Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Acting

Born December 13, 1929 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 performance…

Known for

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Nature

Nature

1982

Acting(237)

2023Heroes of the Golden MaskRizzo (voice)

2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf

2021MooseltoeMooseking

2021Kalahari: The Flooded DesertNarrator (voice)

2021Bondarchuk. Battleself

2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterSelf

2020The Last Full MeasureFrank Pitsenbarger

2019Knives OutHarlan Thrombey

2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf

2019DepartureHoward Lawson

2019Cliffs of FreedomThanasi

2018Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of MadnessDr. Jeffrey West (voice)

2018BoundariesJack

2017All the Money in the WorldJean Paul Getty

2017The StarKing Herod (voice)

2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasScrooge

2017Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea KingdomDr. West (voice)

2017The ExceptionKaiser Wilhelm II

2017The River of My DreamsHimself

2016Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen KingdomDr. West (voice)

2015RememberZev Guttman

2015PixiesPixie King (voice)

2015Danny CollinsFrank Grubman

2015The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf

2014The ForgerJoseph Cutter

2014Hector and the Search for HappinessProfessor Coreman

2014Elsa & FredFred

2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJohn Marshall Harlan

2013The Legend of SarilaCroolik (voice)

2013Titans of the Ice AgeNarrator

2013The Captains: Still KickingSelf

2012Kali, the Little VampireNarrator (english version)

2012Behind the Wall: The Making of SkyrimSelf

2012BarrymoreJohn Barrymore

2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)

2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooHenrik Vanger

2011Discovering HamletSelf

2011BeginnersHal Fields

2011PriestMonsignor Orelas

2011A Short Film About Making Beginners

2010The TempestProspero

2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf - Narrator (voice)

2010My Dog TulipJ.R. Ackerley (voice)

2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusDoctor Parnassus

2009The Last StationLeo Tolstoy

20099#1 (voice)

2009UpCharles Muntz (voice)

2009Caesar and CleopatraCaesar

2008The SummitP.J. Aimes

2008Emotional ArithmeticDavid Winters

2007Already DeadDr. Heller

2007Closing the RingJack

2007Hamlet {Solo}Self

2007Man in the ChairFlash Madden

2006Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their CrimesNarrator (voice over)

2006The Lake HouseSimon Wyler

2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelf

2006Inside ManArthur Case

2005The New WorldCaptain Newport

2005SyrianaDean Whiting

2005Four MinutesArchie Mason

2005Must Love DogsBill

2005Our FathersCardinal Bernard Law

2005Miracle PlanetHimself - Host

2004AlexanderAristotle

2004National TreasureJohn Adams Gates

2003Cold Creek ManorMr. Massie

2003The Gospel of JohnNarrator (voice)

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003The Life of JesusNarrator

2003BlizzardSanta Claus

2002Nicholas NicklebyRalph Nickleby

2002Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesSelf

2002Agent of InfluenceJohn Watkins

2002AraratDavid

2002Night Flight'Flash' Harry Peters

2001A Beautiful MindDr. Rosen

2001Lucky BreakGraham Mortimer

2001Full DisclosureRobert Lecker

2001On Golden PondNorman Thayer

2000Dracula 2000Matthew Van Helsing

2000American TragedyF. Lee Bailey

2000Back To "Somewhere In Time"Self

2000PossessedArchbishop Hume

2000The Dinosaur HunterHump Hinton

2000NurembergSir David Maxwell Fyfe

1999Hidden AgendaUlrich Steiner

1999The InsiderMike Wallace

1999Madeline: Lost in ParisNarrator (voice)

1999The Clown at MidnightMr. Caruthers

1998WinchellFranklin D. Roosevelt

1998BlackheartHolmes

1998The First ChristmasNarrator (voice)

1997Babes in ToylandBarnaby Crookedman (voice)

1997SkeletonsReverend Carlyle

1997The ArrowGeorge Hees

1997The ArrowGeorge Hees

1996The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'Self

1996We the JuryWilfred Fransiscus

1996The Conspiracy of FearWakeman

1995Twelve MonkeysDr. Goines

1995Harrison BergeronJohn Klaxon

1995Dolores ClaiborneJohn Mackey

1994CrackerjackIvan Getz

1994WolfRaymond Alden

1994Michael Caine: Breaking the MoldSelf (archive footage)

1993A Stranger in the MirrorClifton Lawrence

1993Ben-Hur: The Making of an EpicNarrator

1992Malcolm XChaplain Gill

1992ImpoliteNaples O'Rorke

1992SecretsMel Wexler

1992The First CircleViktor Abakumov

1992Liar's EdgeHarry Weldon

1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryChang

1991Madeline in LondonNarrator (voice)

1991Madeline and the GypsiesNarrator (voice)

1991Rock-A-DoodleGrand Duke (voice)

1991MoneyMartin Yahl

1991Madeline and the Bad HatNarrator (voice)

1991Young CatherineSir Charles

1991FireheadCol. Garland Vaughn

1991Berlin LadyWilhelm Speer

1990The Little Crooked Christmas TreeNarrator

1990Madeline's ChristmasNarrator (voice)

1990Red Blooded American GirlDr. John Alcore

1990CounterstrikeAlexander Addington

1990A Ghost in Monte CarloThe Grand Duke Ivan

1990Where the Heart IsShitty

1989MindfieldDoctor Satorius

1989Nabokov on KafkaVladimir Nabokov

1989SouvenirErnst Kestner

1989The First Emperor of ChinaSelf - Narrator (voice)

1988Shadow DancingEdmund Beaumont

1988MadelineNarrator (voice)

1988MadelineNarrator (voice)

1988American ExperienceNarrator

1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindNarrator (voice)

1988Nosferatu in VeniceProfessor Paris Catalano

1987A Hazard of HeartsSir Giles Staverley

1987DragnetReverend Jonathan Whirley

1987I Love N.Y.John Robertson Yeats

1987Portraits of CanadaNarrator (voice)

1987The NightingaleNarrator (voice)

1986An American TailHenri (voice)

1986Spearfield's DaughterLord Jack Cruze

1986CrossingsArmand DeVilliers

1986The Boy in BlueKnox

1986The Boss' WifeMr. Roalvang

1986The Tin SoldierNarrator (voice)

1985RumpelstiltskinNarrator

1985The Velveteen RabbitNarrator (voice)

1984Lily in LoveFitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova

1984The Cosby ShowJonathan Lawrence

1984HighpointJames Hatcher

1984DreamscapeBob Blair

1984Ordeal by InnocenceLeo Argyle

1983PrototypeDr. Carl Forrester

1983The Thorn BirdsArchbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese

1983The Scarlet and the BlackCol. Herbert Kappler

1982Little Gloria... Happy at LastReggie Vanderbilt

1982NatureNarrator (voice)

1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982Night of 100 StarsSelf

1982American PlayhouseAlfred Stieglitz

1981The AmateurProfessor Lakos

1981Being DifferentSelf (Narrator) (voice)

1981Dial M for MurderTony Wendice

1981EyewitnessJoseph

1981When the Circus Came to TownDuke Royal

1980Desperate VoyageJacques Burrifous

1980Somewhere in TimeWilliam Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson

1980The Shadow BoxBrian

1979Arthur Miller on Home Ground

1979Hanover StreetPaul Sellinger

1979RielPrime Minister John A. Macdonald

1979Murder by DecreeSherlock Holmes

1978StarcrashThe Emperor

1978The Silent PartnerReikle

1978International VelvetJohn Seaton

1977The DisappearanceDeverell

1977The AssignmentKaptain Behounek

1977The Sunday DramaSherlock Holmes

1977Jesus of NazarethHerod Antipas

1977Silver BlazeSherlock Holmes

1976Arthur Hailey's The MoneychangersRoscoe Heyward

1976Aces HighCapt. 'Uncle' Sinclair

1975The Man Who Would Be KingRudyard Kipling

1975The Day That Shook the WorldArchduke Ferdinand

1975Conduct UnbecomingMajor Alastair Wimbourne

1975The Return of the Pink PantherSir Charles Litton

1975The Spiral StaircaseDr. Joe Sherman

1974After the FallQuentin

1974The Happy PrinceThe Happy Prince (voice)

1973The PyxDt. Sgt. Jim Henderson

1971Film '72Self

1970WaterlooArthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

1969The Royal Hunt of the SunAtahualpa

1969Battle of BritainSquadron Leader Colin Harvey

1969Lock Up Your DaughtersLord Foppington

1968Nobody Runs ForeverSir James Quentin

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1968Oedipus the KingOedipus

1967OmnibusNarrator

1967The Night of the GeneralsField Marshal Rommel

1966Triple CrossFreddie Chapman

1966Inside Daisy CloverRaymond Swan

1965BBC Play of the MonthDon Juan

1965The Sound of MusicCaptain Georg von Trapp

1965Salzburg Sight and SoundSelf

1964An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyNarrator (voice)

1964Hamlet at ElsinoreHamlet

1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireCommodus

1963Trans-Canada JourneyNarrator (voice)

196330 Minutes, Mister PlummerHimself

1962Cyrano De BergeracCyrano de Bergerac

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1960Captain Brassbound's ConversionCaptain Brassbound

1959A Doll's HouseTorvald

1959NBC Sunday Showcase

1958Johnny BelindaDr. Jack Pelletier

1958Wind Across the EvergladesWalt Murdock

1958Stage StruckJoe Sheridan

1958Little Moon of AlbanKenneth Boyd

1957DuPont Show of the MonthSir Miles Hendon

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

1953Kraft Television Theatre

1953The OscarsSelf

1953General Electric TheaterWalter Shelley

1951Hallmark Hall of FameDr. Jack Pelletier

1948Studio OneDick

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

Madeline at the BalletNarrator (voice)

Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th CenturyNarrator (voice)