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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Canadian actor Christopher Plummer.
Plummer is one of the few actors to have received the Triple Crown of Acting [1] and the only Canadian. He has won the highest competitive honours for film, television and the theatre, also known as the Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award.
Plummer has received three Academy Award nominations winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for the Mike Mills film Beginners (2010), becoming the oldest person to win an acting award (a distinction he held until being supplanted by 83-year-old Anthony Hopkins in 2021), and he received a nomination at the age of 88 for the Ridley Scott film All the Money in the World , making him the oldest person to be nominated in an acting category. [2] He has also won seven Tony Award nominations winning twice for Best Actor in a Musical for Cyrano in 1974 and Best Actor in a Play for Barrymore in 1997. For his work on television he has also received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning twice for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1977) and Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for Madeline in 1994. He has also received a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album nomination.
Other awards Plummer has received include a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Independent Spirit Award all for his performance Hal Fields, an elderly man who comes out as gay later in life in Mike Mills' independent drama Beginners (2011).
Plummer was just a Grammy Award away from achieving the EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), which is considered the "grand slam" of American show business. [3] [4]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Best Supporting Actor | The Last Station | Nominated | [5] |
2012 | Beginners | Won | [6] | |
2018 | All the Money in the World | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1959 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Little Moon of Alban | Nominated | [7] |
1966 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Nominated | ||
1977 | Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Won | ||
1983 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | The Thorn Birds | Nominated | |
1994 | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Madeline | Won | |
2005 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Our Fathers | Nominated | |
2011 | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Best Album for Children | E.T.A. Hoffmann/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker | Nominated | [8] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1959 | Best Actor in a Play | J.B. | Nominated | [9] |
1974 | Best Actor in a Musical | Cyrano | Won | |
1982 | Best Actor in a Play | Othello | Nominated | |
1994 | No Man's Land | Nominated | ||
1997 | Barrymore | Won | ||
2004 | King Lear | Nominated | ||
2007 | Inherit the Wind | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Beginners | Won | |
2018 | All the Money in the World | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Genie Awards | ||||
1978 | Best Actor | The Silent Partner | Nominated | |
1980 | Murder by Decree | Won | ||
1982 | The Amateur | Nominated | ||
1993 | Best Supporting Actor | Impolite | Nominated | |
2003 | Best Actor | Ararat | Nominated | |
2004 | Best Supporting Actor | Blizzard | Nominated | |
2009 | Best Actor | Emotional Arithmetic | Nominated | |
Gemini Awards | ||||
1992 | Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role | Counterstrike | Nominated | |
1996 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series | Harrison Bergeron | Nominated | |
2009 | Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series | Caesar and Cleopatra | Nominated | |
2010 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series | The Summit | Nominated | |
Canadian Screen Awards | ||||
2013 | Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series | The Tempest | Won | |
2016 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Honoured | |
2017 | Best Actor | Remember | Nominated | |
2021 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series | Departure | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | American Tragedy | Nominated | |
2010 | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | The Last Station | Nominated | |
2012 | Beginners | Won | ||
2018 | All the Money in the World | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2009 | Best Supporting Male | The Last Station | Nominated | |
2011 | Beginners | Won | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated | |
2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Our Fathers | Nominated | |
2010 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | The Last Station | Nominated | |
2012 | Beginners | Won | ||
Year | Title | Accolade | Results | Ref |
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1998 | Annie Award for Outstanding Voice Acting by a Male in an Animated Feature Production | Babes in Toyland | Nominated | |
2000 | Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Insider | Nominated | |
2001 | Awards Circuit Community Award, Best Cast Ensemble | A Beautiful Mind | Nominated | |
2001 | DVD Exclusive Award, Best Supporting Actor | Full Disclosure | Nominated | |
2011 | Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Beginners | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1982 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Othello | Won |
1994 | No Man's Land | Nominated | |
1997 | Barrymore | Won | |
2004 | King Lear | Nominated | |
2007 | Inherit the Wind | Nominated | |
Year | Accolade | Results |
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1970 | Order of Canada | Won |
1998 | Canada's Walk of Fame | Won |
2002 | National Board of Review Award, Career Achievement Award | Won |
2007 | Method Fest Award, Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
2011 | Sarasota Film Festival Award, Master of Cinema Award | Won |
2012 | Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award, Modern Master Award | Won |
2017 | Canadian Screen Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
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Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal for Canada |
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125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal |
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Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Canada | ||
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