Toronto-born actor Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer died at the age of 91 on Friday morning at his home in Conneticut.
The Academy Award winning actor was known for his roles in countless films including the Sound of Music and Beginners.
He was also the great grandson of Canada's third Prime Minister, Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott.
"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, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years, said in a statement. "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 was born in Toronto in 1929 and he grew up in Montreal, where he attended the Jennings Private School.
He made his stage debut in a 1948 production of "Cymbeline" at the Canadian Repertory Theatre in Ottawa, followed soon thereafter by a CBC television production of "Othello."
I just read of the passing of Christopher Plummer at age 91. Keep your Captain von Trapp – for me he was a brilliant Iago opposite James Earl Jones's "Othello" on Broadway some 40 years ago. Sorry to learn of his final bow. pic.twitter.com/4Xq45kUNiC
— Howard Sherman (@HESherman) February 5, 2021
Plummer had a seven decade long career with many accolades to his name, including two Oscars, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards.
reminder of the warm loveliness that is christopher plummer’s 2011 best supporting actor oscar speech pic.twitter.com/6cS30jTKyr
— grace barber-plentie (@gracesimone) February 5, 2021
Plummer was probably best known for playing Captain von Trapp in the Oscar-winning musical "The Sound of Music." He was also the oldest actor to ever win the Academy Award for supporting actor, which he won in 2012 for his supporting role in the film "Beginners".
Christopher Plummer.
— Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) February 5, 2021
A legend.
Thank you for "The Insider," Up," "The Last Station," "Knives Out," your Oscar-winning "Beginners" and just countless more.
Sleep well.#RIP pic.twitter.com/fJuS0Z5L9D
He was also known for "The Insider," "12 Monkeys," "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" and "A Beautiful Mind," and he contributed voices for "Up," "An American Tale" and the "Madeline" TV series.
Plummer was a frequent Toronto's International Film Festival attendee, most recently appearring in Rian Johnson's whodunit "Knives Out.", which premiered at TIFF in 2019.
Plummer was married three times. His first wife was Tammy Grimes and the second was journalist Patricia Audrey Lewis.
Plummer is survived by third wife, actress-dancer Elaine Taylor, and a daughter with Grimes, actress Amanda Plummer.
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