Christopher Plummer

  • Name: Christopher Plummer
  • Date of Birth: December 13, 1929
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mini-bio: Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario, the great-grandson of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. Following his parents' divorce he moved with his mother to live in Senneville, Quebec, near ...( read more)Montreal. He studied to be a concert pianist but developed a love of the theatre at an early age and began acting in high school. He travelled by train to study with Canadian Repertory Company in Ottawa.

Plummer's eclectic career on screen began in 1957 when Sidney Lumet provided him his movie debut in Stage Struck. Since then he has appeared in a vast number of notable films which include the Academy Award winning The Sound Of Music, The Man Who Would Be King, Battle of Britain, Waterloo, The Silent Partner, Dragnet,Inside Daisy Clover, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Malcolm X, Dolores Claiborne, Wolf, Twelve Monkeys, Murder by Decree, Somewhere in Time and Syriana. Recent successes include Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated The Insider playing television journalist Mike Wallace, for which he won the Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas and the National Critics Awards, and Ron Howard's Academy Award winning A Beautiful Mind as well. He played Arthur Case in Spike Lee's 2006 film Inside Man. Owing to the box office success and continued popularity of The Sound Of Music, Plummer is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp.
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Replace this image with an actor photoChristopher Plummer mini-bio: Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario, the great-grandson of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. Following his parents' divorce he moved with his mother to live in Senneville, Quebec, near Montreal. He studied to be a concert pianist but developed a love of the theatre at an early age and began acting in high school. He travelled by train to study with Canadian Repertory Company in Ottawa.

Plummer's eclectic career on screen began in 1957 when Sidney Lumet provided him his movie debut in Stage Struck. Since then he has appeared in a vast number of notable films which include the Academy Award winning The Sound Of Music, The Man Who Would Be King, Battle of Britain, Waterloo, The Silent Partner, Dragnet,Inside Daisy Clover, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Malcolm X, Dolores Claiborne, Wolf, Twelve Monkeys, Murder by Decree, Somewhere in Time and Syriana. Recent successes include Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated The Insider playing television journalist Mike Wallace, for which he won the Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas and the National Critics Awards, and Ron Howard's Academy Award winning A Beautiful Mind as well. He played Arthur Case in Spike Lee's 2006 film Inside Man. Owing to the box office success and continued popularity of The Sound Of Music, Plummer is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp in the Sound of Music.

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  • sassycassie22
    sassycassie22
    Omygosh!I love him!Hes like one of the best actors ever!!!!!!!!!!
    He is my favourite and hes just great in sound of music!Me and my family watch it ever so often and love each and everytime!thu I havent seen it for a long time,like 3 months maybe 4,Its my all time comfort movie!!!!!!!!!Love it!

    Love life for God all mighty and Live Forever!
    CassIe
    posted 45 days ago
  • footystar06
    footystar06
    Christopher Plummer is one of my favourite actor of all times. I love him in The Sound Of Music alongside Julie Andrews.
    posted 358 days ago
  • tanyaditching
    tanyaditching
    I list you as one of my favorite actor of all times.
    posted 688 days ago
  • dreamgirl1o1
    dreamgirl1o1
    hes sooooooo great in the sound of music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats one of my most favorite movies of all time and he is one of the best in that mvie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    posted 708 days ago
  • ilovelucy1951
    ilovelucy1951
    Christopher Plummer is a great actor! I think one of his best movies is Somewhere In Time.
    posted 818 days ago
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