Christopher Plummer on screen and stage

Christopher Plummer (1929–2021) was a Canadian actor. Plummer won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Mike Mills' movie _Beginners_ (2010).

### Movies

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1958|_Stage Struck_|Joe Sheridan|||
|_Wind Across the Everglades_|Walt Murdock|||||
|1964|_The Fall of the Roman Empire_|Commodus||||
|rowspan="2"|1965|_The Sound of Music_|Captain Georg von Trapp|||
|_Inside Daisy Clover_|Raymond Swan|||||
|1966|_Triple Cross_|Eddie Chapman||||
|rowspan="2"|1967|_The Night of the Generals_|Field Marshal Erwin Rommel|||
|_Oedipus the King_|Oedipus|||||
|1968|_Nobody Runs Forever_|Sir James Quentin||||
|rowspan="3"|1969|_Battle of Britain_|Squadron Leader Colin Harvey|||
|_The Royal Hunt of the Sun_|Atahualpa|||||
|_Lock Up Your Daughters!_|Lord Foppington|||||
|1970|_Waterloo_|Arthur Wellesley||||
|1973|_The Pyx_|Det. Sgt. Jim Henderson||||
|1974|_The Happy Prince_|The Happy Prince|Short film|||
|rowspan="5"|1975|_The Spiral Staircase_|Dr. Joe Sherman|||
|_The Return of the Pink Panther_|Sir Charles Litton|||||
|_Conduct Unbecoming_|Major Alastair Wimbourne|||||
|_The Man Who Would Be King_|Rudyard Kipling|||||
|_The Day That Shook the World_|Archduke Ferdinand of Austria|||||
|1976|_Aces High_|Captain 'Uncle' Sinclair||||
|rowspan="2"|1977|_The Assignment_|Captain Behounek|||
|_The Disappearance_|Deverell|||||
|rowspan="2"|1978|_The Silent Partner_|Harry Reikle|||
|_International Velvet_|John Seaton|||||
|rowspan="3"|1979|_Starcrash_|The Emperor|||
|_Murder by Decree_|Sherlock Holmes|||||
|_Hanover Street_|Paul Sellinger|||||
|1980|_Somewhere in Time_|William Fawcett Robinson||||
|rowspan="2"|1981|_Eyewitness_|Joseph|||
|__|Professor Lakos|||||
|rowspan="4"|1984|_Lily in Love_|Fitzroy Wynn Roberto Terranova|||
|_Dreamscape_|Bob Blair|||||
|_Highpoint_|James Hatcher|||||
|_Ordeal by Innocence_|Leo Argyle|||||
|rowspan="5"|1986|_The Boy in Blue_|Knox|||
|_The Boss' Wife_|Mr. Roalvang|||||
|_An American Tail_|Henri|Voice; Animated film||||
|_The Tin Soldier_|Narrator|Voice; Animated film||||
|_Vampire in Venice_|Prof. Paris Catalano|||||
|rowspan="4"|1987|_Dragnet_|Rev. Jonathan Whirley|||
|_I Love N.Y._|John Robertson Yeats|||||
|_The Man Who Planted Trees_|Narrator|Voice; Animated film||||
|_The Gnomes' Great Adventure_|Narrator|Voice; Animated film||||
|rowspan="3"|1988|_Light Years_|Metamorphis|||
|_Shadow Dancing_|Edmund Beaumont|||||
|_The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind_|Narrator|Voice; Documentary||||
|rowspan="2"|1989|_Souvenir_|Ernst Kestner|||
|_Mindfield_|Doctor Satorius|||||
|rowspan="3"|1990|_Where the Heart Is_|Jerry|||
|_Red Blooded American Girl_|Dr. John Alcore|||||
|_Money_|Martin Yahl|||||
|rowspan="4"|1991|_Firehead_|Colonel Garland Vaughn|||
|_Rock-a-Doodle_|The Grand Duke of Owls|Voice; Animated film||||
|_Dragon and Slippers_|Pelican|Voice; Animated film||||
|_Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_|General Chang|||||
|rowspan="3"|1992|_Liar's Edge_|Harry Weldon|||
|_Impolite_|Naples O'Rorke|||||
|_Malcolm X_|Chaplain Gill|||||
|rowspan="2"|1994|_Wolf_|Raymond Alden|||
|_Crackerjack_|Ivan Getz|||||
|rowspan="2"|1995|_Dolores Claiborne_|Det. John Mackey|||
|_12 Monkeys_|Dr. Goines|||||
|1996|_The Conspiracy of Fear_|Joseph Wakeman||||
|1997|_Babes in Toyland_|Barnaby Crookedman|Voice; Animated film|||
|rowspan="4"|1998|_Hidden Agenda_|Ulrich Steiner|||
|_The First Christmas_|Narrator|Voice;||||
|_Blackheart_|Holmes|||||
|_The Clown at Midnight_|Mr. Caruthers|||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_Madeline: Lost in Paris_|Narrator|Voice; Animated film||
|_The Insider_|Mike Wallace|||||
|2000|_Dracula 2000_|Abraham Van Helsing||||
|rowspan="3"|2001|_Lucky Break_|Graham Mortimer|||
|_A Beautiful Mind_|Dr. Rosen|||||
|_Full Disclosure_|Robert Lecker|||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Ararat_|David|||
|_Nicholas Nickleby_|Ralph Nickleby|||||
|rowspan="3"|2003|_The Gospel of John_|Narrator|Voice||
|_Blizzard_|Santa Claus|||||
|_Cold Creek Manor_|Mr. Massie|||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_National Treasure_|John Adams Gates|||
|_Alexander_|Aristotle|||||
|rowspan="3"|2005|_Must Love Dogs_|Bill Nolan|||
|_Syriana_|Dean Whiting|||||
|_The New World_|Captain Christopher Newport|||||
|rowspan="2"|2006|_Inside Man_|Arthur Case|||
|_The Lake House_|Simon Wyler|||||
|rowspan="4"|2007|_Man in the Chair_|Flash Madden|||
|_Closing the Ring_|Jack Etty|||||
|_Emotional Arithmetic_|David Winters|||||
|_Already Dead_|Dr. Heller|||||
|rowspan="6"|2009|_Caesar and Cleopatra_|Julius Caesar|Also executive producer||
|_Up_|Charles Muntz|Voice; Animated film||||
|_My Dog Tulip_|J.R. Ackerley|Voice; Animated film||||
|_The Last Station_|Leo Tolstoy|||||
|_9_|1|Voice; Animated film||||
|_The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus_|Doctor Parnassus|||||
|2010|_Beginners_|Hal Fields||||
|rowspan="3"|2011|_Priest_|Monsignor Orelas|||
|_Barrymore_|John Barrymore|||||
|_The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_|Henrik Vanger|||||
|2013|_The Legend of Sarila_|Croolik|Voice; Animated film|||
|rowspan="3"|2014|_Elsa & Fred_|Fred Barcroft|||
|_Hector and the Search for Happiness_|Professor Coreman|||||
|_The Forger_|Joseph Cutter|||||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_Danny Collins_|Frank Grubman|||
|_Pixies_|Pixie King|Voice; Animated movie||||
|_Remember_|Zev Guttman/Otto Wallisch|||||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_The Exception_|Kaiser Wilhelm|||
|_Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom_|Dr. West|Voice; Animated film||||
|rowspan="5"|2017|_Elegy_|Narrator|Voice; Short film||
|_The Man Who Invented Christmas_|Ebenezer Scrooge|||||
|_The Star_|King Herod|Voice; Animated film||||
|_All the Money in the World_|J. Paul Getty|||||
|_Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom_|Dr. West / The Pixie King|Voice; Animated film||||
|rowspan="2"|2018|_Boundaries_|Jack Jaconi|||
|_Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness_|Dr. Jeffrey West|Voice; Animated film||||
|rowspan="3"|2019|_Cliffs of Freedom_|Thanasi|||
|_Knives Out_|Harlan Thrombey|||||
|_The Last Full Measure_|Frank Pitsenbarger|||||
|2021|_Heroes of the Golden Masks_|Rizzo|Voice; Animated film Posthumous release Post film role|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|Ref.|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1953|_Broadway Television Theatre_|Michael O'Leary|Episode: "Dark Victory"||||
|rowspan="2"|1955|_Kraft Television Theatre_|Robert Carr|Episode: "The King's Bounty"|||
|_Producers' Showcase_|Christian de Neuvillette|Episode: "Cyrano de Bergerac"|||||
|rowspan="2"|1956|_General Electric Theater_|Walter Shelley|Episode: "A Letter from the Queen"|||
|_The Alcoa Hour_|Bruce Quealy|Episode: "Even the Weariest River"|||||
|1957–58|_Omnibus_|Thomas Mendip/Oedipus|rowspan="2"|2 episodes|||
|1957–61|_DuPont Show of the Month_|Various Roles|||||
|1958|_Little Moon of Alban_|Kenneth Boyd|rowspan="4"|Television movie|||
|rowspan="3"|1959|_Johnny Belinda_|Dr. Jack Pelletier||||
|_A Doll's House_|Torvald Helmer||||||
|_The Philadelphia Story_|Mike Connor||||||
|rowspan="2"|1960|_NBC Sunday Showcase_|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.|2 episodes|||
|_Captain Brassbound's Conversion_|Captain Brassbound|Television movie|||||
|rowspan="2"|1961|_Playdate_|Himself|13 episodes|||
|_Time Remembered_|Prince Albert|rowspan="3"|Television movie||||
|1962|_Cyrano de Bergerac_|Cyrano de Bergerac|||||
|1964|_Hamlet at Elsinore_|Hamlet|||||
|1968|_The Secret of Michelangelo_|Narrator (voice)|TV documentary||||
|1971|_Don Juan in Hell_|Don Juan|Television movie||||
|rowspan="2"|1974|_Witness to Yesterday_|Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington|Episode: "The Duke of Wellington"|||
|_After the Fall_|Quentin|Television movie|||||
|1976|_The Moneychangers_|Roscoe Heyward|TV miniseries, 4 episodes||||
|rowspan="2"|1977|_Silver Blaze_|Sherlock Holmes|Television movie|||
|_Jesus of Nazareth_|Herod Antipas|TV miniseries, 2 episodes|||||
|1979|_Riel_|Sir John A. Macdonald|rowspan="5"|Television movie|||
|rowspan="2"|1980|_Desperate Voyage_|Burrifous||||
|_The Shadow Box_|Brian||||||
|1981|_When the Circus Came to Town_|Duke Royal|||||
|1981|_Dial M for Murder_|Mark Halliday|||||
|1982|_Little Gloria... Happy at Last_|Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt|TV miniseries, 2 episodes||||
|rowspan="3"|1983|_The Scarlet and the Black_|Colonel Herbert Kappler|Television movie|||
|_The Thorn Birds_|Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese|TV miniseries, 3 episodes|||||
|_Prototype_|Dr. Carl Forrester|Television movie|||||
|rowspan="2"|1985|_Rumpelstiltskin_|Narrator (voice)|Voice; Television movie|||
|_The Velveteen Rabbit_|Narrator (voice)|Voice; Television movie|||||
|rowspan="2"|1986|_Crossings_|Armand DeVilliers|TV miniseries, 3 episodes|||
|_Spearfield's Daughter_|Lord Jack Cruze|rowspan="2"|Television movie||||
|rowspan="3"|1987|_A Hazard of Hearts_|Sir Giles Staverley||||
|_The Cosby Show_|Jonathan Lawrence|Episode: "Shakespeare"|||||
|_The World of David the Gnome_|Narrator|Voice; English version|||||
|1988–91|_Madeline_|Narrator|Voice; 6 episodes||||
|1989|_Nabokov on Kafka_|Vladimir Nabokov|Television short||||
|1990|_A Ghost in Monte Carlo_|The Grand Duke Ivan|Television movie||||
|1990–93|_Counterstrike_|Alexander Addington|65 episodes||||
|rowspan="4"|1991|_Young Catherine_|Sir Charles Williams|TV miniseries, 3 episodes|||
|_A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz_|Alfred Stieglitz|Television movie|||||
|_Berlin Lady_|Wilhem Speer|6 episodes|||||
|_The First Circle_|Victor Abakumov|rowspan="3"|Television movie||||
|1992|_Secrets_|Mel Wexler|||||
|1993|_A Stranger in the Mirror_|Clifton Lawrence|||||
|1993–95|_Madeline_|Narrator (voice)|33 episodes||||
|1995|_Harrison Bergeron_|John Klaxon|TV movie||||
|rowspan="2"|1996|_We the Jury_|Wilfred Fransiscus|rowspan="2"|Television movie||
|_Skeletons_|Reverend Carlyle||||||
|1997|_The Arrow_|George Hees|TV miniseries, 2 episodes||||
|1998|_Winchell_|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Television movie||||
|rowspan="4"|2000|_Nuremberg_|Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe|TV miniseries, 2 episodes|||
|_The Dinosaur Hunter_|Hump Hinton|rowspan="2"|Television movie||||
|_Possessed_|Archbishop Hume||||||
|_American Tragedy_|F. Lee Bailey|2 episodes|||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Leo's Journey_|Narrator (voice)|rowspan="4"|Television movie||
|_On Golden Pond_|Norman Thayer||||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Night Flight_|'Flash' Harry Peters||||
|_Agent of Influence_|John Watkins||||||
|2003|_Odd Job Jack_|Magnus the Maker|Episode: "Holyland"||||
|rowspan="2"|2005|_Our Fathers_|Cardinal Bernard Law|Television movie|||
|_Miracle Planet_|Narrator (voice)|6 episodes|||||
|2006|_American Experience_|Narrator/James Tyrone|Episode: "Eugene O'Neill"||||
|2008|_The Summit_|P.J. Aimes|2 episodes||||
|2013|_Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight_|John Marshall Harlan II|Television movie, HBO||||
|2019|_Departure_|Howard Larson|6 episodes||||
|2020|_Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time_|Himself - Video Clue Presenter|1 episode||||

### Theatre

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1954|_The Starcross Story_|George Phillips|Royale Theatre, Broadway||
|1954|_Home is the Hero_|Manchester Monagham|Booth Theatre, Broadway||
|1955|_The Dark is Light Enough_|Count Peter Zichy|ANTA Theatre, Broadway||
|1955|_The Lark_|Warwick|Longacre Theatre, Broadway||
|1956|_Night of the Auk_|Lewis Roheman|Playhouse Theatre, Broadway||
|1958|_J.B._|Nickles|ANTA Playhouse, Broadway||
|1963|_The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui_|Arturo Ui|Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway||
|1965|_The Royal Hunt of the Sun_|Francisco Pizarro|ANTA Theatre, Broadway||
|1971|_Amphitryon 38_|Jean Giraudoux|National Theatre, London Directed by Laurence Olivier||
|1973|_The Good Doctor_|Performer|Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway||
|1974|_Cyrano_|Cyrano de Bergerac|Palace Theatre, Broadway||
|1978|_Drinks Before Dinner_|Edgar|The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway||
|1982|_Othello_|Iago|Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway||
|1988|_Macbeth_|Macbeth|Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway||
|1994|_No Man's Land_|Spooner|Roundabout Theater Company, Broadway||
|1997|_Barrymore_|John Barrymore|Music Box Theatre, Broadway||
|2004|_King Lear_|King Lear|Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway||
|2007|_Inherit the Wind_|Henry Drummond|Lyceum Theatre, Broadway||

### Video games

|Year|Title|Voice role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_Star Trek: Klingon Academy_|General Chang||
|2009|_Up_|Charles Muntz (voice)||
|2011|_The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim_|Arngeir (voice)||
|2012|_Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure_|Charles Muntz (voice)||