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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, and notable film performances include The Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Insider. In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries The Thorn Birds. In the 21st century, his film roles include The Insider as Mike Wallace, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, the Disney–Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as '1', The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger, and Beginners as Hal. Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest actor and person ever to win an Academy Award. On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".
Computeropolis 3 is a 2013 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Universal Animation Studios for Universal Pictures. It is the third installment in the Computeropolis franchise and the sequel to 2011's Computeropolis 2. It is also the first entry in the series to be released in 3D. The film was directed by Mike Moon (in his directorial debut) and Ash Brannon and written by Joe Stillman, Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky from a story by Stillman and Brannon. The film stars Adam DeVine, Owen Wilson, Kate Micucci, Kelsey Grammer, Clark Duke, Bill Murray, Susan Egan, Jon Lovitz, and Wendi McLendon-Covey reprising their respective roles from the previous films, with William Shatner returning as Frank from the first film, joined by Guy Richard, Christopher Plummer, Chrisitine Baranski, Seth Rogen, and Will Forte. In the film, Peri, Nicky, Travis, and the rest of the gang face off against Jeff Bick, a selfish nemesis of Peri who plans to melt the internal infrastructure of the Internet. Meanwhile, Vinna pays a visit to her long-lost family, who abandoned her to find a new life.
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