# List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Plummer

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Plummer.
Christopher Plummer is a Canadian actor known for his diverse roles on stage and screen. Plummer is one of the few actors to have received the Triple Crown of Acting, having won the Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award. Other awards Plummer has received include a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Plummer was just a Grammy Award away from achieving the EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), which is considered the "grand slam" of American show business.
Plummer won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for playing an elderly gay man in Mike Mills' comedy drama Beginners (2010), becoming the oldest person to win an acting award (a distinction he held until being supplanted by 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins in 2021). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Leo Tolstoy in the drama The Last Station (2009) and J. Paul Getty in the crime thriller All the Money in the World (2017), the later making him the oldest person to be nominated in an acting category at the age of 88.
For his work on the Broadway stage he won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Cyrano de Bergerac in the musical Cyrano (1974) and Best Actor in a Play for playing John Barrymore in the play Barrymore (1997). He was Tony-nominated for his performances in the plays J.B. (1959), Othello (1982), No Man's Land (1994), King Lear (2004), and Inherit the Wind (2007).
For his work on television he has also received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning twice for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1977) and Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for Madeline in 1994. He has also received a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album nomination for Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker in 1986.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2009 | Best Supporting Actor | The Last Station | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | All the Money in the World | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | All the Money in the World | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1959 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Little Moon of Alban | Nominated |
| 1966 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Hamlet at Elsinore | Nominated |
| 1977 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Won |
| 1983 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | The Thorn Birds | Nominated |
| 1994 | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Madeline | Won |
| 2005 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Our Fathers | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | American Tragedy | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | The Last Station | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | Beginners | Won |
| 2017 | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | All the Money in the World | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1986 | Best Album for Children | E.T.A. Hoffmann/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| 2005 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Our Fathers | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | The Last Station | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Beginners | Won |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1959 | Best Actor in a Play | J.B. | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Actor in a Musical | Cyrano | Won |
| 1982 | Best Actor in a Play | Othello | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Actor in a Play | No Man's Land | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Actor in a Play | Barrymore | Won |
| 2004 | Best Actor in a Play | King Lear | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Actor in a Play | Inherit the Wind | Nominated |

## Critics associations

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Won |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Hanoi International Film Festival | 2015 | Best Main Actor | Remember | Won |
| Hawaii Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | All the Money in the World | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Indiewire Critic's Poll | 2011 | Best Supporting Performance | Beginners | Won |
| Iowa Film Critics Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Beginners | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| National Board of Review | 2002 | Best Acting by an Ensemble | Nicholas Nickleby | Won |
| National Board of Review | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| North Carolina Film Critics Association | 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | All the Money in the World | Nominated |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Insider | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Utah Film Critics Association Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2015 | Best Actor in a Canadian Film | Remember | Nominated |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Nominated |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2014 | Best Screen Couple (shared with Shirley MacLaine) | Elsa & Fred | Nominated |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2015 | Best Lead Actor | Remember | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| ACTRA Award | 2011 | Outstanding Performance - Male | Beginners | Won |
| ACTRA Award | 2015 | Outstanding Performance - Male | Remember | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Annie Award | 1998 | Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Babes in Toyland | Nominated |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Award | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | The Last Station | Nominated |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Award | 2010 | Best Grownup Love Story (shared with Helen Mirren) | The Last Station | Nominated |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Award | 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | All the Money in the World | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Award | 2001 | Best Cast Ensemble | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Chlotrudis Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Dorian Awards | 2011 | Film Performance of the Year | Beginners | Nominated |
| DVD Exclusive Award | 2001 | Best Supporting Actor | Full Disclosure | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2013 | Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series | The Tempest | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2016 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Honoured |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2017 | Best Actor | Remember | Nominated |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series | Departure | Won |
| Genie Awards | 1978 | Best Actor | The Silent Partner | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 1980 | Best Actor | Murder by Decree | Won |
| Genie Awards | 1982 | Best Actor | The Amateur | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 1992 | Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role | Counterstrike | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 1993 | Best Supporting Actor | Impolite | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 1996 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series | Harrison Bergeron | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 2003 | Best Actor | Ararat | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 2004 | Best Supporting Actor | Blizzard | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 2009 | Best Actor | Emotional Arithmetic | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 2009 | Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series | Caesar and Cleopatra | Nominated |
| Genie Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series | The Summit | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Golden Schmoes Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Beginners | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2011 | Best Ensemble Performance | Beginners | Won |
| Hollywood Film Festival | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Beginners | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2009 | Best Supporting Male | The Last Station | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Male | Beginners | Won |
| Online Film & Television Association | 1999 | Best Supporting Male | The Insider | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2005 | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture or Miniseries | Our Fathers | Nominated |
| Online Film & Television Association | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won |
| Method Fest Award | 2007 | Best Ensemble Cast | Man in the Chair | Won |
| Palm Beach International Film Festival | 2007 | Best Lead Actor | Man in the Chair | Won |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2011 | Special Jury Prize for Artistic Merit | Beginners | Won |
| Satellite Award | 2000 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Insider | Nominated |
| Satellite Award | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Beginners | Nominated |

## Other theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Drama Desk Award | 1982 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Othello | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | 1994 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | No Man's Land | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Award | 1997 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Barrymore | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | 2004 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | King Lear | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Award | 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Inherit the Wind | Nominated |
| Outer Critics Circle Award | 1973 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Play | Won |
| Outer Critics Circle Award | 1997 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Barrymore | Won |
| Outer Critics Circle Award | 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Inherit the Wind | Nominated |
| Theatre World Awards | 1955 | Distinguished Performance | The Dark is Light Enough | Won |
| Theatre World Awards | 2014 | John Willis Award | John Willis Award | Won |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Notes | Result |
| Canada State Order | 1970 | Order of Canada | Honored |
| Canada's Walk of Fame | 1998 | Entertainment Star | Honored |
| National Board of Review | 2002 | Career Achievement Award | Honored |
| Method Fest Independent Film Festival | 2007 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
| Sarasota Film Festival | 2011 | Master of Cinema Award | Honored |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2012 | Maltin Modern Master Award | Honored |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2017 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |

## Canadian Honours

Canadian Honours System
| Description | Notes |
| Companion of the Order of Canada (C.C.) | Awarded on: December 20, 1968 Invested on: September 25, 1970 For his contribution to the performing arts at home and abroad. |
| Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal for Canada | 1977 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada. |
| 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal | 1993 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada. |
| Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for Canada | 2002 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada. Canadian version |
| Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Canada | 2012 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada. Canadian version |