in 2000, plummer played sir david maxwell fyfe in the emmy award-winning "nuremberg" (2000). that same year he was in "american tragedy" as f. lee bailey. he was in "miracle planet", and a documentary by ric burns about eugene o'neill. he got an emmy award nomination for his role in the television movie version of the play "on golden pond". plummer voiced arngeir, speaker for the greybeards, in the video game "".