Acting · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Born December 13, 1929
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".
MovieHeroes of the Golden Mask
2023
as Rizzo (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self
MovieMooseltoe
2021
as Mooseking
MovieKalahari: The Flooded Desert
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBondarchuk. Battle
2021
as self
MovieBoris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
MovieThe Last Full Measure
2020
as Frank Pitsenbarger
MovieKnives Out
2019
as Harlan Thrombey
MovieAlan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
TVDeparture
2019
as Howard Lawson
MovieCliffs of Freedom
2019
as Thanasi
MovieHoward Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
2018
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
MovieBoundaries
2018
as Jack
MovieAll the Money in the World
2017
as Jean Paul Getty
MovieThe Star
2017
as King Herod (voice)
MovieThe Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Scrooge
MovieHoward Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
2017
as Dr. West (voice)
MovieThe Exception
2017
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
MovieThe River of My Dreams
2017
as Himself
MovieHoward Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
2016
as Dr. West (voice)
MovieRemember
2015
as Zev Guttman
MoviePixies
2015
as Pixie King (voice)
MovieDanny Collins
2015
as Frank Grubman
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
2015
as Self
MovieThe Forger
2014
as Joseph Cutter
MovieHector and the Search for Happiness
2014
as Professor Coreman
MovieElsa & Fred
2014
as Fred
MovieMuhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as John Marshall Harlan
MovieThe Legend of Sarila
2013
as Croolik (voice)
MovieTitans of the Ice Age
2013
as Narrator
MovieThe Captains: Still Kicking
2013
as Self
MovieKali, the Little Vampire
2012
as Narrator (english version)
MovieBehind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
2012
as Self
MovieBarrymore
2012
as John Barrymore
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Henrik Vanger
MovieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
as Self
MovieBeginners
2011
as Hal Fields
MoviePriest
2011
as Monsignor Orelas
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
MovieThe Tempest
2010
as Prospero
TVMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieMy Dog Tulip
2010
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
MovieThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Doctor Parnassus
MovieThe Last Station
2009
as Leo Tolstoy
Movie9
2009
as #1 (voice)
MovieUp
2009
as Charles Muntz (voice)
MovieCaesar and Cleopatra
2009
as Caesar
TVThe Summit
2008
as P.J. Aimes
MovieEmotional Arithmetic
2008
as David Winters
MovieAlready Dead
2007
as Dr. Heller
MovieClosing the Ring
2007
as Jack
MovieHamlet {Solo}
2007
as Self
MovieMan in the Chair
2007
as Flash Madden
MovieNuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
2006
as Narrator (voice over)
MovieThe Lake House
2006
as Simon Wyler
MovieEugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
MovieInside Man
2006
as Arthur Case
MovieThe New World
2005
as Captain Newport
MovieSyriana
2005
as Dean Whiting
MovieFour Minutes
2005
as Archie Mason
MovieMust Love Dogs
2005
as Bill
MovieOur Fathers
2005
as Cardinal Bernard Law
TVMiracle Planet
2005
as Himself - Host
MovieAlexander
2004
as Aristotle
MovieNational Treasure
2004
as John Adams Gates
MovieCold Creek Manor
2003
as Mr. Massie
MovieThe Gospel of John
2003
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieThe Life of Jesus
2003
as Narrator
MovieBlizzard
2003
as Santa Claus
MovieNicholas Nickleby
2002
as Ralph Nickleby
MovieChristopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
MovieAgent of Influence
2002
as John Watkins
MovieArarat
2002
as David
Night Flight
2002
as 'Flash' Harry Peters
MovieA Beautiful Mind
2001
as Dr. Rosen
MovieLucky Break
2001
as Graham Mortimer
MovieFull Disclosure
2001
as Robert Lecker
MovieOn Golden Pond
2001
as Norman Thayer
MovieDracula 2000
2000
as Matthew Van Helsing
MovieAmerican Tragedy
2000
as F. Lee Bailey
MovieBack To "Somewhere In Time"
2000
as Self
MoviePossessed
2000
as Archbishop Hume
MovieThe Dinosaur Hunter
2000
as Hump Hinton
TVNuremberg
2000
as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
MovieHidden Agenda
1999
as Ulrich Steiner
MovieThe Insider
1999
as Mike Wallace
MovieMadeline: Lost in Paris
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Clown at Midnight
1999
as Mr. Caruthers
MovieWinchell
1998
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
MovieBlackheart
1998
as Holmes
MovieThe First Christmas
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBabes in Toyland
1997
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
MovieSkeletons
1997
as Reverend Carlyle
MovieThe Arrow
1997
as George Hees
TVThe Arrow
1997
as George Hees
MovieThe Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996
as Self
MovieWe the Jury
1996
as Wilfred Fransiscus
MovieThe Conspiracy of Fear
1996
as Wakeman
MovieTwelve Monkeys
1995
as Dr. Goines
MovieHarrison Bergeron
1995
as John Klaxon
MovieDolores Claiborne
1995
as John Mackey
MovieCrackerjack
1994
as Ivan Getz
MovieWolf
1994
as Raymond Alden
MovieMichael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MovieA Stranger in the Mirror
1993
as Clifton Lawrence
MovieBen-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
as Narrator
MovieMalcolm X
1992
as Chaplain Gill
MovieImpolite
1992
as Naples O'Rorke
MovieSecrets
1992
as Mel Wexler
MovieThe First Circle
1992
as Viktor Abakumov
MovieLiar's Edge
1992
as Harry Weldon
MovieStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
as Chang
Madeline in London
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMadeline and the Gypsies
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRock-A-Doodle
1991
as Grand Duke (voice)
MovieMoney
1991
as Martin Yahl
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991
as Narrator (voice)
TVYoung Catherine
1991
as Sir Charles
MovieFirehead
1991
as Col. Garland Vaughn
TVBerlin Lady
1991
as Wilhelm Speer
MovieThe Little Crooked Christmas Tree
1990
as Narrator
MovieMadeline's Christmas
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRed Blooded American Girl
1990
as Dr. John Alcore
TVCounterstrike
1990
as Alexander Addington
MovieA Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as The Grand Duke Ivan
MovieWhere the Heart Is
1990
as Shitty
MovieMindfield
1989
as Doctor Satorius
MovieNabokov on Kafka
1989
as Vladimir Nabokov
MovieSouvenir
1989
as Ernst Kestner
MovieThe First Emperor of China
1989
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieShadow Dancing
1988
as Edmund Beaumont
MovieMadeline
1988
as Narrator (voice)
TVMadeline
1988
as Narrator (voice)
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator
MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNosferatu in Venice
1988
as Professor Paris Catalano
MovieA Hazard of Hearts
1987
as Sir Giles Staverley
MovieDragnet
1987
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
MovieI Love N.Y.
1987
as John Robertson Yeats
Portraits of Canada
1987
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Nightingale
1987
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAn American Tail
1986
as Henri (voice)
MovieSpearfield's Daughter
1986
as Lord Jack Cruze
TVCrossings
1986
as Armand DeVilliers
MovieThe Boy in Blue
1986
as Knox
MovieThe Boss' Wife
1986
as Mr. Roalvang
MovieThe Tin Soldier
1986
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRumpelstiltskin
1985
as Narrator
MovieThe Velveteen Rabbit
1985
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLily in Love
1984
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
TVThe Cosby Show
1984
as Jonathan Lawrence
MovieDreamscape
1984
as Bob Blair
MovieOrdeal by Innocence
1984
as Leo Argyle
MoviePrototype
1983
as Dr. Carl Forrester
TVSuperTed
1983
TVThe Thorn Birds
1983
as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
MovieThe Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Col. Herbert Kappler
TVLittle Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Reggie Vanderbilt
TVNature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHighpoint
1982
as James Hatcher
MovieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Alfred Stieglitz
MovieThe Amateur
1981
as Professor Lakos
MovieBeing Different
1981
as Self (Narrator) (voice)
MovieDial M for Murder
1981
as Tony Wendice
MovieEyewitness
1981
as Joseph
MovieWhen the Circus Came to Town
1981
as Duke Royal
MovieDesperate Voyage
1980
as Jacques Burrifous
MovieSomewhere in Time
1980
as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
MovieThe Shadow Box
1980
as Brian
MovieArthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
MovieHanover Street
1979
as Paul Sellinger
MovieRiel
1979
as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
MovieMurder by Decree
1979
as Sherlock Holmes
MovieStarcrash
1978
as The Emperor
MovieThe Silent Partner
1978
as Reikle
MovieInternational Velvet
1978
as John Seaton
MovieThe Disappearance
1977
as Deverell
MovieThe Assignment
1977
as Kaptain Behounek
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Sherlock Holmes
TVJesus of Nazareth
1977
as Herod Antipas
MovieSilver Blaze
1977
as Sherlock Holmes
TVArthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
as Roscoe Heyward
MovieAces High
1976
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
MovieThe Man Who Would Be King
1975
as Rudyard Kipling
MovieThe Day That Shook the World
1975
as Archduke Ferdinand
MovieConduct Unbecoming
1975
as Major Alastair Wimbourne
MovieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975
as Sir Charles Litton
MovieThe Spiral Staircase
1975
as Dr. Joe Sherman
MovieAfter the Fall
1974
as Quentin
MovieThe Happy Prince
1974
as The Happy Prince (voice)
MovieThe Pyx
1973
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieWaterloo
1970
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
MovieThe Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
as Atahualpa
MovieBattle of Britain
1969
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
MovieLock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lord Foppington
MovieNobody Runs Forever
1968
as Sir James Quentin
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieOedipus the King
1968
as Oedipus
TVOmnibus
1967
as Narrator
MovieThe Night of the Generals
1967
as Field Marshal Rommel
MovieTriple Cross
1966
as Freddie Chapman
MovieInside Daisy Clover
1966
as Raymond Swan
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Don Juan
MovieThe Sound of Music
1965
as Captain Georg von Trapp
MovieSalzburg Sight and Sound
1965
as Self
MovieAn Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHamlet at Elsinore
1964
as Hamlet
MovieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Commodus
Trans-Canada Journey
1963
as Narrator (voice)
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
1963
as Himself
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
as Cyrano de Bergerac
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
as Captain Brassbound
MovieA Doll's House
1959
as Torvald
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
MovieWind Across the Everglades
1958
as Walt Murdock
MovieStage Struck
1958
as Joe Sheridan
MovieLittle Moon of Alban
1958
as Kenneth Boyd
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Sir Miles Hendon
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Walter Shelley
TVOmnibus
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
TVSuspense
1949
TVStudio One
1948
as Dick
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Madeline at the Ballet
as Narrator (voice)
Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century
as Narrator (voice)
