1991
Madeline in London
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/11/1991
Madeline and the Gypsies
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/10/1991
Rock-A-Doodle
Character:Grand Duke (voice)
Release Date:02/08/1991
Money
Character:Martin Yahl
Release Date:06/04/1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/03/1991
Firehead
Character:Col. Garland Vaughn
Release Date:25/01/1991
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/12/1990
Madeline's Christmas
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/11/1990
Red Blooded American Girl
Character:Dr. John Alcore
Release Date:04/10/1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Character:The Grand Duke Ivan
Release Date:02/04/1990
Where the Heart Is
Character:Shitty
Release Date:23/02/1990
Mindfield
Character:Doctor Satorius
Release Date:15/12/1989
Nabokov on Kafka
Character:Vladimir Nabokov
Release Date:06/08/1989
Souvenir
Character:Ernst Kestner
Release Date:06/01/1989
The First Emperor of China
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1989
Shadow Dancing
Character:Edmund Beaumont
Release Date:02/12/1988
Madeline
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/11/1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1988
Nosferatu in Venice
Character:Professor Paris Catalano
Release Date:10/09/1988
A Hazard of Hearts
Character:Sir Giles Staverley
Release Date:27/12/1987
Dragnet
Character:Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Release Date:26/06/1987
I Love N.Y.
Character:John Robertson Yeats
Release Date:04/05/1987
Portraits of Canada
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/03/1987
The Nightingale
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1987
An American Tail
Character:Henri (voice)
Release Date:21/11/1986
Spearfield's Daughter
Character:Lord Jack Cruze
Release Date:25/05/1986
The Boy in Blue
Character:Knox
Release Date:17/01/1986
The Boss' Wife
Character:Mr. Roalvang
Release Date:01/01/1986
The Tin Soldier
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1986
Rumpelstiltskin
Character:Narrator
Release Date:14/12/1985
The Velveteen Rabbit
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/04/1985
Lily in Love
Character:Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Release Date:17/10/1984
Dreamscape
Character:Bob Blair
Release Date:15/08/1984
Ordeal by Innocence
Character:Leo Argyle
Release Date:22/06/1984
Prototype
Character:Dr. Carl Forrester
Release Date:07/12/1983
The Scarlet and the Black
Character:Col. Herbert Kappler
Release Date:02/02/1983
Highpoint
Character:James Hatcher
Release Date:20/08/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
The Amateur
Character:Professor Lakos
Release Date:11/12/1981
Being Different
Character:Self (Narrator) (voice)
Release Date:21/08/1981
Dial M for Murder
Character:Tony Wendice
Release Date:09/04/1981
Eyewitness
Character:Joseph
Release Date:13/02/1981
When the Circus Came to Town
Character:Duke Royal
Release Date:20/01/1981
Desperate Voyage
Character:Jacques Burrifous
Release Date:29/11/1980
Somewhere in Time
Character:William Fawcett Robinson
Release Date:02/10/1980
The Shadow Box
Character:Brian
Release Date:30/09/1980
Hanover Street
Character:Paul Sellinger
Release Date:18/05/1979
Riel
Character:Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Release Date:11/04/1979
Murder by Decree
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:01/02/1979
Starcrash
Character:The Emperor
Release Date:21/12/1978
The Silent Partner
Character:Reikle
Release Date:07/09/1978
International Velvet
Character:John Seaton
Release Date:19/07/1978
The Disappearance
Character:Deverell
Release Date:30/11/1977
The Assignment
Character:Kaptain Behounek
Release Date:11/07/1977
Silver Blaze
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:20/01/1977
Aces High
Character:Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Release Date:19/05/1976
The Man Who Would Be King
Character:Rudyard Kipling
Release Date:03/12/1975
The Day That Shook the World
Character:Archduke Ferdinand
Release Date:31/10/1975
Conduct Unbecoming
Character:Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
Release Date:04/10/1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
Character:Sir Charles Litton
Release Date:21/05/1975
The Spiral Staircase
Character:Dr. Joe Sherman
Release Date:31/01/1975
After the Fall
Character:Quentin
Release Date:10/12/1974
The Happy Prince
Character:The Happy Prince (voice)
Release Date:02/12/1974
The Pyx
Character:Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Release Date:08/09/1973
Waterloo
Character:Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Release Date:26/10/1970
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Character:Atahualpa
Release Date:05/10/1969
Battle of Britain
Character:Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Release Date:15/09/1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
Character:Lord Foppington
Release Date:29/03/1969
Nobody Runs Forever
Character:Sir James Quentin
Release Date:22/08/1968
Oedipus the King
Character:Oedipus
Release Date:01/06/1968
The Night of the Generals
Character:Field Marshal Rommel
Release Date:29/01/1967
Triple Cross
Character:Freddie Chapman
Release Date:09/12/1966
Inside Daisy Clover
Character:Raymond Swan
Release Date:10/02/1966
The Sound of Music
Character:Captain Georg von Trapp
Release Date:29/03/1965
Salzburg Sight and Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1965
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/11/1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:15/04/1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character:Commodus
Release Date:24/03/1964
Trans-Canada Journey
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/01/1963
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1963
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Character:Captain Brassbound
Release Date:02/03/1960
A Doll's House
Character:Torvald
Release Date:15/11/1959
Johnny Belinda
Character:Dr. Jack Pelletier
Release Date:13/10/1958
Wind Across the Everglades
Character:Walt Murdock
Release Date:11/09/1958
Stage Struck
Character:Joe Sheridan
Release Date:22/04/1958
Little Moon of Alban
Character:Kenneth Boyd
Release Date:24/03/1958
Television Appearances
Departure
Character:Howard Lawson
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Character:Narrator
The Summit
Character:P.J. Aimes
Miracle Planet
Character:Himself - Host
Nuremberg
Character:Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
The Arrow
Character:George Hees
Young Catherine
Character:Sir Charles
Berlin Lady
Character:Wilhelm Speer
Counterstrike
Character:Alexander Addington
Madeline
Character:Narrator (voice)
American Experience
Character:Narrator
Crossings
Character:Armand DeVilliers
The Cosby Show
Character:Jonathan Lawrence
SuperTed
Character:
The Thorn Birds
Character:Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Character:Reggie Vanderbilt
Nature
Character:Narrator (voice)
Jesus of Nazareth
Character:Herod Antipas
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Character:Roscoe Heyward
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Omnibus
Character:Narrator
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Don Juan
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
NBC Sunday Showcase
Character:
DuPont Show of the Month
Character:Sir Miles Hendon
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee/Presenter
Kraft Television Theatre
Character:
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Walter Shelley
Omnibus
Character:
Omnibus
Character:Oedipus
Omnibus
Character:Thomas Mendip
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Dr. Jack Pelletier
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Torvald Helmer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Captain Brassbound
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Prince Albert
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Cyrano de Bergerac
Suspense
Character:
Studio One
Character:Dick
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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