me too, i thought he was brit
also i didn't know he was 85. geesh how time flies. if i hadda guessed i woulda said, 72-74
one of my all time faves.

He lived in London through most of the 60s/early 70, as well.

I'm watching his "My Shakespeare" episode and he sounds 90% British. I suppose that he has played so many British characters and spent so much time around Brits that his accent has changed.

He did theatre, television and films in the UK during the 60s, hence why people might think he is British.
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I couldn't think of a better actor to portray the Duke of Wellington on Waterloo. And to think he was a Canadian, playing one of the Britain's greatest national heroes? Masterful!
He's also my favorite Sherlock Holmes sly as a fox with an air of Victorian refinement. On of the greatest, and underappreciated, actors of the last 100 years.

i thought he was british as well. that's a great actor!

When I first saw him as Captain von Trapp, I thought he's British.
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He is very much Canadian. I also believe he has been residing in Canada more often, as of late. I saw him a few years ago on stage in Stratford (Ontario) playing Prospero in The Tempest. He was also on stage in Toronto quite recently playing in Barrymore.

The accent he is using is actually called "Mid-Atlantic English". It used to be very common for North American movie and stage actors to use it in the past (that's why almost everyone in old movies sounds British). But then a new generation of actors apppeared, and it suddenly became very popular to mumble your lines, to a point where they became very hard to understand (Brando, for instance). But thankfully, Plummer is one of those few "old-school" actors who still uses
his beautiful fake English
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You mean his beautiful real English. Because any version of English that strives to be more like English English is more real English than what is being spoken in places like Canada and the US.
And I think it's too bad that mid-Atlantic English has gone by the wayside, for the most part. Because it is much more generally attractive to the ear, and it makes people sound intelligent, instead of the silly mumbling and hyperactive kind of speech that has become popular now.
Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

That must be it, he feels very Shakespearian.

will he be the first Canadian to receive the2000 award since Gregory Peck ? I think so .
Gregory Peck wasn't Canadian.
Don't get arrested - even Seth knew that and he used to point at planes.

It reminds me of all those fakers from the UK+Ireland (except England) too. Anthony Hopkins and Peter O'Toole to name two. How dare they use their schooling in how to use their voice in their films!
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He actually started as an artist of the Royal Shakespeare company in the 50's/60's and I believe that's the reason many people assume he's British . If they happen to read his name in the cast of some 60's West End productions such as "Becket" , they may be led to think he's a British actor who later found success in Hollywood . But no , he's definitely Canadian .

The accent he is using is actually called "Mid-Atlantic English". It used to be very common for North American movie and stage actors to use it in the past (that's why almost everyone in old movies sounds British). But then a new generation of actors apppeared, and it suddenly became very popular to mumble your lines, to a point where they became very hard to understand (Brando, for instance). But thankfully, Plummer is one of those few "old-school" actors who still uses his beautiful fake English.

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My respect for him has gone down a little since I found out the truth about him.
I know, right? Canadians playing Brits, Canadians Playing Americans, will NOTHING stop their deceit?
Damn you, Canucks!Damn you to hell!!!!
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Well he usually plays British characters or Shakespearean characters, so the accent kind of comes with the territory, and after a lifetime of training it probably affected his own accent. But if you listen to him out of character in interviews at his most relaxed you can tell that his normal voice is a little flatter.

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