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Christopher Plummer - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Canadian actor Christopher Plummer was born in December 1929. His great-grandfather was the Prime Minister of Canada, and after his parents divorced, he lived on the Abbot estate, located near Montreal. He was not limited in the choice of his future profession. Carried away by playing the piano, Christopher even thought of reincarnating as a professional pianist, but then theater came into his life, and he plunged headlong into playing in performances. For a long time he toured with the Canadian Repertory Troupe, played on the New York stage, preferring historical characters (Somerset Maugham, Mark Antony, Henry V, etc.).
His film career began in the 1950s. At first it was work on television, small roles in serials, and then in 1958 the first full-length film with Christopher Plummer was released - Carried away by the stage. After his big debut, he continues to play in films, however, these pictures were not very popular with the public, and the next major project of the actor was the tape, released 6 years after his first film. It was called The Fall of the Roman Empire, and he, along with Sophia Loren, played a leading role there. Then there was The Sound of Music, a musical drama that won an Oscar in 1966 for Best Film of the Past Year. A little later, there were the main roles in the melodrama The Inner World of Daisy Clover, the cult crime comedy Return of the Pink Panther, the action adventure The Man Who Wanted to Be King. In 1983, the mini-series The Thorn Birds was released, based on the novel by McCullough. The actor got a supporting role, for which he was nominated for an Emmy for the second time (the first time for the miniseries The Money Changers in 1977, then he became the winner in his category).
In total, he played in 251 films, he had ups and downs, he either climbed to the peak of popularity, then, losing ground under his feet, slipped down to low-budget and little-known films, however, during his acting career, which lasted more than 60 years , he made a sufficient contribution to the cinema. The following films with the participation of Christopher Plummer are especially worth noting: the thriller The Wolf; a drama based on the real biography of Russell Crowe's hero - Your Man; A Beautiful Mind - Academy Award Best Film of 2001; crime tape Spike Lee Not caught - not a thief; a historical drama about one of the periods of Leo Tolstoy's life - The Last Sunday (Oscar and Golden Globe nominations), as well as the film Beginners, for which the actor was finally awarded two of the most prestigious awards in the world of cinema.
Christopher Plummer has blue eyes, naturally dark hair, fair skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is oval, the forehead is high, the hair is straight, gray. Christopher Plummer does not change hair color, preferring natural. The actor has a small, straight nose and a rounded chin. Christopher Plummer sometimes wears a mustache. The actor's height is 179 cm, no tattoos.
