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Christopher Plummer
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 not…
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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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2023
Heroes of the Golden Mask
Movie Rizzo (voice)
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2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie Self
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2021
Mooseltoe
Movie Mooseking
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2021
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2021
Bondarchuk. Battle
Movie self
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2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie Self
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2019
Knives Out
Movie Harlan Thrombey
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2019
The Last Full Measure
Movie Frank Pitsenbarger
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2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie Self
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2019
Departure
TV show Howard Lawson
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2019
Cliffs of Freedom
Movie Thanasi
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2018
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
Movie Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
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2018
Boundaries
Movie Jack
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2017
All the Money in the World
Movie Jean Paul Getty
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2017
The Star
Movie King Herod (voice)
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2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Movie Scrooge
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2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Movie Dr. West (voice)
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2017
The Exception
Movie Kaiser Wilhelm II
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2017
The River of My Dreams
Movie Himself
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2016
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Movie Dr. West (voice)
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2015
Remember
Movie Zev Guttman
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2015
Pixies
Movie Pixie King (voice)
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2015
Danny Collins
Movie Frank Grubman
- 2015
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2014
The Forger
Movie Joseph Cutter
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2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Movie Professor Coreman
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2014
Elsa & Fred
Movie Fred
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2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Movie John Marshall Harlan
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2013
The Legend of Sarila
Movie Croolik (voice)
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2013
Titans of the Ice Age
Movie Narrator
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2013
The Captains: Still Kicking
Movie Self
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2012
Kali, the Little Vampire
Movie Narrator (english version)
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2012
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Movie Self
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2012
Barrymore
Movie John Barrymore
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2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie (archive footage)
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2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Movie Henrik Vanger
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2011
Discovering Hamlet
Movie Self
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2011
Beginners
Movie Hal Fields
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2011
Priest
Movie Monsignor Orelas
- 2011
