Christopher Plummer
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Heroes of the Golden Mask
2023
as Rizzo (voice)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Mooseltoe
2021
as Mooseking
Bondarchuk. Battle
2021
as self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
The Last Full Measure
2019
as Frank Pitsenbarger
Knives Out
2019
as Harlan Thrombey
Cliffs of Freedom
2019
as Thanasi
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Departure
2019
as Howard Lawson
Boundaries
2018
as Jack
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
2018
as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
The Exception
2017
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The River of My Dreams
2017
as Himself
The Star
2017
as King Herod (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Scrooge
All the Money in the World
2017
as Jean Paul Getty
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
2017
as Dr. West (voice)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
2016
as Dr. West (voice)
Remember
2015
as Zev Guttman
Danny Collins
2015
as Frank Grubman
Pixies
2015
as Pixie King (voice)
The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
2015
as Self
The Forger
2014
as Joseph Cutter
Hector and the Search for Happiness
2014
as Professor Coreman
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Fred
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as John Marshall Harlan
The Legend of Sarila
2013
as Croolik (voice)
Titans of the Ice Age
2013
as Narrator
The Captains: Still Kicking
2013
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
2012
as Self
Barrymore
2012
as John Barrymore
Kali, the Little Vampire
2012
as Narrator (english version)
Priest
2011
as Monsignor Orelas
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Henrik Vanger
Beginners
2011
as Hal Fields
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Self
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
My Dog Tulip
2010
as J.R. Ackerley (voice)
The Tempest
2010
as Prospero
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
as Doctor Parnassus
9
2009
as #1 (voice)
Up
2009
as Charles Muntz (voice)
The Last Station
2009
as Leo Tolstoy
Caesar and Cleopatra
2009
as Caesar
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as David Winters
The Summit
2008
as P.J. Aimes
Already Dead
2007
as Dr. Heller
Closing the Ring
2007
as Jack
Man in the Chair
2007
as Flash Madden
Hamlet {Solo}
2007
as Self
Inside Man
2006
as Arthur Case
The Lake House
2006
as Simon Wyler
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
2006
as Narrator (voice over)
Syriana
2005
as Dean Whiting
The New World
2005
as Captain Newport
Must Love Dogs
2005
as Bill
Our Fathers
2005
as Cardinal Bernard Law
Four Minutes
2005
as Archie Mason
Miracle Planet
2005
as Himself - Host
National Treasure
2004
as John Adams Gates
Alexander
2004
as Aristotle
The Gospel of John
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Cold Creek Manor
2003
as Mr. Massie
The Life of Jesus
2003
as Narrator
Blizzard
2003
as Santa Claus
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Ralph Nickleby
Ararat
2002
as David
Agent of Influence
2002
as John Watkins
Night Flight
2002
as 'Flash' Harry Peters
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
A Beautiful Mind
2001
as Dr. Rosen
Lucky Break
2001
as Graham Mortimer
Full Disclosure
2001
as Robert Lecker
On Golden Pond
2001
as Norman Thayer
Dracula 2000
2000
as Matthew Van Helsing
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000
as Hump Hinton
Possessed
2000
as Archbishop Hume
American Tragedy
2000
as F. Lee Bailey
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000
as Self
Nuremberg
2000
as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
The Insider
1999
as Mike Wallace
Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Hidden Agenda
1999
as Ulrich Steiner
The Clown at Midnight
1999
as Mr. Caruthers
Winchell
1998
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Blackheart
1998
as Holmes
The First Christmas
1998
as Narrator (voice)
The Arrow
1997
as George Hees
Skeletons
1997
as Reverend Carlyle
Babes in Toyland
1997
as Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
The Arrow
1997
as George Hees
The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
1996
as Self
The Conspiracy of Fear
1996
as Wakeman
We the Jury
1996
as Wilfred Fransiscus
Twelve Monkeys
1995
as Dr. Goines
Dolores Claiborne
1995
as John Mackey
Harrison Bergeron
1995
as John Klaxon
Wolf
1994
as Raymond Alden
Crackerjack
1994
as Ivan Getz
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
as Narrator
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
as Clifton Lawrence
Malcolm X
1992
as Chaplain Gill
Liar's Edge
1992
as Harry Weldon
Secrets
1992
as Mel Wexler
Impolite
1992
as Naples O'Rorke
The First Circle
1992
as Viktor Abakumov
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
as Chang
Firehead
1991
as Col. Garland Vaughn
Madeline and the Gypsies
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Bad Hat
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Madeline in London
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Money
1991
as Martin Yahl
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
as Grand Duke (voice)
Berlin Lady
1991
as Wilhelm Speer
Young Catherine
1991
as Sir Charles
Where the Heart Is
1990
as Shitty
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as The Grand Duke Ivan
Red Blooded American Girl
1990
as Dr. John Alcore
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
1990
as Narrator
Madeline's Christmas
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Counterstrike
1990
as Alexander Addington
Mindfield
1989
as Doctor Satorius
Nabokov on Kafka
1989
as Vladimir Nabokov
Souvenir
1989
as Ernst Kestner
The First Emperor of China
1989
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Nosferatu in Venice
1988
as Professor Paris Catalano
Madeline
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Shadow Dancing
1988
as Edmund Beaumont
Madeline
1988
as Narrator (voice)
American Experience
1988
as Narrator
Dragnet
1987
as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
A Hazard of Hearts
1987
as Sir Giles Staverley
The Nightingale
1987
as Narrator (voice)
I Love N.Y.
1987
as John Robertson Yeats
Portraits of Canada
1987
as Narrator (voice)
An American Tail
1986
as Henri (voice)
The Boss' Wife
1986
as Mr. Roalvang
The Boy in Blue
1986
as Knox
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
as Lord Jack Cruze
The Tin Soldier
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Crossings
1986
as Armand DeVilliers
The Velveteen Rabbit
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Rumpelstiltskin
1985
as Narrator
Dreamscape
1984
as Bob Blair
Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Leo Argyle
Lily in Love
1984
as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Highpoint
1984
as James Hatcher
The Cosby Show
1984
as Jonathan Lawrence
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
as Col. Herbert Kappler
Prototype
1983
as Dr. Carl Forrester
SuperTed
1983
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
as Self
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Reggie Vanderbilt
American Playhouse
1982
as Alfred Stieglitz
The Amateur
1981
as Professor Lakos
Eyewitness
1981
as Joseph
Dial M for Murder
1981
as Tony Wendice
Being Different
1981
as Self (Narrator) (voice)
When the Circus Came to Town
1981
as Duke Royal
Somewhere in Time
1980
as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson
Desperate Voyage
1980
as Jacques Burrifous
The Shadow Box
1980
as Brian
Hanover Street
1979
as Paul Sellinger
Murder by Decree
1979
as Sherlock Holmes
Riel
1979
as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
Starcrash
1978
as The Emperor
The Silent Partner
1978
as Reikle
International Velvet
1978
as John Seaton
The Disappearance
1977
as Deverell
Silver Blaze
1977
as Sherlock Holmes
The Assignment
1977
as Kaptain Behounek
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Herod Antipas
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Sherlock Holmes
Aces High
1976
as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
as Roscoe Heyward
The Man Who Would Be King
1975
as Rudyard Kipling
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
as Sir Charles Litton
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Major Alastair Wimbourne
The Spiral Staircase
1975
as Dr. Joe Sherman
The Day That Shook the World
1975
as Archduke Ferdinand
The Happy Prince
1974
as The Happy Prince (voice)
After the Fall
1974
as Quentin
The Pyx
1973
as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Film '72
1971
as Self
Waterloo
1970
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Battle of Britain
1969
as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
as Atahualpa
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lord Foppington
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
as Sir James Quentin
Oedipus the King
1968
as Oedipus
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Field Marshal Rommel
Omnibus
1967
as Narrator
Triple Cross
1966
as Freddie Chapman
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
as Raymond Swan
The Sound of Music
1965
as Captain Georg von Trapp
Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Don Juan
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Commodus
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964
as Hamlet
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964
as Narrator (voice)
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
1963
as Himself
Trans-Canada Journey
1963
as Narrator (voice)
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
as Cyrano de Bergerac
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960
as Captain Brassbound
A Doll's House
1959
as Torvald
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
as Walt Murdock
Stage Struck
1958
as Joe Sheridan
Johnny Belinda
1958
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Little Moon of Alban
1958
as Kenneth Boyd
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Sir Miles Hendon
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
General Electric Theater
1953
as Walter Shelley
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Omnibus
1952
Omnibus
1952
as Oedipus
Omnibus
1952
as Thomas Mendip
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Jack Pelletier
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Torvald Helmer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Prince Albert
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Captain Brassbound
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Cyrano de Bergerac
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948
as Dick
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee