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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| 1 | Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023) | Rizzo (voice) | - | - |
| 2 | The Last Full Measure (2020) | Frank Pitsenbarger | 7.7 | |
| 3 | Knives Out (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Harlan Thrombey | 8 | |
| 4 | Boundaries (2018) | Jack Jaconi | - | - |
| 5 | Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness (2018) | Dr. Jeffrey West (voice) | - | - |
| 6 | The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) | Scrooge | 5.7 | |
| 7 | The Star (2017) | King Herod (voice) | 7.7 | |
| 8 | Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017) | Dr. West (voice) | - | - |
| 9 | The Exception (2017) | Kaiser Wilhelm II | 8.5 | |
| 10 | All the Money in the World (2017) | Jean Paul Getty | 6.7 | |
| 11 | Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016) | Dr. West (voice) | - | - |
| 12 | Danny Collins (2015) | Frank Grubman | 5.8 | |
| 13 | Pixies (2015) | Pixie King (voice) | - | - |
| 14 | Remember (2015) | Zev Guttman | 6.7 | |
| 15 | Elsa & Fred (2014) | Fred | 6.7 | |
| 16 | Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) | Professor Coreman | 6.4 | |
| 17 | The Forger (2014) | Joseph Cutter | 6 | |
| 18 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) | John Marshall Harlan | - | - |
| 19 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) | (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 20 | Beginners (2011) Oscars 2012 | Hal Fields | 7.1 | |
| 21 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Oscars 2012 | Henrik Vanger | 7.7 | |
| 22 | Priest (2011) | Monsignor Orelas | 5.8 | |
| 23 | My Dog Tulip (2010) | J.R. Ackerley (voice) | 7 | |
| 24 | 9 (2009) | #1 (voice) | 7.1 | |
| 25 | The Last Station (2009) Oscars 2010 | Leo Tolstoy | 6.7 | |
| 26 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) Oscars 2010 | Doctor Parnassus | 6.9 | |
| 27 | Up (2009) Top 100 by FilmGator | Charles Muntz (voice) | 8.3 | |
| 28 | Closing the Ring (2007) | Jack | 6 | |
| 29 | Already Dead (2007) | Dr. Heller | 5 | |
| 30 | The Lake House (2006) | Simon Wyler | 6.9 | |
| 31 | Inside Man (2006) | Arthur Case | 7.5 | |
| 32 | The New World (2005) Oscars 2006 | Captain Newport | 6 | |
| 33 | Syriana (2005) Oscars 2006 | Dean Whiting | 6.4 | |
| 34 | Must Love Dogs (2005) | Bill | 6.7 | |
| 35 | National Treasure (2004) | John Adams Gates | 6.8 | |
| 36 | Alexander (2004) | Aristotle | 5.5 | |
| 37 | Cold Creek Manor (2003) | Mr. Massie | 6.1 | |
| 38 | Ararat (2002) | David | 6 | |
| 39 | Nicholas Nickleby (2002) | Ralph Nickleby | 7.5 | |
| 40 | Full Disclosure (2001) | Robert Lecker | - | - |
| 41 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) Oscars 2002 | Dr. Rosen | 8.1 | |
| 42 | Dracula 2000 (2000) | Matthew Van Helsing | 5.3 | |
| 43 | American Tragedy (2000) | F. Lee Bailey | - | - |
| 44 | Possessed (2000) | Archbishop Hume | - | - |
| 45 | The Clown at Midnight (1999) | Mr. Caruthers | 5 | |
| 46 | The Insider (1999) Oscars 2000 | Mike Wallace | 7.2 | |
| 47 | Blackheart (1998) | Holmes | - | - |
| 48 | Babes in Toyland (1997) | Barnaby Crookedman (voice) | - | - |
| 49 | The Arrow (1997) | George Hees | - | - |
| 50 | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' (1996) | Self | - | - |
| 51 | Dolores Claiborne (1995) | John Mackey | 7.9 | |
| 52 | Harrison Bergeron (1995) | John Klaxon | - | - |
| 53 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | Dr. Goines | 8 | |
| 54 | Crackerjack (1994) | Ivan Getz | - | - |
| 55 | Wolf (1994) | Raymond Alden | 6.4 | |
| 56 | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993) | Narrator | 7 | |
| 57 | Malcolm X (1992) | Chaplain Gill | 7.7 | |
| 58 | Rock-A-Doodle (1991) | Grand Duke (voice) | 7 | |
| 59 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Chang | 7.6 | |
| 60 | Where the Heart Is (1990) | Shitty | 9 | |
| 61 | Mindfield (1989) | Doctor Satorius | - | - |
| 62 | Nosferatu in Venice (1988) | Professor Paris Catalano | - | - |
| 63 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 64 | Dragnet (1987) | Reverend Jonathan Whirley | 6.7 | |
| 65 | The Boss' Wife (1986) | Mr. Roalvang | - | - |
| 66 | The Boy in Blue (1986) | Knox | - | - |
| 67 | An American Tail (1986) | Henri (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 68 | Ordeal by Innocence (1984) | Leo Argyle | - | - |
| 69 | Dreamscape (1984) | Bob Blair | 8 | |
| 70 | Prototype (1983) | Dr. Carl Forrester | - | - |
| 71 | Eyewitness (1981) | Joseph | 6 | |
| 72 | Dial M for Murder (1981) | Tony Wendice | - | - |
| 73 | Somewhere in Time (1980) | William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson | 6 | |
| 74 | The Shadow Box (1980) | Brian | - | - |
| 75 | Hanover Street (1979) | Paul Sellinger | - | - |
| 76 | Murder by Decree (1979) | Sherlock Holmes | 5.7 | |
| 77 | Starcrash (1978) | The Emperor | 5.4 | |
| 78 | The Silent Partner (1978) | Reikle | 7.3 | |
| 79 | International Velvet (1978) | John Seaton | - | - |
| 80 | The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) | Sir Charles Litton | 7.7 | |
| 81 | The Man Who Would Be King (1975) | Rudyard Kipling | 6.7 | |
| 82 | The Pyx (1973) | Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson | - | - |
| 83 | Waterloo (1970) | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | 7 | |
| 84 | Battle of Britain (1969) | Squadron Leader Colin Harvey | 7.5 | |
| 85 | Inside Daisy Clover (1966) | Raymond Swan | - | - |
| 86 | Triple Cross (1966) | Freddie Chapman | - | - |
| 87 | The Sound of Music (1965) | Captain Georg von Trapp | 7.9 | |
| 88 | The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) | Commodus | 5 | |
| 89 | Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) | Hamlet | 7 | |
| 90 | Wind Across the Everglades (1958) | Walt Murdock | 5 |
