Christopher Plummer

A Canadian actor, Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was better known as Christopher Plummer whose career spanned seven decades, gaining recognition for his performances in film, television, and on the stage. His role as Mr. Darcy in his high school production of "Pride and Prejudice" garnered the attention of theater critic Herbert Whittaker. He made and his Broadway debut in 1954 and made his film debut in the 1958 movie "Stage Struck", and continued to act in leading roles on stage playing Cyrano de Bergerac in "Cyrano" (1974), Iago in "Othello", as well as playing the titular roles in "Hamlet at Elsinore" (1964), "Macbeth", "King Lear", and "Barrymore". He won a number of awards for his role in the 1999 Michael Mann film "The Insider". Wistfully, we lost such a talented actor on 5th February 2021 at the age of 91.