Christopher Plummer, suave Canadian actor best known as von Trapp in The Sound of Music – obituary
A gifted classical actor on stage, he was disdainful of his best-known film role, which he said he was ‘dying to send up’
Plummer: liked playing ‘larger-than-life characters’
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Christopher Plummer, the Oscar-winning Canadian actor, who has died aged 91, achieved fame in the early 1950s in a succession of Shakespearean roles, but was best remembered, to his lasting irritation, for his sentimental portrayal of Captain Georg von Trapp in the film musical The Sound of Music (1965). In 2012, when he was in his eighties, he became the oldest actor to win an Academy Award.
Joe Pesci s on-off relationship with cinema
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Joe Pesci s on-off relationship with cinema
For his role in The Irishman, Joe Pesci was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role. Not bad for someone who unofficially retired from the business more than 20 years ago. But that s Pesci all over. One of Hollywood s most enigmatic actors, this restrained genius has always been difficult to label.
Browse this gallery and take a look back at the life and work of this intriguing but at times underappreciated actor.
PSIFF names Actor Leslie Odom Jr. for its Spotlight Award, Actor
Leslie Odom, Jr. Approved Photo 2020 (credit Tony Duran)
Actor Leslie Odom, Jr. has been named by the Palm Springs International Film Festival as is the recipient of its Spotlight Award, Actor for One Night in Miami. Leslie Odom, Jr. is a truly talented performer, said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. In his latest project, One Night in Miami, Odom Jr. brilliantly portrays singer Sam Cooke with charisma and tenacity, as he joins iconic figures Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, and Jim Brown in this fictionalized account that is based on their actual meeting. It is our honor to present the Spotlight Award, Actor to Leslie Odom, Jr., Matzner added.
Jared Leto has been making movies in Hollywood for over 30 years.
But on Thursday the 49-year-old star told the SiriusXM program The Jess Cagle Show that he does not watch his own films: I ve always found it to be less stressful, he shared.
That includes the 2013 drama The Dallas Buyers Club with Matthew McConaughey which won Leto a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing the transgender character Rayon.
He stays away: Jared Leto has been making movies in Hollywood for over 30 years. But on Thursday the 49-year-old star told the SiriusXM program The Jess Cagle Show that he has never seen any of his own films