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Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Highest Rated: 98% Up (2009)

Lowest Rated: 9% The Forger (2014)

Birthday: Dec 13, 1929

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Arguably the greatest survivor of the two-fisted drinkers' school of acting that included the likes of Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney, classically-trained actor Christopher Plummer established himself on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the finest stage performers of his generation, particularly in Shakespearean roles. After headlining for three of the world's most noted theater companies, Plummer starred in a host of movies; most memorably playing Baron Georg Von Trapp in the smash hit musical "The Sound of Music" (1965). Though he remained prolific both on stage and onscreen, earning awards in several mediums, Plummer languished for the next few decades in mostly mediocre projects that were beneath his skill set. But in 1997, he delivered a Tony Award-winning performance as the besotted actor John Barrymore in "Barrymore" that earned him the considerable attention that had previously eluded him. From that point on, he became a much in-demand character actor, playing "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace in "The Insider" (1999), Captain Christopher Newport in "The New World" (2005), and a managing partner of a power law firm in the excellent political thriller, "Syriana" (2005). While he occasionally returned to the stage, as he did with a sterling Broadway performance as the titular "King Lear" (2004), Plummer enjoyed his late-life success on the big screen - including a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Beginners" (2011) - after his long struggle to achieve it.

Highest rated movies

97% 92% Knives Out
97% 90% The Man Who Would Be King
96% 90% The Insider
93% 69% The Fall of the Roman Empire
88% 88% 12 Monkeys 86% 86% The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
86% 77% Beginners
86% 85% Inside Man

Filmography

Movies

Credit
14% 97% Heroes of the Golden Masks Rizzo (Voice) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heroes of the Golden Masks Rizzo (Voice) - 2023
92% 62% Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Self - 2021
61% 96% The Last Full Measure Frank Pitsenbarger (Character) $2.9M 2019
97% 92% Knives Out Harlan Thrombrey (Character) $165.4M 2019
No Score Yet 67% Cliffs of Freedom Thanasi (Character) $71.6K 2019
No Score Yet 80% The Tempest Prospero (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2019
No Score Yet 78% Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness Dr. West (Voice) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Catskill Park Production Design - 2018
49% 56% Boundaries Jack Jaconi (Character) $698.4K 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Limites Unknown (Character) - 2018
79% 66% All the Money in the World J. Paul Getty (Character) $24.8M 2017
No Score Yet 91% Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom Dr. West (Voice) - 2017
79% 78% The Man Who Invented Christmas Ebenezer Scrooge (Character) $5.7M 2017
44% 70% The Star Herod (Voice) $40.4M 2017
No Score Yet 20% Money Martin Yahl (Character) - 2017
75% 67% The Exception Kaiser Wilhelm II (Character) $708.0K 2016
No Score Yet 67% Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Dr. West (Voice) - 2016
69% 79% Remember Zev Gutman (Character) $1.2M 2015
No Score Yet 64% Pixies Pixie King (Voice) - 2015
78% 73% Danny Collins Frank Grubman (Character) $5.5M 2015
No Score Yet 11% Shockwave Darkside Production Design - 2014
9% 34% The Forger Joseph Cutter (Character) - 2014
33% 51% Elsa & Fred Fred (Character) - 2014
38% 61% Hector and the Search for Happiness Professor Coreman (Character) $1.1M 2014
38% 69% Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight John Marshall Harlan (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 28% The Legend of Sarila Croolik (Voice) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Killing Business Production Design - 2012
73% 67% Barrymore Barrymore (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2011
15% 46% Priest Monsignor Orelas (Character) $29.1M 2011
86% 86% The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Henrik Vanger (Character) $102.5M 2011
86% 77% Beginners Hal (Character) $5.8M 2010
90% 69% My Dog Tulip J.R. Ackerley (Voice) $246.6K 2009
64% 60% The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Dr. Parnassus (Character) $7.7M 2009
71% 67% The Last Station Tolstoy (Character) $6.6M 2009
57% 56% 9 1 (Voice) $31.7M 2009
98% 90% Up Charles Muntz (Voice) - 2009
49% 68% Man in the Chair Flash Madden (Character) - 2007
32% 59% Closing the Ring Jack (Character) - 2007
22% 49% Emotional Arithmetic David Winters (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 21% Already Dead Dr. Heller (Character) - 2007
86% 85% Inside Man Arthur Case (Character) $88.5M 2006
35% 73% The Lake House Louis Burnham (Character) $52.3M 2006
No Score Yet 68% Our Fathers Cardinal Bernard Law (Character) - 2005
37% 50% Must Love Dogs Bill (Character) $43.9M 2005
63% 58% The New World Captain Christopher Newport (Character) $12.7M 2005
No Score Yet 73% Four Minutes Archie Mason (Character) - 2005
16% 35% Alexander Aristotle (Character) $34.3M 2004
46% 76% National Treasure John Adams Gates (Character) $173.0M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Agent of Influence John Watkins (Character) - 2003
67% 52% Blizzard Santa Claus (Character) - 2003
37% 89% The Gospel of John Narrator - 2003
12% 23% Cold Creek Manor Mr. Massie (Character) $21.4M 2003
78% 75% Nicholas Nickleby Ralph Nickleby (Character) $1.3M 2002
55% 71% Ararat David (Character) $1.6M 2002
47% 48% Lucky Break Graham Mortimer (Character) $54.6K 2001
74% 93% A Beautiful Mind Dr. Rosen (Character) $170.7M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Flight "Flash" Harry Peters (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 14% Full Disclosure Robert Lecker (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 40% Possessed Archbishop Hume (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 67% The Dinosaur Hunter Hump Hinton (Character) - 2000
17% 39% Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 Abraham Van Helsing (Character) $33.0M 2000
No Score Yet 72% Nuremberg Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 38% Woman Wanted Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 70% Madeline: Lost in Paris Narrator - 1999
96% 90% The Insider Mike Wallace (Character) $29.0M 1999
No Score Yet 39% The Clown at Midnight Mr. Caruthers (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Agenda Ulrich Steiner (Character) - 1998
83% 71% Winchell Franklin D. Roosevelt (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blackheart Holmes (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 42% Babes in Toyland Barnaby Crookedman (Voice) - 1997
No Score Yet 45% Skeletons Reverend Carlyle (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Conspiracy of Fear Wakeman (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet We the Jury Wilfred Fransiscus (Character) - 1996
85% 82% Dolores Claiborne Det. John Mackey (Character) $22.8M 1995
88% 88% 12 Monkeys Dr. Leland Goines (Character) $57.1M 1995
No Score Yet 82% Harrison Bergeron John Klaxon (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 30% Crackerjack Ivan Getz (Character) - 1994
62% 43% Wolf Raymond Alden (Character) $65.0M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Stranger in the Mirror Clifton Lawrence (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 58% Secrets Mel Wexler (Character) - 1992
20% 55% Rock-A-Doodle Grand Duke (Voice) $11.6M 1991
83% 84% Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country General Chang (Character) $71.7M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Circle Victor Abakumov (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 0% Liar's Edge Harry Weldon (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Emperor of China Narrator - 1990
No Score Yet 8% Red Blooded American Girl Dr. John Alcore (Character) - 1990
9% 57% Where the Heart Is Shitty (Character) $1.0M 1990
No Score Yet 7% Firehead Col. Garland Vaughn (Character) $71.1K 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Ghost in Monte Carlo The Grand Duke Ivan (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 60% Mindfield Doctor Satorius (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 93% The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind Narrator - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kingsgate Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Emperor of China Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 24% Vampire in Venice Professor Paris Catalano (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Souvenir Ernst Kestner (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Dancing Edmund Beaumont (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Love N.Y. John Robertson Yeats (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 60% A Hazard of Hearts Sir Giles Staverley (Character) - 1987
50% 41% Dragnet Reverend Jonathan Whirley (Character) $56.0M 1987
No Score Yet 93% The Man Who Planted Trees Narrator - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gnomes' Great Adventure Narrator - 1987
No Score Yet 36% The Boss' Wife Mr. Roalvang (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 43% The Boy in Blue Knox (Character) $235.9K 1986
77% 71% An American Tail Henri (Voice) $44.9M 1986
79% 11% Lily in Love Fitzroy Wynn/Roberto Terranova (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet J.W. Morrice Narrator - 1985
79% 46% Dreamscape Bob Blair (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 27% Ordeal by Innocence Leo Argyle (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 87% The Scarlet and the Black Col. Herbert Kappler (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 38% Prototype Dr. Carl Forrester (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 64% The Amateur Professor Lakos (Character) - 1982
75% 41% Eyewitness Joseph (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 79% Dial M for Murder Tony Wendice (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet When the Circus Comes to Town Duke Royal (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 33% Being Different Narrator - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Highpoint James Hatcher (Character) - 1980
52% 88% Somewhere in Time William Fawcett Robinson (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riel Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shadow Box Brian (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desperate Voyage Burrifous (Character) - 1980
33% 36% Starcrash The Emperor (Character) - 1979
86% 64% Murder by Decree Sherlock Holmes (Character) - 1979
70% 40% Hanover Street Paul Sellinger (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 71% International Velvet John Seaton (Character) - 1978
78% 83% The Silent Partner Harry Reikle (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Assignment Captain Behounek (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 23% The Disappearance Deverell (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 96% Jesus of Nazareth Herod Antipas (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 66% Aces High Capt. "Uncle" Sinclair (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moneychangers Roscoe Heyward (Character) - 1976
63% 35% Conduct Unbecoming Maj. Alastair Wimbourne (Character) - 1975
97% 90% The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling (Character) - 1975
86% 82% The Return of the Pink Panther Sir Charles Litton (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Day That Shook the World Archduke Ferdinand (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 27% The Spiral Staircase Dr. Joe Sherman (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 35% The Pyx Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson (Character) - 1973
30% 83% Waterloo Arthur Wellesley (Character) - 1970
50% 50% The Royal Hunt of the Sun Atahualpa (Character) - 1969
67% 79% Battle of Britain Squadron Leader Colin Harvey (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lock Up Your Daughters! Lord Foppington (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oedipus the King Oedipus (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 50% Nobody Runs Forever Sir James Quentin (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 35% Triple Cross Eddie Chapman (Character) - 1967
43% 71% The Night of the Generals Field Marshal Rommel (Character) - 1967
29% 51% Inside Daisy Clover Raymond Swan (Character) - 1965
83% 91% The Sound of Music Captain von Trapp (Character) $109.0K 1965
93% 69% The Fall of the Roman Empire Commodus (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Doll's House Torvald Helmer (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 56% Wind Across the Everglades Walt Murdock (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Moon of Alban Kenneth Boyd (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 56% Stage Struck Joe Sheridan (Character) - 1957

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 46% Departure Howard Lawson (Character) 2019-2021 2023
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shakespeare Uncovered Host 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Unknown (Character) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nuremberg Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe (Character) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Madeline Narrator 1993-1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Counterstrike Unknown (Character) 1990-1993
No Score Yet 69% The Cosby Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danielle Steel's Crossings Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thorn Birds Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Alcoa Hour Bruce Quealy (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Suspense Unknown (Character) 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Character) 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jesus of Nazareth Herod Antipas (Character)