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Christopher Plummer

Birth name: Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer

Birth date: 13.12.1929

Christopher Plummer is arguably the finest actor of the post-World War II period never to be nominated for an Academy Award, following in the footsteps of John Barrymore, for whose portrayal on Broadway he won a Tony Award. Aside from Barrymore, Plummer is the premier Shakespearean actor to come out of North America in the 20th century. He has also given many extremely fine portrayals on film, particularly as he got older and settled down into a comfortable marriage with his third wife. Though he likely always be remembered as Baron Von Trapp in the atomic bomb-strength blockbuster The Sound of Music (1965) (a film he continues to despise), his later film work includes such outstanding performances as the best cinema Sherlock Holmes--other than Basil Rathbone--in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), his iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999) and the empathetic psychiatrist in A Beautiful Mind (2001). Though many times tipped for a Best Supporting Actor nomination in the last ten years, he has never made it to the post. Aside from the traditional anti-New York bias of the Academy, whether this is because of his Canadian heritage is unknown. Many Canadians have won Ocars, including Mary Pickford, Louise Dresser, Norma Shearer and Walter Huston, but there is something DIFFERENT about Plummer; the fact that his demeanor and talent mark him off as more English than American may put off Academy voters (perhaps it is fitting that there is something "foreign" about Plummer: he is the great-grandson of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott). Aside from his failure to ring the gong at the Academy Awards, Plummer remains one of the most respected and honored actors performing in the English language. He's won two Emmy Awards out of six nominations stretching 46 years from 1959 and 2005, and one Genie Award in five nominations from 1980 to 2004. For his stage work, Plummer has racked up two Tony Awards on six nominations, the first in 1974 as Best Actor (Musical) for the title role in "Cyrano," and the second in 1997, as Best Actor (Play), in "Barrymore." Surprisingly, he did not win (though he was nominated) for his masterful 2004 "King Lear," which he originated at the Stratford Festival in Ontario and brought down to Broadway for a sold-out run. His other Tony nominations show the wide range of his talent, from a 1959 nod for the Elia Kazan-directed production of 'Archibald MacLeish' 's Pulitzer Prize-winning "J.B." to recognition in 1994 for Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," with a 1982 Best Actor (Play) nomination for his Iago in William Shakespeare's "Othello." This man can act, and seeing him perform onstage is one of an acting aficionado's great pleasures. He continues to be a very in-demand character actor in prestigious motion pictures. If he were truly English rather than Canadian-American, he'd have been knighted long ago (in 1968 he was a made a Companion of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor and one which requires the approval of the sovereign). In 1970, Plummer - a self-confessed 43-year-old "bottle baby" - married his third wife, the dancer Elaine Regina Taylor, who helped wean him off his dependency on alcohol. They currently live on a 30-acre estate in Weston, Connecticut, and although he spends the majority of his time in the United States, he remains a Canadian citizen.

Filmography

# My Dog Tulip (2008) (pre-production) # The Koi Keeper (2007) (pre-production) (in negotiations) .... Frank Olliver # Closing the Ring movie download page (2007) (post-production) .... Jack # Man in the Chair (2006) (post-production) (attached) .... Flash Madden # The Lake House movie download page (2006) .... Simon Wyler # Inside Man movie download page (2006) .... Arthur Case # The New World movie download page (2005) .... Captain Christopher Newport # Syriana movie download page (2005) .... Dean Whiting # Four Minutes (2005) (TV) .... Archie Mason # Must Love Dogs (2005) .... Bill # Our Fathers (2005) (TV) .... Cardinal Bernard Law # Tma (2005) ... aka Darkness (International: English title) # Alexander movie download page (2004) .... Aristotle ... aka Alexandre (France) # National Treasure movie download page (2004) .... John Adams Gates ... aka Sonomo (Philippines: English title: review title) # Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Pedestrian ... aka GTA: San Andreas (International: English title: short title) ... aka San Andreas (International: English title: short title) # Cold Creek Manor (2003) .... Mr. Massie ... aka Maison au fond de la baie, La (Canada: French title) # The Gospel of John (2003) (voice) .... Narrator # Blizzard (2003) .... Santa Claus # "Odd Job Jack" - Holyland (????) TV Episode .... Magnus the Maker # Nicholas Nickleby (2002) .... Ralph Nickleby # Agent of Influence (2002) (TV) .... John Watkins # Ararat (2002) .... David # Night Flight (2002) (TV) .... 'Flash' Harry Peters # A Beautiful Mind movie download page (2001) .... Dr. Rosen # Lucky Break (2001) .... Graham Mortimer ... aka Rein oder raus (Germany) # On Golden Pond (2001) (TV) .... Norman Thayer # Leo's Journey (2001) (TV) .... Narrator # Full Disclosure (2001) (V) .... Robert Lecker # Dracula 2000 (2000) .... Abraham/Matthew Van Helsing ... aka Dracula 2001 (UK) ... aka Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 (USA: complete title) # American Tragedy (2000) (TV) .... F. Lee Bailey # Possessed (2000) (TV) .... Archbishop Hume # The Dinosaur Hunter (2000) .... Hump Hinton # Nuremberg (2000) (TV) .... Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe # Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000) (VG) .... General Chang # The Insider (1999) .... Mike Wallace # Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999) (voice) .... Narrator # Winchell (1998) (TV) .... Franklin D. Roosevelt # The First Christmas (1998) .... Narrator # Blackheart (1998) .... Holmes # Hidden Agenda (1998) .... Ulrich Steiner ... aka Secret Agenda (USA: video box title) # The Clown at Midnight (1998) .... Mr. Caruthers # The Arrow (1997) (TV) .... George Hees ... aka Projet arrow (Canada: French title) # Babes in Toyland (1997) (voice) .... Barnaby Crookedman # We the Jury (1996) (TV) .... Wilfred Fransiscus # Skeletons (1996) .... R. Carlyle # The Conspiracy of Fear (1996) (TV) .... 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James Hatcher # Dreamscape (1984) .... Bob Blair # Ordeal by Innocence (1984) .... Leo Argyle # Prototype (1983) (TV) .... Dr. Carl Forrester # "The Thorn Birds" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese # The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV) .... Col. Herbert Kappler ... aka Scarlatto e nero (Italy) ... aka The Vatican Pimpernel # Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (TV) .... Reggie Vanderbilt # The Amateur (1981) .... Professor Lakos # Dial M for Murder movie download page (1981) (TV) .... Tony Wendice # Eyewitness (1981) .... Joseph ... aka The Janitor # When the Circus Came to Town (1981) (TV) .... Duke Royal # The Shadow Box (1980) (TV) .... Brian # Desperate Voyage (1980) (TV) .... Burrifous # Somewhere in Time (1980) .... William Fawcett Robinson # "Great Performances: Dance in America" ... aka Dance in America (USA: short title) - Martha Graham Dance Company: Clytemnestra (1979) TV Episode .... Host # Hanover Street (1979) .... Paul Sellinger # Riel (1979) (TV) .... Prime Minister John A. Macdonald # Murder by Decree (1979) .... Sherlock Holmes ... aka Sherlock Holmes and Saucy Jack (USA) ... aka Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Decree # Starcrash (1979) .... The Emperor ... aka Female Space Invaders ... aka Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione (Italy) ... aka Starcrash (International: English title) ... aka Stella Star ... aka The Adventures of Stella Star (USA) # The Silent Partner (1978) .... Harry Reikle ... aka Argent de la banque, L' (Canada: French title) # International Velvet (1978) .... John Seaton # Silver Blaze (1977) (TV) .... Sherlock Holmes # The Disappearance (1977) .... Deverell # Uppdraget (1977) .... Captain Behounek ... aka The Assignment (UK) (USA) # "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Herod Antipas ... aka Gesù di Nazareth (Italy) # "Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers" (1976) (mini) TV Series .... Roscoe Heyward ... aka The Moneychangers # Aces High (1976) .... Capt. 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