A supporting actor is an actor who performs roles in a play or film other than that of the leads.

These roles range from bit parts to secondary leads. They are sometimes but not necessarily character roles. A supporting actor must also use restraint not to upstage the main actor/actress in the play/movie. In earlier times these were often ethnic stereotypes. The title is usually specific to the performance, that is, a person may be a supporting actor in one film and the leading actor in the next. An individual who typically plays supporting roles is considered a character actor.

In television, a day player refers to most performers with supporting speaking roles hired on a daily basis without long-term contracts.

Supporting roles may be pivotal or vital to the story. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the Best Supporting Actor and actress.

See also

Supernumerary actor

Extra (actor)

Under-Five

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie

External links

FilmReference.com on "Supporting Actors"

SupportingActors.com

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Coordinates	55°45′06″N37°37′04″N
birth name	Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
birth date	December 13, 1929
birth place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
years active	1953–present
occupation	Actor
spouse	Tammy Grimes (1956–60; divorced; 1 child, Amanda Plummer)Patricia Lewis (1962–67; divorced)Elaine Taylor (1970–present) }}

Arthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. In a career that spans over five decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is perhaps best known for his performances as Captain Georg von Trapp in the musical ''The Sound of Music'' and as Mike Wallace in ''The Insider''. His most recent film roles include the Disney-Pixar 2009 film ''Up'' as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production ''9'' as 1, ''The Last Station'' as Leo Tolstoy, and ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' as Doctor Parnassus.

Early life

Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Isabella Mary (née Abbott) and John Orme Plummer, who was secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University. His maternal great-grandfather was Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. Plummer was an only child. His parents were divorced shortly after he was born, and he was brought up at the Abbott family home in Senneville, Quebec, outside Montreal. He is bilingual. He studied to be a concert pianist, but developed a love for the theatre at an early age, and began acting in high school. Plummer took up acting after seeing Laurence Olivier's film ''Henry V'' (1944). He travelled by train to gain experience with the Canadian Repertory Theatre (the CRT) in Ottawa.

Theatre

Plummer has played most of the great roles in classic repertoire. In 1953, Plummer was the understudy to Tyrone Power in ''The Dark is Light Enough'', in a production by Katharine Cornell in which she also starred. In his biography, Plummer states that Cornell was his 'sponsor.' In 1973, he appeared on Broadway as the swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac in ''Cyrano'', a musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' by Anthony Burgess (libretto and lyrics) and Michael J. Lewis (music). For that performance, Plummer won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance.

In 1971 he appeared at the National Theatre in the play ''Amphitryon 38'', directed by Sir Laurence Olivier.

In 2002, he appeared in a lauded production of ''King Lear'', directed by Jonathan Miller and performed at the Stratford (Canada) Shakespeare Festival. The production came to New York City's Lincoln Center in 2004, where Plummer's performance as Lear garnered him his sixth Tony nomination.

He returned to Broadway in 2007 as Henry Drummond in a revival of ''Inherit the Wind,'' winning a Drama Desk Award nomination as well as his seventh Tony nomination.

Plummer returned to the stage at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in August 2008 in a critically acclaimed performance as Julius Caesar in George Bernard Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" directed by Tony winner Des McAnuff; this production was videotaped and shown in high-definition in Canadian cinemas on January 31, 2009 (with an encore presentation on February 23, 2009) and broadcast on April 4, 2009 on Bravo! in Canada. Plummer once again returned to the Stratford Festival in the summer of 2010 in ''The Tempest'' as the lead character, Prospero.

Film

Plummer's eclectic career on screen began in 1958 when Sidney Lumet cast him as a young writer in ''Stage Struck''. Since then he has appeared in a vast number of notable films which include ''Oedipus the King'', ''The Man Who Would Be King'', ''The Fall of the Roman Empire'', ''Jesus of Nazareth'', ''The Return of the Pink Panther'', ''The Royal Hunt of the Sun'', ''Battle of Britain'', ''Waterloo'', ''The Silent Partner'', ''Dragnet'', ''Shadow Dancing'', ''Inside Daisy Clover'', ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'', ''Malcolm X'', ''Dolores Claiborne'', ''Wolf'', ''12 Monkeys'', ''The Insider'', ''Murder by Decree'', ''Somewhere in Time'', ''Syriana'', ''The New World'', ''The Lake House'' and ''International Velvet''.

One of Plummer's most critically acclaimed roles was that of television journalist Mike Wallace in Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated ''The Insider'', for which he won Boston, Los Angeles, and National Society of Film Critics Awards for 'Best Supporting Actor'; he was also nominated for Chicago and Las Vegas Film Critics Awards, as well as a Satellite Award. Predictions of an Oscar nomination circulated, but such recognition only came in January 2010 when Plummer received his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of author Leo Tolstoy in ''The Last Station''. Speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview that aired on March 7, 2010, Plummer appeared slightly irritated that it had taken so long to receive a personal Academy Award nomination, saying, "Well, I said it's about time! I mean, I'm 80 years old, for God's sake. Have mercy." Still, on Oscar night, March 7, 2010, Plummer lost the Best Supporting Actor nomination to Christoph Waltz in the Quentin Tarantino 2009 war film ''Inglourious Basterds''.

Other recent successes include his roles as Dr. Rosen in Ron Howard's Academy Award winning ''A Beautiful Mind'', Arthur Case in Spike Lee's 2006 film ''Inside Man'', and the philosopher Aristotle in ''Alexander'', alongside Colin Farrell. In 2004, Plummer played John Adams Gates in ''National Treasure''.

Plummer has also done some voice work, such as his role of Henri the pigeon in ''An American Tail'', the villainous Grand Duke of Owls in ''Rock-a-Doodle'', the antagonistic Charles Muntz in ''Up'' and the elder leader 1 in the Tim Burton-produced action/science fiction film ''9''.

In 1963, he was the subject of a short National Film Board of Canada documentary, ''30 Minutes, Mister Plummer'', directed by Anne Claire Poirier.

In 2011, Plummer appeared in the feature length documentary ''The Captains''. The film, which was written and directed by William Shatner sees Shatner interview Plummer at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre where they talk about their young careers, long lasting friendship, and Plummer's role as General Chang in ''Star Trek VI''. The film also mentions how Shatner was Plummer's understudy for a production of ''Henry V'' at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and that after Plummer had fell ill Shatner was forced to take the stage and thus earned his first big break.

''The Sound of Music''

Owing to the box office success and continued popularity of ''The Sound of Music'' (1965), Plummer remains best known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp, a role he reportedly disliked. He declined to attend the 40th Anniversary cast reunion, but did provide commentary on the 2005 DVD release. Plummer relented in 2010 for the 45th anniversary, and appeared with the full cast on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' on October 28, 2010.

Said Plummer of the movie and his role in a December 2009 interview, “I was a bit bored with the character (of Captain Von Trapp)," said Plummer. “Although we worked hard enough to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a dead horse. And the subject matter is not mine. I mean, it can’t appeal to every person in the world." However, Plummer admits the movie itself was well made and, despite his reservations, is proud to be associated with a film with such mass appeal. "The world has seen (''The Sound of Music'') so many times. And there’s a whole new generation every year—poor kids—that have to sit through it ''(laughs)''. But it was a very well-made movie, and it’s a family movie and we haven't seen a family movie, I don't think, on that scale for ages. I don’t mind that. It just happened to be not my particular cup of tea."

Television

Among his television appearances, which number almost a hundred, are the Emmy-nominated BBC production ''Hamlet at Elsinore'', the five-time Emmy winning ''The Thorn Birds'', the Emmy-winning ''Nuremberg'', the Emmy-winning ''Little Moon of Alban'' and the Emmy-winning ''Moneychangers''. In 1956, he appeared with Jason Robards and Constance Ford in an episode entitled "A Thief There Was" of CBS's anthology series ''Appointment with Adventure''.

He co-starred in ''American Tragedy'' as F. Lee Bailey (for which he received a Golden Globe Nomination), and appeared in ''Four Minute Mile'', ''Miracle Planet'', and a documentary by Ric Burns about Eugene O'Neill. He received an Emmy nomination for his performance in ''Our Fathers'' and reunited with Julie Andrews for a television production of ''On Golden Pond''. He also played Herod Antipas in the miniseries, ''Jesus of Nazareth'' and was the narrator for ''The Gospel of John''. He also co-starred with Gregory Peck in ''The Scarlet and The Black''.

He narrated the animated television series ''Madeline'', for which he received an Emmy, as well as the animated television series ''David the Gnome''.

Plummer has also written for the stage, television and the concert-hall. Plummer and Sir Neville Marriner rearranged Shakespeare’s ''Henry V'' with Sir William Walton’s music as a concert piece. They recorded the work with Marriner's chamber orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

He performed it and other works with the New York Philharmonic and symphony orchestras of London, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Ohio, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax. With Marriner he made his Carnegie Hall debut in his own arrangements of Mendelssohn's incidental music to ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.

Honours and awards

Plummer has won many honours in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Austria. He was the first winner of Canada's Genie Award, for Best Actor in ''Murder by Decree'' (1980) and has received three other Genie nominations. Plummer has won two Tony Awards (from seven nominations), and two Emmy Awards (six nominations) in the United States, and Great Britain's ''Evening Standard'' Award.

In 1968, he was invested as Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour. In 2001, he received the Canadian Governor General's Lifetime Achievement Award. He was made an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts at New York's Juilliard School and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, McGill University, the University of Western Ontario, the University of Ottawa, and most recently the University of Guelph. Plummer was inducted into the American Theatre's Hall of Fame in 1986 and into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto in 1997.

His awards include the following:

London Evening Standard Award as Best Actor (1961), for his portrayal of King Henry II in the stage play, ''Becket''

Genie Award (1980), for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in ''Murder by Decree''

Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (1974), for his lead role in ''Cyrano''

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (1997), for his lead role in ''Barrymore''

Emmy Award (1976), as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for '' Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers''

Emmy Award (1994), for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work on the Family Channel's ''Madeline'' children's series

Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award (1997)

Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre (2002)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1999) for ''The Insider''

Boston Society of Film Critics Award (1999) for ''The Insider''

Personal life

Plummer has been married three times. His first marriage, to Tony Award-winning actress Tammy Grimes, was in 1956 and lasted four years. The couple's daughter, Amanda Plummer (born 1957), is an acclaimed actress in her own right, but (as he mentions in his autobiography) he had no contact with her during her early and teenage years. They now maintain a friendly relationship. Plummer was married to journalist Patricia Lewis from May 4, 1962 until their divorce in 1967. He and his third wife, British dancer and actress Elaine Regina Taylor, have been married since 1970 and live in a 100-year-old converted farm house in Connecticut.

In a 2005 interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', Plummer maintained that in their early days he and his fellow actors did not drink to excess "because we had problems...Nonsense! Actually, I was taught as a child to drink. I came from a family that loved wine. I was twelve, I think, when I was drinking wine with dinner."

Plummer's memoir, ''In Spite of Myself'', was published by Knopf Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in November 2008.

Filmography

''Wind Across the Everglades'' '''' ''Playdate'' ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' '''' ''Hamlet at Elsinore'' '''' ''Inside Daisy Clover'' ''Triple Cross (1966 film) '''' ''Oedipus the King'' ''Nobody Runs Forever'' ''Battle of Britain (film) '''' ''Lock Up Your Daughters!'' ''Waterloo (1970 film) ''Don Juan in Hell'' '''' ''After the Fall (play) '''' '''' '''' ''Conduct Unbecoming (film) '''' '''' ''Aces High (film) ''Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers'' ''Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries) '''' '''' ''Silver Blaze'' '''' ''International Velvet (film) ''Starcrash'' ''Murder by Decree'' ''Riel (film) ''Hanover Street (film) ''Desperate Voyage'' '''' ''Somewhere in Time (film) ''When the Circus Came to Town'' ''Eyewitness (1981 film) '''' ''Little Gloria... Happy at Last'' '''' '''' ''Prototype'' ''Lily in Love'' ''Dreamscape (film) ''Highpoint'' ''Terror in the Aisles'' ''Ordeal by Innocence'' ''Játszani kell'' '''' ''Rumpelstiltskin (1985) '''' ''Crossings'' '''' '''' ''Spearfield's Daughter'' ''Vampire in Venice'' ''Dragnet (1987 film) '''' '''' '''' ''Light Years (film) ''Shadow Dancing (1988 film) '''' ''I Love N.Y.'' ''Souvenir (1989 film) ''Nabokov on Kafka'' ''Mindfield'' ''Kingsgate'' ''Where the Heart Is (1990 film) '''' ''Red Blooded American Girl'' ''Money (film) ''Madeline (TV series) ''Counterstrike (1990 TV series) ''Firehead'' ''Young Catherine'' '''' ''Rock-a-Doodle'' ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' ''Berlin Lady'' '''' ''Secrets (1992 film) ''Impolite'' ''Malcolm X (film) ''Liar's Edge'' ''Sidney Sheldon's A Stranger in the Mirror'' '''' ''Madeline'' ''Wolf (film) ''Crackerjack (1994 film) ''Dolores Claiborne (film) ''Harrison Bergeron (film) ''12 Monkeys'' ''We the Jury'' ''Skeletons'' '''' '''' ''Babes in Toyland (1997 film) ''Winchell'' ''Hidden Agenda'' '''' '''' ''Celebrate the Century'' ''Madeline: Lost in Paris'' '''' ''Nuremberg (2000 film) '''' ''Possessed (2000 film) ''American Tragedy (film) ''Dracula 2000'' ''Star Trek: Klingon Academy'' ''Leo's Journey'' ''On Golden Pond (2001 film) ''Lucky Break'' ''Blackheart'' '''' ''Full Disclosure (film) ''Night Flight (TV series) ''Ararat (film) ''Agent of Influence'' ''Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film) ''Tma'' ''Blizzard (film) '''' ''Cold Creek Manor'' ''National Treasure (film) ''Alexander (film) ''Our Fathers (film) ''Must Love Dogs'' ''Syriana'' '''' ''Inside Man'' '''' ''Man in the Chair'' ''Closing the Ring'' ''Emotional Arithmetic'' ''Already Dead'' '''' ''Caesar and Cleaopatra'' ''Up (2009 film) ''My Dog Tulip'' ''9 (2009 film) '''' '''' ''Priest (2011 film) ''Beginners'' ''''

Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1958	Stage Struck (film)>Stage Struck''	Joe Sheridan
1958	|	Walt Murdock
1959	|	Torvald Helmer
1961	|	Host
1962	|	Cyrano de Bergerac
1964	|	Commodus
1964	|	Hamlet
1965	|	Georg Ludwig von Trapp>Captain von Trapp
1966	|	Raymond Swan
1966	Triple Cross'' ||	Eddie Chapman
1967	|	Field Marshal Irwin Rommel
1968	|	Oedipus
1968	|	Sir James Quentin
1969	Battle of Britain'' ||	Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
1969	|	Atahualpa
1969	|	Lord Foppington
1970	Waterloo'' ||	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
1971	|	Don Juan
1973	|	Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
1974	After the Fall'' ||	Quentin
1974	|	The Happy Prince
1975	|	Dr. Joe Sherman
1975	|	Sir Charles Litton
1975	Conduct Unbecoming'' ||	Maj. Alastair Wimbourne
1975	|	Rudyard Kipling
1975	|	Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
1976	Aces High'' ||	Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
1976	|	Roscoe Heyward	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie>Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
1977	Jesus of Nazareth'' ||	Herod Antipas
1977	|	Captain Behounek
1977	|	Deverell
1977	|	Sherlock Holmes
1978	|	Harry Reikle
1978	International Velvet'' ||	John Seaton
1979	|	Emperor
1979	|	Sherlock Holmes	Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1979	Riel'' ||	John A. Macdonald
1979	Hanover Street'' ||	Paul Sellinger
1980	|	Burrifous
1980	|	Brian
1980	Somewhere in Time'' ||	William Fawcett Robinson
1981	|	Duke Royal
1981	Eyewitness'' ||	Joseph
1981	|	Professor Lakos	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1982	|	Reggie Vanderbilt
1983	|	Col. Herbert Kappler
1983	|	Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese	Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
1983	|	Dr. Carl Forrester
1984	|	Fitzroy Wynn/Roberto Terranova
1984	Dreamscape'' ||	Bob Blair
1984	|	James Hatcher
1984	|	Archival appearance
1984	|	Leo Argyle
1985	|
1985	|
1985	Rumpelstiltskin'' ||	Narrator
1986	|	Knox
1986	|	Armand DeVilliers
1986	|	Mr. Roalvang
1986	|	Henri	Voice talent
1986	|	Lord Jack Cruze
1986	|	Professor Paris Catalano
1987	Dragnet'' ||	Reverend Jonathan Whirley
1987	|	Sir Giles Staverley
1987	|	Narrator
1987	|	Narrator
1988	Light Years'' ||	Metamorphis
1988	Shadow Dancing'' ||	Edmund Beaumont
1988	|	Narrator
1988	|	John Robertson Yeats
1989	Souvenir'' ||	Ernst Kestner
1989	|	Vladimir Nabokov
1989	|	Doctor Satorius
1989	|
1990	Where the Heart Is'' ||	Jerry
1990	|	The Grand Duke Ivan
1990	|	Dr. John Alcore
1990	Money'' ||	Martin Yahl
1990	Madeline'' ||	Narrator
1990	Counterstrike'' ||	Alexander Addington
1991	|	Col. Garland Vaughn
1991	|	Sir Charles
1991	|	Alfred Stieglitz
1991	|	Grand Duke	Voice talent
1991	|	Chang (Star Trek)>General Chang
1991	|	Wilhem Speer
1991	|	Victor Abakumov
1992	Secrets'' ||	Mel Wexler
1992	|	Naples O'Rorke	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1992	Malcolm X'' ||	Chaplain Gill
1992	|	Harry Weldon
1993	|	Clifton Lawrence
1993	|
1993	|		Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
1994	Wolf'' ||	Raymond Alden
1994	Crackerjack'' ||	Ivan Getz
1995	Dolores Claiborne'' ||	Det. John Mackey
1995	Harrison Bergeron'' ||	John Klaxon
1995	|	Dr. Goines
1996	|	Wilfred Fransiscus
1996	|	R. Carlyle
1996	|	Joseph Wakeman
1997	|	George Hees
1997	Babes in Toyland'' ||	Barnaby Crookedman	Voice talent
1998	|	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1998	|	Ulrich Steiner
1998	|	Narrator
1998	|	Mr. Caruthers
1999	|
1999	|	Narrator
1999	|	Mike Wallace (journalist)>Mike Wallace	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2000	Nuremberg'' ||	David Maxwell-Fyfe>Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
2000	|	Hump Hinton
2000	Possessed'' ||	Archbishop Hume
2000	American Tragedy'' ||	F. Lee Bailey	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2000	|	Abraham Van Helsing
2000	|	Chang (Star Trek)>General Chang
2001	|	Narrator
2001	On Golden Pond'' ||	Norman Thayer
2001	|
2001	|	Holmes
2001	|	Dr. Rosen	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2001	Full Disclosure'' ||	Robert Lecker
2002	Night Flight'' ||	'Flash' Harry Peters
2002	Ararat'' ||	David	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2002	|	John Watkins
2002	Nicholas Nickleby'' ||	Ralph Nickleby	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
2002	|
2003	Blizzard'' ||	Santa Claus	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
2003	|	Narrator
2003	|	Mr. Massie
2004	National Treasure'' ||	John Adams Gates
2004	Alexander'' ||	Aristotle
2005	Our Fathers'' ||	Cardinal Bernard Law	Television filmNominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a MovieNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2005	|	Bill Nolan
2005	|	Dean Whiting
2005	|	Captain Newport
2006	|	Arthur Case
2006	|	Simon Wyler
2007	|	Flash Madden
2007	|	Jack
2007	|	David Winters	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2007	|	Dr. Heller
2008	|	P.J. Aimes	TV Miniseries: 2 Episodes
2009	|	Julius Caesar	also executive producer
2009	Up'' ||	Charles Muntz	voice talent
2009	|	J. R. Ackerley	voice talent
2009	9'' ||	1	voice talent
2009	|	Doctor Parnassus
2009	|	Leo Tolstoy	Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureNominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting MaleNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
2011	Priest'' ||	Monsignor Orelas
2011	|	Hal
2011	|	Henrik Vanger	''filming''

References

External links

Christopher Plummer at the Canadian Film Encyclopedia

Confessions of Captain Von Trapp: An Interview With Christopher Plummer

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Birth name	Nicholas King Nolte
Birth date	February 8, 1941 (age 70)
Birth place	Omaha, Nebraska, US
Occupation	Actor
Yearsactive	1969–present
Spouse	Sheila Page (1966–70) Sharyn Haddad (1978–83) Rebecca Linger (1984–94)
Partner	Karen Louise Ecklund (1970–77) Vicki Lewis (1994–2003) Clytie Lane (2003–present) }}

Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, film producer, voice artist, comedian, and former model.

Early life

Nolte was born Nicholas King Nolte in Omaha, Nebraska on February 8, 1941, the son of Helen (née King), a department store buyer, and Franklin A. Nolte, a farmer's son who worked in irrigation pump sales and who was an All-American football player at Iowa State University in 1934. Nolte's father was of German descent. Nolte's maternal grandfather, Matthew Leander King, invented the hollow-tile silo and was prominent in early aviation. His maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University. He has an older sister, Nancy, who was an executive for the Red Cross.

Nolte went to Westside High School in Omaha, where he was the kicker on the football team. Nolte originally attended Benson High, but got kicked out for a fight and hiding beer before practice and then getting caught drinking it during a practice session. He later attended Pasadena City College in southern California, and Arizona State University in Tempe (on a football scholarship); Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher; and Phoenix College in Phoenix. At Eastern Arizona, Nolte lettered in football as a tight end and defensive end, in basketball as a forward, and as a catcher on the baseball team. Poor grades eventually ended his studies, at which point his career in theatre began in earnest. While in college, Nolte worked for the Falstaff Brewery in Omaha. In 1965, he was arrested for selling counterfeit documents and was given a 45-year jail sentence and a $75,000 fine, however the sentence was suspended. This felony conviction prevented him from being eligible to join the military—at the time, he felt obliged to serve in the Vietnam War. As a result, Nolte says he felt incomplete as a young man for not going to Vietnam. After stints at the Pasadena Playhouse and The Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles, Nolte spent several years traveling the country and working in regional theaters.

Career

Modeling

Nolte was a model in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In one national magazine advertisement in 1972, he appeared in jeans and an open jean shirt for Clairol's "Summer Blonde" hair lightener sitting on a log next to a blonde Sigourney Weaver. The pair also appeared on the packaging.

Acting career

Nolte first gained national attention and critical acclaim for his performance in ''Rich Man, Poor Man'', a 1976 television miniseries based on Irwin Shaw's 1970 best-selling novel. Since then he's appeared in more than 40 films, playing a wide variety of characters. Diversity of character, and his trademark athleticism and gravelly voice, are signatures of Nolte's career. In 1973 he appeared in Lorne Greene's ABC crime drama ''Griff'' in the episode "Who Framed Billy the Kid?", in the role of Billy Randolph, a football player accused of murder. He co-starred alongside Andy Griffith in ''Winter Kill'', a TV movie made as the pilot of a possible television series, and another one, ''Adams of Eagle Lake'', but neither was picked up as a series.

Nolte's first major film role was starring opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Shaw in 1977's ''The Deep''. He followed this with ''Who'll Stop the Rain'' in 1978 and ''North Dallas Forty'', based on the Peter Gent novel, in 1979. The 1982 buddy cop/convict film ''48 Hrs.'' strongly bolstered his film career and made his co-star Eddie Murphy a box-office sensation. He continued starring in films throughout the 1980s, including ''Under Fire'' (1983) with Gene Hackman, ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986) with Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler, ''Extreme Prejudice'' (1987) and ''New York Stories'' (1989) under the direction of Martin Scorsese. Nick Nolte told Screen Comment’s Sam Weisberg about how he prepared for his role in ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'', a film he which he plays a homeless man: "I was hanging out around this homeless section, it was like Whorehouse Alley, and I was sleeping there for two days before I was supposed to get a bed in a mission shelter. It doesn’t take more than seven hours or so outside to turn into a space cadet. Your mind just gets nuts. And then I couldn’t get into the shelter. I didn’t have seniority." After that experience, Nolte delved further into the part by refusing to bathe for weeks. "[Co-star] Bette Midler was disgusted," Nolte chuckled.

He began the 1990s working with Murphy again in the sequel ''Another 48 Hours''. Nolte had perhaps his greatest box office success in 1991, starring in ''The Prince of Tides'' with Barbra Streisand, for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Though he lost to Anthony Hopkins for ''The Silence of the Lambs'', he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. That same year he starred in Martin Scorsese's remake of ''Cape Fear'' with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange.

Nolte's solid work continued with ''Lorenzo's Oil'' (1992) opposite Susan Sarandon, ''Mulholland Falls'' (1996), and ''After Glow'' (1997) for which his co-star Julie Christie received her third Academy Award nomination. He received his second Academy Award nomination the same year for his work in ''Affliction'', but lost to Roberto Benigni for ''Life Is Beautiful''. However, Nolte's co-star, James Coburn, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the father of Nolte's character. That same year, Nolte starred in Terrence Malick's highly anticipated film ''The Thin Red Line''.

Nolte continued to work through the 2000s, taking smaller parts in ''Clean'' and ''Hotel Rwanda''; both performances received positive reviews. He also played supporting roles in the 2006 drama ''Peaceful Warrior'' and the 2008 comedy ''Tropic Thunder''.

He will star opposite Dustin Hoffman in the HBO TV series ''Luck''.

Personal life

Nolte has been married and divorced three times. His ex-wives are Sheila Page, Sharyn Haddad and Rebecca Linger, with whom he has a son named Brawley Nolte (born June 20, 1986). His son is also an actor, having been prominently featured as Mel Gibson's kidnapped son in the 1996 film ''Ransom''. Nolte was also involved with actresses Debra Winger and Vicki Lewis. On October 3, 2007, his longtime partner, Clytie Lane, gave birth to their daughter, Sophie Lane Nolte.

Nolte currently resides in Malibu, California. On October 6, 2008, a fire, which started from a computer printer, burned a section of his home. Nolte escaped unharmed, but there was reportedly $1.5 million worth of damage.

Legal troubles

In September 2002, he checked himself into Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut for counseling after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Malibu a few days earlier. Tests later showed that he was under the influence of GHB. Nolte responded that he has "been taking it for four years and I've never been raped." On December 12, 2002 he pleaded no contest to charges of driving under the influence. He was given three years probation, with orders to undergo alcohol and drug counseling with random testing required.

Awards

1991 – Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor, ''The Prince of Tides''

1991 – Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), ''The Prince of Tides''

1992 – Chosen as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive

1998 – New York Film Critics Circle – Best Actor, ''Affliction''

1998 – National Society of Film Critics – Best Actor, ''Affliction''

Filmography

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Other notes
1973	''Electra Glide in Blue''	Hippie Kid
1974	''Death Sentence''	J. Healey
1974	''The California Kid''	Buzz Stafford
1975	''Return to Macon County''	Bo Hollinger
	''Northville Cemetery Massacre''	Chris
	Tom Jordache	(mini-series) (1976)Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
1977		David Sanders
1978	''Who'll Stop the Rain''	Ray Hicks
1979		Phillip Elliott
1980		Neal Cassady
		Doc
''48 Hrs.''	Jack Cates
1983		Russell Price
1984		Alex Jurel
1985	''Grace Quigley''	Seymour Flint
1986	''Down and Out in Beverly Hills''	Jerry Baskin
		Jack Benteen
	Lee Umstetter	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1988	''Grace Quigley 2, Gracie''	Seymour Flint	(unfinished)
	''Three Fugitives''	Lucas
''New York Stories''	Lionel Dobie
''Farewell to the King''	Learoyd
	''Everybody Wins''	Tom O'Toole
	Captain Michael Brennan
''Another 48 Hrs.''	Jack Cates
		Sam Bowden
''The Prince of Tides''	Tom Wingo	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorNominated – Academy Award for Best ActorNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
''The Player''	(cameo)
	Augusto Odone
	''I'll Do Anything''	Matt Hobbs
''Blue Chips''	Pete Bell
	Peter Brackett
1995	''Jefferson in Paris''	Thomas Jefferson
	''Mulholland Falls''	Max Hoover
	Howard Campbell
		Wade Whitehouse
	Inspector Thomas Cray
	Jake McKenna
		Lt. Col. Gordon Tall	Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
''Hayes Hours''
		Harry Le Sabre
	Vincent Webb
		Adam Verver
	Senator Drumond Avery
2002		Bob Montagnet
		David Banner/Father
''Northfork''	Father Harlan
		Albrecht Hauser	Nominated – Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
''Hotel Rwanda''	Colonel Oliver	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
''The Beautiful Country''	Steve
2005	''Neverwas''	T.L. Pierson
		(voice) Vincent
''Off the Black''	Ray Cook
''Paris, je t'aime''	Vincent (segment "Parc Monceau")
''Quelques jours en septembre''	Elliott
''Peaceful Warrior''	Socrates
2007	''Intimate Affairs''	Faldo	Bee Movie
		Joe Bechstein
	Mulgarath
''Tropic Thunder''	John "Four Leaf" Tayback
2009	''Arcadia Lost''	Benerji
	''My Own Love Song''	Caldwell
''Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore''	Butch	Voice onlyReplacing Alec Baldwin
		Burt Johnson
	Bernie the Gorilla	voice only
	Paddy Conlon

References

External links

a candid interview with Nick Nolte in Stumped? Magazine

''To the brink and back'' – ''The Guardian'', March 1, 2003.

Spiderwick Chronicles Interview.

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Coordinates	55°45′06″N37°37′04″N
birthname	Jonah Hill Feldstein
birth date	December 20, 1983
birth place	Los Angeles, California
occupation	Actor, producer, screenwriter, comedian
yearsactive	2004–present
homepage	}}

Jonah Hill (born Jonah Hill Feldstein; December 20, 1983) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian, best known for his roles in ''Superbad'', ''Knocked Up'', ''Funny People'', ''Get Him to the Greek'', and ''Moneyball''. He made his theatrical debut in ''I Heart Huckabees'', alongside Jason Schwartzman and Dustin Hoffman. Hill was first nominated for a Teen Choice Award for his role in ''Accepted'' as Sherman Schrader. He co-created and starred in the animated comedy ''Allen Gregory'' on FOX. His first dramatic role was in the critically acclaimed 2011 sports film ''Moneyball'', for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Early life

Hill was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sharon Lyn (née Chalkin), a costume designer and fashion stylist, and Richard Feldstein, a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses. Hill was raised Jewish. His parents were originally from Long Island, New York, and the family vacationed in the Catskills. He attended The Center for Early Education, Brentwood School and then Crossroads School, in Santa Monica. After graduating from high school, Hill left California to attend The New School, where he studied acting.

Career

While in college, Hill began writing his own plays and performing them in the ''Black and White'' bar in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. His plays developed a small following and helped him realize that his true desire was to act in films. Hill was befriended by Dustin Hoffman's children, Rebecca and Jake, who introduced Hill to their father. The elder Hoffman asked him to audition for a role in ''I Heart Huckabees'', in which Hill made his film debut.

Hill then made a brief appearance in Judd Apatow's directorial debut ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', which eventually led to him starring in a larger supporting role in the Apatow-directed ''Knocked Up'', an uncredited role of Dewey Cox's grown-up brother Nate Cox in ''Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story'', and leading roles in the Apatow-produced ''Superbad'' and ''Get Him to the Greek''.

On television, Hill played the "RA Guy" on the first season of the Oxygen Network sitcom ''Campus Ladies''. He also guest-starred in an episode of ''Clark and Michael''.

He was scheduled to host ''Saturday Night Live'' on November 17, 2007, which would have featured musical guest Kid Rock, but the episode was canceled due to the Writers Guild of America strike which lasted from November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008. Instead, he hosted the March 15, 2008, show, which featured musical guest Mariah Carey (who was a replacement for the originally scheduled musical guest Janet Jackson).

He guest-starred in an episode of ''Reno 911'' which aired on April 1, 2009.

Hill was in negotiations for a part in ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' as a sidekick to Shia LaBeouf's character. He next starred in Judd Apatow's third directorial feature, ''Funny People'', which also starred Adam Sandler, Eric Bana and Seth Rogen. He also was an associate producer of the 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary ''Brüno''.

He guest starred on an episode of ''The Simpsons'' called "Pranks and Greens", portraying an immature man named Andy Hamilton who was hailed the best prankster in Springfield Elementary School history.

In July 2011, Jonah appeared at ESPN's ESPY awards sporting a much slimmer physique. He claimed to have lost 40 pounds. Hill will be appearing in the film ''21 Jump Street'' by 2012.

In November 2011, Hill, along with Sam Worthington and Dwight Howard, starred in commercials for the video game ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'', making his first appearance with his new look. Hill was scheduled to guest star on the November 21, 2011 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw, but he skipped the event and a reason for Hill's no-show was not made clear.

In August 2011 it was confirmed that Hill would star in Neighborhood Watch. In September 2011 it was announced that Jonah Hill was in talks to star in Quentin Tarantino's new movie ''Django Unchained''. Hill had to decline a role in Quentin Tarantino's ''Django Unchained'', due to his prior commitment to ''Neighborhood Watch'', lamenting that the former was "the perfect next step" in his career.

Hill received a Golden Globe nomination, his first nomination, for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for his performance in the 2011 sports film ''Moneyball'', in which he portrayed his first dramatic role as Peter Brandt. In late January 2012, Hill received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Moneyball.

Writing

Hill has wanted to be a writer since he was young, dreaming of someday joining the writing teams of ''The Simpsons'', ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''The Larry Sanders Show''. At one point, Hill was writing a screenplay with close friend and ''I Heart Huckabees'' co-star Jason Schwartzman. At another, he was writing ''Pure Imagination'', a comedy for Sony about a man who develops an imaginary friend after a traumatic experience. Filming was expected to begin in 2008, but it has been in development since then. Hill co-created, co-writes, executive produces and lends his voice to the new Fox animated comedy Allen Gregory, which will air in between The Simpsons and Family Guy on Sunday nights. The show has been cancelled as of December 1st. Hill directed his first music video for singer Sara Bareilles's "Gonna Get Over You".

Filmography

Film '''' ''Grandma's Boy (2006 film) ''Knocked Up'' ''Strange Wilderness'' '''' ''How to Train Your Dragon (film) "Gonna Get Over You" ''The Apocalypse'' ''How to Train Your Dragon 2''

Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
2004	''I Heart Huckabees''	Bret
2005	|	eBay store Customer
rowspan="4"	2006	Grandma's Boy'' ||	Barry
''Click (2006 film)	Click''	Ben Newman – at age 17
''Accepted''	Sherman Schrader
''10 Items or Less (film)	10 Items or Less''	Packy
rowspan="5"	2007	|	Jonah
''Evan Almighty''	Eugene Tenanbaum
''Rocket Science (2007 film)	Rocket Science''	Lionel
''Superbad (film)	Superbad''	Seth
''Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story''	Nate Cox's Ghost
rowspan="8"	2008	|	Lynn Cooker
''Forgetting Sarah Marshall''	Matthew
''Just Add Water (film)	Just Add Water''	Eddie
''Emerson Park''	Dylan Machado
''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian''	Brundon
''Funny People''	Leo
''''	Frank
''Brüno''	–
2009	|	Andy Hamilton	Television series, voice role
rowspan="4"	2010	How to Train Your Dragon'' ||	Snotlout	Voice role
''Get Him to the Greek''
''Cyrus (film)	Cyrus''	Cyrus
''Megamind''	Titan/Hal Stewart
rowspan="3"	2011	|	Director	Music video
''Moneyball (film)	Moneyball''	Peter Brand
''''	Noah Jaybird
rowspan="3"	2012	|	Himself	Pre-Production
''21 Jump Street (film)	21 Jump Street''	Schmidt
''Neighborhood Watch (film)	Neighborhood Watch''	Franklin
2014	|	Snotlout	Voice role

Television

''Campus Ladies'' ''Wainy Days'' ''Reno 911!'' ''Allen Gregory''

Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
2004	''NYPD Blue''	Clerk
2006	|	Guy	7 Episodes
rowspan="2"	2007	|	Neil	(TV series short), Two Episodes
''Clark and Michael''	Derek
''Human Giant''	Weenie King Customer
rowspan="3"	2009	|	Daniel	Episode "Training Day"
''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!''	Jeffrey Simmons
''The Simpsons''	Andy Hamilton
2011	|	Allen Gregory	Voice, Title Character

References

External links

The ''Superbad'' boys: exclusive video interview with stv.tv/movies

Photo spread of Jonah Hill with Riley Keough in Harper's Bazaar

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Coordinates	55°45′06″N37°37′04″N
name	Peter Dinklage
birth date	June 11, 1969
birth place	Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
occupation	Actor
years active	1995–present
spouse	Erica Schmidt (2005-present) }}

Peter Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American film, television and theater actor. Since his breakout role in the 2003 film ''The Station Agent'', he has acted in ''Elf'', ''Underdog'', ''Find Me Guilty'', the 2007 film ''Death at a Funeral'' and its 2010 remake, and ''The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian''. Since 2011 he has starred in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', based on George R.R. Martin's series of novels ''A Song of Ice and Fire''.

Dinklage was born with achondroplasia, causing dwarfism. His height is 4'5" (1.35m).

Early life

Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey, the son of Diane, an elementary school music teacher, and John Carl Dinklage, a retired insurance salesman. He grew up in Mendham Township, New Jersey. Dinklage graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown in 1987, pursuing his future in acting, and graduated from Bennington College in 1991.

Career

Dinklage made his feature debut in the 1995 cult art house film ''Living in Oblivion'' playing the role of a frustrated dwarf actor complaining about his clichéd part. 2003's award winning film ''The Station Agent'' was a breakout role for Dinklage, and his first mainstream movie. He received Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actor for his performance in that film. That same year, he appeared in the direct-to-DVD movie ''Tiptoes'' with Gary Oldman. As well as appearing in films, Dinklage has starred multiple times in off-Broadway productions.

In ''Elf'', Dinklage played a pretentious children's author who beats up Will Ferrell's character after he is unintentionally insulted. In 2005, Dinklage starred in the short-lived CBS science fiction series ''Threshold'' and appeared in the Michael Showalter comedy ''The Baxter'' as a wedding planner. In 2006, Dinklage appeared in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama, ''Find Me Guilty'', and in episodes of ''Nip/Tuck''. He played himself in one episode of the HBO television series ''Entourage'' and was featured on NBC's ''30 Rock''.

Dinklage also had a role in the 2007 British ''Death at a Funeral''. He plays the same role in the American remake of the film. That same year, he played the villanous Simon Bar Sinister in ''Underdog''.

Dinklage was chosen by director Andrew Adamson for the role of Trumpkin in the 2008 film ''Prince Caspian'' although film critic Bill Gibron described his role as a "cutesy stereotype [Dinklage] has tried to avoid."

Dinklage starred in the thriller ''Knights of Badassdom'', directed by Joe Lynch.

Dinklage plays Tyrion Lannister in HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series. His performance has received praise with Ken Tucker from ''Entertainment Weekly'' stating, "...if Dinklage doesn't get an Emmy for his clever, rude Tyrion Lannister, I'll be gobsmacked" and Mary McNamara from the ''Los Angeles Times'' stating, "If the man doesn't win an Emmy, heads should certainly roll." When the nominations for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards were released, they included a nomination for Dinklage in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Personal life

Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theatre director, in 2005. As of 2011, they are expecting their first child. He is of German and Irish descent.

When asked about his height in a 2003 interview, he said: "When I was younger, definitely, I let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry and I definitely put up these walls. But the older you get, you realize you just have to have a sense of humor. You just know that it's not your problem. It's theirs."

Both of his parents were of average height, as is his brother, Jonathan.

Dinklage is a vegetarian.

Filmography

Film

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Television

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References

Interview with Peter Dinklage in Delbarton Today

External links

Interview with Peter Dinklage about The Station Agent

BBC Movies Interview about The Station Agent

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