News broke this evening that the award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film The Sound Of Music, has died aged 91.
Plummer died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou Pitt, his long-time friend and manager.
Over more than 50 years in the industry, Plummer enjoyed varied roles ranging from the film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, to the voice of the villain in 2009's Up and as a canny
lawyer in Broadway's Inherit The Wind.
Plummer had a remarkable film renaissance late in life, which began with his acclaimed performance as Mike Wallace in Michael Mann's 1999 film The Insider, continued in films such 2001's A Beautiful Mind and 2009's The Last Station, in which he played a deteriorating Tolstoy and was nominated for an Oscar.
Here is Christopher Plummer’s career in pictures:
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1. The Return Of The Pink Panther
Christopher Plummer with Catherine Schell in The Return Of The Pink Panther in 1975. Photo: Moviestore/Shutterstock
2. Murder By Decree
Christopher Plummer with James Mason in 1979 film Murder By Decree. Photo: Moviestore/Shutterstock
3. Battle of Britain
A film still of Christopher Plummer in Battle of Britain, a 1969 British Second World War film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. Photo: Snap/Shutterstock
4. Elsa and Fred
Christopher Plummer in 2014 film Elsa and Fred, with actors including Scott Bakula and Shirley Maclaine. This film was directed by Michael Radford Photo: Michele K Short/Defiant/Riverside Group/Millennium/Kobal/Shutterstock