Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 - February 5, 2021) was 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.
On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".
Filmography
Character: Rudyard Kipling
Character: John Adams Gates
Character: Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Character: Matthew Van Helsing
Character: Freddie Chapman
Character: Professor Lakos
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Captain Newport
Character: Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Character: Doctor Parnassus
Character: Sir Charles Litton
Character: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Character: Paul Sellinger
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Professor Paris Catalano
Character: Charles F. Muntz (voice)
Character: Graham Mortimer
Character: Ralph Nickleby
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Field Marshal Rommel
Character: Col. Garland Vaughn
Character: Captain Georg von Trapp
Character: Cardinal Bernard Law
Character: Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Character: Col. Herbert Kappler
Character: Monsignor Orelas
Character: William Fawcett Robinson
Character: Sir Giles Staverley
Character: Archbishop Hume
Character: J.R. Ackerley (voice)
Character: Dr. Carl Forrester
Character: Sir James Quentin
Character: Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Character: Doctor Satorius
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
Character: The Grand Duke Ivan
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Dr. Jack Pelletier
Character: John Barrymore
Character: John Marshall Harlan
Character: Lord Foppington
Character: John Robertson Yeats
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Ulrich Steiner
Character: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Character: Professor Coreman
Character: The Happy Prince (voice)
Character: Croolik (voice)
Character: Reverend Carlyle
Character: Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
Character: Vladimir Nabokov
Character: Archduke Ferdinand
Character: Jacques Burrifous
Character: Lord Jack Cruze
Character: Kaiser Wilhelm II
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Pixie King (voice)
Character: Narrator (english version)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Dr. West (voice)
Character: Grand Duke (voice)
Character: Dr. John Alcore
Character: Edmund Beaumont
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Frank Pitsenbarger
Character: King Herod (voice)
Character: Jean Paul Getty
Character: Clifton Lawrence
Character: Self (Narrator) (voice)
Character: Dr. West (voice)
Character: Captain Brassbound
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: 'Flash' Harry Peters
Character: Harlan Thrombey
Character: Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Kaptain Behounek
Character: Naples O'Rorke
Character: Narrator (voice)