Christopher Plummer

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
1927 -
Canadian born Toronto, Ontario

Height 6' (1.83 m) . 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 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, 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. Spouse Elaine Taylor (1970 - present), Patricia Lewis (4 May 1962 - 1967) (divorced), Tammy Grimes (19 August 1956 - 1960) (divorced) 1 child.

The Koi Keeper (2007) , My Dog Tulip (2008) , Emotional Arithmetic (2007) , Closing the Ring (2007) , Man in the Chair (2007) , The Lake House (2006) , Inside Man (2006) , The New World (2005) , Syriana (2005) , Four Minutes (2005) , Must Love Dogs (2005) , Our Fathers (2005) , Tma (2005) , Alexander (2004) , National Treasure (2004) , Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) , Cold Creek Manor (2003) , The Visual Bible: Gospel of John (2003) , Blizzard (2003) , "Odd Job Jack" (????) , Nicholas Nickleby (2002) , Agent of Influence (2002) , Ararat (2002) , Night Flight (2002) , A Beautiful Mind (2001) , Lucky Break (2001) , On Golden Pond (2001) , Leo's Journey (2001) , Full Disclosure (2001) , Dracula 2000 (2000) , American Tragedy (2000) , Possessed (2000) , The Dinosaur Hunter (2000) , Nuremberg (2000) , Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000) , The Insider (1999) , Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999) , Winchell (1998) , Hidden Agenda (1998) , The Clown at Midnight (1998) , Blackheart (1998) , The First Christmas (1998) , The Arrow (1997) , Babes in Toyland (1997) , We the Jury (1996) , Skeletons (1996) , The Conspiracy of Fear (1996) , Twelve Monkeys (1995) , Harrison Bergeron (1995) , Dolores Claiborne (1995) , Wolf (1994) , Crackerjack (1994) , A Stranger in the Mirror (1993) , "Madeline" (1993) , "Counterstrike" (1993) , The Little Crooked Christmas Tree (1993) , Malcolm X (1992) , Impolite (1992) , Secrets (1992) , Liar's Edge (1992) , "Berlin Lady" (1991) , Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) , A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz (1991) , Money (1991/I) , Young Catherine (1991) , Firehead (1991) , The First Circle (1991) , A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990) , Where the Heart Is (1990) , Red Blooded American Girl (1990) , Souvenir (1989) , Kingsgate (1989) , Nabokov on Kafka (1989) , Mindfield (1989) , Nosferatu a Venezia (1988) , Gandahar (1988) , Shadow Dancing (1988) , A Hazard of Hearts (1987) , "The Cosby Show" (1987) , Dragnet (1987) , I Love N.Y. (1987) , Homme qui plantait des arbres, L' (1987) , An American Tail (1986) , The Boss' Wife (1986) , "Crossings" (1986) ,
The Boy in Blue (1986) , "Spearfield's Daughter" (1986) , "David el gnomo" (1985) , The Velveteen Rabbit (1985) , Rumpelstiltskin (1985) , Lily in Love (1984) , Dreamscape (1984) , Ordeal by Innocence (1984) , Prototype (1983) , "The Thorn Birds" (1983) , The Scarlet and the Black (1983) , Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982), Highpoint (1982) , The Amateur (1981) , Dial M for Murder (1981) , Eyewitness (1981) , When the Circus Came to Town (1981) , The Shadow Box (1980) , Desperate Voyage (1980) , Somewhere in Time (1980) , Hanover Street (1979) , Riel (1979) , Murder by Decree (1979) , Starcrash (1979) , The Silent Partner (1978) , International Velvet (1978) , Silver Blaze (1977) , The Disappearance (1977) , Uppdraget (1977) , "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) , "Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers" (1976) , Aces High (1976) , The Man Who Would Be King (1975) , Conduct Unbecoming (1975) , The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) , The Spiral Staircase (1975) , Sarajevski atentat (1975) , After the Fall (1974) , The Happy Prince (1974) , The Pyx (1973) , "Play of the Month" (1971) , Waterloo (1970/I) , The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) , Battle of Britain (1969) , Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) , The Secret of Michelangelo (1968) , Nobody Runs Forever (1968) , Oedipus the King (1967) , The Night of the Generals (1967) , Triple Cross (1966) , Inside Daisy Clover (1965) , The Sound of Music (1965) , Hamlet (1964/I) , The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1958) , Cyrano de Bergerac (1962) , "Playdate" (1961) , "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1957) , The Philadelphia Story (1959) , A Doll's House (1959) , Wind Across the Everglades (1958) , Stage Struck (1958) , "The Alcoa Hour" (1956) , "Appointment with Adventure" (1956) , "General Electric Theater" (1956) , "Producers' Showcase" (1955) ,"Kraft Television Theatre" (1955) , "Kraft Television Theatre" (1954) , "The Web" (1954) , "Broadway Television Theatre" (1953) , "Suspense" (1953) , "Studio One" (1953)