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Christopher Plummer’s Milestones
| Raised and educated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Worked extensively in live TV during the 1950s on shows like "Kraft Television Theatre" and "Producers' Showcase" (both NBC) and "Appointment with Adventure" (CBS) | |
| 1948 | Stage debut in "Cymbeline" at Canadian Repertory Theatre, Ottawa |
| 1951 | TV debut in CBC production of "Othello" |
| 1954 | Broadway debut in "The Starcross Story" starring Katherine Cornell |
| 1955 | Delivered a compelling performance as the Earl of Warwick in Anouilh's "The Lark" opposite Julie Harris |
| 1955 | Starred opposite Judith Anderson in a Paris production of "Medea" |
| 1956 | Portrayed title role in "Henry V" at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada |
| 1958 | Made film debut in Sidney Lumet's "Stage Struck" |
| 1961 | London stage debut in "Becket" |
| 1965 | Most memorable film appearance as Baron Von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" |
| 1968 | Portrayed title role in feature "Oedipus the King" |
| 1973 | Conceived and directed "Lovers and Madmen" an evening of Shakespearean love themes for Zoe Caldwell and himself |
| 1974 | Won a Tony Award for his performance in "Cyrano" |
| 1976 | Delivered Emmy-winning performance in "Arthur Hailey's 'The Moneychangers'" (NBC) |
| 1979 | Played Sherlock Holmes in the feature film, "Murder by Decree" |
| 1980 | Appeared in award-winning telefilm "The Shadow Box" (ABC), directed by Paul Newman and co-starring Joanne Woodward |
| 1986 | Provided voice of Henri for the animated feature "An American Tail" |
| 1988 | Toured USA in title role of "Macbeth" |
| 1990 - 1993 | Starred in TV series "Counterstrike" on USA network |
| 1994 | Acted opposite Jason Robards Jr in revival of Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" on Broadway |
| 1997 | Returned to Broadway in the one-man show "Barrymore" about the actor, John Barrymore |
| 1999 | Portrayed TV journalist Mike Wallace in "The Insider" a film about tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) |
| 2001 | Had pivotal role as a psychiatrist treating schizophrenic mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr (played by Russell Crowe) in "A Beautiful Mind" |
| 2002 | Co-starred in the historical drama feature "Ararat" |
| 2004 | Cast in Oliver Stone's "Alexander" playing Aristotle |
| 2004 | Returned to the stage for a production of "King Lear" at Lincoln Center's Beaumont theater; received a Tony nomination for his performance |
| 2005 | Earned Emmy and SAG nominations for his portrayal of Boston's controversial Cardinal Bernard Law in Showtime's "Our Fathers," an adaptation of David French's epic book |
| 2005 | Starred in the geopolitical thriller "Syriana," based on the real-life memoirs of CIA agent Robert Baer; produced by George Clooney |
| 2006 | Co-starred with Denzel Washington and Clive Owen in the Spike Lee directed hostage drama "Inside Man" |
| 2007 | Returned to Broadway as Henry Drummond in a revival of "Inherit the Wind," winning a Drama Desk Award nomination as well as his seventh Tony nomination |
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