Christopher Plummer (I)

Actor | Soundtrack | Producer

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the only child of Isabella Mary...

Born: December 13, 1929

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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

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)
Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Dr. West (2016)
The Exception Kaiser Wilhelm II (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)
Kinect Fun Labs: Kinect Rush - A Disney Pixar Adventures: Snapshot Charles F. Muntz (2012)
Kali, the Little Vampire (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 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 Visual Bible: 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)
Leo's Journey Narrator (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 Clown at Midnight Mr. Caruthers (1999)
The First Christmas Narrator (1998)
Blackheart Holmes (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)
We the Jury Wilfred Fransiscus (1996)
Twelve Monkeys Dr. Goines (1995)
The Conspiracy of Fear Wakeman (1995)
Harrison Bergeron John Klaxon (1995)
The New Adventures of Madeline Narrator (1995) (1995)
Dolores Claiborne Det. John Mackey (1995)
Felidae Joker (1994)
Crackerjack Ivan Getz (1994)
Wolf Raymond Alden (1994)
Madeline Narrator (1993-1994)
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)
The First Circle Victor Abakumov (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)
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)
Nabokov on Kafka Vladimir Nabokov (1989)
Kingsgate (1989)
Mindfield Doctor Satorius (1989)
Souvenir Ernst Kestner (1989)
Shadow Dancing Edmund Beaumont (1988)
Vampire in Venice Professor Paris Catalano (1988)
Madeline Narrator (1988)
Gandahar Metamorphis (1988)
The Nightingale Narrator (1987)
The Gnomes' Great Adventure Narrator (1987)
A Hazard of Hearts Sir Giles Staverley (1987)
The Cosby Show Jonathan Lawrence (1987)
Dragnet Whirley (1987)
The Man Who Planted Trees Narrator (1987)
I Love N.Y. John Robertson Yeats (1987)
Spearfield's Daughter Lord Jack Cruze (1986)
Crossings Armand DeVilliers (1986)
The Tin Soldier Narrator (1986)
An American Tail Henri (1986)
The Boss' Wife Mr. Roalvang (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 William Fawcett 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 Harry 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)
Witness to Yesterday Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1974)
After the Fall Quentin (1974)
The Happy Prince The Happy Prince (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)
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 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 (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 in Hollywood Dick (1953)
Encounter (1953)
Actor

Odd Job Jack Magnus the Maker (2003)
Soundtrack

Remember (2015)
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

Celebrity Page (2018)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018)
Entertainment Tonight (2015-2017)
Chelsea (2017)
Inside Edition (2015)
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)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Archive footage

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

Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
An American Tail (1986)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

On April 22, 2002, he was awarded the first Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre by the Roundabout Theatre. His The Sound of Music (1965) co-star Julie Andrews was among those in attendance.

The writing was superior [in the '50s]. But then we had all the best writers, Horton Foote and others, writing for this brash new medium. It was as exciting as hell. It was an adventure. Television has become a little glossy. A little too ...

Trademark

Rich smooth voice

Nickname

Chris

Star Sign

Sagittarius

Personal Details

Born

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
December 13, 1929
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)

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