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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2023
Heroes of the Golden Mask
As: Rizzo (voice)
- 2021
Mooseltoe
As: Mooseking
- 2021
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2020
The Last Full Measure
As: Frank Pitsenbarger
- 2019
Knives Out
As: Harlan Thrombey
- 2019
Departure
As: Howard Lawson
- 2019
Cliffs of Freedom
As: Thanasi
- 2018
Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness
As: Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
- 2018
Boundaries
As: Jack Jaconi
- 2017
All the Money in the World
As: Jean Paul Getty
- 2017
The Star
As: King Herod (voice)
- 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
As: Scrooge
- 2017
Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
As: Dr. West (voice)
- 2017
The Exception
As: Kaiser Wilhelm II
- 2016
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
As: Dr. West (voice)
- 2015
Remember
As: Zev Guttman
- 2015
Pixies
As: Pixie King (voice)
- 2015
Danny Collins
As: Frank Grubman
- 2014
The Forger
As: Joseph Cutter
- 2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
As: Professor Coreman
- 2014
Elsa & Fred
As: Fred
- 2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
As: John Marshall Harlan
- 2013
The Legend of Sarila
As: Croolik (voice)
- 2013
Titans of the Ice Age
As: Narrator
- 2012
Kali, the Little Vampire
As: Narrator (english version)
- 2012
Barrymore
As: John Barrymore
- 2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
As: Henrik Vanger
- 2011
Beginners
As: Hal Fields
- 2011
Priest
As: Monsignor Orelas
- 2010
The Tempest
As: Prospero
- 2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
As: Narrator
- 2010
Madeline's Christmas
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2010
My Dog Tulip
As: J.R. Ackerley (voice)
- 2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
As: Doctor Parnassus
- 2009
The Last Station
As: Leo Tolstoy
- 2009
9
As: #1 (voice)
- 2009
Up
As: Charles F. Muntz (voice)
- 2009
Caesar and Cleopatra
As: Caesar
- 2008
The Summit
As: P.J. Aimes
- 2008
Emotional Arithmetic
As: David Winters
- 2007
Already Dead
As: Dr. Heller
- 2007
Closing the Ring
As: Jack
- 2007
Man in the Chair
As: Flash Madden
- 2006
The Lake House
As: Simon Wyler
- 2006
Inside Man
As: Arthur Case
- 2005
The New World
As: Captain Newport
- 2005
Syriana
As: Dean Whiting
- 2005
Four Minutes
As: Archie Mason
- 2005
Must Love Dogs
As: Bill
- 2005
Our Fathers
As: Cardinal Bernard Law
- 2004
Alexander
As: Aristotle
- 2004
National Treasure
As: John Adams Gates
- 2003
Cold Creek Manor
As: Mr. Massie
- 2003
The Gospel of John
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2003
Blizzard
As: Santa Claus
- 2002
Nicholas Nickleby
As: Ralph Nickleby
- 2002
Agent of Influence
As: John Watkins
- 2002
Ararat
As: David
- 2002
Night Flight
As: 'Flash' Harry Peters
- 2001
A Beautiful Mind
As: Dr. Rosen
- 2001
Lucky Break
As: Graham Mortimer
- 2001
Full Disclosure
As: Robert Lecker
- 2001
On Golden Pond
As: Norman Thayer
- 2000
Dracula 2000
As: Matthew Van Helsing
- 2000
American Tragedy
As: F. Lee Bailey
- 2000
Possessed
As: Archbishop Hume
- 2000
The Dinosaur Hunter
As: Hump Hinton
- 2000
Nuremberg
As: Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
- 1999
Hidden Agenda
As: Ulrich Steiner
- 1999
The Insider
As: Mike Wallace
- 1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1998
Winchell
As: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1998
The Clown at Midnight
As: Mr. Caruthers
- 1998
Blackheart
As: Holmes
- 1998
The First Christmas
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1997
Babes in Toyland
As: Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
- 1997
Skeletons
As: Reverend Carlyle
- 1997
The Arrow
As: George Hees
- 1997
The Arrow
As: George Hees
- 1996
The Conspiracy of Fear
As: Wakeman
- 1995
Twelve Monkeys
As: Dr. Goines
- 1995
Harrison Bergeron
As: John Klaxon
- 1995
Dolores Claiborne
As: John Mackey
- 1994
Crackerjack
As: Ivan Getz
- 1994
Wolf
As: Raymond Alden
- 1993
A Stranger in the Mirror
As: Clifton Lawrence
- 1993
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
As: Narrator
- 1992
Malcolm X
As: Chaplain Gill
- 1992
Impolite
As: Naples O'Rorke
- 1992
Secrets
As: Mel Wexler
- 1992
Liar's Edge
As: Harry Weldon
- 1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
As: General Chang
- 1991
Madeline in London
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1991
Madeline and the Gypsies
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1991
Rock-A-Doodle
As: Grand Duke (voice)
- 1991
Money
As: Martin Yahl
- 1991
Madeline and the Bad Hat
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1991
Young Catherine
As: Sir Charles
- 1991
Firehead
As: Col. Garland Vaughn
- 1991
Berlin Lady
As: Wilhelm Speer
- 1990
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
As: Narrator
- 1990
Red Blooded American Girl
As: Dr. John Alcore
- 1990
Counterstrike
As: Alexander Addington
- 1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
As: The Grand Duke Ivan
- 1990
Where the Heart Is
As: Shitty
- 1989
Mindfield
As: Doctor Satorius
- 1989
Nabokov on Kafka
As: Vladimir Nabokov
- 1989
Souvenir
As: Ernst Kestner
- 1989
The First Emperor of China
As: Narrator
- 1988
Shadow Dancing
As: Edmund Beaumont
- 1988
Madeline
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1988
American Experience
As: Narrator
- 1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1988
Nosferatu in Venice
As: Professor Paris Catalano
- 1988
Madeline
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1987
A Hazard of Hearts
As: Sir Giles Staverley
- 1987
Dragnet
As: Reverend Jonathan Whirley
- 1987
I Love N.Y.
As: John Robertson Yeats
- 1987
The Nightingale
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1986
An American Tail
As: Henri (voice)
- 1986
Spearfield's Daughter
As: Lord Jack Cruze
- 1986
Crossings
As: Armand DeVilliers
- 1986
The Boy in Blue
As: Knox
- 1986
The Boss' Wife
As: Mr. Roalvang
- 1986
The Tin Soldier
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1985
Rumpelstiltskin
As: Narrator
- 1985
The Velveteen Rabbit
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1984
Lily in Love
As: Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
- 1984
The Cosby Show
As: Jonathan Lawrence
- 1984
Dreamscape
As: Bob Blair
- 1984
Ordeal by Innocence
As: Leo Argyle
- 1983
Prototype
As: Dr. Carl Forrester
- 1983
The Thorn Birds
As: Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
- 1983
The Scarlet and the Black
As: Col. Herbert Kappler
- 1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
As: Reggie Vanderbilt
- 1982
Nature
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1982
Highpoint
As: James Hatcher
- 1981
The Amateur
As: Professor Lakos
- 1981
Dial M for Murder
As: Tony Wendice
- 1981
Eyewitness
As: Joseph
- 1981
When the Circus Came to Town
As: Duke Royal
- 1980
Desperate Voyage
As: Jacques Burrifous
- 1980
Somewhere in Time
As: William Fawcett Robinson
- 1980
The Shadow Box
As: Brian
- 1979
Hanover Street
As: Paul Sellinger
- 1979
Murder by Decree
As: Sherlock Holmes
- 1978
Starcrash
As: The Emperor
- 1978
The Silent Partner
As: Reikle
- 1978
International Velvet
As: John Seaton
- 1977
The Disappearance
As: Deverell
- 1977
The Assignment
As: Kaptain Behounek
- 1977
Jesus of Nazareth
As: Herod Antipas
- 1977
Silver Blaze
As: Sherlock Holmes
- 1976
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
As: Roscoe Heyward
- 1976
Aces High
As: Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
- 1975
The Man Who Would Be King
As: Rudyard Kipling
- 1975
The Day That Shook the World
As: Archduke Ferdinand
- 1975
Conduct Unbecoming
As: Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
- 1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
As: Sir Charles Litton
- 1975
The Spiral Staircase
As: Dr. Sherman
- 1974
The Happy Prince
As: The Happy Prince (voice)
- 1974
After the Fall
As: Quentin
- 1973
The Pyx
As: Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
- 1970
Waterloo
As: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- 1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
As: Atahualpa
- 1969
Battle of Britain
As: Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
- 1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
As: Lord Foppington
- 1968
Nobody Runs Forever
As: Sir James Quentin
- 1967
Omnibus
As: Narrator
- 1967
The Night of the Generals
As: Field Marshal Rommel
- 1966
Triple Cross
As: Freddie Chapman
- 1965
Inside Daisy Clover
As: Raymond Swan
- 1965
The Sound of Music
As: Captain Georg von Trapp
- 1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
As: Hamlet
- 1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
As: Commodus
- 1959
A Doll's House
As: Torvald
- 1958
Wind Across the Everglades
As: Walt Murdock
- 1958
Stage Struck
As: Joe Sheridan
- 1958
Little Moon of Alban
As: Kenneth Boyd
- 1957
DuPont Show of the Month
As: Sir Miles Hendon
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Walter Shelley
- 1952
Omnibus
As: Oedipus
- 1952
Omnibus
As: Thomas Mendip
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Dr. Jack Pelletier
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Torvald Helmer
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Captain Brassbound
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Prince Albert
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1948
Studio One
As: Dick