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Christopher Plummer
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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".
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The Balloon's Ascent
From a Parisian boy's red companion to the heights of adventure, a chain of films where floating things carry our dreams and fears.
8 films
When the World Catches Cold
From Contagion's clinical dread to the surreal end of days, a chain of films about outbreaks, science, and the fraying of society.
7 films
Fur and Fangs
From the eerie moors of England to the neon streets of Tokyo, this chain of eight films reveals the werewolf as a creature of endless reinvention, embodying hor...
8 films
The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority
From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.
8 films
Unmasked: Living in the Aftermath of Exposure
The secret is out, and the thrill of anonymity is gone. This collection skips the suspense of a secret identity to focus on the unglamorous aftermath of total e...
7 films
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · Self
The Last Full Measure
2020 · Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out
2019 · Harlan Thrombey
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Self
The Forger
2014 · Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014 · Professor Coreman
The Legend of Sarila
2013 · Croolik (voice)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · Henrik Vanger
Priest
2011 · Monsignor Orelas
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · Doctor Parnassus
Up
2009 · Charles Muntz (voice)
Man in the Chair
2007 · Flash Madden
The Lake House
2006 · Simon Wyler
Inside Man
2006 · Arthur Case
Syriana
2005 · Dean Whiting
Alexander
2004 · Aristotle
National Treasure
2004 · John Adams Gates
Cold Creek Manor
2003 · Mr. Massie
Nicholas Nickleby
2002 · Ralph Nickleby
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · Dr. Rosen
Nuremberg
2000 · Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
The Insider
1999 · Mike Wallace
Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Dr. Goines
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · John Mackey
Wolf
1994 · Raymond Alden
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · Chang
Red Blooded American Girl
1990 · Dr. John Alcore
Dragnet
1987 · Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Dreamscape
1984 · Bob Blair
The Amateur
1981 · Professor Lakos
Somewhere in Time
1980 · William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · Rudyard Kipling
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969 · Atahualpa
Triple Cross
1966 · Freddie Chapman
The Sound of Music
1965 · Captain Georg von Trapp
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 · Hamlet
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Commodus