Plummer's film Beginners was not up for any other awards, but Plummer was considered the favourite after winning both the Bafta and Golden Globe awards for best supporting actor.Beginners sees Plummer play a man who comes out as gay in his 70s, after the death of his wife. Also starring Ewan McGregor and Mélanie Laurent, Beginners was inspired by the real-life story of director Mike Mills' own father. Beginners (2010) Christopher Plummer became the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar in an acting category, at 82, ... More. Christopher Plummer has won the Oscar for best supporting actor at the Academy Award ceremony currently taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Won Golden Schmoes Award, Best Supporting Actor of the Year: Nominated Gotham Award, … Other winners at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards included:It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.The award is just the latest accolade the screen legend has claimed for his role as an ailing widower who embraces his homosexuality.Despite a storied six-decade career, Plummer has never won an Academy Award.Plummer concluded his speech by thanking his "long-suffering wife Elaine who 43 years ago came to my rescue and saved my life.""No, I think it's frightfully boring," Plummer said. Christopher Plummer became the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar in an acting category, at 82, surpassing the achievement of Jessica Tandy. 2010. Plummer's film … Plummer saw off a strong field containing Max von Sydow, Jonah Hill, Nick Nolte and Kenneth Branagh. 2:32. This is only the second time that Plummer has been nominated for an Oscar, after receiving another best supporting nod for The Last Station in 2010.Christopher Plummer has won the Oscar for best supporting actor at the Academy Award ceremony currently taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Plummer's film career began in 1958 when Sidney Lumet cast him as a young writer in Stage Struck. Another 47 wins & 66 nominations. That same year, Plummer played the lead in Nicholas Ray's film Wind Across the Everglades. Trailer.
Despite a storied six-decade career, Plummer has never won an Academy Award. Listen, we don't go into this business preoccupied by awards. Christopher Plummer (I) Actor | Soundtrack | Producer . It was a delight, but not a surprise, when Canada’s Christopher Plummer won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role on Sunday night, making him, at … Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario. "That's an awful question. "I mean actors are gregarious and wacky, are they not? Did You Know Trivia. If we did, we wouldn't last five minutes."The Toronto-born Plummer, 82, has already won a Golden Globe and is nominated for an Academy Award."I just can't tell you what fun I've had being a member of the world's second-oldest profession," Plummer said Sunday as he accepted the best supporting actor trophy.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. ... Won 1 Oscar. And I love them dearly, but when they honour you it's like being lit by the holy grail. Plummer won the best supporting actor award for his role in "Beginners," in which he plays an elderly widower who comes out as gay.
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