Christopher Plummer on screen and stage

Christopher Plummer (1929–2021) was a Canadian film, television and stage actor. On stage, Plummer's most notable roles were that of Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (1974) and as John Barrymore in Barrymore. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for these two roles. On film, Plummer is known for portraying Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965).

Plummer won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Mike Mills' film Beginners (2011). He also appeared in: The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Waterloo (1970), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Malcolm X (1992) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). He portrayed journalist Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), author Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009), Arthur Case in Inside Man (2006), and J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World (2017). Plummer had provided his voice for two animated films: the Don Bluth film An American Tail (1986) and the Pixar film Up (2009).

At the time of his death, he had been filming season 2 of Departure. He was originally set to play the lead in a film adaptation of King Lear to be filmed in summer 2021, but he died in February, thus being unable to take part in the film. He was replaced by Christopher Lloyd as a result.

Film + Year Title Role Notes 1958 Stage Struck Joe Sheridan Wind Across the Everglades Walt Murdock 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire Commodus 1965 The Sound of Music Captain Georg von Trapp Inside Daisy Clover Raymond Swan 1966 Triple Cross Eddie Chapman 1967 The Night of the Generals Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Oedipus the King Oedipus 1968 Nobody Runs Forever Sir James Quentin 1969 Battle of Britain Squadron Leader Colin Harvey The Royal Hunt of the Sun Atahualpa Lock Up Your Daughters! Lord Foppington 1970 Waterloo Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1973 The Pyx Sergeant Jim Henderson 1974 The Happy Prince The Happy Prince Short film 1975 The Spiral Staircase Dr. Joe Sherman The Return of the Pink Panther Sir Charles Litton Conduct Unbecoming Major Alastair Wimbourne The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling The Day That Shook the World Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria 1976 Aces High Captain 'Uncle' Sinclair 1977 The Assignment Captain Behounek The Disappearance Deverell 1978 The Silent Partner Harry Reikle International Velvet John Seaton 1979 Starcrash The Emperor Murder by Decree Sherlock Holmes Hanover Street Paul Sellinger 1980 Somewhere in Time William Fawcett Robinson 1981 Eyewitness Joseph Professor Lakos 1984 Lily in Love Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova Dreamscape Bob Blair Highpoint James Hatcher Ordeal by Innocence Leo Argyle 1986 The Boy in Blue Knox The Boss' Wife Mr. Roalvang An American Tail HenriVoice The Steadfast Tin Soldier Narrator Vampire in Venice Professor Paris Catalano 1987 Dragnet Reverend Jonathan Whirley I Love N.Y. John Robertson Yeats The Man Who Planted Trees Narrator The Gnomes' Great Adventure 1988 Light Years Metamorphis Shadow Dancing Edmund Beaumont The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Narrator Documentary 1989 Souvenir Ernst Kestner Mindfield Dr. Satorius 1990 Where the Heart Is Jerry Red Blooded American Girl Dr. John Alcore Money Martin Yahl 1991 Firehead Colonel Garland Vaughn Rock-a-Doodle The Grand Duke of OwlsVoice Dragon and Slippers Pelican Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country General Chang 1992 Liar's Edge Harry Weldon Impolite Naples O'Rorke Malcolm X Chaplain Gill 1994 Wolf Raymond Alden Crackerjack Ivan Getz 1995 Dolores Claiborne Detective John Mackey 12 Monkeys Dr. Goines 1996 The Conspiracy of Fear Joseph Wakeman 1997 Babes in Toyland Barnaby CrookedmanVoice 1998 The First Christmas Narrator Blackheart Holmes The Clown at Midnight Mr. Caruthers 1999 Hidden Agenda Ulrich Steiner Madeline: Lost in Paris Narrator The Insider Mike Wallace 2000 Dracula 2000 Abraham Van Helsing 2001 Lucky Break Graham Mortimer A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen Full Disclosure Robert Lecker 2002 Ararat David Nicholas Nickleby Ralph Nickleby 2003 The Gospel of John Narrator Blizzard Santa Claus Cold Creek Manor Mr. Massie 2004 National Treasure John Adams Gates Alexander Aristotle 2005 Must Love Dogs Bill Nolan Syriana Dean Whiting The New World Captain Christopher Newport 2006 Inside Man Arthur Case The Lake House Simon Wyler 2007 Man in the Chair 'Flash' Madden Closing the Ring Jack Etty Emotional Arithmetic David Winters Already Dead Dr. Heller 2009 Caesar and Cleopatra Julius Caesar Also executive producer Up Charles Muntz Voice My Dog Tulip J.R. Ackerley The Last Station Leo Tolstoy 9 1 Voice The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Dr. Parnassus 2010 Beginners Hal Fields 2011 Priest Monsignor Orelas Barrymore John Barrymore The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Henrik Vanger 2013 The Legend of Sarila Croolik Voice 2014 Elsa & Fred Fred Barcroft Hector and the Search for Happiness Professor Coreman The Forger Joseph Cutter 2015 Danny Collins Frank Grubman Pixies Pixie KingVoice Remember Zev Guttman / Otto Wallisch 2016 The Exception Kaiser Wilhelm Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Dr. Jeffrey WestVoice 2017 Elegy Narrator Short film The Man Who Invented Christmas Ebenezer Scrooge The Star King Herod Voice All the Money in the World J. Paul Getty Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom Dr. Jeffrey West Voice 2018 Boundaries Jack Jaconi Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Dr. Jeffrey West Voice 2019 Cliffs of Freedom Thanasi Wonder Park Narrator Uncredited Knives Out Harlan Thrombey The Last Full Measure Frank Pitsenbarger 2023 Heroes of the Golden Mask Rizzo Voice, posthumous release

Television + Year Title Role Notes 1953 Broadway Television Theatre Michael O'Leary Episode: "Dark Victory" 1955 Kraft Television Theatre Robert Carr Episode: "The King's Bounty" Producers' Showcase Christian de Neuvillette Episode: "Cyrano de Bergerac" 1956 General Electric Theater Walter Shelley Episode: "A Letter from the Queen" The Alcoa Hour Bruce Quealy Episode: "Even the Weariest River" 1957–1958 Omnibus Thomas Mendip / Oedipus 2 episodes 1957–1961 DuPont Show of the Month Various roles 1958 Little Moon of Alban Kenneth Boyd Television film 1959 Johnny Belinda Dr. Jack Pelletier A Doll's House Torvald Helmer The Philadelphia Story Mike Connor 1960 NBC Sunday Showcase Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 2 episodes Captain Brassbound's Conversion Captain Brassbound Television film 1961 Playdate Himself 13 episodes Time Remembered Prince Albert Television film 1962 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac 1964 Hamlet at Elsinore Hamlet 1968 The Secret of Michelangelo Narrator TV documentary 1971 Don Juan in Hell Don Juan Television film 1974 Witness to Yesterday Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington Episode: "The Duke of Wellington" After the Fall Quentin Television film 1976 The Moneychangers Roscoe Heyward Miniseries, 4 episodes 1977 Silver Blaze Sherlock Holmes Television film Jesus of Nazareth Herod Antipas Miniseries, 2 episodes 1979 Riel Sir John A. Macdonald Television film 1980 Burrifous The Shadow Box Brian 1981 When the Circus Came to Town Duke Royal Dial M for Murder Tony Wendice 1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt Miniseries, 2 episodes 1983 The Scarlet and the Black Colonel Herbert Kappler Television film The Thorn Birds Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese Miniseries, 3 episodes Prototype Dr. Carl Forrester Television film 1985 Rumpelstiltskin Narrator The Velveteen Rabbit 1986 Crossings Armand DeVilliers Miniseries, 3 episodes Spearfield's Daughter Lord Jack Cruze Television film 1987 A Hazard of Hearts Sir Giles Staverley The Cosby Show Jonathan Lawrence Episode: "Shakespeare" The World of David the Gnome Narrator English version 1988–1991 Madeline 6 episodes 1989 Nabokov on Kafka Vladimir Nabokov Television short 1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo The Grand Duke Ivan Television film 1990–1993 Counterstrike Alexander Addington 65 episodes 1991 Young Catherine Sir Charles Williams Miniseries, 3 episodes A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz Television film Berlin Lady Wilhelm Speer 6 episodes The First Circle Victor Abakumov Television film 1992 Secrets Mel Wexler 1993 A Stranger in the Mirror Clifton Lawrence 1993–1995 Madeline Narrator 33 episodes 1995 Harrison Bergeron John Klaxon Television film 1996 We the Jury Wilfred Fransiscus Skeletons Reverend Carlyle 1997 The Arrow George Hees Miniseries, 2 episodes 1998 Winchell Franklin D. Roosevelt Television film 2000 Nuremberg Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe Miniseries, 2 episodes The Dinosaur Hunter Hump Hinton Television film Possessed Archbishop Hume American Tragedy F. Lee Bailey 2 episodes 2001 Leo's Journey Narrator Television film On Golden Pond Norman Thayer 2002 Night Flight Harry 'Flash' Peters Agent of Influence John Watkins 2003 Odd Job Jack Magnus The Maker Episode: "Holyland" 2005 Our Fathers Cardinal Bernard Law Television film Miracle Planet Narrator 6 episodes Four Minutes Archie Mason Television film 2006 American Experience Narrator / James Tyrone Episode: "Eugene O'Neill" 2008 The Summit P.J. Aimes Miniseries, 2 episodes 2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight John Marshall Harlan II Television film 2019–2021 Departure Howard Larson 12 episodes 2020 Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time Himself - Video Clue Presenter 1 episode

Theatre + Year Title Role Venue 1954 The Starcross StoryGeorge PhillipsRoyale Theatre, Broadway Home is the HeroManchester MonaghamBooth Theatre, Broadway 1955 The Dark is Light EnoughCount Peter ZichyANTA Theatre, Broadway The LarkWarwickLongacre Theatre, Broadway 1956 Henry V Henry V Stratford Festival, Ontario Night of the AukLewis Roheman Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 1957HamletHamletStratford Festival, Ontario Twelfth Night Sir Andrew Aguecheek 1958 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Henry IV, Part 1 Bardolph The Winter's Tale Leontes J.B. Nickles ANTA Playhouse, Broadway 1960 Romeo and Juliet MercutioStratford Festival, Ontario King John Philip the Bastard 1961 Much Ado About Nothing BenedickRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Richard III Richard III BecketKing Henry Aldwych Theatre, West End 1962 Globe Theatre, West End Macbeth Macbeth Stratford Festival, Ontario 1963 The Resistible Rise of Arturo UiArturo UiLunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 1965 The Royal Hunt of the SunFrancisco PizarroANTA Theatre, Broadway 1967Antony and CleopatraMark AntonyExpo Theatre, Montréal 1971Amphitryon 38Jean GiraudouxNational Theatre, London Directed by Laurence Olivier 1973 The Good Doctor PerformerEugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway 1974 CyranoCyrano de BergeracPalace Theatre, Broadway 1978Drinks Before DinnerEdgarThe Public Theater, Off-Broadway 1981 Henry VHenry V American Shakespeare Festival, Connecticut 1982 OthelloIago Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 1988MacbethMacbethO'Keefe Centre, Toronto OntarioMark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway 1994 No Man's Land Spooner Roundabout Theater Company, Broadway 1996BarrymoreJohn Barrymore Stratford Festival, Ontario 1997 Music Box Theatre, Broadway 2002King LearKing Lear Stratford Festival, Ontario 2004 Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway 2007 Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Lyceum Theatre, Broadway 2008 Caesar and Cleopatra Julius CaesarStratford Festival, Ontario 2010 The Tempest Prospero

Video games + Year Title Voice role Notes 2000 Star Trek: Klingon Academy General Chang Live action 2009 Up Charles Muntz 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Arngeir 2012 Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure Charles Muntz

See also List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Plummer

References

References

External links Christopher Plummer at Allmovie

Christopher Plummer at Rotten Tomatoes