Christopher Plummer

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. His accolades included an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting". He also received a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.

Plummer began his acting career in Ottawa and followed this with stage roles in Canada, the U.S. and Bermuda. He made his Broadway debut in the 1954 play The Starcross Story. He received two Tony Awards, one for Best Actor in a Musical playing Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (1974) and the other for Best Actor in a Play portraying John Barrymore in Barrymore (1997). His other Tony-nominated roles include J.B. (1959), Othello (1982), No Man's Land (1994), King Lear (2004) and Inherit the Wind (2007). Plummer made his film debut in Stage Struck (1958), and landed his first starring role that same year in Wind Across the Everglades.

Plummer made his professional acting debut in September 1948 with Ottawa's Stage Society, in The Rivals, followed by a full season of roles, a new production every two weeks, providing him with valuable experience. Plummer moved to Montreal, where he performed roles as an apprentice artist with the Montreal Repertory Theatre alongside fellow apprenticing actor William Shatner. In 1952, he starred in a number of productions at the Bermudiana Theatre in the City of Hamilton, in the British colony of Bermuda where he was seen and recruited by an American producer, although he was reluctant to leave Bermuda.

Edward Everett Horton hired Plummer to appear as Gerard in the 1953 road show production of André Roussin's Nina, a role originated on Broadway by David Niven in 1951. Plummer made his Broadway debut in January 1953 in the Diana Morgan play The Starcross Story, a show that closed on opening night after a plagiarism lawsuit shut down the production. Plummer acted opposite Mary Astor and Margaret Bannerman. His next Broadway appearance, Home is the Hero, lasted 30 performances from September to October 1954.

Plummer is one of the few performers to have received the Triple Crown of Acting, and he is the only Canadian to accomplish this feat. He has received an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. He has also received a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.

Born 1929-12-13 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 2021-02-05.

On ThumbScore, Christopher Plummer appears in 37 films with an average audience score of 74.9%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: Wikipedia, TMDB