plummer won many awards for his work. he won an academy award, two primetime emmy awards, two tony awards, a golden globe award, a screen actors guild award, and a british academy film award. he was one of the few actors and only canadian to have won the triple crown of acting. he won the academy award for best supporting actor for "beginners" (2010). at the time, at age 82 he was the oldest person to win an acting oscar. he was nominated again for an academy award for "all the money in the world". this made him the oldest person to be nominated for an acting oscar at age 88.