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Until the 2009 Academy Awards were announced, it could be said about Christopher Plummer that he was the finest actor of the post-World War II period to fail to get an Academy Award. In that, he was following in the footsteps of the late great John Barrymore, whom Plummer so memorably portrayed on Broadway in a one-man show that brought him his second Tony Award... See full bio »

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2013 Elsa & Fred (post-production)
Fred
 
2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (completed)
John Marshall Harlan
 
2012 Kali, the Little Vampire (short) (voice: English version)
 
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Video Game)
Arngeir (voice)
 
2010/IV The Tempest
Prospero
 
2009 The Last Station
Tolstoy
 
2009/I 9
#1 (voice)
 
2009 My Dog Tulip
J.R. Ackerley (voice)
 
2009 Up (Video Game)
Charles Muntz (voice)
 
2009 Up
Charles Muntz (voice)
 
2008 The Summit (TV mini-series)
P.J. Aimes
Night Two (2008) … P.J. Aimes
Night One (2008) … P.J. Aimes
 
2007 Already Dead
Dr. Heller
 
2007 Man in the Chair
Flash Madden
 
2006 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
James Tyrone / Narrator
 
2005/II Heidi
Grandfather (voice)
 
2005 Four Minutes (TV movie)
Archie Mason
 
2005 Must Love Dogs
Bill
 
2005 Our Fathers (TV movie)
Cardinal Bernard Law
 
2003 Cold Creek Manor
Mr. Massie
 
2003 The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Odd Job Jack (TV series)
Magnus the Maker
Holyland … Magnus the Maker
 
2002 Agent of Influence (TV movie)
John Watkins
 
2002 Ararat
David
 
2002 Night Flight (TV movie)
'Flash' Harry Peters
 
2001 Lucky Break
Graham Mortimer
 
2001 Full Disclosure (video)
Robert Lecker
 
2001 On Golden Pond (TV movie)
Norman Thayer
 
2001 Leo's Journey (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2000 American Tragedy (TV movie)
F. Lee Bailey
 
2000 Possessed (TV movie)
Archbishop Hume
 
2000 The Dinosaur Hunter (TV movie)
Hump Hinton
 
2000 Nuremberg (TV mini-series)
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
 
1999 Madeline: Lost in Paris
Narrator (voice)
 
1999 Hidden Agenda
Ulrich Steiner
 
1999 The Clown at Midnight
Mr. Caruthers
 
1998 Winchell (TV movie)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
1998 The First Christmas
Narrator
 
1998 Blackheart
Holmes
 
1997 Skeletons (TV movie)
Reverend Carlyle
 
1997 The Arrow (TV movie)
George Hees
 
1996 We the Jury (TV movie)
Wilfred Fransiscus
 
1996 The Conspiracy of Fear (video)
Wakeman
 
1995 The New Adventures of Madeline (TV series)
Narrator
 
1995 Harrison Bergeron (TV movie)
John Klaxon
 
1994 Crackerjack
Ivan Getz
 
1994 Wolf
Raymond Alden
 
1993-1994 Madeline (TV series)
Narrator
Madeline and the Pirates (1994) … Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Easter Bonnet (1994) … Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the New House (1994) … Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Mean, Nasty, Horrible Hats (1994) … Narrator (voice)
Madeline and the Old Violin (1994) … Narrator (voice)
 
1993 A Stranger in the Mirror (TV movie)
Clifton Lawrence
 
1990-1993 Counterstrike (TV series)
Alexander Addington
Bad Guys (1993) … Alexander Addington
Muerte (1993) … Alexander Addington
 
1992 Malcolm X
Chaplain Gill
 
1992 Impolite
Naples O'Rorke (uncredited)
 
1992 Secrets (TV movie)
Mel Wexler
 
1992 The First Circle (TV movie)
Victor Abakumov
 
1992 Liar's Edge
Harry Weldon
 
1991 Berlin Lady (TV mini-series)
Wilhem Speer
 
1991 Madeline in London (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1991 Madeline and the Gypsies (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1991 Rock-A-Doodle
Grand Duke (voice)
 
1991 Money
Martin Yahl
 
1991 Madeline and the Bad Hat (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1991 Young Catherine (TV movie)
Sir Charles
 
1991 Firehead
Col. Garland Vaughn
 
1990 Madeline's Rescue (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1990 Madeline's Christmas (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1990 Red Blooded American Girl
Dr. John Alcore
 
1990 The Little Crooked Christmas Tree (TV short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Mindfield
Doctor Satorius
 
1989 Madeline (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Souvenir
Ernst Kestner
 
1989 Nabokov on Kafka (TV short)
Vladimir Nabokov
 
1989 Kingsgate
 
1988 Shadow Dancing
Edmund Beaumont
 
1988 Vampire in Venice
Professor Paris Catalano
 
1988 Gandahar
Metamorphis (voice: English version)
 
1987 A Hazard of Hearts (TV movie)
Sir Giles Staverley
 
1987 The Cosby Show (TV series)
Jonathan Lawrence
Shakespeare (1987) … Jonathan Lawrence
 
1987 Dragnet
Reverend Jonathan Whirley
 
1987 The Man Who Planted Trees (short)
Narrator (voice: English version)
 
1987 I Love N.Y.
John Robertson Yeats
 
1987 The Nightingale (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1987 The Gnomes' Great Adventure
Narrator
 
1986 An American Tail
Henri (voice)
 
1986 The Boss' Wife
Mr. Roalvang
 
1986 Spearfield's Daughter (TV mini-series)
Lord Jack Cruze
 
1986 Crossings (TV mini-series)
Armand DeVilliers
 
1986 The Boy in Blue
Knox
 
1986 The Tin Soldier (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1985 David the Gnome (TV series)
Narrator
 
1985 Rumpelstiltskin (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1985 The Velveteen Rabbit (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1984 Lily in Love
Fitzroy Wynn/Roberto Terranova
 
1983 Prototype (TV movie)
Dr. Carl Forrester
 
1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie)
Cyrano de Bergerac
 
1983 The Thorn Birds (TV mini-series)
Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Part 1 (1983) … Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese (credit only)
 
1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV movie)
Reggie Vanderbilt
 
1982 Highpoint
James Hatcher
 
1981 The Amateur
Professor Lakos
 
1981 Dial M for Murder (TV movie)
Tony Wendice
 
1981 Eyewitness
Joseph
 
1981 When the Circus Came to Town (TV movie)
Duke Royal
 
1980 Desperate Voyage (TV movie)
Burrifous
 
1980 The Shadow Box (TV movie)
Brian
 
1979 Hanover Street
Paul Sellinger
 
1978 Starcrash
The Emperor
 
1978 International Velvet
John Seaton
 
1977 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
Sherlock Holmes
Silver Blaze (1977) … Sherlock Holmes
 
1977 Silver Blaze (TV short)
Sherlock Holmes
 
1977 The Disappearance
Deverell
 
1977 The Assignment
Captain Behounek
 
1977 Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series)
Herod Antipas
Part 2 (1977) … Herod Antipas
Part 1 (1977) … Herod Antipas
 
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (TV mini-series)
Roscoe Heyward
 
1976 Aces High
Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
 
1975 Conduct Unbecoming
Maj. Alastair Wimbourne
 
1975 The Spiral Staircase
Dr. Joe Sherman
 
1974 After the Fall (TV movie)
Quentin
 
1974 The Happy Prince (short)
The Happy Prince (voice)
 
1974 Witness to Yesterday (TV series)
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
The Duke of Wellington (1974) … Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
 
1973 The Pyx
Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
 
1971 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Don Juan
Don Juan in Hell (1971) … Don Juan
 
1970/I Waterloo
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
 
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters!
Lord Foppington
 
1968 The Secret of Michelangelo (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1968 The High Commissioner
Sir James Quentin
 
1965 Inside Daisy Clover
Raymond Swan
 
1964 Hamlet at Elsinore (TV movie)
Hamlet
 
1961-1962 Playdate (TV series)
Host
 
1961 Time Remembered (TV movie)
Prince Albert
 
1957-1961 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
King Rudolf / Rudolf Rassendyll / Sir Miles Hendon
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
After Hours (1960)
 
1960 Captain Brassbound's Conversion (TV movie)
Captain Brassbound
 
1959 The Philadelphia Story (TV movie)
Mike Connor
 
1959 A Doll's House (TV movie)
Torvald Helmer
 
1958 Johnny Belinda (TV movie)
Dr. Jack Pelletier
 
1958 Wind Across the Everglades
Walt Murdock
 
1957-1958 Omnibus (TV series)
Oedipus / Thomas Mendip
Oedipus, the King (1957) … Oedipus
 
1958 Little Moon of Alban (TV movie)
Kenneth Boyd
 
1956 Eye on New York (TV series)
Lewis Rohnen
Night of the Auk (1956) … Lewis Rohnen
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Bruce Quealy
Even the Weariest River (1956) … Bruce Quealy
 
1956 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
A Thief There Was (1956)
 
1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Walter Shelley
A Letter from the Queen (1956) … Walter Shelley
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Christian de Neuvillette
 
1955 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Robert Carr
The King's Bounty (1955) … Robert Carr
 
1954 Ponds Theater (TV series)
 
1954 The Web (TV series)
Sheep's Clothing (1954)
 
1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Michael O'Leary
Dark Victory (1953) … Michael O'Leary
 
1953 Suspense (TV series)
 
1953 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
The Gathering Night (1953)
 
1953 Encounter (TV series)
Othello (1953)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
2001 Lucky Break (performer: "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" 1949)
 
1997 MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy (video short) (performer: "A Crooked Man")
 
1991 Rock-A-Doodle (performer: "We Hate the Sun", "Tweedle Te Dee", "The Owls' Picnic")
 
1986 An American Tail (performer: "Never Say Never")
 
1965 The Sound of Music (performer: "Edelweiss" 1959 - uncredited, "Something Good" 1965 - uncredited, "The Sound Of Music" - uncredited / "The Sound of Music" 1959 - uncredited, "So Long, Farewell" 1959 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2011 Barrymore (executive producer)
 
2010/IV The Tempest (executive producer)
 
2009 Caesar and Cleopatra (executive producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2013 Still Kicking (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2011 The Captains (documentary) (very special thanks)
 
2004 Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1994 The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (video documentary) (sincere appreciation)
 
Show ShowSelf (78 titles)
2012 Hollywood Renegade (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2013 Titans of the Ice Age (documentary)
Narrator
 
2013 Still Kicking (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The 66th Annual Tony Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2012 The 2012 Annual Actors Fund Gala Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 28 February 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2012 The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2012 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Red Carpet (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 15 December 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.12 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Captains (documentary)
Himself
 
2008-2011 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.82 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 3 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 12 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 20 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2011 The Marilyn Denis Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.7 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
Fade Out, Fade In (2010) … Narrator
Warriors & Peacemakers: 1941-1950 (2010) … Narrator (voice)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?: 1929-1941 (2010) … Narrator (voice)
The Dream Merchants: 1920-1928 (2010) … Narrator (voice)
 
2010 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 October 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Making a Scene (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2010 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2010 Des McAnuff: A Life in Stages (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Man in the Chair - Exclusive (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Hamlet (Solo) (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2007 The 61st Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter & Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
 
2006 Nuremberg - Les nazis face à leurs crimes (documentary)
Narrator
 
2002-2006 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Making 'The New World' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Ultimate Heist: Making 'Inside Man' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Baldwin Brothers (2006) … Himself
 
2005 My Favorite Things: Julie Andrews Remembers (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Miracle Planet (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Life Indestructible (2005) … Narrator (voice)
Snowball Earth (2005) … Narrator (voice)
New Frontiers (2005) … Narrator (voice)
Survival of the Fittest (2005) … Narrator (voice)
The Violent Past (2005) … Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Supporting Players: Cameo Portraits of an Unforgettable Ensemble (video documentary short)
Narrator
 
2004 The 58th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Play
 
2003 Nature (TV series documentary)
Narrator
Kalahari: The Flooded Desert (2003) … Narrator
Kalahari: The Great Thirstland (2003) … Narrator
 
2003 Madness of King Richard (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the Twentieth Century (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
Inside 'A Beautiful Mind' (2001) … Himself
 
2001 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Films of Michael Mann (2001) … Himself
 
1997-2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 December 2000 (2000) … Himself
Episode dated 21 January 2000 (2000) … Himself
Episode dated 18 November 1999 (1999) … Himself
Episode dated 21 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2000 Back to 'Somewhere in Time' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Celebrate the Century (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
1998 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The 51st Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Play
 
1997 Lost Over Burma: Search for Closure (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (video documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1990 The First Emperor of China (documentary short)
Narrator/Himself (voice)
 
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1986 National Geographic Specials (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
Jerusalem: Within These Walls (1986) … Himself - Narrator
 
1985 J.W. Morrice (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1983 Movie Blockbusters: The 15 Greatest Hits of All Time (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1981 Being Different (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1979 Arthur Miller on Home Ground (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
Himself - Host
Martha Graham Dance Company: Clytemnestra (1979) … Himself - Host
 
1979 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 Meeting the Challenge: International Velvet (documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1976 The 30th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 January 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 May 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1971 Impromptu Balear (documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Himself
A Bad Case of Shakespeare (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The Battle for The Battle of Britain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1967 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.17 (1967) … Himself
 
1965 Salzburg Sight and Sound (documentary short)
Himself
 
1964 Telescope (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Sound of Christopher Plummer (1964) … Himself
 
1963 A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer (documentary short)
Himself
 
1962 Trans-Canada Journey (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1960 The 14th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Mark Anthony
Episode #8.48 (1955) … Himself / Mark Anthony
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (TV documentary)
Captain von Trapp
 
2010 That Fellow in the Coat (TV series)
 
2006-2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Dean Whiting (uncredited)
 
1994 Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (TV documentary)
Hamlet (uncredited)
 

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Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[of Franchot Tone, who starred onstage with him in "The Petrified Forest"] His sense of humor, as one might guess, was seemingly self-deprecating, drawn always from this inexplicable inner torment. These vulnerable qualities were to make his Chekovian performances (Uncle Vanya and A Moon for the Misbegotten), both of whom I later saw, so memorable - a rare combination of lightness and poignancy... See more »

Trivia:

Has won two Tony Awards: in 1974, as Best Actor (Musical), playing the title role in "Cyrano", and in 1997, as Best Actor (Play), playing the title role of John Barrymore in "Barrymore". He has also been nominated for the Tony four other times: as Best Actor (Dramatic), in 1959 for "J.B.", and as Best Actor (Play)... See more »

Trademark:

Rich smooth voice See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius