Christopher_Plummer_on_screen_and_stage

Christopher Plummer on screen and stage

Christopher Plummer on screen and stage

Career of Christopher Plummer (1929–2021)

Christopher Plummer (1929–2021) was a Canadian film, television and stage actor. On stage, Plummer's most notable roles were that of Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (1974) and as John Barrymore in Barrymore. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for these two roles. On film, Plummer is known for portraying Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965).[1]

Plummer in 2007

Plummer won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Mike Mills' film Beginners (2011). He also appeared in Waterloo (1970), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Malcolm X (1992), and A Beautiful Mind (2001). He portrayed journalist Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), author Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009), Arthur Case in Inside Man (2006), and J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World (2017). Plummer had provided his voice for two animated films: the Don Bluth film An American Tail (1986) and the Pixar film Up (2009).[2]

At the time of his death, he had been filming season 2 of Departure. He was set to play the lead in a film adaptation of King Lear to be filmed in summer 2021, but he died in February, thus being unable to take part in the film.[3][4]

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    Judy Abel (January 31, 2010). "At 80, Plummer has arrived at his 'Station'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
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    Corliss, Richard (May 28, 2009). "Up, Up and Away: Another New High for Pixar". Time. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
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    Victoria Ahearn (October 9, 2020). "Christopher Plummer set to film season 2 of 'Departure' from his home due to pandemic". Toronto: City News. The Canadian Press.
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    "The Long Dark Inspires a Short Film, With Christopher Plummer's Help". pastemagazine.com. August 1, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
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    TobySimkin (March 8, 1988). "Macbeth (1988 Toronto) - Toby Simkin ★ Broadway". Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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    "No Man's Land". Variety. January 28, 1994. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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    "Tony-Winner Christopher Plummer Starts Barrymore Tour, July 11". Playbill.com. July 11, 1998. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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    "Christopher Plummer Is Shakespeare's Mad Monarch as King Lear Begins at Beaumont". Playbill.com. February 11, 2004. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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    "Plummer and Dennehy to Inherit the Wind on Broadway". Playbill.com. October 5, 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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