Christopher Plummer Canadian Actor Known for 12 Monkeys

Born on 13 December 1929 in Toronto, Christopher Plummer was a Canadian actor. Christopher Plummer died on 5 February 2021 at the age of 91. The recorded cause of death is falling from height. His best-known titles on this site are 12 Monkeys (1995) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

Early life

His mother was Isabella Mary Abbott. Schooling on record includes McGill University, High School of Montreal and University of Western Ontario.

Career

His first listed screen credit dates to 1958, with Stage Struck. Work from the 1960s includes The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964, as Commodus) and The Sound of Music (1965, as Georg von Trapp). Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991, as Chang) and The Insider (1999) are among his 1990s credits. In the 2000s, he appeared in A Beautiful Mind (2001, as Dr. Rosen) and Alexander (2004, as Aristotle). The 2010s brought All the Money in the World (2017, as J. Paul Getty) and Knives Out (2019).

The list below counts 113 films and 6 TV series from 1958 to 2019. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (22), followed by thriller (7) and mystery (6). The last title released in his lifetime is The Last Full Measure, from 2019. Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, A Beautiful Mind (2001) has the highest, at $314 million.

Ian McShane appears in three of his listed titles, including Jesus of Nazareth (1977) and Battle of Britain (1969). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Michael Caine (three titles) and Donald Sutherland (three titles). Spike Lee directed two of his titles on record, among them Malcolm X (1992) and Inside Man (2006). Terry Gilliam is credited as director on two of them, including The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).

Recognition

Among his honours is the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, won in 2012 for Beginners. Other wins include two Tony Awards (1974 and 1997) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (1977) for The Moneychangers. Among his nominations is the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010 for The Last Station. In all, Christopher Plummer won 15 awards and received 8 nominations.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Tammy Grimes (1956 to 1960), Patricia Lewis (1962 to 1966, divorced) and Elaine Taylor (1970 to 2021, widowed). He was the father of Amanda Plummer.