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Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Actor · Born 1929-12-13 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

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 Aw…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Up (2009) — Charles Muntz (voice)
  2. Knives Out (2019) — Harlan Thrombey
  3. A Beautiful Mind (2001) — Dr. Rosen
  4. Twelve Monkeys (1995) — Dr. Goines
  5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) — Henrik Vanger
  6. National Treasure (2004) — John Adams Gates
  7. Inside Man (2006) — Arthur Case
  8. 9 (2009) — #1 (voice)
  9. The Sound of Music (1965) — Captain Georg von Trapp
  10. Alexander (2004) — Aristotle
  11. The Lake House (2006) — Simon Wyler
  12. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) — Doctor Parnassus
  13. Priest (2011) — Monsignor Orelas
  14. All the Money in the World (2017) — Jean Paul Getty
  15. The Insider (1999) — Mike Wallace
  16. Malcolm X (1992) — Chaplain Gill
  17. Syriana (2005) — Dean Whiting
  18. An American Tail (1986) — Henri (voice)
  19. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) — Chang
  20. The New World (2005) — Captain Newport
  21. Beginners (2011) — Hal Fields
  22. Wolf (1994) — Raymond Alden
  23. Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) — Professor Coreman
  24. Dolores Claiborne (1995) — John Mackey
  25. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) — Scrooge
  26. Remember (2015) — Zev Guttman
  27. Dracula 2000 (2000) — Matthew Van Helsing
  28. The Man Who Would Be King (1975) — Rudyard Kipling
  29. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) — Sir Charles Litton
  30. Somewhere in Time (1980) — William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
  31. The Star (2017) — King Herod (voice)
  32. Danny Collins (2015) — Frank Grubman
  33. Jesus of Nazareth (1977) — Herod Antipas
  34. Dragnet (1987) — Reverend Jonathan Whirley
  35. Cold Creek Manor (2003) — Mr. Massie
  36. Must Love Dogs (2005) — Bill
  37. The Last Full Measure (2020) — Frank Pitsenbarger
  38. The Cosby Show (1984) — Jonathan Lawrence
  39. The Exception (2017) — Kaiser Wilhelm II
  40. The Forger (2014) — Joseph Cutter