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Christopher Plummer

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC, was a Canadian actor whose career spanned seven decades. He gained recognition for his performances in film, television, and theater. Plummer made his Broadway debut in 1954, and continued to act in leading roles on stage playing Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (1974), Iago in Othello, as well as playing the titular roles in Macbeth, King Lear, and Barrymore. Plummer also performed in stage productions J.B., No Man's Land, and Inherit the Wind.

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  • Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
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Filmography

The Last Full Measure

2019
as Frank Pitsenbarger

Knives Out

2019
as Harlan Thrombey

Departure

2019
as Howard Lawson

Boundaries

2018
as Jack Jaconi

Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness

2018
as Dr. West (Voice)

The Star

2017
as King Herod (voice)

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017
as Scrooge

Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom

2017
as Dr. West (voice)

The Exception

2017
as Kaiser Wilhelm II

All the Money in the World

2017
as John Paul Getty

Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom

2016
as Dr. West

The River of My Dreams

2016
as Christopher Plummer

Pixies

2015
as Pixie King (voice)

Remember

2015
as Zev Gutman

The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special

2015
as Christopher Plummer

Danny Collins

2015
as Frank Grubman

Elsa & Fred

2014
as Fred Bancroft

Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014
as Professor Coreman

The Forger

2014
as Joseph Cutter

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013
as John Marshall Harlan

Titans of the Ice Age

2013
as Narrator

The Legend of Sarila

2013
as Croolik (voice)

Still Kicking

2013
as Christopher Plummer

Kali, o pequeno vampiro

2012
as Narrator

Barrymore

2012
as John Barrymore

Beginners

2011
as Hal Fields

Priest

2011
as Monsignor Orelas

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011
as Henrik Vanger

Caesar and Cleopatra

2009
as Caesar

My Dog Tulip

2009
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)

Up

2009
as Charles F. Muntz (voice)

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

2009
as Doctor Parnassus

9

2009
as 1 (voice)

The Last Station

2009
as Leo Tolstoy

Emotional Arithmetic

2008
as David Winters

Man in the Chair

2007
as Flash Madden

Already Dead

2007
as Dr. Heller

Closing the Ring

2007
as Jack

The Lake House

2006
as Simon Wyler

Inside Man

2006
as Arthur Case

Nuremberg - Les nazis face à leurs crimes

2006
as Narrator

Syriana

2005
as Dean Whiting

The New World

2005
as Captain Newport

Our Fathers

2005
as Cardinal Bernard Law

Must Love Dogs

2005
as Bill

Miracle Planet

2005

Four Minutes

2005
as Archie Mason

Alexander

2004
as Aristotle

National Treasure

2004
as John Adams Gates

The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John

2003
as Narrator (voice)

Cold Creek Manor

2003
as Mr. Massie

Madness of King Richard

2003
as Himself

Blizzard

2003
as Santa Claus

Ararat

2002
as David

Agent of Influence

2002
as John Watkins

Nicholas Nickleby

2002
as Ralph Nickleby

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

2002
as Christopher Plummer

A Beautiful Mind

2001
as Dr. Rosen

Full Disclosure

2001
as Robert Lecker

Lucky Break

2001
as Graham Mortimer

Nuremberg

2000
as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe

The Dinosaur Hunter

2000
as Hump Hinton

Possessed

2000
as Archbishop Hume

Dracula 2000

2000
as Matthew Van Helsing

American Tragedy

2000
as F. Lee Bailey

Hidden Agenda

1999
as Ulrich Steiner

The Clown at Midnight

1999
as Mr. Caruthers

Madeline: Lost in Paris

1999

The Insider

1999
as Mike Wallace

Blackheart

1998
as Holmes

The First Christmas

1998
as Narrator (voice)

Winchell

1998
as Franklin D. Roosevelt

Skeletons

1997
as Reverend Carlyle

The Arrow

1997
as George Hees

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

1997
as Himself

Babes in Toyland

1997
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)

The Conspiracy of Fear

1996
as Wakeman

Harrison Bergeron

1995
as John Klaxon

Dolores Claiborne

1995
as John Mackey

12 Monkeys

1995
as Dr. Goines

Crackerjack

1994
as Ivan Getz

Wolf

1994
as Raymond Alden

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

1993
as Narrator

A Stranger in the Mirror

1993
as Clifton Lawrence

Liar's Edge

1992
as Harry Weldon

Malcolm X

1992
as Chaplain Gill

Secrets

1992
as Mel Wexler

Firehead

1991
as Col. Garland Vaughn

Rock-A-Doodle

1991
as Grand Duke (voice)

Money

1991
as Martin Yahl

Young Catherine

1991
as Sir Charles

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991
as General Chang

The Little Crooked Christmas Tree

1990
as Narrator

Red Blooded American Girl

1990
as Dr. John Alcore

Where the Heart Is

1990
as Shitty

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

1990
as The Grand Duke Ivan

Counterstrike

1990

Souvenir

1989
as Ernst Kestner

The First Emperor of China

1989
as Narrated by

The Metamorphosis - A Study: Nabokov on Kafka

1989
as Vladimir Nabokov

Mindfield

1989
as Doctor Satorius

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988
as Narrator (voice)

Shadow Dancing

1988
as Edmund Beaumont

Vampire in Venice

1988
as Professor Paris Catalano

I Love N.Y.

1987
as John Robertson Yeats

A Hazard of Hearts

1987
as Sir Giles Staverley

Dragnet

1987
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley

The Gnomes' Great Adventure

1987
as Narrator

The Man Who Planted Trees

1987
as Narrator (voice: English version)

The Tin Soldier

1986
as Narrator (voice)

The Boy in Blue

1986
as Knox

The Boss' Wife

1986
as Mr. Roalvang

Danielle Steel's Crossings

1986
as Armand DeVilliers

An American Tail

1986
as Henri

The Velveteen Rabbit

1985
as Narrator

David el Gnomo

1985

Dreamscape

1984
as Bob Blair

Lily in Love

1984
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova

Ordeal by Innocence

1984
as Leo Argyle

The Scarlet and the Black

1983
as Col. Herbert Kappler

The Thorn Birds

1983
as Archbishop Contini-Verchese

Prototype

1983
as Dr. Carl Forrester

Highpoint

1982
as James Hatcher

The Amateur

1981
as Professor Lakos

Eyewitness

1981
as Joseph

Dial M For Murder

1981
as Tony Wendice

When the Circus came to Town

1981
as Duke Royal

Being Different

1981
as Self (Narrator) (voice)

Somewhere in Time

1980
as William Fawcett Robinson

The Shadow Box

1980
as Brian

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

1979
as Christopher Plummer

Murder by Decree

1979
as Sherlock Holmes

Hanover Street

1979
as Paul Sellinger

Starcrash

1978
as The Emperor

The Silent Partner

1978
as Harry Reikle

International Velvet

1978
as John Seaton

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
as Herod Antipas

The Disappearance

1977

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
as Herod Antipas

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

1976
as Roscoe Heyward

Aces High

1976
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair

Conduct Unbecoming

1975
as Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975
as Sir Charles Litton

The Spiral Staircase

1975
as Dr. Joe Sherman

The Man Who Would Be King

1975
as Rudyard Kipling

The Day That Shook the World

1975
as Archduke Ferdinand

After the Fall

1974

The Pyx

1973
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson

Waterloo

1970
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Lock Up Your Daughters

1969
as Lord Foppington

Battle of Britain

1969
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

1969
as Atahualpa

Nobody Runs Forever

1968
as Sir James Quentin

Oedipus the King

1968
as Oedipus

The Night of the Generals

1967
as Field Marshal Rommel

Triple Cross

1966
as Freddie Chapman

Inside Daisy Clover

1965
as Raymond Swan

The Sound of Music

1965
as Captain Georg von Trapp

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964
as Commodus

Hamlet at Elsinore

1964
as Hamlet

30 Minutes, Mister Plummer

1963
as Christopher Plummer

Captain Brassbound's Conversation

1960
as Captain Brassbound

A Doll's House

1959
as Torvald Helmer

Stage Struck

1958
as Joe Sheridan

Wind Across the Everglades

1958
as Walt Murdock

Cliffs of Freedom

as Thanasi

Guest Star

Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
Starcrash 		2017
Episode Conan (2010)
James Corden, Christopher Plummer, the Mavericks 		2015
Episode My Shakespeare
Christopher Plummer on King Lear 		2014
Episode Today
December 13, 2011 		2011
Episode American Experience
Eugene O'Neill 		2006
Episode Miracle Planet
Extinction and Rebirth 		2005
Episode Miracle Planet
Survival of the Fittest 		2005
Episode Miracle Planet
New Frontiers 		2005
Episode Miracle Planet
Snowball Earth 		2005
Episode Miracle Planet
Violent Past 		2005
Episode Odd Job Jack
HolyLand 		2004
Episode Nature
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert 		2003
Episode Nature
Kalahari: The Great Thirstland 		2003
Episode IMAX Ultimate Collection
The First Emperor Of China 		1989
Episode The Cosby Show
Shakespeare 		1987
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Lynn Redgrave, Trevor Howard, Christopher Plummer, Patrick Campbell 		1971