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Christopher Plummer
13 December 1929
Christopher Plummer played in 49 movies in the Drama, Music, Romance, Biography, Family, Musical, Music, Action, History, War, Horror, Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Mystery, Adventure, Sport, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Animation, Documentary genres.
Christopher Plummer got succeed with average imdb rating 6.7.
Father, with Tammy Grimes, of actress Amanda Plummer.
Awarded The Edwin Cubicle Lifetime Achievement Award by The Players, 1997.
Appointed a Companion of the Law of Canada in 1968.
Grew up in the village of Senneville, Qu?bec, Canada.
Is the great grandson of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott.
On April 22 he was awarded the to begin Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre by the Roundabout Arena. His The Sound of Music (1965) co-star Julie Andrews was among those in house waiting upon. [April 2002]
... His from the word go paying part was in "Machina Infernale" (The Infernal Machine) away Jean Cocteau, in which he worked with another young Montreal actor, William Shatner. The two were reunited years later when they both appeared in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Woods (1991).
He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws decidedly from the University of Western Ontario on June 8, 2004.
Schoolmate of jazz piano master Oscar Peterson.
Has won two Tony Awards: in 1974, as Get the better of Actor (Harmonious), playing the name role in "Cyrano," and in 1997, as Superlative Actor (Behaviour), playing the title capacity of John Barrymore in "Barrymore." He has also been nominated for the Tony four other times: as Best Actor (Dramatic), in 1959 for "J.B.," and as Surpass Actor (Play), in 1982 Shakespeare's "Othello," in 1994 for "No Homo sapiens's Dirt," and in 2004 to go to Shakespeare's "Sovereign Lear."
He and his daughter Amanda Plummer both received Emmy nominations in 2005. She won, he didn't.
Trained to fit a concert pianist before turning his attention to acting.
Was actually born on December 13, 1929, although most publications usually state his birthday as December 13, 1927.
Is only 13 years older than Charmian Carr who played his daughter in The Pronounce of Music (1965).
Invited to fasten to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences [2007].
People of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
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