<Li> Emmy Awards (1977, 1994) </Li> <Li> Drama Desk Award (1982, 1997) </Li> <P> Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian actor . Making his film debut in Stage Struck (1958), Plummer's career spans more than five decades . He is known for portraying Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965). He has also portrayed several major historical figures, including Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in Waterloo (1970), Rudyard Kipling in The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009), and J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World (2017). </P> <P> Plummer has received accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a British Academy Film Award . Having won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 82 for Beginners (2010), Plummer is the oldest person to win an Academy Award for acting . </P>

Who played the captain in the sound of music