When someone mentions Christopher Plummer, it’s likely you’ll think of him as Captain von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music. It’s hard not to think of him in that film with how intimidating yet handsome he was, so much that he even enthralled the interests of both Baronness Schraeder and Fraulein Maria. It’s easy to see why!
But Plummer’s acting career started long before that in 1953. He has long portrayed historical public figures in ancient history, including Roman emperor Commodus in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in Waterloo (1970), Rudyard Kipling in The Man Who Would Be King (1975), and many more.
What happened to Christopher Plummer?
Despite all these incredible roles and portrayals, Plummer truly could never live down Captain von Trapp. He has often spoken about the famous role and how he was “a bit bored with the character. Although we worked hard enough to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a dead horse.” However, he does acknowledge that it was extremely well-made and perfect for families of all ages.
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Over the next five decades, Plummer continued to act, and even went on to become the oldest person ever nominated for an Academy Award, and the oldest person to win one. He was 82 when he won for Beginners, and 88 when he was nominated for All the Money in the World.
One of the last major films that Plummer appeared in that had a lot of talk at the time was 2019’s Knives Out, also starring Jamie Lee Curtis. The film actually earned a few nominations, including Academy Awards and Golden Globes. At 90 years old, he’s still kickin’ as he’s currently filming a movie slated for a 2021 release for which he’s lending his voice called Heroes of the Golden Masks. He is a living legend and someone we’ll remember for a long time to come!