Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, nado en Toronto (Ontario) o 13 de decembro de 1929 e finado en Weston (Connecticut) o 5 de febreiro de 2021, foi un actor canadense de cinema, televisión e teatro.
Traxectoria Plummer naceu en Toronto e criouse en Senneville, Quebec. Debutou no cinema en Stage Struck (1958), de Sidney Lumet, e fíxose especialmente coñecido entre o público pola súa interpretación do capitán Georg von Trapp no filme musical Sorrisos e lágrimas (1965) xunto a Julie Andrews.
Durante a súa carreira recibiu varios premios, incluídos o Óscar ao mellor actor secundario, dous premios Emmy, dous premios Tony, un Globo de Ouro e un premio da BAFTA, sendo un dos poucos intérpretes (o único canadense) que recibiu a chamada Triple Crown of Acting. Coa súa vitoria nos Óscar aos 82 anos por Beginners (2010), converteuse no intérprete de máis idade en gañar un Óscar. Pola súa candidatura por Todo o diñeiro do mundo con 88 anos tamén foi o actor máis vello candidato ao premio.
Filmografía Ano Título Personaxe Notas 1958 Stage Struck Joe Sheridan 1958 Wind Across the Everglades Walt Murdock 1958 Little Moon of Alban Kenneth Boyd 1959 A Doll's Hous Torvald Helmer 1961 Playdate Host 1962 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac 1964 A caída do Imperio Romano Cómodo 1964 Hamlet at Elsinore Hamlet 1965 Sorrisos e lágrimas (The Sound of Music) Georg Ludwig von Trapp 1966 Inside Daisy Clover Raymond Swan 1966 Triple Cross Eddie Chapman 1967 The Night of the Generals Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 1968 Oedipus the King Edipo 1968 Nobody Runs Forever Sir James Quentin 1969 A batalla de Inglaterra Squadron Leader Colin Harvey 1969 The Royal Hunt of the Sun Atahualpa 1969 Lock Up Your Daughters! Lord Foppington 1970 Waterloo Arthur Wellesley 1971 Don Juan in Hell Don Juan 1973 The Pyx Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson 1974 After the Fall Quentin 1974 The Happy Prince The Happy Prince 1975 The Spiral Staircase Dr. Joe Sherman 1975 A volta da pantera rosa Sir Charles Litton 1975 Conduct Unbecoming Maj. Alastair Wimbourne 1975 O home que puido reinar Rudyard Kipling 1975 The Day That Shook the World Franz Ferdinand de Austria 1976 Aces High Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair 1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers Roscoe Heyward 1977 Jesus of Nazareth Herodes Antipas 1977 The Assignment Capitán Behounek 1977 The Disappearance Deverell 1977 Silver Blaze Sherlock Holmes 1978 The Silent Partner Harry Reikle 1978 International Velvet John Seaton 1979 Starcrash Emperor 1979 Murder by Decree Sherlock Holmes 1979 Riel John A. Macdonald 1979 Hanover Street Paul Sellinger 1980 Desperate Voyage Burrifous 1980 The Shadow Box Brian 1980 Algures no tempo William Fawcett Robinson 1981 When the Circus Came to Town Duke Royal 1981 Eyewitness Joseph 1981 The Amateur Profesor Lakos 1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last Reggie Vanderbilt 1983 The Scarlet and the Black Col. Herbert Kappler 1983 The Thorn Birds Arcebispo Vittorio Contini-Verchese 1983 Prototype Dr. Carl Forrester 1984 Lily in Love Fitzroy Wynn/Roberto Terranova 1984 Dreamscape Bob Blair 1984 Highpoint James Hatcher 1984 Terror in the Aisles 1984 Ordeal by Innocence Leo Argyle 1985 Játszani kell 1985 The World of David the Gnome Narrador 1985 Rumpelstiltskin Narrador 1986 The Boy in Blue Knox 1986 Crossings Armand DeVilliers 1986 The Boss' Wife Mr. Roalvang 1986 Fievel e o novo mundo Henri Voz 1986 Spearfield's Daughter Lord Jack Cruze 1986 Vampire in Venice Profesor Paris Catalano 1987 Dragnet Reverendo Jonathan Whirley 1987 A Hazard of Hearts Sir Giles Staverley 1987 The Man Who Planted Trees Narrador 1987 The Gnomes' Great Adventure Narrador 1988 Light Years Metamorphis 1988 Shadow Dancing Edmund Beaumont 1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Narrador 1988 I Love N.Y. John Robertson Yeats 1989 Souvenir Ernst Kestner 1989 Nabokov on Kafka Vladimir Nabokov 1989 Mindfield Doutor Satorius 1989 Kingsgate 1990 Where the Heart Is Jerry 1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo O Gran Duque Ivan 1990 Red Blooded American Girl Dr. John Alcore 1990 Money Martin Yahl 1990 Madeline Narrador 1990 Counterstrike Alexander Addington 1991 Firehead Col. Garland Vaughn 1991 Young Catherine Sir Charles 1991 A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz 1991 Rock-a-Doodle Gran duque Voz 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Xeneral Chang 1991 Berlin Lady Wilhem Speer 1991 The First Circle Victor Abakumov 1992 Secrets Mel Wexler 1992 Impolite Naples O'Rorke 1992 Malcolm X Chaplain Gill 1992 Liar's Edge Harry Weldon 1993 Sidney Sheldon's A Stranger in the Mirror Clifton Lawrence 1993 The Little Crooked Christmas Tree 1993 Madeline Narrador 1994 Wolf Raymond Alden 1994 Crackerjack Ivan Getz 1995 Dolores Claiborne Det. John Mackey 1995 Harrison Bergeron John Klaxon 1995 12 Monkeys Dr. Goines 1996 We the Jury Wilfred Fransiscus 1996 Skeletons R. Carlyle 1996 The Conspiracy of Fear Joseph Wakeman 1997 The Arrow George Hees 1997 Babes in Toyland Barnaby Crookedman Voz 1998 Winchell Franklin D. Roosevelt 1998 Hidden Agenda Ulrich Steiner 1998 The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow Narrador 1998 The Clown at Midnight Mr. Caruthers 1999 Celebrate the Century 1999 Madeline: Lost in Paris Narrador 1999 The Insider Mike Wallace 2000 Nuremberg David Maxwell-Fyfe 2000 The Dinosaur Hunter Hump Hinton 2000 Possessed Hume 2000 American Tragedy F. Lee Bailey 2000 Dracula 2000 Abraham Van Helsing 2000 Star Trek: Klingon Academy Xeneral Chang]] Videxogo 2001 Leo's Journey Narrador 2001 On Golden Pond Norman Thayer 2001 Lucky Break Graham Mortimer 2001 Blackheart Holmes 2001 A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen 2001 Full Disclosure Robert Lecker 2002 Night Flight 'Flash' Harry Peters 2002 Ararat David 2002 Agent of Influence John Watkins 2002 Nicholas Nickleby Ralph Nickleby 2002 Tma 2003 Blizzard Santa Claus 2003 The Gospel of John Narrador 2003 Cold Creek Manor Mr. Massie 2004 National Treasure John Adams Gates 2004 Alexander Aristóteles 2005 Our Fathers Cardinal Bernard Law Telefilme 2005 Must Love Dogs Bill Nolan 2005 Syriana Dean Whiting 2005 The New World Capitán Newport 2006 Inside Man Arthur Case 2006 A casa do lago Simon Wyler 2007 Man in the Chair Flash Madden 2007 Closing the Ring Jack 2007 Emotional Arithmetic David Winters 2007 Already Dead Dr. Heller 2008 The Summit P.J. Aimes Miniserie de televisión: 2 episodios 2009 Caesar and Cleaopatra Xulio César tamén produtor executivo 2009 Up Charles Muntz voz 2009 My Dog Tulip J. R. Ackerley voz 2009 9 1 voz 2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Doutor Parnassus 2009 The Last Station Leo Tolstoy 2010 Beginners Hal 2011 Priest Monsignor Orelas Barrymore John Barrymore The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Henrik Vanger 2013 The Legend of Sarila Croolik VozBehind the Voice Actors 2014 Elsa & Fred Fred Barcroft Hector and the Search for Happiness Professor Coreman The Forger Joseph Cutter 2015 Danny Collins Frank Grubman Pixies Pixie King Voz Remember Zev Guttman/Otto Wallisch 2016 The Exception Kaiser Wilhelm Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Dr. West Voz 2017 Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom Dr. West / The Pixie King Voz The Man Who Invented Christmas Ebenezer Scrooge The Star King Herod Voz Todo o diñeiro do mundo J. Paul Getty 2018 BoundariesHoward Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Dr. Jeffrey West Voz 2019 Cliffs of Freedom Thanasi Puñais polas costas Harlan Thrombey The Last Full Measure Frank Pitsenbarger
Notas
Véxase tamén
Ligazóns externas
Entry at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca Christopher Plummer at the Canadian Film Encyclopedia – Theatre Museum Canada Confessions of Captain Von Trapp: An Interview with Christopher Plummer
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