Christopher Plummer Academy Awards 2012 Best Supporting Actor Winner

After over five decades in film, actor Christopher Plummer can finally call himself an Oscar winner. The 82-year-old star won Best Supporting Actor at the 84th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night for his performance in "Beginners." It's a historic victory for Plummer, as he becomes the oldest actor to ever win an Oscar.

"You're only two years older than me, darling; where have you been all my life?" Plummer said while accepting the award. With wins at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards and even the Independent Spirit Awards, Plummer was the odds-on choice to take home the trophy.

The venerable actor -- who starred in everything from "The Sound of Music" to "Up" before scoring Oscar gold by playing a terminally sick man who recently came out as homosexual in "Beginners" -- defeated fellow old-timer Max Von Sydow ("Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"), Nick Nolte ("Warrior"), Kenneth Branagh ("My Week With Marilyn") and Jonah Hill ("Moneyball") in the category.

His only other Oscar nomination came in 2009, when he was up for Best Supporting Actor after playing Tolstoy in "The Last Station."

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[Brett Schnaper]

08:42 AM on 02/29/2012

From Captain VonTrapp to Bob Blair, Christopher Plummer's roles have kept me mesmerized for almost half a century. It's wonderful that he's won!

[Bruce vain]

09:54 PM on 02/28/2012

He played the coolest Klingon I have ever seen General Kang......"Cry havoic and let loose the dogs of war"

[rabiddog6708]

08:05 PM on 02/28/2012

Everyone should check him out in the film THE SILENT PARTNER.

[Jake P Hall Jr]

05:32 AM on 02/28/2012

Ironic that in the 84 year history of the Academy Awards an “OUT OF THE CLOSET GLTB ACTOR” has never been nominated for an acting prize in any of the four categories. But, hetrosexuals have won several times for playing characters that are GLTB, members of the AMPAS clearly think that when a GLTB Actor plays a GLTB character they aren't acting. Which is like saying a straight male actor playing a straight male character isn't acting? Maybe the AMPAS Acting Branch can explain this to the viewing public?

[Owba]

11:25 PM on 02/27/2012

He's 82 and doing some of the best work of his career. He received an award he richly deserved. And he showed the younger, "cooler" crowd how to give a touching, clever, and classy acceptance speech. Best speech of the night, all inclusive.

[Ladybug1]

12:56 PM on 02/28/2012

The best movie he made was Dracula 2000 with Gerrad Butler

[jimme]

01:56 PM on 02/28/2012

He's a class act. I'm glad he won.

[Dogvane]

09:08 PM on 02/27/2012

I'm surprised they didn't give it to Jonah Hill. He plays himself so beautifully in every movie.

[SuesW]

07:37 PM on 02/27/2012

Thought he was very classy

[Rebecca Carey]

07:21 PM on 02/27/2012

Loved 'Beginners'. Glad that Christopher Plummer won.

[VeggieLove]

11:49 PM on 02/27/2012

So did I. A very bittersweet movie.

[RC81]

06:43 PM on 02/27/2012

It's about time this Canuck got his due.

You've always done us proud Mr. Plummer!

[dwill123]

03:38 PM on 02/27/2012

Look how we've come. Who would have imagined a Klingon winning an Academy Award in our lifetime.

http://www.barrymoretheplay.com/wp-content/themes/barrymore/images/slideshow/star_trek_klingon_academy.jpg

[tkondaks]

06:02 PM on 02/27/2012

Huh.

You've never heard Shakespeare until you've heard it in the original Klingon.

[Changeling]

11:22 PM on 02/27/2012

A great performance. Really.

He just throws himself into it.

Of course, I've never seen him phone in anything, ever. Even his guest spot on The Cosby Show back in the day was a delight to watch.

[agness nutter]

03:09 PM on 02/27/2012

Huzzah! This was the only award I really cared about. So very happy for him.

[Sylvia smitster]

02:56 PM on 02/27/2012

Great ! Plus he should have received an award for being the best dressed man. Loved his velvet jacket...

[Guy Incognito]

02:47 PM on 02/27/2012

You've never watched 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" unless you've watched it in the original Klingon!

Congratulations, Chris!

[v is 4 victory]

02:31 PM on 02/27/2012

82. Wow.

[playsindirt]

02:24 PM on 02/27/2012

I loved the Beginners and he was fabulous in it. Well deserved award.