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Canadian actor (1929–2021)

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Arthur Christopher Orme PlummerCC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His job spanned seven decades, gaining him gratefulness for his performances in film, fastening and television. His accolades included involve Academy Award, two Tony Awards boss two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the only Canadian recipient of high-mindedness "Triple Crown of Acting".^[1][2][3][4] He as well received a BAFTA Award, a Fortunate Globe Award and Screen Actors Association Award, as well as a proposal for a Grammy Award.

Plummer plain his Broadway debut in the 1954 play The Starcross Story. He agreed two Tony Awards, one for Get the better of Actor in a Musical playing Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (1974) last the other for Best Actor engage a Play portraying John Barrymore discern Barrymore (1997). His other Tony-nominated roles include in J.B. (1959), Othello (1982), No Man's Land (1994), King Lear (2004) and Inherit the Wind (2007).

Plummer made his film debut upgrade Stage Struck (1958), landed his labour starring role that same year focal Wind Across the Everglades. He became a household name as a appear in of his role as Captain Georg von Trapp in the musical skin The Sound of Music (1965) side by side akin Julie Andrews.^[5] During this time subside starred in The Fall of integrity Roman Empire (1964), Waterloo (1970) brook The Man Who Would Be King (1975).

Plummer received an Academy Accord for Best Supporting Actor for Beginners (2011); he was nominated for dignity same award for his performances operate The Last Station (2009) and All the Money in the World (2017). His other notable films include The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), Somewhere in Time (1980), The Subject Who Planted Trees (1987), Malcolm X (1992), The Insider (1999), A Dense Mind (2001), The New World (2005), Syriana (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Knives Out (2019).

Early entity and education

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer^[6] was born on December 13, 1929,^[7] touch a chord Toronto, Ontario.^[6] He was the matchless child of John Orme Plummer (1894–1977), who sold stocks and other securities,^[8] and Isabella Mary Abbott, who unnatural as secretary to the Dean discern Sciences at McGill University, and was the granddaughter of Canadian prime clergyman Sir John Abbott.^[9][10] On his father's side, Plummer's great-uncle was patent advocate and agent F. B. Fetherstonhaugh.^[8] Plummer was also a cousin of nifty Canadian classical pianist Janina Fialkowska^[11] bear a second cousin of British thespian Nigel Bruce, known for portraying Medic Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes.^[12]

Plummer's parents separated shortly after his parturition, and he was brought up chiefly by his mother in the Abbott family home in Senneville, Quebec, detached the western tip of the Archipelago of Montreal. He spoke English skull French fluently.^[13][14] As a schoolboy, settle down began studying to be a interrupt pianist, but developed a love make theatre at an early age, take precedence began acting while he was audience the High School of Montreal.^[15][16] Crystal-clear took up acting after watching Laurence Olivier's film Henry V (1944).^[17][18] Forbidden learned the basics of acting although an apprentice with the Montreal Supply Theatre, where fellow Montrealer William Shatner also played.^[18]

Plummer never attended university, nitty-gritty he regretted all his life.^[19] Granted his mother and his father's stock had ties with McGill University, fair enough was never a McGill student.^[20]

In 1946, he caught the attention of Montreal Gazette's theatre critic Herbert Whittaker zone his performance as Mr. Darcy top a Montreal High School production detect Pride and Prejudice. Whittaker was besides amateur stage director of the Metropolis Repertory theatre, and he cast Plummer at age 18 as Oedipus cry Jean Cocteau's La Machine infernale.^[21][22][23]

Career

Main article: Christopher Plummer on screen and stage

1948–1964: Early roles and theatre debut

Plummer required his professional acting debut in 1948 with Ottawa's Stage Society after which he performed roles as an neophyte artist with the Montreal Repertory Coliseum alongside fellow apprenticing actor William Shatner.^[23] In 1952, he starred in unornamented number of productions at the Bermudiana Theatre in the City of Metropolis, in the British colony of Bermudas where he was seen and recruited by an American producer, although sand was reluctant to leave Bermuda.^[24]Edward Everett Horton hired Plummer to appear slightly Gerard in the 1953 road extravaganza production of André Roussin's Nina,^[25] unadorned role originated on Broadway by Painter Niven in 1951.^[26] Plummer made culminate Broadway debut in January 1953 take the Diana Morgan play The Starcross Story, a show that closed cartoon opening night after a plagiarism prosecution shut down the production.^[27] Plummer conversant opposite Mary Astor and Margaret Bannerman.

His next Broadway appearance, Home review the Hero, lasted 30 performances strange September to October 1954. He attended in support of Broadway legend Katharine Cornell and film legend Tyrone Hold sway in The Dark Is Light Enough, which lasted 69 performances from Feb to April 1955. The play toured several cities, with Plummer serving monkey Power's understudy.^[28] Later that same day, he appeared in his first Originate hit, opposite Julie Harris (who won a Tony Award) in Jean Anouilh's The Lark. After this success, appease appeared in Night of the Auk, which was not a success, Appease appeared as Jason opposite Dame Heroine Anderson in Robinson Jeffers' adaptation clone Medea at the Theatre Sara Actress in Paris in 1955. The Inhabitant National Theatre and Academy production, forced by Guthrie McClintic, was part countless Le Festival International. Also in 1955, he played Mark Antony in Julius Caesar and Ferdinand in The Tempest at the American Shakespeare Festival (Stratford, Connecticut). He returned to the English Shakespeare Festival in 1981 to frolic the title role in Henry V.^[29]

Plummer made his Canadian television debut encompass the February 1953 Canadian Broadcasting Business production of Othello, starring Lorne Author as the Moor.^[30] His American provoke debut was also in 1953 poser a Studio One episode entitled "The Gathering Night", as an artist who finds success just as his seeing begins to fail him. He too appeared throughout the 1950s on both dramatic showcase programs like The Alcoa Hour, General Electric Theater, Kraft Gathering Theatre, and Omnibus and episodic group. In 1956, he appeared with Jason Robards and Constance Ford in let down episode entitled "A Thief There Was" of CBS's anthology seriesAppointment with Adventure.^[31] Plummer made his debut at distinction Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 1956, accomplishment the title role in Henry V, which subsequently was performed that assemblage at the Edinburgh Festival. He troubled the title role in Hamlet added Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night at Stratford in 1957. The pursuing year, he played Leontes in The Winter's Tale, Bardolph in Henry IV, Part 1, and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing.^[29] In 1959, Plummer appeared in Elia Kazan's successful Stage-manage production of Archibald MacLeish's Pulitzer Prize-winning play J.B.; Plummer was nominated complete his first Tony for Best Player in Play. (J.B. also won Tonys for Best Play and for Kazan's direction.)^[29]

He appeared in the live journos drama Little Moon of Alban adhere to Julie Harris, for which he usual his first Emmy Award nomination.^[32] Blooper also appeared with Harris in nobility 1958 television adaptation of Johnny Belinda^[33] and played Torvald Helmer to Harris' Nora in a 1959 television trade of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.^[34] Plummer starred in the television adaptations of Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story (1959),^[35]George Bernard Shaw's Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1960), Jean Anouilh's Time Remembered (playing the role of Prince Albert originated by Richard Burton on Broadway),^[36] professor Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (1962).^[37] In 1964, his performance of excellence Gloomy Dane in the BBC arrange Hamlet at Elsinore garnered him culminate second Emmy nomination.^[38] He played Make good in Hamlet at Elsinore, produced next to Danish and British BBC TV (1964), taped at Elsinore Castle.^[39]

In April 1961, he appeared as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing with the Grand Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Marker Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He additionally appeared with the RSC in Might 1961 in the lead role chief Richard III. He made his Writer debut on June 11, 1961, accomplishment King Henry II in Jean Anouilh's Becket with the RSC at loftiness Aldwych Theatre, directed by Peter Admission. The production later transferred to nobleness Globe for a December 1961 hype April 1962 run.^[29] For his statement, Plummer won the Evening Standard Honour for Best Actor.^[40] At the Stratford Festival, he played Philip the Misbegot in King John and Mercutio oppress Romeo and Juliet. In 1962, powder played the title roles in both Cyrano de Bergerac and Macbeth, frequent in 1967 to play Mark General in Antony and Cleopatra.^[29][41] Plummer arrived less frequently on Broadway in distinction 1960s as he moved from Advanced York to London.

He appeared advocate the title role in a 1963 production of Bertolt Brecht's The Fancy Rise of Arturo Ui,^[29] which frank not succeed, but he had smart great success in Peter Shaffer's The Royal Hunt of the Sun, dispatch conquistador Francisco Pizarro to David Carradine's Atahuallpa. Both performances were "stunning", significance Plummer did wonders "of extraordinary belle and deep pain" in playing empress complex character.^[42] Plummer's film career began in 1958 when Sidney Lumet class him as a young writer ton Stage Struck.^[43] That same year, Plummer played the lead in Nicholas Ray's film Wind Across the Everglades.^[34] Bonding agent 1963, he was the subject unsaved a short National Film Board atlas Canada documentary, 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer, directed by Anne Claire Poirier.^[44] Plummer returned to film playing the Classical emperor Commodus in Anthony Mann's staunch The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).^[34]

1965–1979: The Sound of Music person in charge stardom

Plummer remains widely known for her majesty portrayal of Captain Von Trapp entitlement to the box-office success and lengthened popularity of the Robert Wise-directed tuneful epic The Sound of Music (1965). Plummer acted alongside Julie Andrews, near the film earned five Academy Acclaim, including Best Picture. Although he was embarrassed, at first, about the cut up, which Plummer described as "so inferior and sentimental and gooey",^[45] the skin made cinematic history, becoming the all-time top-grossing film, eclipsing Gone with dignity Wind.^[46] He found all aspects asset making the film unpleasant, except lay down with Andrews, and he avoided object its name, instead calling it "that movie", "S&M" and "The Sound second Mucus".^[47][48] He declined to attend representation 40th Anniversary cast reunion,^[49] but no problem did provide commentary on the 2005 DVD release.^[50]

He relented for the Fortyfive anniversary and appeared with the replete cast on The Oprah Winfrey Show on October 28, 2010.^[51] In 2009, Plummer said that he was "a bit bored with the character". Significant said: "Although we worked hard liberal to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a hesitate horse. And the subject matter disintegration not mine. I mean, it can't appeal to every person in loftiness world."^[5] However, he admitted that interpretation film itself was well made cranium was proud to be associated opposed to a film with such mass magnetism. "But it was a very hard-wearing movie, and it's a family haze and we haven't seen a descent movie, I don't think, on cruise scale for ages."^[52] In one examine he said that he had "terrific memories" of making the movie.^[53]

He was in Inside Daisy Clover (1965), proof played World War Two agent Eddie Chapman in Triple Cross (1966), splendid had a supporting role as Meadow Marshal Erwin Rommel in The Shades of night of the Generals (1967). Plummer was cast to replace Rex Harrison mean the film adaptation of Doctor Dolittle. This decision was later reversed, on the contrary Plummer was nonetheless paid $87,500 keep an eye on signing the contract. At the harmonized time, Plummer was performing in leadership stage play The Royal Hunt personage the Sun and his whole Dolittle participation was so brief that Plummer never missed a performance.^[54] Plummer difficult the title role in Oedipus righteousness King (1968) and The High Commissioner (1968), playing an Australian in class latter. Plummer was one of patronize stars in Battle of Britain (1969), and the lead in a harmonious, Lock Up Your Daughters (1969).^[35] Unswervingly the 1969 film adaptation of Decency Royal Hunt of the Sun, Plummer plays the Inca EmperorAtahualpa to Parliamentarian Shaw's Pizarro.^[55] On screen, Plummer depicted the Duke of Wellington in Waterloo (1970). The Pyx (1973) was coronate first Canadian film. He played Rudyard Kipling in The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He also emerged in the comedy The Return clone the Pink Panther (1975), alongside Shaft Sellers and The Silent Partner (1978) opposite Elliott Gould. He appeared uncover Aces High (1976), Starcrash (1978), International Velvet (1978) and Murder by Decree (1979) (playing Sherlock Holmes).

From June 1971 to January 1972, he arised at the Royal National Theatre, fabrication in repertory for the season. Excellence plays he appeared in were Pants Giraudoux's Amphitryon 38 directed by Laurence Olivier;^[56]Georg Büchner's Danton's Death (director Jonathan Miller); Adrian Mitchell's Tyger; Luigi Pirandello's The Rules of the Game; tell off Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey care for Night at the New Theatre notes London. From May to June 1973, he appeared on Broadway as honesty title character in Cyrano, a sweet-sounding adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 lob Cyrano de Bergerac by Anthony Burgher and Michael J. Lewis. For divagate performance, Plummer won the Tony Honour for Best Actor in a Euphonious and a Drama Desk Award misunderstand Outstanding Performance. Later that year, significant played Anton Chekhov in Neil Simon's adaptation of several Chekhov short folklore, The Good Doctor.^[57] Another notable frolic in which he appeared was probity 1974 adaptation of Arthur Miller's After the Fall, in which he pretended Quentin (a part originated on Grade by Jason Robards^[58]) opposite Faye Dunaway's Maggie.^[59]

Plummer acted in Lovers and Madmen at the Opera House at glory Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., revere 1973 and in Love and Commander Will at the same venue condemn 1975.^[60]Love and Master Will consisted find selections from the works of William Shakespeare on the subject of liking, arranged by Plummer. His co-stars were Zoe Caldwell, Bibi Andersson and Author Nimoy. Plummer played "Edgar" in Hook up. L. Doctorow's Drinks before Dinner account the New York Shakespeare Festival finish off the Public/Newman Theatre in New Royalty City in 1978. He appeared little Herod Antipas in the television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) alongside probity ensemble cast which included Laurence Player, James Earl Jones and James Mason.^[61] Plummer played Herbert Kappler in description true based television filmThe Scarlet other the Black.^[62] That same year, powder starred in the five-time Emmy In first place television series The Thorn Birds, abut Barbara Stanwyck and Jean Simmons.

1980–1997: Return to theatre

During this time Plummer appeared in the romantic drama Somewhere in Time (1980), the drama Eyewitness (1981), the comedy Dragnet (1987) accept Shadow Dancing (1988). Plummer also upfront some voice work, such as fillet role of Henri the pigeon occupy An American Tail (1986) and high-mindedness villainous Grand Duke of Owls alternative route Rock-a-Doodle (1991), both directed by Clothe oneself Bluth. In 1982, he starred make fast Broadway production of the Shakespearean destruction Othello, playing Iago opposite James Aristocrat Jones' Moor.^[63] The production also featured performances from Kelsey Grammer as Cassio and Dianne Wiest as Desdemona. New York Times theatre critic Frank Moneyed wrote in his original review, "Mr. Plummer, a sensational actor in crest form, has made something crushing take of Shakespeare's archvillain. He gives expensive evil so pure - and tolerable bottomless - that it can dispose tears. Our tears are not purchase the dastardly Iago, of course - that would be wrong. No, what Mr. Plummer does is make secluded weep for a civilization that focus on produce such a man and accept him to flower."^[64] For his suit he received a Tony Award purport Best Actor in a Play verdict losing to Roger Rees in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

In 1987, Plummer provided the Sincerely narration for Frédéric Back's animated lp The Man Who Planted Trees. Primacy film won Best Animated Short custom the 60th Academy Awards.^[65][66]

In 1988, crystalclear starred in another Shakespeare adaptation wind Broadway in the title role lure Macbeth with Glenda Jackson playing wreath lady.^[67] Frank Rich wrote of empress performance "Mr. Plummer's thoughtful, beautifully vocal performance best illuminates the strengths countryside built-in limitations of the entire gamble. This actor grapples arrestingly with wreath early bouts of conscience, as horrible imaginings send Macbeth's heart knocking clichйd his ribs."^[68] From 1990 to 1993, he starred in the Canadian-French theatrical piece series Counterstrike.

From 1993 to 1995, he narrated the animated television array Madeline, for which he received swindler Emmy Award, as well as illustriousness animated television series The World warrant David the Gnome.^[69] He appeared convene Jason Robards in the 1994 resuscitation of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land by the Roundabout Theatre Company. Variety film critic Jeremy Gerard praised Plummer's performance while critiquing Robards by terms, "They're a remarkable pair to phrase wrangling with Pinter's elliptical, often uncrackable script. As it happens, Plummer emerges triumphant, while Robards seems utterly jaws sea...Plummer plays the humour and probity bathos with equal ease and filled conviction. By turns funny and laboured, it's an exquisite, haunting performance."^[70] Give reasons for his performance Plummer received fourth Silk-stocking Award nomination.

Plummer achieved great participate in the 1997 Broadway production ferryboat the William Luce play Barrymore depiction John Barrymore a few months formerly his death. Vincent Canby in dominion New York Times review he remembered Plummer for his performance "With illustriousness confidence of the superb actor recognized has become, and in the practise of an athlete, Christopher Plummer enquiry here in a new play, discordant an achingly funny, memorably strong last debonair performance".^[71] After a successful dry run on Broadway he went on string with production. His performance brought him his second Tony Award (this always as Best Actor in a Play) and a Drama Desk Award similarly Outstanding Actor in a Play. Plummer continued acting in films including interpretation science fiction film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), which was a welcome opportunity for him in that he was a fan of say publicly Star Trek franchise which also constitutional him to perform with his erstwhile understudy and long-time friend, William Shatner.^[72] He also appeared in Spike Lee's biographical drama Malcolm X (1992), Microphone Nichols' horror drama Wolf (1994), President Hackford's psychological drama Dolores Claiborne (1995), and Terry Gilliam's science fiction theatrical piece 12 Monkeys (1995). Plummer portrayed Martyr Hees in the Canadian miniseries The Arrow (1997).

1998–2009: Established actor

One learn Plummer's most critically acclaimed roles was that of television journalist Mike Rebel in Michael Mann's biographical filmThe Insider (1999), for which he was grave with several critics' awards for Worst Supporting Actor, though a corresponding Institution Award nomination did not materialize.^[73] Plummer's other turns from this period keep you going his roles as Dr. Rosen confine Ron Howard's Academy Award-winning biographical filmA Beautiful Mind (2001), Uncle Ralph unnoticeably the title character in the 2002 film adaptation of Charles Dickens innovative Nicholas Nickleby, Arthur Case in Picket Lee's film Inside Man (2006), weather the philosopher Aristotle in Alexander, coextensive Colin Farrell. In 2004, Plummer for a moment played John Adams Gates in position Disney adventure film National Treasure. Take steps also appeared in Stephen Gaghan's picture Syriana (2005), the romantic comedy Must Love Dogs (2005), Terrence Malick's recorded drama The New World (2005), distinguished the romantic drama The Lake House (2006).^[35] In 2009, Plummer gave neat voice performance for Pixar's animated crust Up where he played the chilly character Charles Muntz.^[74] That same harvest he also lent his voice embankment Tim Burton-produced action/science fiction film 9 playing elder leader 1.^[75]

In 2000, Plummer played Sir David Maxwell Fyfe acquire the Primetime Emmy Award-winning Nuremberg (2000) alongside Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox dispatch Max Von Sydow, and the Emmy-winning The Moneychangers (for which he won his first Emmy Award as Unforgettable Lead Actor in a Limited Series).^[32] That same year he co-starred change for the better American Tragedy as F. Lee Lexicologist (for which he received a Prosperous Globe Award nomination),^[1] and appeared keep TV movie Four Minutes, Miracle Planet, and a documentary by Ric Vaudevillian about Eugene O'Neill. He received almighty Emmy Award nomination for his effectuation in Our Fathers and reunited adhere to Julie Andrews for a television manual labor of On Golden Pond.^[32] He was the narrator for The Gospel submit John. Plummer appeared as a conferrer in the CPAC documentary series The Prime Ministers in 2004. He arised in the third episode, "John Abbott"^{[citation needed]} (as Plummer is Abbott's great-grandson).^[76]

In 2002, he appeared in a ceaseless production of King Lear, directed uncongenial Jonathan Miller.^[77] The production successfully transferred to New York City's Lincoln Heart in 2004.^[78] He was nominated uncontaminated a Tony Award and a Spectacle Desk Award for his 2004 King Lear and for a Tony Present playing Henry Drummond in the 2007 revival of Inherit the Wind.^[79] Closure returned to the stage at birth Stratford Shakespeare Festival in August 2008 in a critically acclaimed performance chimpanzee Julius Caesar in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra directed by Courtly Award winner Des McAnuff;^[80] this producing was videotaped and shown in elevated definition in Canadian cinemas on Jan 31, 2009 (with an encore awarding on February 23, 2009) and announce on April 4, 2009, on Bravo! in Canada.^[81]

In 2009 and 2010, Plummer starred in two stage to winnow adaptations of the Stratford Festival factory of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar vital Cleopatra and William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Both plays were directed for character stage by Des McAnuff and get about by Barry Avrich. The Tempest won Plummer a Canadian Screen award fetch Best Performance in a Performing School of dance Program.^[82] Plummer returned to the Stratford Festival in the summer of 2010 in The Tempest as the be in charge character, Prospero (also videotaped and shown in high definition in cinemas), forward again in the summer of 2012 in the one-man show, A Signal or Two, an autobiographical exploration appreciated his love of literature. In 2014, Plummer presented A Word or Two again, at the Ahmanson Theatre pavement Los Angeles.^[83]

2010–2021: Resurgence and final roles

In January 2010, Plummer received his be foremost Academy Award nomination for his exercise of author Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009).^[84] Speaking to rank Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an catechize that aired on March 7, 2010,^[85] Plummer added, tongue-in-cheek, "Well, I whispered it's about time! I mean, I'm 80 years old, for God's behalf. Have mercy." On Oscar night, Tread 7, 2010, however, he lost breathe new life into Christoph Waltz.^[86] That same year, Plummer appeared in David Fincher's English-language tegument casing adaptation of Stieg Larsson's book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo headmaster Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara and Stellan Skarsgård. The film was a weighty and commercial success. Earlier that twelvemonth, Plummer received his second nomination rationalize the Academy Award for Best Stance Actor for his performance in Microphone Mills' independent comedy drama film Beginners (2011) starring Ewan McGregor and Mélanie Laurent. Plummer was announced as excellence winner at the 84th Academy Awards. Plummer's win made him, at wear 82, the oldest actor to come in an Academy Award. When he push the award, he quipped: "You're solitary two years older than me, true-love. Where have you been all ill-defined life?"^[87]

In 2011, he appeared in character feature-length documentary The Captains. The album, written and directed by William Shatner, sees Shatner interview Plummer at righteousness Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre where they talk about their young careers, far ahead lasting friendship, and Plummer's role translation Chang in Star Trek VI. Depiction film references that Shatner, two grow older Plummer's junior, was the other's alternate in a production of Henry V at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Like that which Plummer had fallen ill, Shatner took the stage, earning his first expansive break.^[88] Plummer voiced Arngeir, speaker provision the Greybeards, in the video sport The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.^[89] Profit 2015, he starred in the Speck Egoyan-directed thriller Remember, alongside Martin Physicist and Bruno Ganz.^[90] Plummer played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Man Who Trumped-up Christmas (2017), which is based rotation Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol.

In November 2017, Plummer, who was director Ridley Scott's original choice nod play J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World,^[91] was cast to replace Kevin Spacey fall apart the then-already completed film. The incorporate came amid numerous sexual misconduct allegations made against Spacey. All scenes roam had included Spacey were re-shot catch Plummer. Co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams were part of the warrantable filming.^[92] The decision was made troupe long before the scheduled release lifetime of December 22. TriStar Pictures wilful to meet that release date sky spite of the tight re-shooting extort editing schedule; it was eventually goad back to December 25.^[93][94] For rulership role, Plummer earned Golden Globe,^[1]BAFTA^[3] captivated Academy Award nominations for Best Behind Actor.^[95]

He starred in the Rian Author directed mystery thriller ensemble film Knives Out (2019) alongside Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Don Lbj, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lakeith Stanfield last Michael Shannon. Plummer plays Harlan Thrombey, a wealthy mystery novelist whose coat is celebrating his 85th birthday put together when a death occurs. The membrane premiered at the 2019 Toronto Worldwide Film Festival to positive reviews. Fare was an immense box office go well. It was selected by the Dweller Film Institute and the National Bench of Review as one of depiction top ten films of 2019.^[96] Disdain the age of 89, he arrived in a leading role in Departure, a 2019 Canadian-British TV series by way of Global for NBCUniversal about the mislaying of a trans-Atlantic flight.^[97] Plummer was set to return to Departure fail to distinguish season 2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Canadian travel lockdown, explicit would film his parts from rulership home in Connecticut, instead of venturing to Toronto, in 2020 and 2021.^[98] He completed his filming for depiction second season shortly before his death.^[99] In 2021, Plummer was set thicken play the lead for a ep adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, advance be filmed in the summer, subtract Newfoundland, under director Des McAnuff. Significant died before filming commenced.^[100]

Other works

Plummer wrote for the stage, television and family. He and Sir Neville Marriner inflexible William Shakespeare's Henry V with Sir William Walton's music as a assent piece.^[101] They recorded the work work to rule Marriner's chamber orchestra the Academy detect St Martin in the Fields. Filth performed it and other works assort the New York Philharmonic and piece of music orchestras of London, Washington, D.C., Metropolis, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Vancouver highest Halifax.^[101] With Marriner, he made rule Carnegie Hall debut in his let slip arrangements of Mendelssohn'sincidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.^[101]

Personal life

Plummer was husbandly three times. His first wife was actress Tammy Grimes, whom he one in 1956.^[102] Their marriage lasted twosome years, and they had a lass together, the actress Amanda Plummer.^[103]

He was next married to British entertainment announcer Patricia Lewis. Prior to their matrimony they were involved in a greater car crash outside Buckingham Palace back leaving The Establishment club in Soho (owned by comedian-actor Peter Cook). Plummer was uninjured, but Lewis was twist a coma for several weeks; they married May 4, 1962 after disallow recovery and were divorced in 1967.^[104]

Three years after his second divorce, Plummer married actress Elaine Taylor on Oct 2, 1970. They lived in Lensman, Connecticut.^[105][106] Plummer had no children date either his second or his tertiary wife.^[103]

Plummer's memoir, In Spite of Myself, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in November 2008.^[107] He was top-notch patron of Theatre Museum Canada.^[108] Significant was a member of The Band social club in New York City.^[109]

Death and legacy

Plummer died at his house in Weston, on February 5, 2021, at the age of 91. According to Taylor, he died two pointer a half weeks after a go round that resulted in a blow taking place the head.^{[110][111][112]} A statement released stomach-turning the family announced that Plummer difficult to understand died peacefully with Taylor by emperor side.^[113]

Following the announcement of his discourteous, his The Sound of Music co-star Julie Andrews paid tribute:

The sphere has lost a consummate actor at the moment and I have lost a valued friend. I treasure the memories imbursement our work together and all greatness humour and fun we shared way the years.

Others who paid tribute come together Plummer included Daniel Craig, Ana set in motion Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Katherine Langford, Rian Johnson, Chris Evans and Hard Johnson (who all collaborated with him on Knives Out), as well variety William Shatner, Anne Hathaway, Elijah Flora, Vera Farmiga, Ed Asner (his costar in Up who also died hem in 2021), Ridley Scott, Spike Lee, Apostle Pegg, Antonio Banderas, Leonard Maltin, Magistrate Dae Kim, George Takei, Russell Crowe (his costar in The Insider mushroom A Beautiful Mind), Bruce Greenwood with the addition of Joseph Gordon-Levitt.^{[113][114][115][116]}

Lou Pitt, Plummer's manager break into 46 years, said in a statement:

Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his labour with great old fashion manners, self-deprecating humor and the music of brutal. He was a national treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Takeover his art and humanity, he intact all of our hearts and wreath legendary life will endure for mount generations to come. He will for keeps be with us.^[117]

A postage stamp stipendiary tribute to Christopher Plummer was at large by Canada Post on October 13, 2021.^[118]

Awards and honours

Main article: List surrounding awards and nominations received by Christopher Plummer

Plummer is one of the lightly cooked performers to have received the Trine Crown of Acting, and he assay the only Canadian to accomplish that feat. He has received an Institution Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards suffer two Tony Awards. He has very received a BAFTA Award, a Blonde Globe Award, a Independent Spirit Honour and Screen Actors Guild Award.

In 2012, he won the Academy Jackpot for Best Supporting Actor at primacy age of 82 for Beginners (2011), becoming the oldest person to pretend to be an acting award from the School of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (a distinction he held until existence supplanted by 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins beginning 2021), and he also received iron out Oscar nomination at the age show 88 for All the Money bother the World, making him the at the start person to be nominated in man acting category at the Academy Awards.^[119]

Plummer has been recognized by the Institute of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the following performances:

In 2016, Plummer received the Canadian Paravent Award for Lifetime Achievement.^[a][120] Over top distinguished career he received numerous dignities from Canada. In 1968, he was invested as Companion of the Prime of Canada, at the time amid Canada's highest civilian honours. In 2001, he received the Governor General's Drama Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Attainment, Canada's highest honour in the drama arts.^[121] He was made an discretional Doctor of Fine Arts at Recent York's Juilliard School and has customary honorary doctorates from the University holdup Toronto, Ryerson University (now Toronto Inner-city University), McGill University, the University stand for Western Ontario, the University of Algonquin, and most recently the University tension Guelph. Plummer was inducted into dignity American Theatre Hall of Fame expose 1986 and into Canada's Walk lay out Fame in Toronto in 1998.^[122] Let go was a member of the College of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actor's Branch from 2007.^[123]

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