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Christopher Plummer

Acting Born Dec 13, 1929 Died Feb 5, 2021 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 247 credits

Biography

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC was a Canadian actor whose career encompassed theatre, film and television. He was born on December 13, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario, and died on February 5, 2021, at the age of 91. Plummer made his film debut in the 1958 movie Stage Struck and later appeared in notable films such as 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. He is perhaps most widely recognized for portraying Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the 1965 musical The Sound of Music opposite Julie Andrews. The TMDB record lists 237 acting credits for him.

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Career

Career overview

Christopher Plummer was a Canadian actor whose career spanned theatre, film and television for more than seven decades. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, on December 13, 1929, and died on February 5, 2021 at the age of 91. Plummer made his film debut in 1958 with the picture Stage Struck, beginning a long list of screen appearances that would total 237 credited roles. Among his notable film performances are roles in 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. He is perhaps most widely recognized for portraying the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music, a production that also starred Julie Andrews.

In addition to his extensive film work, Plummer took part in a variety of television projects throughout his career, contributing his stage‑trained presence to the small screen. His body of work reflects a consistent engagement with dramatic arts across multiple media, establishing him as a versatile and enduring figure in North American entertainment. The record of his professional activity, as catalogued by the Movie Database, lists him primarily under the occupation of acting and identifies him as male.

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Career timeline

Heroes of the Golden Mask
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Bondarchuk. BattleBoris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterKalahari: The Flooded DesertMooseltoe
The Last Full Measure
Knives OutDepartureAlan Pakula: Going for TruthCliffs of Freedom
BoundariesHoward Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
The StarAll the Money in the WorldThe ExceptionThe Man Who Invented ChristmasThe River of My Dreams
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Danny CollinsRememberPixiesThe Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Hector and the Search for HappinessThe ForgerElsa & Fred
The Legend of SarilaMuhammad Ali's Greatest FightTitans of the Ice AgeThe Captains: Still Kicking
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenKali, the Little VampireBarrymoreBarrymore · Executive ProducerBehind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
The Girl with the Dragon TattooPriestBeginnersDiscovering HamletA Short Film About Making Beginners
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodMy Dog TulipThe Tempest
Up9The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusThe Last StationCaesar and Cleopatra
The SummitEmotional Arithmetic
Closing the RingAlready DeadHamlet {Solo}Man in the Chair
Inside ManThe Lake HouseEugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmNuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
SyrianaThe New WorldMust Love DogsMiracle PlanetOur Fathers
National TreasureAlexander
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowCold Creek ManorThe Gospel of JohnBlizzardThe Life of Jesus
AraratNicholas NicklebyAgent of InfluenceNight FlightChristopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
A Beautiful MindLucky BreakFull DisclosureOn Golden Pond
Dracula 2000NurembergPossessedAmerican TragedyThe Dinosaur Hunter
The InsiderMadeline: Lost in ParisThe Clown at MidnightHidden Agenda
WinchellBlackheartThe First Christmas
Babes in ToylandThe ArrowSkeletonsThe Arrow
The Conspiracy of FearThe Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'We the Jury
Twelve MonkeysDolores ClaiborneHarrison Bergeron
WolfCrackerjackMichael Caine: Breaking the Mold

Full filmography

  • Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023) as Rizzo (voice)
  • Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022) as Self
  • Bondarchuk. Battle (2021) as self
  • Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021) as Self
  • Kalahari: The Flooded Desert (2021) as Narrator (voice)
  • Mooseltoe (2021) as Mooseking
  • The Last Full Measure (2020) as Frank Pitsenbarger
  • Knives Out (2019) as Harlan Thrombey
  • Departure (2019) as Howard Lawson
  • Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019) as Self
  • Cliffs of Freedom (2019) as Thanasi
  • Boundaries (2018) as Jack
  • Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness (2018) as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
  • The Star (2017) as King Herod (voice)
  • All the Money in the World (2017) as Jean Paul Getty
  • The Exception (2017) as Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) as Scrooge
  • The River of My Dreams (2017) as Himself
  • Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017) as Dr. West (voice)
  • Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016) as Dr. West (voice)
  • Danny Collins (2015) as Frank Grubman
  • Remember (2015) as Zev Guttman
  • Pixies (2015) as Pixie King (voice)
  • The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special (2015) as Self
  • Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) as Professor Coreman
  • The Forger (2014) as Joseph Cutter
  • Elsa & Fred (2014) as Fred
  • The Legend of Sarila (2013) as Croolik (voice)
  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) as John Marshall Harlan
  • Titans of the Ice Age (2013) as Narrator
  • The Captains: Still Kicking (2013) as Self
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
  • Kali, the Little Vampire (2012) as Narrator (english version)
  • Barrymore (2012) as John Barrymore
  • Barrymore (2012) Executive Producer
  • Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim (2012) as Self
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) as Henrik Vanger
  • Priest (2011) as Monsignor Orelas
  • Beginners (2011) as Hal Fields
  • Discovering Hamlet (2011) as Self
  • A Short Film About Making Beginners (2011)
  • Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • My Dog Tulip (2010) as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
  • The Tempest (2010) as Prospero
  • Up (2009) as Charles Muntz (voice)
  • 9 (2009) as #1 (voice)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) as Doctor Parnassus
  • The Last Station (2009) as Leo Tolstoy
  • Caesar and Cleopatra (2009) as Caesar
  • The Summit (2008) as P.J. Aimes
  • Emotional Arithmetic (2008) as David Winters
  • Closing the Ring (2007) as Jack
  • Already Dead (2007) as Dr. Heller
  • Hamlet {Solo} (2007) as Self
  • Man in the Chair (2007) as Flash Madden
  • Inside Man (2006) as Arthur Case
  • The Lake House (2006) as Simon Wyler
  • Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006) as Self
  • Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes (2006) as Narrator (voice over)
  • Syriana (2005) as Dean Whiting
  • The New World (2005) as Captain Newport
  • Must Love Dogs (2005) as Bill
  • Miracle Planet (2005) as Himself - Host
  • Our Fathers (2005) as Cardinal Bernard Law
  • Four Minutes (2005) as Archie Mason
  • National Treasure (2004) as John Adams Gates
  • Alexander (2004) as Aristotle
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
  • Cold Creek Manor (2003) as Mr. Massie
  • The Gospel of John (2003) as Narrator (voice)
  • Blizzard (2003) as Santa Claus
  • The Life of Jesus (2003) as Narrator
  • Ararat (2002) as David
  • Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Ralph Nickleby
  • Agent of Influence (2002) as John Watkins
  • Night Flight (2002) as 'Flash' Harry Peters
  • Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002) as Self
  • A Beautiful Mind (2001) as Dr. Rosen
  • Lucky Break (2001) as Graham Mortimer
  • Full Disclosure (2001) as Robert Lecker
  • On Golden Pond (2001) as Norman Thayer
  • Dracula 2000 (2000) as Matthew Van Helsing
  • Nuremberg (2000) as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
  • Possessed (2000) as Archbishop Hume
  • American Tragedy (2000) as F. Lee Bailey
  • The Dinosaur Hunter (2000) as Hump Hinton
  • Back To "Somewhere In Time" (2000) as Self
  • The Insider (1999) as Mike Wallace
  • Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Clown at Midnight (1999) as Mr. Caruthers
  • Hidden Agenda (1999) as Ulrich Steiner
  • Winchell (1998) as Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Blackheart (1998) as Holmes
  • The First Christmas (1998) as Narrator (voice)
  • Babes in Toyland (1997) as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
  • The Arrow (1997) as George Hees
  • Skeletons (1997) as Reverend Carlyle
  • The Arrow (1997) as George Hees
  • The Conspiracy of Fear (1996) as Wakeman
  • The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' (1996) as Self
  • We the Jury (1996) as Wilfred Fransiscus
  • Twelve Monkeys (1995) as Dr. Goines
  • Dolores Claiborne (1995) as John Mackey
  • Harrison Bergeron (1995) as John Klaxon
  • Wolf (1994) as Raymond Alden
  • Crackerjack (1994) as Ivan Getz
  • Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • A Stranger in the Mirror (1993) as Clifton Lawrence
  • Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993) as Narrator
  • Malcolm X (1992) as Chaplain Gill
  • Impolite (1992) as Naples O'Rorke
  • The First Circle (1992) as Viktor Abakumov
  • Secrets (1992) as Mel Wexler
  • Liar's Edge (1992) as Harry Weldon
  • Rock-A-Doodle (1991) as Grand Duke (voice)
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) as Chang
  • Young Catherine (1991) as Sir Charles
  • Madeline in London (1991) as Narrator (voice)
  • Berlin Lady (1991) as Wilhelm Speer
  • Firehead (1991) as Col. Garland Vaughn
  • Money (1991) as Martin Yahl
  • Madeline and the Gypsies (1991) as Narrator (voice)
  • Madeline and the Bad Hat (1991) as Narrator (voice)
  • Counterstrike (1990) as Alexander Addington
  • Red Blooded American Girl (1990) as Dr. John Alcore
  • A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990) as The Grand Duke Ivan
  • Madeline's Christmas (1990) as Narrator (voice)
  • Where the Heart Is (1990) as Shitty
  • The Little Crooked Christmas Tree (1990) as Narrator
  • Nabokov on Kafka (1989) as Vladimir Nabokov
  • Souvenir (1989) as Ernst Kestner
  • The First Emperor of China (1989) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Mindfield (1989) as Doctor Satorius
  • American Experience (1988) as Narrator
  • Madeline (1988) as Narrator (voice)
  • Nosferatu in Venice (1988) as Professor Paris Catalano
  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) as Narrator (voice)
  • Shadow Dancing (1988) as Edmund Beaumont
  • Madeline (1988) as Narrator (voice)
  • Dragnet (1987) as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
  • A Hazard of Hearts (1987) as Sir Giles Staverley
  • Portraits of Canada (1987) as Narrator (voice)
  • I Love N.Y. (1987) as John Robertson Yeats
  • The Nightingale (1987) as Narrator (voice)
  • An American Tail (1986) as Henri (voice)
  • The Boss' Wife (1986) as Mr. Roalvang
  • Crossings (1986) as Armand DeVilliers
  • The Boy in Blue (1986) as Knox
  • Spearfield's Daughter (1986) as Lord Jack Cruze
  • The Tin Soldier (1986) as Narrator (voice)
  • Rumpelstiltskin (1985) as Narrator
  • The Velveteen Rabbit (1985) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Cosby Show (1984) as Jonathan Lawrence
  • Lily in Love (1984) as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
  • Dreamscape (1984) as Bob Blair
  • Ordeal by Innocence (1984) as Leo Argyle
  • The Thorn Birds (1983) as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
  • SuperTed (1983)
  • Prototype (1983) as Dr. Carl Forrester
  • The Scarlet and the Black (1983) as Col. Herbert Kappler
  • Nature (1982) as Narrator (voice)
  • American Playhouse (1982) as Alfred Stieglitz
  • Highpoint (1982) as James Hatcher
  • Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
  • Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) as Reggie Vanderbilt
  • Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
  • The Amateur (1981) as Professor Lakos
  • Eyewitness (1981) as Joseph
  • Being Different (1981) as Self (Narrator) (voice)
  • When the Circus Came to Town (1981) as Duke Royal
  • Dial M for Murder (1981) as Tony Wendice
  • Somewhere in Time (1980) as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
  • The Shadow Box (1980) as Brian
  • Desperate Voyage (1980) as Jacques Burrifous
  • Hanover Street (1979) as Paul Sellinger
  • Murder by Decree (1979) as Sherlock Holmes
  • Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979)
  • Riel (1979) as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
  • Starcrash (1978) as The Emperor
  • The Silent Partner (1978) as Reikle
  • International Velvet (1978) as John Seaton
  • Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Herod Antipas
  • The Sunday Drama (1977) as Sherlock Holmes
  • The Disappearance (1977) as Deverell
  • The Assignment (1977) as Kaptain Behounek
  • Silver Blaze (1977) as Sherlock Holmes
  • Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers (1976) as Roscoe Heyward
  • Aces High (1976) as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
  • The Man Who Would Be King (1975) as Rudyard Kipling
  • The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) as Sir Charles Litton
  • Conduct Unbecoming (1975) as Major Alastair Wimbourne
  • The Day That Shook the World (1975) as Archduke Ferdinand
  • The Spiral Staircase (1975) as Dr. Joe Sherman
  • The Happy Prince (1974) as The Happy Prince (voice)
  • After the Fall (1974) as Quentin
  • The Pyx (1973) as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • Waterloo (1970) as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
  • Battle of Britain (1969) as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
  • Lock Up Your Daughters (1969) as Lord Foppington
  • The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) as Atahualpa
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • Oedipus the King (1968) as Oedipus
  • Nobody Runs Forever (1968) as Sir James Quentin
  • Omnibus (1967) as Narrator
  • The Night of the Generals (1967) as Field Marshal Rommel
  • Triple Cross (1966) as Freddie Chapman
  • Inside Daisy Clover (1966) as Raymond Swan
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Don Juan
  • The Sound of Music (1965) as Captain Georg von Trapp
  • Salzburg Sight and Sound (1965) as Self
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Commodus
  • An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy (1964) as Narrator (voice)
  • Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) as Hamlet
  • 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer (1963) as Himself
  • Trans-Canada Journey (1963) as Narrator (voice)
  • Cyrano De Bergerac (1962) as Cyrano de Bergerac
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1960) as Captain Brassbound
  • NBC Sunday Showcase (1959)
  • A Doll's House (1959) as Torvald
  • Wind Across the Everglades (1958) as Walt Murdock
  • Stage Struck (1958) as Joe Sheridan
  • Little Moon of Alban (1958) as Kenneth Boyd
  • Johnny Belinda (1958) as Dr. Jack Pelletier
  • DuPont Show of the Month (1957) as Sir Miles Hendon
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Walter Shelley
  • Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
  • Omnibus (1952)
  • Omnibus (1952) as Oedipus
  • Omnibus (1952) as Thomas Mendip
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Dr. Jack Pelletier
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Torvald Helmer
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Captain Brassbound
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Prince Albert
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Suspense (1949)
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Studio One (1948) as Dick
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
  • Madeline at the Ballet as Narrator (voice)
  • Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century as Narrator (voice)