Deceased

How Did Christopher Plummer Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 91

Also known asArthur Christopher Orme PlummerGenderMaleNationalityCanadaBorn13/12/1929Born inToronto, Ontario, CanadaDied05/02/2021 (aged 91)Died inWestonCausefalling from heightWikidataQ190523 ↗TMDb#290 ↗

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. His accolades included an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting". He also received a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.

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Filmography187 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2023	Heroes of the Golden MaskMovie	Rizzo (voice)	94
2022	Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StoryMovie	Self	93
2021	Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterMovie	Self	92
2021	Bondarchuk. BattleMovie	self	92
2021	MooseltoeMovie	Mooseking	92
2020	The Last Full MeasureMovie	Frank Pitsenbarger	91
2019	Knives OutMovie	Harlan Thrombey	90
2019	DepartureSeries	Howard Lawson	90
2019	Alan Pakula: Going for TruthMovie	Self	90
2019	Cliffs of FreedomMovie	Thanasi	90
2018	BoundariesMovie	Jack	89
2018	Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of MadnessMovie	Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)	89
2017	The Man Who Invented ChristmasMovie	Scrooge	88
2017	The StarMovie	King Herod (voice)	88
2017	Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea KingdomMovie	Dr. West (voice)	88
2017	All the Money in the WorldMovie	Jean Paul Getty	88
2016	Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen KingdomMovie	Dr. West (voice)	87
2015	PixiesMovie	Pixie King (voice)	86
2015	RememberMovie	Zev Guttman	86
2015	Danny CollinsMovie	Frank Grubman	86
2014	Elsa & FredMovie	Fred	85
2014	The ForgerMovie	Joseph Cutter	85
2014	Hector and the Search for HappinessMovie	Professor Coreman	85
2013	Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightMovie	John Marshall Harlan	84
2013	The Legend of SarilaMovie	Croolik (voice)	84
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenMovie	(archive footage)	83
2012	Behind the Wall: The Making of SkyrimMovie	Self	83
2011	PriestMovie	Monsignor Orelas	82
2011	The Girl with the Dragon TattooMovie	Henrik Vanger	82
2011	A Short Film About Making BeginnersMovie	—	82
2010	The TempestMovie	Prospero	81
2010	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSeries	Self - Narrator (voice)	81
2009	9Movie	#1 (voice)	80
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusMovie	Doctor Parnassus	80
2009	UpMovie	Charles Muntz (voice)	80
2009	The Last StationMovie	Leo Tolstoy	80
2008	Emotional ArithmeticMovie	David Winters	79
2008	The SummitSeries	P.J. Aimes	79
2007	Closing the RingMovie	Jack	78
2007	Already DeadMovie	Dr. Heller	78
2007	Hamlet {Solo}Movie	Self	78
2006	The Lake HouseMovie	Simon Wyler	77
2006	Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmMovie	Self	77
2006	Inside ManMovie	Arthur Case	77
2006	Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their CrimesMovie	Narrator (voice over)	77
2005	Must Love DogsMovie	Bill	76
2005	Our FathersMovie	Cardinal Bernard Law	76
2005	Four MinutesMovie	Archie Mason	76
2005	The New WorldMovie	Captain Newport	76
2005	SyrianaMovie	Dean Whiting	76
2004	National TreasureMovie	John Adams Gates	75
2004	AlexanderMovie	Aristotle	75
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries	Self	74
2003	Cold Creek ManorMovie	Mr. Massie	74
2003	BlizzardMovie	Santa Claus	74
2003	The Gospel of JohnMovie	Narrator (voice)	74
2003	The Life of JesusMovie	Narrator	74
2002	Nicholas NicklebyMovie	Ralph Nickleby	73
2002	AraratMovie	David	73
2002	Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesMovie	Self	73
2001	A Beautiful MindMovie	Dr. Rosen	72
2001	Lucky BreakMovie	Graham Mortimer	72
2001	Full DisclosureMovie	Robert Lecker	72
2000	Dracula 2000Movie	Matthew Van Helsing	71
2000	NurembergSeries	Sir David Maxwell Fyfe	71
2000	American TragedyMovie	F. Lee Bailey	71
2000	Back To "Somewhere In Time"Movie	Self	71
2000	PossessedMovie	Archbishop Hume	71
1999	The InsiderMovie	Mike Wallace	70
1999	Hidden AgendaMovie	Ulrich Steiner	70
1999	The Clown at MidnightMovie	Mr. Caruthers	70
1999	Madeline: Lost in ParisMovie	Narrator (voice)	70
1998	WinchellMovie	Franklin D. Roosevelt	69
1997	SkeletonsMovie	Reverend Carlyle	68
1997	The ArrowMovie	George Hees	68
1997	Babes in ToylandMovie	Barnaby Crookedman (voice)	68
1997	The ArrowSeries	George Hees	68
1996	The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'Movie	Self	67
1996	We the JuryMovie	Wilfred Fransiscus	67
1995	Twelve MonkeysMovie	Dr. Goines	66
1995	Dolores ClaiborneMovie	John Mackey	66
1995	Harrison BergeronMovie	John Klaxon	66
1994	WolfMovie	Raymond Alden	65
1994	CrackerjackMovie	Ivan Getz	65
1994	Michael Caine: Breaking the MoldMovie	Self (archive footage)	65
1993	Ben-Hur: The Making of an EpicMovie	Narrator	64
1993	A Stranger in the MirrorMovie	Clifton Lawrence	64
1992	Malcolm XMovie	Chaplain Gill	63
1992	Liar's EdgeMovie	Harry Weldon	63
1992	ImpoliteMovie	Naples O'Rorke	63
1992	SecretsMovie	Mel Wexler	63
1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryMovie	Chang	62
1991	Rock-A-DoodleMovie	Grand Duke (voice)	62
1991	Berlin LadySeries	Wilhelm Speer	62
1991	FireheadMovie	Col. Garland Vaughn	62
1991	Young CatherineSeries	Sir Charles	62
1991	MoneyMovie	Martin Yahl	62
1991	Madeline and the GypsiesMovie	Narrator (voice)	62
1991	Madeline and the Bad HatMovie	Narrator (voice)	62
1991	Madeline in LondonMovie	Narrator (voice)	62
1990	A Ghost in Monte CarloMovie	The Grand Duke Ivan	61
1990	CounterstrikeSeries	Alexander Addington	61
1990	Red Blooded American GirlMovie	Dr. John Alcore	61
1989	SouvenirMovie	Ernst Kestner	60
1989	The First Emperor of ChinaMovie	Self - Narrator (voice)	60
1988	American ExperienceSeries	Narrator	59
1988	The Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindMovie	Narrator (voice)	59
1988	Shadow DancingMovie	Edmund Beaumont	59
1988	Nosferatu in VeniceMovie	Professor Paris Catalano	59
1988	MadelineMovie	Narrator (voice)	59
1987	DragnetMovie	Reverend Jonathan Whirley	58
1987	A Hazard of HeartsMovie	Sir Giles Staverley	58
1986	CrossingsSeries	Armand DeVilliers	57
1986	Spearfield's DaughterMovie	Lord Jack Cruze	57
1986	An American TailMovie	Henri (voice)	57
1986	The Boy in BlueMovie	Knox	57
1986	The Tin SoldierMovie	Narrator (voice)	57
1986	The Boss' WifeMovie	Mr. Roalvang	57
1985	RumpelstiltskinMovie	Narrator	56
1984	The Cosby ShowSeries	Jonathan Lawrence	55
1984	DreamscapeMovie	Bob Blair	55
1984	Lily in LoveMovie	Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova	55
1984	Ordeal by InnocenceMovie	Leo Argyle	55
1983	PrototypeMovie	Dr. Carl Forrester	54
1983	The Thorn BirdsSeries	Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese	54
1983	The Scarlet and the BlackMovie	Col. Herbert Kappler	54
1983	SuperTedSeries	—	54
1982	NatureSeries	Narrator (voice)	53
1982	Night of 100 StarsMovie	Self	53
1982	Little Gloria... Happy at LastSeries	Reggie Vanderbilt	53
1982	Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadyMovie	—	53
1981	The AmateurMovie	Professor Lakos	52
1981	EyewitnessMovie	Joseph	52
1981	Dial M for MurderMovie	Tony Wendice	52
1980	The Shadow BoxMovie	Brian	51
1980	Somewhere in TimeMovie	William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson	51
1979	Hanover StreetMovie	Paul Sellinger	50
1979	Murder by DecreeMovie	Sherlock Holmes	50
1979	RielMovie	Prime Minister John A. Macdonald	50
1978	StarcrashMovie	The Emperor	49
1978	The Silent PartnerMovie	Reikle	49
1978	International VelvetMovie	John Seaton	49
1977	Jesus of NazarethSeries	Herod Antipas	48
1977	The DisappearanceMovie	Deverell	48
1977	The Sunday DramaSeries	Sherlock Holmes	48
1977	The AssignmentMovie	Kaptain Behounek	48
1976	Arthur Hailey's The MoneychangersSeries	Roscoe Heyward	47
1975	The Man Who Would Be KingMovie	Rudyard Kipling	46
1975	The Spiral StaircaseMovie	Dr. Joe Sherman	46
1975	Conduct UnbecomingMovie	Major Alastair Wimbourne	46
1975	The Day That Shook the WorldMovie	Archduke Ferdinand	46
1975	The Return of the Pink PantherMovie	Sir Charles Litton	46
1974	After the FallMovie	Quentin	45
1971	Film '72Series	Self	42
1969	Battle of BritainMovie	Squadron Leader Colin Harvey	40
1969	Lock Up Your DaughtersMovie	Lord Foppington	40
1969	The Royal Hunt of the SunMovie	Atahualpa	40
1968	Nobody Runs ForeverMovie	Sir James Quentin	39
1968	The Dick Cavett ShowSeries	Self - Guest	39
1968	Oedipus the KingMovie	Oedipus	39
1967	OmnibusSeries	Narrator	38
1967	The Night of the GeneralsMovie	Field Marshal Rommel	38
1966	Inside Daisy CloverMovie	Raymond Swan	37
1966	Triple CrossMovie	Freddie Chapman	37
1965	BBC Play of the MonthSeries	Don Juan	36
1965	The Sound of MusicMovie	Captain Georg von Trapp	36
1965	Salzburg Sight and SoundMovie	Self	36
1964	The Fall of the Roman EmpireMovie	Commodus	35
1964	Hamlet at ElsinoreMovie	Hamlet	35
1964	An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyMovie	Narrator (voice)	35
1963	30 Minutes, Mister PlummerMovie	Himself	34
1962	Cyrano De BergeracMovie	Cyrano de Bergerac	33
1961	The Mike Douglas ShowSeries	Self	32
1960	Captain Brassbound's ConversionMovie	Captain Brassbound	31
1959	NBC Sunday ShowcaseSeries	—	30
1958	Stage StruckMovie	Joe Sheridan	29
1958	Johnny BelindaMovie	Dr. Jack Pelletier	29
1958	Little Moon of AlbanMovie	Kenneth Boyd	29
1957	DuPont Show of the MonthSeries	Sir Miles Hendon	28
1953	General Electric TheaterSeries	Walter Shelley	24
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	24
1953	Kraft Television TheatreSeries	—	24
1952	OmnibusSeries	—	23
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Torvald Helmer	22
1949	SuspenseSeries	—	20
1948	Studio OneSeries	Dick	19
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	19