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Christopher Plummer
0 FOLLOWERS • 48 CREDITS • DEC 13, 1929 • 94
Biography
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (born December 13, 1929) is 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.
Known For
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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The Oscars
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General Electric Theater
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Studio One
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Suspense
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Cosby Show
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Omnibus
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Tony Awards
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DuPont Show of the Month
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Nature
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Malcolm X
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The Star
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Knives Out
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Battle of Britain
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National Treasure
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8ocZb9x6rN82i8ZzZ05j1vWKVOC.jpg)
Wolf
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A Beautiful Mind
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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An American Tail
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Jesus of Nazareth
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Winchell
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Twelve Monkeys
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Must Love Dogs
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Inside Man
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The Exception
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Lucky Break
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The Insider
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The Lake House
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Somewhere in Time
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Little Gloria... Happy at Last
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Crackerjack
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Danny Collins
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Dragnet
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8bokS83zGdhaXgN9tjidUKmAftW.jpg)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Beginners
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Departure
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Skeletons
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Closing the Ring
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All the Money in the World
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The Sound of Music
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Up
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Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
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Waterloo
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On Golden Pond
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