Actor
Christopher Plummer
198 movies as actor
Born Dec 13, 1929 – Feb 5, 2021 (aged 91)From Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAlso known as Arthur Christopher Orme 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 A…
Known for
Up
2009 · Animation, Comedy
Knives Out
2019 · Comedy, Crime
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · Drama, Romance
Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · Thriller, Crime
National Treasure
2004 · Adventure, Action
Inside Man
2006 · Crime, Drama
9
2009 · Action, Adventure
The Sound of Music
1965 · Drama, Family
Alexander
2004 · War, History
The Lake House
2006 · Romance, Drama
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Adventure, Fantasy
Christopher Plummer movies
Madeline at the Ballet
Madeline at the Ballet
Narrator (voice)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Cent
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century
Narrator (voice)
Heroes of the Golden Mask
2023 · Rizzo (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022 · Self
Mooseltoe
2021 · Mooseking
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
2021 · Narrator (voice)
Bondarchuk. Battle
2021 · self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · Self
The Last Full Measure
2020 · Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out
2019 · Harlan Thrombey
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Self
Cliffs of Freedom
2019 · Thanasi
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
2018 · Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Boundaries
2018 · Jack
All the Money in the World
2017 · Jean Paul Getty
The Star
2017 · King Herod (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017 · Scrooge
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
2017 · Dr. West (voice)
The Exception
2017 · Kaiser Wilhelm II
The River of My Dreams
2017 · Himself
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
2016 · Dr. West (voice)
Remember
2015 · Zev Guttman
Pixies
2015 · Pixie King (voice)
Danny Collins
2015 · Frank Grubman
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music:
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
2015 · Self
The Forger
2014 · Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014 · Professor Coreman
Elsa & Fred
2014 · Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · John Marshall Harlan
The Legend of Sarila
2013 · Croolik (voice)
Titans of the Ice Age
2013 · Narrator
The Captains: Still Kicking
2013 · Self
Kali, the Little Vampire
2012 · Narrator (english version)
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
2012 · Self
Barrymore
2012 · John Barrymore
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · Henrik Vanger
Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Self
Beginners
2011 · Hal Fields
Priest
2011 · Monsignor Orelas
A Short Film About Making Beginners
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
The Tempest
2010 · Prospero
My Dog Tulip
2010 · J.R. Ackerley (voice)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Doctor Parnassus
The Last Station
2009 · Leo Tolstoy
9
2009 · #1 (voice)
Up
2009 · Charles Muntz (voice)
Caesar and Cleopatra
2009 · Caesar
Emotional Arithmetic
2008 · David Winters
Already Dead
2007 · Dr. Heller
Closing the Ring
2007 · Jack
Hamlet {Solo}
2007 · Self
Man in the Chair
2007 · Flash Madden
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
2006 · Narrator (voice over)
The Lake House
2006 · Simon Wyler
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006 · Self
Inside Man
2006 · Arthur Case
The New World
2005 · Captain Newport
Syriana
2005 · Dean Whiting
Four Minutes
2005 · Archie Mason
Must Love Dogs
2005 · Bill
Our Fathers
2005 · Cardinal Bernard Law
Alexander
2004 · Aristotle
National Treasure
2004 · John Adams Gates
Cold Creek Manor
2003 · Mr. Massie
The Gospel of John
2003 · Narrator (voice)
The Life of Jesus
2003 · Narrator
Blizzard
2003 · Santa Claus
Nicholas Nickleby
2002 · Ralph Nickleby
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002 · Self
Agent of Influence
2002 · John Watkins
Ararat
2002 · David
Night Flight
Night Flight
2002 · 'Flash' Harry Peters
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · Dr. Rosen
Lucky Break
2001 · Graham Mortimer
Full Disclosure
2001 · Robert Lecker
On Golden Pond
2001 · Norman Thayer
Dracula 2000
2000 · Matthew Van Helsing
American Tragedy
2000 · F. Lee Bailey
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000 · Self
Possessed
2000 · Archbishop Hume
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000 · Hump Hinton
Hidden Agenda
1999 · Ulrich Steiner
The Insider
1999 · Mike Wallace
Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999 · Narrator (voice)
The Clown at Midnight
1999 · Mr. Caruthers
Winchell
1998 · Franklin D. Roosevelt
Blackheart
1998 · Holmes
The First Christmas
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Babes in Toyland
1997 · Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
Skeletons
1997 · Reverend Carlyle
The Arrow
1997 · George Hees
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996 · Self
We the Jury
1996 · Wilfred Fransiscus
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996 · Wakeman
Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Dr. Goines
Harrison Bergeron
1995 · John Klaxon
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · John Mackey
Crackerjack
1994 · Ivan Getz
Wolf
1994 · Raymond Alden
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994 · Self (archive footage)
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993 · Clifton Lawrence
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993 · Narrator
Malcolm X
1992 · Chaplain Gill
Impolite
1992 · Naples O'Rorke
Secrets
1992 · Mel Wexler
The First Circle
1992 · Viktor Abakumov
Liar's Edge
1992 · Harry Weldon
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · Chang
Madeline in London
Madeline in London
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Gypsies
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · Grand Duke (voice)
Money
1991 · Martin Yahl
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Firehead
1991 · Col. Garland Vaughn
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
1990 · Narrator
Madeline's Christmas
1990 · Narrator (voice)
Red Blooded American Girl
1990 · Dr. John Alcore
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990 · The Grand Duke Ivan
Where the Heart Is
1990 · Shitty
Mindfield
1989 · Doctor Satorius
Nabokov on Kafka
1989 · Vladimir Nabokov
Souvenir
1989 · Ernst Kestner
The First Emperor of China
1989 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Shadow Dancing
1988 · Edmund Beaumont
Madeline
1988 · Narrator (voice)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Narrator (voice)
Nosferatu in Venice
1988 · Professor Paris Catalano
A Hazard of Hearts
1987 · Sir Giles Staverley
Dragnet
1987 · Reverend Jonathan Whirley
I Love N.Y.
1987 · John Robertson Yeats
Portraits of Canada
Portraits of Canada
1987 · Narrator (voice)
The Nightingale
1987 · Narrator (voice)
An American Tail
1986 · Henri (voice)
Spearfield's Daughter
1986 · Lord Jack Cruze
The Boy in Blue
1986 · Knox
The Boss' Wife
1986 · Mr. Roalvang
The Tin Soldier
1986 · Narrator (voice)
Rumpelstiltskin
1985 · Narrator
The Velveteen Rabbit
1985 · Narrator (voice)
Lily in Love
1984 · Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Highpoint
1984 · James Hatcher
Dreamscape
1984 · Bob Blair
Ordeal by Innocence
1984 · Leo Argyle
Prototype
1983 · Dr. Carl Forrester
The Scarlet and the Black
1983 · Col. Herbert Kappler
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982 · Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
The Amateur
1981 · Professor Lakos
Being Different
1981 · Self (Narrator) (voice)
Dial M for Murder
1981 · Tony Wendice
Eyewitness
1981 · Joseph
When the Circus Came to Town
1981 · Duke Royal
Desperate Voyage
1980 · Jacques Burrifous
Somewhere in Time
1980 · William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
The Shadow Box
1980 · Brian
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979 · Self
Hanover Street
1979 · Paul Sellinger
Riel
1979 · Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Murder by Decree
1979 · Sherlock Holmes
Starcrash
1978 · The Emperor
The Silent Partner
1978 · Reikle
International Velvet
1978 · John Seaton
The Disappearance
1977 · Deverell
The Assignment
1977 · Kaptain Behounek
Silver Blaze
1977 · Sherlock Holmes
Aces High
1976 · Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · Rudyard Kipling
The Day That Shook the World
1975 · Archduke Ferdinand
Conduct Unbecoming
1975 · Major Alastair Wimbourne
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · Sir Charles Litton
The Spiral Staircase
1975 · Dr. Joe Sherman
After the Fall
1974 · Quentin
The Happy Prince
1974 · The Happy Prince (voice)
The Pyx
1973 · Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Waterloo
1970 · Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969 · Atahualpa
Battle of Britain
1969 · Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969 · Lord Foppington
Nobody Runs Forever
1968 · Sir James Quentin
Oedipus the King
1968 · Oedipus
The Night of the Generals
1967 · Field Marshal Rommel
Triple Cross
1966 · Freddie Chapman
Inside Daisy Clover
1966 · Raymond Swan
The Sound of Music
1965 · Captain Georg von Trapp
Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965 · Self
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 · Narrator (voice)
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 · Hamlet
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Commodus
Trans-Canada Journey
Trans-Canada Journey
1963 · Narrator (voice)
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
1963 · Self
Cyrano De Bergerac
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962 · Cyrano de Bergerac
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960 · Captain Brassbound
A Doll's House
1959 · Torvald
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda
1958 · Dr. Jack Pelletier
Wind Across the Everglades
1958 · Walt Murdock
Stage Struck
1958 · Joe Sheridan
Little Moon of Alban
1958 · Kenneth Boyd
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