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".
196 movies · 39 shows
Heroes of the Golden Mask
2023·6.5
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022·10.0
Mooseltoe
2021·0.0
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
2021·10.0
Bondarchuk. Battle
2021·0.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021·6.3
The Last Full Measure
2020·7.3
Knives Out
2019·7.8
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019·6.5
Cliffs of Freedom
2019·6.9
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
2018·4.5
Boundaries
2018·5.6
All the Money in the World
2017·6.5
The Star
2017·6.5
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017·6.8
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
2017·4.2
The Exception
2017·6.9
The River of My Dreams
2017·0.0
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
2016·4.7
Remember
2015·7.4
Pixies
2015·5.0
Danny Collins
2015·6.7
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
2015·7.0
The Forger
2014·5.8
Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014·6.7
Elsa & Fred
2014·5.9
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013·6.4
The Legend of Sarila
2013·4.9
Titans of the Ice Age
2013·7.1
The Captains: Still Kicking
2013·6.0
Kali, the Little Vampire
2012·6.5
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
2012·0.0
Barrymore
2012·6.4
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011·7.4
Discovering Hamlet
2011·7.5
Beginners
2011·6.8
Priest
2011·5.9
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011·0.0
The Tempest
2010·8.0
My Dog Tulip
2010·6.4
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009·6.4
The Last Station
2009·6.4
9
2009·7.0
Up
2009·8.0
Caesar and Cleopatra
2009·0.0
Emotional Arithmetic
2008·5.5
Already Dead
2007·5.6
Closing the Ring
2007·6.2
Hamlet {Solo}
2007·0.0
Man in the Chair
2007·6.5
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
2006·8.0
The Lake House
2006·7.0
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006·0.0
Inside Man
2006·7.4
The New World
2005·6.5
Syriana
2005·6.4
Four Minutes
2005·4.9
Must Love Dogs
2005·6.0
Our Fathers
2005·6.5
Alexander
2004·6.0
National Treasure
2004·6.7
Cold Creek Manor
2003·5.4
The Gospel of John
2003·7.6
The Life of Jesus
2003·0.0
Blizzard
2003·6.0
Nicholas Nickleby
2002·6.9
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002·4.7
Agent of Influence
2002·7.2
Ararat
2002·6.1
Night Flight
2002·7.5
A Beautiful Mind
2001·7.9
Lucky Break
2001·6.2
Full Disclosure
2001·4.5
On Golden Pond
2001·8.3
Dracula 2000
2000·5.2
American Tragedy
2000·5.8
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000·8.0
Possessed
2000·5.4
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000·6.1
Hidden Agenda
1999·3.3
The Insider
1999·7.5
Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999·6.8
The Clown at Midnight
1999·4.5
Winchell
1998·6.3
Blackheart
1998·4.2
The First Christmas
1998·6.7
Babes in Toyland
1997·5.3
Skeletons
1997·4.2
The Arrow
1997·7.0
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996·7.0
We the Jury
1996·7.0
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996·8.3
Twelve Monkeys
1995·7.6
Harrison Bergeron
1995·6.8
Dolores Claiborne
1995·7.3
Crackerjack
1994·4.1
Wolf
1994·6.1
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994·10.0
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993·3.5
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993·7.7
Malcolm X
1992·7.6
Impolite
1992·10.0
Secrets
1992·5.0
The First Circle
1992·5.0
Liar's Edge
1992·4.5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991·7.0
Madeline in London
1991·0.0
Madeline and the Gypsies
1991·6.0
Rock-A-Doodle
1991·6.2
Money
1991·5.5
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991·0.0
Firehead
1991·2.9
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
1990·8.0
Madeline's Christmas
1990·5.3
Red Blooded American Girl
1990·3.9
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990·5.3
Where the Heart Is
1990·6.2
Mindfield
1989·4.8
Nabokov on Kafka
1989·7.5
Souvenir
1989·6.0
The First Emperor of China
1989·5.3
Shadow Dancing
1988·4.2
Madeline
1988·5.5
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988·8.2
Nosferatu in Venice
1988·5.8
A Hazard of Hearts
1987·7.8
Dragnet
1987·6.0
I Love N.Y.
1987·5.8
Portraits of Canada
1987·7.0
The Nightingale
1987·0.0
An American Tail
1986·6.8
Spearfield's Daughter
1986·8.0
The Boy in Blue
1986·5.1
The Boss' Wife
1986·5.0
The Tin Soldier
1986·6.0
Rumpelstiltskin
1985·3.0
The Velveteen Rabbit
1985·5.8
Lily in Love
1984·6.3
Highpoint
1984·5.1
Dreamscape
1984·6.1
Ordeal by Innocence
1984·5.1
Prototype
1983·6.3
The Scarlet and the Black
1983·7.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982·6.0
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
The Amateur
1981·5.4
Being Different
1981·6.8
Dial M for Murder
1981·6.1
Eyewitness
1981·5.6
When the Circus Came to Town
1981·7.3
Desperate Voyage
1980·7.3
Somewhere in Time
1980·7.5
The Shadow Box
1980·5.0
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979·10.0
Hanover Street
1979·5.6
Riel
1979·6.0
Murder by Decree
1979·6.3
Starcrash
1978·4.2
The Silent Partner
1978·7.1
International Velvet
1978·7.4
The Disappearance
1977·5.6
The Assignment
1977·6.8
Silver Blaze
1977·8.0
Aces High
1976·5.9
The Man Who Would Be King
1975·7.5
The Day That Shook the World
1975·6.1
Conduct Unbecoming
1975·5.9
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975·6.8
The Spiral Staircase
1975·5.2
After the Fall
1974·8.0
The Happy Prince
1974·6.2
The Pyx
1973·5.4
Waterloo
1970·7.1
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969·6.1
Battle of Britain
1969·6.8
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969·6.0
Nobody Runs Forever
1968·6.0
Oedipus the King
1968·6.0
The Night of the Generals
1967·6.8
Triple Cross
1966·6.1
Inside Daisy Clover
1966·5.6
The Sound of Music
1965·7.7
Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965·9.0
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964·0.0
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964·7.8
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964·6.5
Trans-Canada Journey
1963·8.0
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
1963·8.0
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962·9.0
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960·0.0
A Doll's House
1959·10.0
Johnny Belinda
1958·0.0
Wind Across the Everglades
1958·6.2
Stage Struck
1958·6.0
Little Moon of Alban
1958·10.0