Christopher Plummer biography
Christopher Plummer was a Canadian actor, born on 13 December 1929 in Toronto, who died on 5 February 2021.
Christopher Plummer's screen career began in 1953 with Broadway Television Theatre, playing Michael O'Leary.
Christopher Plummer appeared in 130 films and 70 television or streaming titles between 1953 and 2023.
Honours include Companion of the Order of Canada, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement.
- Also known as
- Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
- Born
- 13 December 1929
- Died
- 5 February 2021 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Toronto
- Work
- Television actor, Film actor, Voice actor, Character actor, Stage actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1946 to 2021
- Awards
- Companion of the Order of Canada
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- Theatre World Award
Christopher Plummer filmography
130 films and 70 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Heroes of the Golden Mask | Rizzo | Voice, posthumous release | |
| 2019 | Knives Out | Harlan Thrombey | ||
| 2019 | The Last Full Measure | Frank Pitsenbarger | ||
| 2019 | Cliffs of Freedom | Thanasi | ||
| 2019 | Wonder Park | Narrator | Uncredited | |
| 2018 | Boundaries | Jack Jaconi | ||
| 2018 | Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness | Dr. Jeffrey West | Voice | |
| 2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Ebenezer Scrooge | ||
| 2017 | All the Money in the World | J. Paul Getty | ||
| 2017 | The Star | King Herod | Voice | |
| 2017 | Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom | Dr. Jeffrey West | Voice | |
| 2017 | Elegy | Narrator | Short film | |
| 2016 | Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom | Dr. Jeffrey West | Voice | |
| 2016 | The Exception | Kaiser Wilhelm | ||
| 2015 | Remember | Zev Guttman / Otto Wallisch | ||
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Frank Grubman | ||
| 2015 | Pixies | Pixie King | Voice | |
| 2014 | The Forger | Joseph Cutter | ||
| 2014 | Hector and the Search for Happiness | Professor Coreman | ||
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Fred Barcroft | ||
| 2013 | The Legend of Sarila | Croolik | Voice | |
| 2012 | Kali the Little Vampire | Portuguese | ||
| 2012 | Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure | Charles Muntz | ||
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Henrik Vanger | ||
| 2011 | The Captains | English |
Show all 130 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Priest | Monsignor Orelas | ||
| 2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Arngeir | ||
| 2011 | Barrymore | John Barrymore | ||
| 2010 | Beginners | Hal Fields | ||
| 2009 | The Last Station | Leo Tolstoy | ||
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Dr. Parnassus | ||
| 2009 | My Dog Tulip | J.R. Ackerley | Voice | |
| 2009 | Up | Charles Muntz | Voice | |
| 2009 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Julius Caesar | Also executive producer | |
| 2009 | 9 | 1 | Voice | |
| 2007 | Already Dead | Dr. Heller | ||
| 2007 | Man in the Chair | 'Flash' Madden | ||
| 2007 | Emotional Arithmetic | David Winters | ||
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Jack Etty | ||
| 2006 | The Lake House | Simon Wyler | ||
| 2006 | Inside Man | Arthur Case | ||
| 2005 | The New World | Captain Christopher Newport | ||
| 2005 | Syriana | Dean Whiting | ||
| 2005 | Must Love Dogs | Bill Nolan | ||
| 2004 | National Treasure | John Adams Gates | ||
| 2004 | Alexander | Aristotle | ||
| 2003 | Cold Creek Manor | Mr. Massie | ||
| 2003 | Blizzard | Santa Claus | ||
| 2003 | The Gospel of John | Narrator | ||
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby | ||
| 2002 | Ararat | David | ||
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Dr. Rosen | ||
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Graham Mortimer | ||
| 2001 | Full Disclosure | Robert Lecker | ||
| 2000 | Woman Wanted | English | ||
| 2000 | Dracula 2000 | Abraham Van Helsing | ||
| 2000 | Star Trek: Klingon Academy | General Chang | Live action | |
| 1999 | The Insider | Mike Wallace | ||
| 1999 | Madeline: Lost in Paris | Narrator | ||
| 1999 | Hidden Agenda | Ulrich Steiner | ||
| 1998 | The Clown at Midnight | Mr. Caruthers | ||
| 1998 | The First Christmas | Narrator | ||
| 1998 | Blackheart | Holmes | ||
| 1997 | Babes in Toyland | Barnaby Crookedman | Voice | |
| 1996 | The Conspiracy of Fear | Joseph Wakeman | ||
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Detective John Mackey | ||
| 1995 | 12 Monkeys | Dr. Goines | ||
| 1994 | Wolf | Raymond Alden | ||
| 1994 | Crackerjack | Ivan Getz | ||
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Chaplain Gill | ||
| 1992 | Liar's Edge | Harry Weldon | ||
| 1992 | Impolite | Naples O'Rorke | ||
| 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | General Chang | ||
| 1991 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | English | ||
| 1991 | Rock-a-Doodle | The Grand Duke of Owls | Voice | |
| 1991 | Firehead | Colonel Garland Vaughn | ||
| 1991 | Dragon and Slippers | Pelican | Voice | |
| 1990 | Money | Martin Yahl | ||
| 1990 | Red Blooded American Girl | Dr. John Alcore | ||
| 1990 | Where the Heart Is | Jerry | ||
| 1989 | Mindfield | Dr. Satorius | ||
| 1989 | Souvenir | Ernst Kestner | ||
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1988 | Shadow Dancing | Edmund Beaumont | ||
| 1988 | Light Years | Metamorphis | ||
| 1987 | I Love N.Y | John Robertson Yeats | ||
| 1987 | Dragnet | Reverend Jonathan Whirley | ||
| 1987 | The Man Who Planted Trees | Narrator | ||
| 1987 | The Gnomes' Great Adventure | Narrator | ||
| 1986 | Vampire in Venice | Professor Paris Catalano | ||
| 1986 | The Boy in Blue | Knox | ||
| 1986 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Narrator | ||
| 1986 | The Boss' Wife | Mr. Roalvang | ||
| 1986 | An American Tail | Henri | Voice | |
| 1984 | Lily in Love | Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova | ||
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | English | ||
| 1984 | Ordeal by Innocence | Leo Argyle | ||
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Bob Blair | ||
| 1984 | Highpoint | James Hatcher | ||
| 1981 | The Amateur | Professor Lakos | ||
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Joseph | ||
| 1980 | Somewhere in Time | William Fawcett Robinson | ||
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 1979 | Hanover Street | Paul Sellinger | ||
| 1979 | Starcrash | The Emperor | ||
| 1978 | The Silent Partner | Harry Reikle | ||
| 1978 | International Velvet | John Seaton | ||
| 1977 | The Assignment | Captain Behounek | ||
| 1977 | The Disappearance | Deverell | ||
| 1976 | Aces High | Captain 'Uncle' Sinclair | ||
| 1975 | The Man Who Would Be King | Rudyard Kipling | ||
| 1975 | The Day That Shook the World | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | ||
| 1975 | The Spiral Staircase | Dr. Joe Sherman | ||
| 1975 | The Return of the Pink Panther | Sir Charles Litton | ||
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming | Major Alastair Wimbourne | ||
| 1974 | The Happy Prince | The Happy Prince | Short film | |
| 1973 | The Pyx | Sergeant Jim Henderson | ||
| 1970 | Waterloo | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | ||
| 1969 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Atahualpa | ||
| 1969 | Lock Up Your Daughters! | Lord Foppington | ||
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Squadron Leader Colin Harvey | ||
| 1968 | Nobody Runs Forever | Sir James Quentin | ||
| 1967 | Oedipus the King | Oedipus | ||
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel | ||
| 1966 | Triple Cross | Eddie Chapman | ||
| 1965 | The Sound of Music | Captain Georg von Trapp | ||
| 1965 | Inside Daisy Clover | Raymond Swan | ||
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Commodus | ||
| 1958 | Wind Across the Everglades | Walt Murdock | ||
| 1958 | Stage Struck | Joe Sheridan |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Departure | Howard Larson | 12 episodes | |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | John Marshall Harlan II | Television film | |
| 2008 | The Summit | P.J. Aimes | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | American Experience | Narrator / James Tyrone | Episode: "Eugene O'Neill" | |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Cardinal Bernard Law | Television film | |
| 2005 | Miracle Planet | Narrator | 6 episodes | |
| 2005 | Four Minutes | Archie Mason | Television film | |
| 2003 | Odd Job Jack | Magnus The Maker | Episode: "Holyland" | |
| 2002 | Night Flight | Harry 'Flash' Peters | Television film | |
| 2002 | Agent of Influence | John Watkins | Television film | |
| 2001 | On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer | Television film | |
| 2001 | Leo's Journey | Narrator | Television film | |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | American Tragedy | F. Lee Bailey | 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | The Dinosaur Hunter | Hump Hinton | Television film | |
| 2000 | Possessed | Archbishop Hume | Television film | |
| 1998 | Winchell | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Television film | |
| 1997 | The Arrow | George Hees | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1996 | We the Jury | Wilfred Fransiscus | Television film | |
| 1996 | Skeletons | Reverend Carlyle | Television film | |
| 1995 | Harrison Bergeron | John Klaxon | Television film | |
| 1993 | Madeline | Narrator | 33 episodes | |
| 1993 | A Stranger in the Mirror | Clifton Lawrence | Television film | |
| 1992 | Secrets | Mel Wexler | Television film | |
| 1991 | The First Circle | Victor Abakumov | Television film |
Show all 70 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Young Catherine | Sir Charles Williams | Miniseries, 3 episodes | |
| 1991 | Berlin Lady | Wilhelm Speer | 6 episodes | |
| 1991 | A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz | Alfred Stieglitz | Television film | |
| 1990 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | The Grand Duke Ivan | Television film | |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | Alexander Addington | 65 episodes | |
| 1989 | Nabokov on Kafka | Vladimir Nabokov | Television short | |
| 1988 | Madeline | Narrator | 6 episodes | |
| 1987 | A Hazard of Hearts | Sir Giles Staverley | Television film | |
| 1987 | The World of David the Gnome | Narrator | English version | |
| 1987 | The Cosby Show | Jonathan Lawrence | Episode: "Shakespeare" | |
| 1986 | Spearfield's Daughter | Lord Jack Cruze | Television film | |
| 1986 | Crossings | Armand DeVilliers | Miniseries, 3 episodes | |
| 1985 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Narrator | Television film | |
| 1985 | Rumpelstiltskin | Narrator | Television film | |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese | Miniseries, 3 episodes | |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black | Colonel Herbert Kappler | Television film | |
| 1983 | Prototype | Dr. Carl Forrester | Television film | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1981 | Dial M for Murder | Tony Wendice | Television film | |
| 1981 | When the Circus Came to Town | Duke Royal | Television film | |
| 1980 | The Shadow Box | Brian | Television film | |
| 1980 | Desperate Voyage | Burrifous | Television film | |
| 1979 | Riel | Sir John A. Macdonald | Television film | |
| 1977 | Silver Blaze | Sherlock Holmes | Television film | |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Herod Antipas | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 1976 | The Moneychangers | Roscoe Heyward | Miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 1974 | Witness to Yesterday | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | Episode: "The Duke of Wellington" | |
| 1974 | After the Fall | Quentin | Television film | |
| 1971 | Don Juan in Hell | Don Juan | Television film | |
| 1968 | The Secret of Michelangelo | Narrator | TV documentary | |
| 1964 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Hamlet | Television film | |
| 1962 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | Television film | |
| 1961 | Time Remembered | Prince Albert | Television film | |
| 1960 | NBC Sunday Showcase | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | 2 episodes | |
| 1960 | Captain Brassbound's Conversion | Captain Brassbound | Television film | |
| 1959 | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | Television film | |
| 1959 | The Philadelphia Story | Mike Connor | Television film | |
| 1959 | Johnny Belinda | Dr. Jack Pelletier | Television film | |
| 1958 | Little Moon of Alban | Kenneth Boyd | Television film | |
| 1957 | Omnibus | Thomas Mendip / Oedipus | 2 episodes | |
| 1956 | The Alcoa Hour | Bruce Quealy | Episode: "Even the Weariest River" | |
| 1956 | General Electric Theater | Walter Shelley | Episode: "A Letter from the Queen" | |
| 1955 | Producers' Showcase | Christian de Neuvillette | Episode: "Cyrano de Bergerac" | |
| 1955 | Kraft Television Theatre | Robert Carr | Episode: "The King's Bounty" | |
| 1953 | Broadway Television Theatre | Michael O'Leary | Episode: "Dark Victory" |