Christopher Plummer (I) (1929–2021)

Actor | Producer | Music Department

Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding ...

Born: December 13, 1929
Died: February 5, 2021 (age 91)

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Filmography

Known For

Beginners Hal (2010)
The Insider Mike Wallace (1999)
All the Money in the World J. Paul Getty (2017)
Known For

Remember Zev Guttman (2015)
Actor

Departure Howard Lawson (2019-2021)
The Last Full Measure Frank Pitsenbarger (2019)
Knives Out Harlan Thrombey (2019)
Cliffs of Freedom Thanasi (2019)
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Dr. Jeffrey West (2018)
Boundaries Jack (2018)
All the Money in the World J. Paul Getty (2017)
The Star Herod (2017)
The Man Who Invented Christmas Scrooge (2017)
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom Dr. West (2017)
Elegy (2017)
The Exception Kaiser Wilhelm II (2016)
Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Dr. West (2016)
Remember Zev Guttman (2015)
Pixies Pixie King (2015)
Danny Collins Frank Grubman (2015)
The Forger Joseph Cutter (2014)
Hector and the Search for Happiness Professor Coreman (2014)
Elsa & Fred Fred (2014)
Great Performances John Barrymore (2014)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight John Harlan (2013)
The Legend of Sarila Croolik (2013)
Kali, the Little Vampire (2012)
Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure Charles F. Muntz (2012)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Henrik Vanger (2011)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Arngeir (2011)
Barrymore John Barrymore (2011)
Priest Monsignor Orelas (2011)
The Tempest Prospero (2010)
Beginners Hal (2010)
The Last Station Leo Tolstoy (2009)
9 #1 (2009)
My Dog Tulip J.R. Ackerley (2009)
Up Charles Muntz (2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Up Charles Muntz (2009)
Caesar and Cleopatra Caesar (2009)
The Summit P.J. Aimes (2008)
Already Dead Dr. Heller (2007)
Emotional Arithmetic David Winters (2007)
Closing the Ring Jack (2007)
Man in the Chair Flash Madden (2007)
The Lake House Simon Wyler (2006)
American Experience Narrator (2006)
Inside Man Arthur Case (2006)
The New World Captain Newport (2005)
Heidi Grandfather (2005)
Syriana Dean Whiting (2005)
Four Minutes Archie Mason (2005)
Must Love Dogs Bill (2005)
Our Fathers Cardinal Bernard Law (2005)
Alexander Aristotle (2004)
National Treasure John Adams Gates (2004)
Cold Creek Manor Mr. Massie (2003)
The Gospel of John Narrator (2003)
Blizzard Santa Claus (2003)
Nicholas Nickleby Ralph Nickleby (2002)
Agent of Influence John Watkins (2002)
Ararat David (2002)
Night Flight 'Flash' Harry Peters (2002)
A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen (2001)
Lucky Break Graham Mortimer (2001)
Full Disclosure Robert Lecker (2001)
On Golden Pond Norman Thayer (2001)
Star Trek: Klingon Academy General Chang (2000)
Dracula 2000 Abraham Van Helsing (2000)
American Tragedy F. Lee Bailey (2000)
Possessed Archbishop Hume (2000)
The Dinosaur Hunter Hump Hinton (2000)
Nuremberg Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe (2000)
The Insider Mike Wallace (1999)
Madeline: Lost in Paris Narrator (1999)
Hidden Agenda Ulrich Steiner (1999)
The First Christmas Narrator (1998)
Blackheart Holmes (1998)
The Clown at Midnight Mr. Caruthers (1998)
Winchell Franklin D. Roosevelt (1998)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Chang (1997)
Babes in Toyland Barnaby Crookedman (1997)
Skeletons Reverend Carlyle (1997)
The Arrow George Hees (1997)
Madeline's European Adventure Narrator (1996)
We the Jury Wilfred Fransiscus (1996)
The New Adventures of Madeline Narrator (1995)
12 Monkeys Dr. Goines (1995)
The Conspiracy of Fear Wakeman (1995)
Harrison Bergeron John Klaxon (1995)
Dolores Claiborne Detective John Mackey (1995)
Madeline and the Magnificent Puppet Show Narrator (1994)
Felidae Joker (1994)
Crackerjack Ivan Getz (1994)
Wolf Raymond Alden (1994)
Madeline Narrator (1990-1994)
A Stranger in the Mirror Clifton Lawrence (1993)
Counterstrike Alexander Addington (1990-1993)
Malcolm X Chaplain Gill (1992)
Impolite Naples O'Rorke (1992)
Secrets Mel Wexler (1992)
Liar's Edge Harry Weldon (1992)
Berlin Lady Wilhem Speer (1991)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Chang (1991)
Madeline in London Narrator (1991)
The First Circle Victor Abakumov (1991)
Madeline and the Gypsies Narrator (1991)
Rock-A-Doodle Grand Duke (1991)
A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz (1991)
Money Martin Yahl (1991)
Madeline and the Bad Hat Narrator (1991)
Young Catherine Sir Charles (1991)
Firehead Vaughn (1991)
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree Narrator (1990)
Madeline's Rescue Narrator (1990)
Madeline's Christmas Narrator (1990)
Red Blooded American Girl Dr. John Alcore (1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo The Grand Duke Ivan (1990)
Where the Heart Is Shitty (1990)
Mindfield Doctor Satorius (1989)
Kingsgate (1989)
Nabokov on Kafka Vladimir Nabokov (1989)
Madeline Narrator (1988)
Souvenir Ernst Kestner (1988)
Shadow Dancing Edmund Beaumont (1988)
Vampire in Venice Professor Paris Catalano (1988)
The Nightingale Narrator (1987)
I Love N.Y. John Robertson Yeats (1987)
A Hazard of Hearts Sir Giles Staverley (1987)
Gandahar Metamorphis (1987)
The Cosby Show Jonathan Lawrence (1987)
The Gnomes' Great Adventure Narrator (1987)
Dragnet Whirley (1987)
The Man Who Planted Trees Narrator (1987)
Spearfield's Daughter Lord Jack Cruze (1986)
The Tin Soldier Narrator (1986)
An American Tail Henri (1986)
The Boss' Wife Mr. Roalvang (1986)
Crossings Armand DeVilliers (1986)
The Boy in Blue Knox (1986)
Rumpelstiltskin Narrator (1985)
David the Gnome Narrator (1987) (1985)
The Velveteen Rabbit Narrator (1985)
Lily in Love Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova (1984)
Dreamscape Bob Blair (1984)
Ordeal by Innocence Leo Argyle (1984)
Prototype Dr. Carl Forrester (1983)
The Thorn Birds Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese (1983)
The Scarlet and the Black Col. Herbert Kappler (1983)
Little Gloria... Happy at Last Reggie Vanderbilt (1982)
Highpoint James Hatcher (1982)
The Amateur Professor Lakos (1981)
Dial 'M' for Murder Tony Wendice (1981)
Eyewitness Joseph (1981)
When the Circus Came to Town Duke Royal (1981)
Desperate Voyage Burrifous (1980)
Somewhere in Time W. F. Robinson (1980)
The Shadow Box Brian (1980)
Hanover Street Paul Sellinger (1979)
Riel Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (1979)
Murder by Decree Sherlock Holmes (1979)
Starcrash The Emperor (1978)
The Silent Partner Reikle (1978)
International Velvet John Seaton (1978)
The Disappearance Deverell (1977)
The Assignment Kaptain Behounek (1977)
Jesus of Nazareth Herod Antipas (1977)
The Sunday Drama Sherlock Holmes (1977)
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers Roscoe Heyward (1976)
Aces High Sinclair (1976)
The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling (1975)
The Assassination at Sarajevo Archduke Ferdinand (1975)
Conduct Unbecoming Maj. Alastair Wimbourne (1975)
The Return of the Pink Panther Sir Charles Litton (1975)
The Spiral Staircase Dr. Sherman (1975)
After the Fall Quentin (1974)
The Happy Prince The Happy Prince (1974)
Witness to Yesterday Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1974)
The Pyx Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson (1973)
BBC Play of the Month Don Juan (1971)
Waterloo Arthur Wellesley - Duke of Wellington (1970)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun Atahuallpa (1969)
The Battle of Britain Squadron Leader Colin Harvey (1969)
Lock Up Your Daughters! Lord Foppington (1969)
The Secret of Michelangelo Narrator (1968)
The High Commissioner Sir James Quentin (1968)
Oedipus the King Oedipus (1968)
The Night of the Generals Field Marshal Rommel (1967)
Triple Cross Eddie Chapman (1966)
Inside Daisy Clover Raymond Swan (1965)
The Sound of Music Captain Georg von Trapp (1965)
Hamlet at Elsinore Hamlet (1964)
The Fall of the Roman Empire Commodus (1964)
Cyrano De Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (1962)
Time Remembered Prince Albert (1961)
The DuPont Show of the Month Rudolf Rassendyll (1957-1961)
Our American Heritage Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1960)
Sunday Showcase Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1960)
Captain Brassbound's Conversion Captain Brassbound (1960)
The Philadelphia Story Mike Connor (1959)
A Doll's House Torvald Helmer (1959)
Omnibus (segment) (1957-1959)
Johnny Belinda Dr. Jack Pelletier (1958)
Wind Across the Everglades Walt Murdock (1958)
Stage Struck Joe Sheridan (1958)
Little Moon of Alban Kenneth Boyd (1958)
Eye on New York Lewis Rohnen (1956)
The Alcoa Hour Bruce Quealy (1956)
Appointment with Adventure Roger Manning (1956)
General Electric Theater Walter Shelley (1956)
Producers' Showcase Christian de Neuvillette (1955)
Kraft Theatre Robert Carr (1955)
Ponds Theater (1954)
The Web (1954)
Broadway Television Theatre Michael O'Leary (1953)
Suspense (1953)
Studio One Dick (1953)
Encounter (1953)
Actor

Odd Job Jack Magnus the Maker (2003)
Soundtrack

Remember (2015)
Nostalgia Critic (2009)
Lucky Break (2001)
Babes in Toyland (1997)
MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy (1997)
Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
An American Tail (1986)
Soundtrack

The Sound of Music (1965)
Producer

Barrymore (2011)
The Tempest (2010)
Producer

Caesar and Cleopatra (2009)
Archive footage

TCM Remembers 2021 (2021)
The Oscars (2021)
CBS News Sunday Morning (2021)
TCM Remember Christopher Plummer (2021)
Good Morning America Weekend Edition (2021)
Sky News Breakfast (2021)
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2021)
Access Hollywood (2021)
Celebrity Page (2018)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018)
Chelsea (2017)
Inside Edition (2015)
Discovering Huston (2012)
Shakespeare Uncovered (2012)
Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
That Fellow in the Coat (2010)
20 to 1 (2006-2010)
Nostalgia Critic (2009)
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008)
From Liesl to Gretl: A 40th Aniversary Reunion (2005)
On Location with 'the Sound of Music' (2005)
Century of Cinema (1995)
Archive footage

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994)
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson (1987)
Music Department

Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Was the only actor from The Sound of Music (1965) to meet the real Maria von Trapp in Vermont as a child.

[observation, 2014] I'm thrilled to be around still, and I don't want to blow my horn, but I've done so many more parts than Barrymore ever got a chance to do. That Barrymore wasn't able - or willing to show his true range is one of the great missed...