Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/13/1929
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Biography
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...
Known For
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as Charles F. Muntz (voice)
Knives Out
as Harlan Thrombey
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
as Narrator (voice over)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Henrik Vanger
The Sound of Music
as Captain Georg von Trapp
A Beautiful Mind
as Dr. Rosen
Alexander
as Aristotle
Twelve Monkeys
as Dr. Goines
Inside Man
as Arthur Case
9
as #1 (voice)
Elsa & Fred
as Fred
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Narrator
Triple Cross
as Freddie Chapman
The Star
as King Herod (voice)
Priest
as Monsignor Orelas
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
as Self
Syriana
as Dean Whiting
Dracula 2000
as Matthew Van Helsing
Starcrash
as The Emperor
The Tempest
as Prospero
Career Timeline
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1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
as Chang
Madeline in London
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Gypsies
as Narrator (voice)
Rock-A-Doodle
as Grand Duke (voice)
Money
as Martin Yahl
Madeline and the Bad Hat
as Narrator (voice)
Young Catherine
as Sir Charles
Firehead
as Col. Garland Vaughn
Berlin Lady
as Wilhelm Speer