Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (født 13. december 1929 i Toronto, Ontario, Canada, død 5. februar 2021 i Connecticut) var en canadisk teater-, tv- og filmskuespiller.
Han havde teaterbaggrund fra Montreal, og filmdebuterede i 1958. Han fik et stort gennembrud med rollen som Kaptajn von Trapp i The Sound of Music (1965). Har siden spillet Rudyard Kipling i The Man Who Would Be King (Manden der ville være konge, 1975) og Sherlock Holmes i Murder by Decree (Mord på beregning, 1979). Han havde hovedrollen i Eyewitness (Øjenvidnet, 1981) og biroller i Malcolm X (1992) og Wolf (1994). Plummer vandt Oscar for bedste mandlige birolle for sin rolle i Beginners (2011).
Hans datter Amanda Plummer (f. 1957) har også skabt sig et navn som skuespiller, bl.a. med rollerne i The Fisher King (1991) og Pulp Fiction (1994).
Filmografi
Film År Titel Rolle Noter Ref. 1958 Stage Struck Joe Sheridan Wind Across the Everglades Walt Murdock 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire Commodus 1965 The Sound of Music Captain Georg von Trapp Inside Daisy Clover Raymond Swan 1966 Triple Cross Eddie Chapman 1967 The Night of the Generals Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Oedipus the King Ødipus 1968 Nobody Runs Forever Sir James Quentin 1969 Battle of Britain Squadron Leader Colin Harvey The Royal Hunt of the Sun Atahualpa Lock Up Your Daughters! Lord Foppington 1970 Waterloo Arthur Wellesley 1973 The Pyx Det. Sgt. Jim Henderson1974 The Happy Prince The Happy PrinceKortfilm 1975 The Spiral Staircase Dr. Joe Sherman The Return of the Pink Panther Sir Charles LittonConduct Unbecoming Major Alastair Wimbourne The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling The Day That Shook the World Archduke Ferdinand of Austria 1976 Aces High Captain 'Uncle' Sinclair 1977 The Assignment Captain Behounek The Disappearance Deverell 1978 The Silent Partner Harry Reikle International Velvet John Seaton 1979 Starcrash The Emperor Murder by Decree Sherlock Holmes Hanover Street Paul Sellinger 1980 Somewhere in Time William Fawcett Robinson 1981 Eyewitness Joseph Professor Lakos 1984 Lily in Love Fitzroy Wynn Roberto Terranova Dreamscape Bob Blair Highpoint James Hatcher Ordeal by Innocence Leo Argyle 1986 The Boy in Blue Knox The Boss' Wife Mr. Roalvang An American Tail Henri Stemme; Animationsfilmhttps://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Christopher-Plummer/The Tin SoldierFortæller Stemme; Animationsfilm Vampire in Venice Prof. Paris Catalano 1987 Dragnet Rev. Jonathan Whirley I Love N.Y. John Robertson Yeats The Man Who Planted Trees Fortæller Stemme; Animationsfilm The Gnomes' Great Adventure Fortæller Stemme; Animationsfilm 1988 Light Years Metamorphis Shadow Dancing Edmund Beaumont The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Fortæller Stemme; Dokumentar 1989 Souvenir Ernst KestnerMindfield Doctor Satorius 1990 Where the Heart Is Jerry Red Blooded American Girl Dr. John Alcore Money Martin Yahl 1991 Firehead Colonel Garland Vaughn Rock-a-Doodle The Grand Duke of Owls Voice; Animated filmDragon and SlippersPelican Stemme; Animationsfilm Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country General Chang 1992 Impolite Naples O'Rorke Malcolm X Chaplain Gill Liar's Edge Harry Weldon 1994 Wolf Raymond Alden Crackerjack Ivan Getz 1995 Dolores Claiborne Det. John Mackey 12 Monkeys Dr. Goines 1996 The Conspiracy of Fear Joseph Wakeman 1997 Babes in Toyland Barnaby Crookedman Stemme; Animationsfilm 1998 Hidden Agenda Ulrich Steiner The First Christmas Fortæller Stemme; Blackheart Holmes The Clown at Midnight Mr. Caruthers 1999 Madeline: Lost in Paris Narrator Voice; Animated film The Insider Mike Wallace 2000 Dracula 2000 Abraham Van Helsing 2001 Lucky Break Graham Mortimer A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen Full Disclosure Robert Lecker 2002 Ararat David Nicholas Nickleby Ralph Nickleby2003 The Gospel of John fortæller StemmeBlizzardSanta Claus Cold Creek Manor Mr. Massie 2004 National Treasure John Adams Gates Alexander Aristotles 2005 Must Love Dogs Bill Nolan Syriana Dean Whiting The New World Captain Christopher Newport 2006 Inside Man Arthur Case The Lake House Simon Wyler 2007 Man in the Chair Flash Madden Closing the Ring Jack Etty Emotional Arithmetic David Winters Already Dead Dr. Heller 2009 Caesar and Cleopatra Julius Caesar Også executive producer Op Charles Muntz Stemme; Animationsfilm My Dog Tulip J.R. Ackerley Stemme; AnimationsfilmThe Last StationLeo Tolstoy9 1 Stemme; AnimationsfilmThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Doctor Parnassus 2010 Beginners Hal Fields 2011 Priest Monsignor Orelas Barrymore John Barrymore The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Henrik Vanger 2013 The Legend of Sarila Croolik Stemme; Animationsfilm 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 Stemme; Animationsfilm Remember Zev Guttman/Otto Wallisch 2016 The Exception Kaiser Wilhelm Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Dr. West Stemme; Animationsfilm2017ElegyFortællerStemme; Kortfilm The Man Who Invented Christmas Ebenezer Scrooge Stjernen Kong Herodes Stemme; Animationsfilm All the Money in the World J. Paul Getty Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom Dr. West / The Pixie King Stemme; Animationsfilm 2018 Boundaries Jack JaconiHoward Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Dr. Jeffrey West Stemme; Animationsfilm 2019 Cliffs of Freedom Thanasi Knives Out - Var det mord? Harlan Thrombey The Last Full Measure Frank Pitsenbarger Sidste optræden på lærredet 2021 Heroes of the Golden Masks TBA Stemme; AnimationsfilmUdgives efter Plummers dødSidste filmrolle
Television År Titel Rolle Noter Ref. 1953 Broadway Television Theatre Michael O'Leary Episode: "Dark Victory" 1955 Kraft Television Theatre Robert Carr Episode: "The King's Bounty" Producers' Showcase Christian de Neuvillette Episode: "Cyrano de Bergerac" 1956 General Electric Theater Walter Shelley Episode: "A Letter from the Queen" The Alcoa Hour Bruce Quealy Episode: "Even the Weariest River" 1957–58 Omnibus Thomas Mendip/Oedipus 2 episoder 1957–61 DuPont Show of the Month Diverse roller 1958 Little Moon of Alban Kenneth Boyd Tv-film 1959 Johnny Belinda Dr. Jack Pelletier A Doll's House Torvald Helmer The Philadelphia Story Mike Connor 1960 NBC Sunday Showcase Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 2 episoder Captain Brassbound's Conversion Captain Brassbound Tv-film 1961 Playdate Sig selv 13 episoder Time Remembered Prince Albert Tv-film 1962 Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac 1964 Hamlet at Elsinore Hamlet 1968 The Secret of Michelangelo Fortæller TV-dokumentar 1971 Don Juan in Hell Don Juan Tv-film 1974 Witness to Yesterday Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington Episode: "The Duke of Wellington"After the Fall Quentin Tv-film 1976 The Moneychangers Roscoe Heyward TV miniserie, 4 episode1977Silver BlazeSherlock HolmesTv-filmJesus of NazarethHerod Antipas TV miniserie, 2 episoder 1979 Riel Sir John A. Macdonald Television movie 1980 Desperate Voyage Burrifous The Shadow Box Brian 1981 When the Circus Came to Town Duke Royal 1981 Dial M for Murder Mark Halliday 1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt TV miniserie, 2 episoder 1983 The Scarlet and the Black Colonel Herbert Kappler Tv-film The Thorn Birds Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese TV miniserie, 3 episoder Prototype Dr. Carl Forrester Tv-film 1985 Rumpelstiltskin Fortæller 1986 Crossings Armand DeVilliers TV miniserie, 3 episoder Spearfield's Daughter Lord Jack Cruze Tv-film 1987 A Hazard of Hearts Sir Giles Staverley The Cosby Show Jonathan Lawrence Episode: "Shakespeare" The World of David the Gnome Fortæller 1988–91 Madeline Fortæller Fortæller; 6 episoder 1989 Nabokov on Kafka Vladimir Nabokov Tv-film 1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo The Grand Duke Ivan Tv-film 1990–93 Counterstrike Alexander Addington 65 episoder 1991 Young Catherine Sir Charles Williams TV miniserie, 3 episoderA Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz Tv-filmBerlin Lady Wilhem Speer 6 episoderThe First Circle Victor Abakumov Tv-film 1992 Secrets Mel Wexler 1993 A Stranger in the Mirror Clifton Lawrence 1993–95 Madeline Narrator (voice) 33 episoder 1995 Harrison Bergeron John Klaxon TV-film 1996 We the Jury Wilfred FransiscusTv-filmSkeletons Reverend Carlyle 1997 The Arrow George Hees TV miniserie, 2 episoder 1998 Winchell Franklin D. Roosevelt Tv-film 2000 Nuremberg Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe TV miniserie, 2 episoder The Dinosaur Hunter Hump Hinton Tv-film Possessed Archbishop Hume American Tragedy F. Lee Bailey 2 episoder 2001 Leo's Journey Fortæller Tv-film On Golden Pond Norman Thayer 2002 Night Flight 'Flash' Harry Peters Agent of Influence John Watkins 2003 Odd Job Jack Magnus the Maker Episode: "Holyland" 2005 Our Fathers Cardinal Bernard Law Tv-film Miracle Planet Fortæller 6 episoder 2006 American Experience Fortæller/James Tyrone Episode: "Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film" 2008 The Summit P.J. Aimes 2 episoder 2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight John Marshall Harlan II TV-film, HBO 2019 Departure Howard Larson 6 episoder 2020 Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time Sig selv - Video Clue Presenter 1 episode
Teater År Titel Rolle Noter Ref.1954The Starcross StoryGeorge PhillipsRoyale Theatre, Broadway1954Home is the HeroManchester MonaghamBooth Theatre, Broadway1955The Dark is Light EnoughCount Peter ZichyANTA Theatre, Broadway1955The LarkWarwickLongacre Theatre, Broadway1956 Night of the AukLewis Roheman Playhouse Theatre, Broadway 1958 J.B. Nickles ANTA Playhouse, Broadway1963The Resistible Rise of Arturo UiArturo UiLunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway1965 The Royal Hunt of the SunFrancisco PizarroANTA Theatre, Broadway1971 'Amphitryon 38' [(Jean Giraudoux]) National Theatre Instrueret af Laurence Olivier1973The Good Doctor PerformerEugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway 1974 CyranoCyrano de BergeracPalace Theatre, Broadway1978Drinks Before DinnerEdgarThe Public Theatre, Off-Broadway 1982 OthelloIago Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway1988MacbethMacbethMark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway 1994 No Man's Land Spooner Roundabout Theater Company, Broadway 1997 Barrymore John Barrymore Music Box Theatre, Broadway 2004 King LearKing Lear Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway 2007 Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Lyceum Theatre, Broadway
Videospil År Titel Stemme Noter 2000 Star Trek: Klingon Academy General Chang 2009 Up Charles Muntz (stemme) 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Arngeir (stemme) 2012 Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure Charles Muntz (stemme)
Priser og nomineringer Plummer modtog i 2011 en Oscar for bedste mandlige birolle for sin rolle i Beginners. Han var på daværende tidspunkt den ældste modtager nogensinde af en Oscar (ved prisuddelingen i 2021 modtog Anthony Hopkins i en alder af 82 år prisen for bedste mandlinge hovedrolle).
ÅrPrisAccoladeTitelResultat2010Academy AwardsBedste mandlige birolleThe Last Station2012Beginners2018All the Money in the World1959Tony AwardsBedste skuespiller i et teaterstykkeJ.B.1974Bedste skuespiller i en musicalCyrano1982Bedste skuespiller i et teaterstykkeOthello1994No Man's Land1997Barrymore2004King Lear2007Inherit the Wind1959Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Actor – Limited Series or a MovieLittle Moon of Alban1966Hamlet at Elsinore1977Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers1983Outstanding Supporting Actor – Limited Series or MovieTornfuglene1994Outstanding Voice-Over PerformanceMadeline2005Outstanding Supporting Actor – Limited Series or MovieOur Fathers2011Outstanding Voice-Over PerformanceMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood1986Grammy AwardBest Recording for ChildrenE.T.A. Hoffmann/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
I 2016 modtog Plummer Canadian Screen Award for "Lifetime Achievement".
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