Christopher Plummer
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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
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Studio One
Suspense
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Cosby Show
Omnibus
Tony Awards
DuPont Show of the Month
Nature
Malcolm X
The Star
Knives Out
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
National Treasure
Battle of Britain
Wolf
A Beautiful Mind
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Jesus of Nazareth
An American Tail
Winchell
Lucky Break
Inside Man
Departure
Twelve Monkeys
Must Love Dogs
The Exception
The Lake House
Danny Collins
Crackerjack
Somewhere in Time
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Dragnet
The Insider
Skeletons
Up
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Closing the Ring
All the Money in the World
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
The Forger
The Sound of Music
Beginners
9
Waterloo
On Golden Pond
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