Christopher Plummer

Career timeline

1. 1929 · Born

   Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   Studio One (TV)

3. 2001 · Breakthrough

   A Beautiful Mind (Movie)

4. 2020 · Latest release

   The Last Full Measure (Movie)

5. 2021 · Died

   February 5, 2021

Career in numbers

1 1940s

4 1950s

7 1960s

10 1970s

13 1980s

10 1990s

18 2000s

14 2010s

1 2020s

• Drama50
• Comedy17
• Thriller15
• Romance14
• Adventure11
• Crime11

Highest-rated title Up 2009 8.0 Most popular title Up 2009 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Christopher Plummer in our catalogue.

Sidney Lumet

3 titles together

Daniel Craig

3 titles together

Herbert Wise

3 titles together

Wayne Robson

2 titles together

Paul Bettany

2 titles together

Dean Norris

2 titles together

Martin Landau

2 titles together

Goran Višnjić

2 titles together

Jennifer Connelly

2 titles together

Christopher Hampton

2 titles together

1. 2020 The Last Full Measure as Frank Pitsenbarger 7.3 Movie
2. 2019 Knives Out as Harlan Thrombey 7.8 Movie
3. 2019 Departure as Howard Lawson 6.5 TV
4. 2017 All the Money in the World as Jean Paul Getty 6.5 Movie
5. 2017 The Star as King Herod (voice) 6.5 Movie
6. 2017 The Man Who Invented Christmas as Scrooge 6.9 Movie
7. 2017 The Exception as Kaiser Wilhelm II 6.9 Movie
8. 2015 Remember as Zev Guttman 7.4 Movie
9. 2015 Danny Collins as Frank Grubman 6.7 Movie
10. 2014 The Forger as Joseph Cutter 5.8 Movie
11. 2014 Hector and the Search for Happiness as Professor Coreman 6.7 Movie
12. 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) 7.5 Movie
13. 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger 7.4 Movie
14. 2011 Beginners as Hal Fields 6.8 Movie
15. 2011 Priest as Monsignor Orelas 5.9 Movie
16. 2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus 6.4 Movie
17. 2009 The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy 6.4 Movie
18. 2009 9 as #1 (voice) 7.0 Movie
19. 2009 Up as Charles Muntz (voice) 8.0 Movie
20. 2008 The Summit as P.J. Aimes TV
21. 2006 The Lake House as Simon Wyler 7.0 Movie
22. 2006 Inside Man as Arthur Case 7.4 Movie
23. 2005 The New World as Captain Newport 6.5 Movie
24. 2005 Syriana as Dean Whiting 6.4 Movie
25. 2005 Must Love Dogs as Bill 5.9 Movie
26. 2004 Alexander as Aristotle 6.0 Movie
27. 2004 National Treasure as John Adams Gates 6.7 Movie
28. 2003 Cold Creek Manor as Mr. Massie 5.3 Movie
29. 2003 The Gospel of John as Narrator (voice) 7.5 Movie
30. 2002 Nicholas Nickleby as Ralph Nickleby 6.8 Movie
31. 2001 A Beautiful Mind as Dr. Rosen 7.9 Movie
32. 2000 Dracula 2000 as Matthew Van Helsing 5.2 Movie
33. 2000 Nuremberg as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe 7.4 TV
34. 1999 The Insider as Mike Wallace 7.5 Movie
35. 1998 Winchell as Franklin D. Roosevelt 5.9 Movie
36. 1997 The Arrow as George Hees TV
37. 1995 Twelve Monkeys as Dr. Goines 7.6 Movie
38. 1995 Dolores Claiborne as John Mackey 7.3 Movie
39. 1994 Wolf as Raymond Alden 6.1 Movie
40. 1992 Secrets as Mel Wexler Movie
41. 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Chang 7.1 Movie
42. 1991 Rock-A-Doodle as Grand Duke (voice) 6.2 Movie
43. 1990 Counterstrike as Alexander Addington TV
44. 1988 Madeline as Narrator (voice) 5.9 TV
45. 1988 American Experience as Narrator 6.5 TV
46. 1987 Dragnet as Reverend Jonathan Whirley 6.0 Movie
47. 1986 An American Tail as Henri (voice) 6.8 Movie
48. 1986 Spearfield's Daughter as Lord Jack Cruze TV
49. 1984 The Cosby Show as Jonathan Lawrence 7.0 TV
50. 1984 Dreamscape as Bob Blair 6.1 Movie
51. 1983 Prototype as Dr. Carl Forrester Movie
52. 1983 SuperTed 6.8 TV
53. 1983 The Thorn Birds as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese 7.2 TV
54. 1982 Nature as Narrator (voice) 8.0 TV
55. 1982 American Playhouse as Alfred Stieglitz TV
56. 1980 Somewhere in Time as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson 7.5 Movie
57. 1979 Hanover Street as Paul Sellinger 5.7 Movie
58. 1979 Riel as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald Movie
59. 1979 Murder by Decree as Sherlock Holmes 6.4 Movie
60. 1978 Starcrash as The Emperor 4.3 Movie
61. 1978 The Silent Partner as Reikle 7.0 Movie
62. 1977 The Sunday Drama as Sherlock Holmes TV
63. 1977 Jesus of Nazareth as Herod Antipas 7.8 TV
64. 1975 The Man Who Would Be King as Rudyard Kipling 7.5 Movie
65. 1975 The Return of the Pink Panther as Sir Charles Litton 6.8 Movie
66. 1970 Waterloo as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 7.1 Movie
67. 1969 Battle of Britain as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey 6.8 Movie
68. 1967 The Night of the Generals as Field Marshal Rommel 6.8 Movie
69. 1966 Triple Cross as Freddie Chapman 6.1 Movie
70. 1966 Inside Daisy Clover as Raymond Swan 5.6 Movie
71. 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Don Juan TV
72. 1965 The Sound of Music as Captain Georg von Trapp 7.7 Movie
73. 1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire as Commodus 6.4 Movie
74. 1959 NBC Sunday Showcase TV
75. 1957 DuPont Show of the Month as Sir Miles Hendon TV
76. 1953 General Electric Theater as Walter Shelley TV
77. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Jack Pelletier TV
78. 1948 Studio One as Dick TV

Photos

Quick facts