Christopher Plummer Dead at 91

Christopher Plummer has died at the age of 91, Deadline reports. The Sound of Music actor died peacefully at his home in Connecticut, as confirmed by his family.

“Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words,” Lou Pitt, Plummer’s close friend and manager, said. “He was a National Treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.”

Plummer, whose career spanned decades, was best known for his role as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, but also made history in 2012 for his role in Beginners, which made him the oldest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 88.

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Plummer, who was raised in Montreal, Canada, began his career on stage in 1948 with “Cymbeline.” After a CBC production of “Othello,” Plummer headed to New York, where he worked on live TV shows like Kraft Television Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Producers’ Showcase. Plummer made it to Broadway in 1954, and would go on to star in countless theater productions over the years, winning two Tony Awards for his work on 1974’s “Cyrano” and 1996’s “Barrymore.”

His film career began in 1958, when Plummer was cast in Stage Struck. Plummer went on to star in The Man Who Would Be King, Battle of Britain, Waterloo, Fall of The Roman Empire, Star Trek VI, and Twelve Monkeys. While he’s remembered for one of his most well-known works, the Oscar-winning The Sound of Music, Plummer had no love for the film, which he called “The Sound of Mucus.” After his turn as Captain Von Trapp, Plummer appeared in The Night of the Generals and Inside Daisy Clover. While Plummer looked back on those earlier films as “awful,” he went on to star in more fulfilling roles as the decades went on.

Later in his career, Plummer appeared in The Insider, A Beautiful Mind, Man in the Chair, Must Love Dogs, National Treasure, Syriana, Inside Man, and Up, in which he voiced Charles Muntz in the film about a grumpy old man whose life is transformed when his home is sent into the sky by a bunch of balloons. One of Plummer’s final film roles was the part of Harlan Thrombey in Rian Johnson’s hit 2019 dark comedy Knives Out, which was nominated for both an Oscar and Golden Globe.

Plummer is survived by his wife, Elaine Taylor, and his daughter, Amanda Plummer.