plummer had a role in david fincher's "the girl with the dragon tattoo", playing businessman henrik vanger. plummer got his second nomination for the academy award for best supporting actor for his role as hal in mike mills' independent comedy drama movie "beginners" (2011). in the role, plummer played a dying 80-year old who recently came out as gay to his son. he won the academy award for his role in "beginners" at age 82. at the time, this made plummer the oldest actor to win an academy award. in 2021, anthony hopkins won an academy award at age 83, beating plummer's record. his academy award also made plummer one of the few actors and only canadian to win the triple crown of acting. in 2014, he appeared with shirley maclaine in the comedy-drama "elsa &amp; fred". in 2015, he was in "remember" as a holocaust survivor with dementia. plummer played ebenezer scrooge in "the man who invented christmas" (2017).