List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Plummer

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Plummer.

Christopher Plummer awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Major Awards Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 3 British Academy Film Awards 1 2 Golden Globe Awards 1 4 Tony Awards 2 7 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 4
Wins	25
Nominations	63

Christopher Plummer is a Canadian actor known for his diverse roles on stage and screen. Plummer is one of the few actors to have received the Triple Crown of Acting, having won the Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award.^[1] Other awards Plummer has received include a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. 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.^[2][3]

Plummer won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for playing an elderly gay man in Mike Mills' comedy drama 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). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Leo Tolstoy in the drama The Last Station (2009) and J. Paul Getty in the crime thriller All the Money in the World (2017), the later making him the oldest person to be nominated in an acting category at the age of 88.^[4]

For his work on the Broadway stage he won two Tony Awards, his first for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Cyrano de Bergerac in the musical Cyrano (1974) and Best Actor in a Play for playing John Barrymore in the play Barrymore (1997). He was Tony-nominated for his performances in the plays J.B. (1959), Othello (1982), No Man's Land (1994), King Lear (2004), and Inherit the Wind (2007).

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 for Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker in 1986.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Supporting Actor	The Last Station	Nominated	[5]
2012		Beginners	Won	[6]
2018		All the Money in the World	Nominated	[7]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Won	[8]
2017		All the Money in the World	Nominated	[9]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1959	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Little Moon of Alban	Nominated	[10]
1966		Hamlet at Elsinore	Nominated	[11]
1977		Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers	Won	[12]
1983	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	The Thorn Birds	Nominated	[13]
1994	Outstanding Voice-Over Performance	Madeline	Won	[14]
2005	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Our Fathers	Nominated	[15]
2011	Outstanding Voice-Over Performance	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	Nominated	[16]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Supporting Actor – Television	American Tragedy	Nominated	[17]
2010	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	The Last Station	Nominated
2012		Beginners	Won
2018		All the Money in the World	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Best Album for Children	E.T.A. Hoffmann/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker	Nominated	[18]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2002	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	A Beautiful Mind	Nominated	[19]
2006	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Our Fathers	Nominated	[20]
2010	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	The Last Station	Nominated	[21]
2012		Beginners	Won	[22]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1959	Best Actor in a Play	J.B.	Nominated	[23]
1974	Best Actor in a Musical	Cyrano	Won	[24]
1982	Best Actor in a Play	Othello	Nominated	[25]
1994		No Man's Land	Nominated	[26]
1997		Barrymore	Won	[27]
2004		King Lear	Nominated	[28]
2007		Inherit the Wind	Nominated	[29]

Critics associations

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Boston Society of Film Critics	1999	Best Supporting Actor	The Insider	Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	2011		Beginners	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	1999		The Insider	Nominated
	2011		Beginners	Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Award				Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association				Won
Denver Film Critics Society				Won
Hanoi International Film Festival	2015	Best Main Actor	Remember	Won
Hawaii Film Critics Society	2017	Best Supporting Actor	All the Money in the World	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society	2011		Beginners	Nominated
Indiana Film Journalists Association				Won
Indiewire Critic's Poll		Best Supporting Performance		Won
Iowa Film Critics Award		Best Supporting Actor		Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle				Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	1999		The Insider	Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle	2011	Best Supporting Actor of the Year	Beginners	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	1999	Best Supporting Actor	The Insider	Won
	2011		Beginners	Won
National Board of Review	2002	Best Acting by an Ensemble	Nicholas Nickleby	Won
	2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Won
National Society of Film Critics	1999		The Insider	Won
	2011		Beginners	Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle	1999		The Insider	Nominated
	2011		Beginners	Nominated
North Carolina Film Critics Association	2017		All the Money in the World	Nominated
North Texas Film Critics Association	2011		Beginners	Won
Online Film Critics Society	1999		The Insider	Nominated
	2011		Beginners	Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society				Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society	1999		The Insider	Nominated
	2011		Beginners	Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association				Won
Toronto Film Critics Association				Won
Utah Film Critics Association Award				Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle				Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	2015	Best Actor in a Canadian Film	Remember	Nominated
Village Voice Film Poll	2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association				Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle	2014	Best Screen Couple (shared with Shirley MacLaine)	Elsa & Fred	Nominated
	2015	Best Lead Actor	Remember	Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
ACTRA Award	2011	Outstanding Performance - Male	Beginners	Won
	2015		Remember	Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Won
Annie Award	1998	Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Babes in Toyland	Nominated
AARP Movies for Grownups Award	2010	Best Supporting Actor	The Last Station	Nominated
		Best Grownup Love Story (shared with Helen Mirren)		Nominated
	2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Won
	2017		All the Money in the World	Nominated
Awards Circuit Community Award	2001	Best Cast Ensemble	A Beautiful Mind	Nominated
	2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Won
Chlotrudis Award				Won
Dorian Awards		Film Performance of the Year		Nominated
DVD Exclusive Award	2001	Best Supporting Actor	Full Disclosure	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
Genie Awards [a]	1978	Best Actor	The Silent Partner	Nominated
	1980		Murder by Decree	Won
	1982		The Amateur	Nominated
	1992	Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Counterstrike	Nominated
	1993	Best Supporting Actor	Impolite	Nominated
	1996	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series	Harrison Bergeron	Nominated
	2003	Best Actor	Ararat	Nominated
	2004	Best Supporting Actor	Blizzard	Nominated
	2009	Best Actor	Emotional Arithmetic	Nominated
		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
Gold Derby Award	2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Won
Golden Schmoes Award		Best Supporting Actor of the Year		Nominated
Gotham Awards		Best Ensemble Performance		Won
Hollywood Film Festival		Best Supporting Actor of the Year		Won
Independent Spirit Awards	2009	Best Supporting Male	The Last Station	Nominated
	2011		Beginners	Won
Online Film & Television Association	1999		The Insider	Nominated
	2005	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture or Miniseries	Our Fathers	Nominated
	2011	Best Supporting Actor	Beginners	Won
Method Fest Award	2007	Best Ensemble Cast	Man in the Chair	Won
Palm Beach International Film Festival		Best Lead Actor		Won
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	2011	Special Jury Prize for Artistic Merit	Beginners	Won
Satellite Award	2000	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Insider	Nominated
	2011		Beginners	Nominated

Other theatre awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Drama Desk Award	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
Outer Critics Circle Award	1973	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Play	Won
	1997		Barrymore	Won
	2007		Inherit the Wind	Nominated
Theatre World Awards	1955	Distinguished Performance	The Dark is Light Enough	Won
	2014	John Willis Award		Won

Honorary awards

Organizations	Year	Notes	Result	Ref.
Canada State Order	1970	Order of Canada	Honored
Canada's Walk of Fame	1998	Entertainment Star	Honored
National Board of Review	2002	Career Achievement Award	Honored
Method Fest Independent Film Festival	2007	Lifetime Achievement Award	Honored
Sarasota Film Festival	2011	Master of Cinema Award	Honored
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	2012	Maltin Modern Master Award	Honored
Canadian Screen Awards	2017	Lifetime Achievement Award	Honored

Canadian Honours

Canadian Honours System

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Companion of the Order of Canada (C.C.)	Awarded on: December 20, 1968 Invested on: September 25, 1970 For his contribution to the performing arts at home and abroad.[31]
	Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal for Canada	1977 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada.[32]
	125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal	1993 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada.[32]
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for Canada	2002 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada.[32][33] Canadian version
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Canada	2012 This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada.[32][34] Canadian version

See also

• Christopher Plummer on screen and stage

Notes

1. In 2012, the Genie Awards was merged with its sister presentation, the Gemini Awards, to form a new award presentation known as the Canadian Screen Awards^[30]