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".
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Heroes of the Golden Mask
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Mooseltoe
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Bondarchuk. Battle
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
The Last Full Measure
Knives Out
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Cliffs of Freedom
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
Boundaries
All the Money in the World
The Star
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Exception
The River of My Dreams
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom
Remember
Danny Collins- THThe Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Pixies
The Forger
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Elsa & Fred
Titans of the Ice Age
The Captains: Still Kicking
The Legend of Sarila
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Kali, the Little Vampire
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Discovering Hamlet
Beginners
Priest
A Short Film About Making Beginners
Barrymore
My Dog Tulip
The Tempest
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Last Station
9
Up
Caesar and Cleopatra
Emotional Arithmetic
Closing the Ring
Hamlet {Solo}
Already Dead
Man in the Chair
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
The Lake House
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Inside Man
The New World
Syriana
Four Minutes
Must Love Dogs
Our Fathers
Alexander
National Treasure
Cold Creek Manor
The Gospel of John
The Life of Jesus
Blizzard
Nicholas Nickleby
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Agent of Influence
Ararat- NINight Flight
A Beautiful Mind
Full Disclosure
On Golden Pond
Lucky Break
Dracula 2000
American Tragedy
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Possessed
The Dinosaur Hunter
The Insider
Hidden Agenda
Madeline: Lost in Paris
Winchell
The First Christmas
The Clown at Midnight
Blackheart
Skeletons
The Arrow
Babes in Toyland
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
We the Jury
The Conspiracy of Fear
Twelve Monkeys
Harrison Bergeron
Dolores Claiborne
Wolf
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Crackerjack
A Stranger in the Mirror
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Malcolm X
Impolite
Secrets
The First Circle
Liar's Edge
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country- MAMadeline in London
Madeline and the Gypsies
Rock-A-Doodle
Money- MAMadeline and the Bad Hat
Firehead
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Madeline's Christmas
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Where the Heart Is
Red Blooded American Girl
Mindfield
Nabokov on Kafka
Souvenir
The First Emperor of China
Shadow Dancing
Madeline
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Nosferatu in Venice
A Hazard of Hearts
Dragnet
I Love N.Y.- POPortraits of Canada
The Nightingale
An American Tail
Spearfield's Daughter
The Tin Soldier
The Boy in Blue
The Boss' Wife
Rumpelstiltskin
The Velveteen Rabbit
Highpoint
Dreamscape
Ordeal by Innocence
Lily in Love
Prototype
The Scarlet and the Black
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Night of 100 Stars
The Amateur
Being Different
Dial M for Murder
Eyewitness
When the Circus Came to Town
Desperate Voyage
Somewhere in Time
The Shadow Box
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Hanover Street
Riel
Murder by Decree
Starcrash
The Silent Partner
International Velvet
The Disappearance
The Assignment
Silver Blaze
Aces High
The Man Who Would Be King
Conduct Unbecoming
The Return of the Pink Panther
The Spiral Staircase
The Day That Shook the World
After the Fall
The Happy Prince
The Pyx
Waterloo
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Battle of Britain
Lock Up Your Daughters
Nobody Runs Forever
Oedipus the King
The Night of the Generals
Triple Cross
Inside Daisy Clover
The Sound of Music
Salzburg Sight and Sound
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Hamlet at Elsinore
The Fall of the Roman Empire- TRTrans-Canada Journey
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer- CYCyrano De Bergerac
- CACaptain Brassbound's Conversion
A Doll's House- JOJohnny Belinda
Wind Across the Everglades
Stage Struck
Little Moon of Alban- TETed Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century
- MAMadeline at the Ballet