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26 Feb, 2012

Wins Oscar

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Plummer wins Best Supporting Actor at the 84th Academy Awards for portraying Hal Fields in Beginners.

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Christopher Plummer Wins Supporting Actor: 2012 Oscars

24 Jan, 2012

Oscar nomination

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Plummer is nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 84th Academy Awards for portraying Hal Fields in Beginners.

It’s a shot in the arm for a young kid of 82 to receive an Academy Award nomination this morning. My gratitude to writer/director Michael Mills, the Academy, and to everyone involved with Beginners.

Oscar Nominations 2012: Jean Dujardin, George Clooney, Octavia Spencer, Among Actors Honored

2 Feb, 2010

Oscar nomination

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Plummer is nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 82nd Academy Awards for portraying Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station.

I’m absolutely delighted that Helen Mirren and I have both been nominated by the Academy for portraying that stormy couple, the Tolstoys. As I’ve just turned 80, there’s no way it will go to my head.

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