Christopher Plummer, a looming presence in entertainment, passed away on Friday following complications from a fall. According to his family, he died peacefully at his Connecticut home with his wife of fifty years, Elaine Taylor, by his side.

Over the course of his over seven decades in such a wide array of entertainment as theatre, television, film, and voice acting, Plummer touched generations of people, and is considered to be one of the most prolific actors of all time.

Born December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Christopher Plummer was raised by his mother in Quebec, and was fluent in French and English. He discovered his passion for acting in high school, learning the basics alongside fellow famous Montrealer William Shatner at the Montreal Repertory Theatre. After graduating from high school, Plummer made his television and Broadway debuts in 1954, and his first film appearance four years later.

Christopher Plummer is perhaps most well known for his performance as Captain Georg von Trapp in the 1964 musical drama The Sound of Music (despite his personal distaste for its production). On stage, his most notable roles were as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano and as John Barrymore in Barrymore, both of which won him the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

Despite having been in films for over five decades, Plummer would not receive his first Academy Award nomination until 2010, for his portrayal of Russian author Leo Tolstoy in the 2009 film The Last Station. Though he did not win the award, two years later he would win his first and only Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his work on the 2010 romantic-comedy film Beginners, making Plummer the oldest actor to ever receive an Academy Award.

More recently, Plummer made headlines for his role as J. Paul Getty in the 2017 film All The Money in the World. The headlining role was originally meant to be played by actor Kevin Spacey, and the entire movie had already been filmed, before revelations about Spacey’s sexual misconduct came to light in late October 2017, a month before the release of the movie. Director Ridley Scott completely erased the disgraced actor from the film, and called in Plummer to reshoot all of the scenes. They completed reshooting every scene within eight days, an astonishing feat.

Christopher Plummer will be remembered by his wife Elaine, 77, and the daughter of him and his first wife, actress Amanda Plummer, 63. He will also be remembered by millions of people who have witnessed his performances over the past seven decades.