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".
Filmography (54)
The Last Full Measure
Knives Out
All the Money in the World
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Star
The Exception
Danny Collins
Remember
The Forger
Hector and the Search for Happiness
The Legend of Sarila
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Priest
Beginners
Up
9
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Last Station
Closing the Ring
Already Dead
Inside Man
The Lake House
The New World
Syriana
Must Love Dogs
Alexander
National Treasure
Cold Creek Manor
Nicholas Nickleby
A Beautiful Mind
Dracula 2000
The Insider
Twelve Monkeys
Dolores Claiborne
Wolf
Malcolm X
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Rock-A-Doodle
Where the Heart Is
Dragnet
An American Tail
Dreamscape
The Scarlet and the Black
Somewhere in Time
Murder by Decree
Starcrash
The Silent Partner
The Return of the Pink Panther
The Man Who Would Be King
Waterloo
Battle of Britain
Triple Cross
The Sound of Music
