Actor Christopher Plummer has joined the stars who have cast their footprints and handprints in cement outside the world-famous Hollywood Chinese Theatre.

The 85-year-old, who has been in the business for some 60 years, became the 281st person to be recognised with the honour.

Christopher, who is best known for playing Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music, will next be seen playing a manager to Al Pacino’s ageing rock star in next month’s Danny Collins and shares the screen with John Travolta in the crime thriller The Forger.

Actor Christopher Plummer leaving his footprint outside the Chinese Theatre
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Earlier this month, Christopher revealed how acting remained his passion. “I adore the profession,” he said. “In acting, you go all over the world, you’re paid for it and you stay there so you get to know the country and the people, because they’re working alongside you, so it’s a huge learning experience.

“That part of filmmaking is divine, and of course I’m crazy about the theatre. I’ve been in it all my life, and I don’t think there’s anything that replaces the feeling of a live audience.”

The hand and feet prints of Christopher Plummer
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Among those at the ceremony were fellow actors Shirley MacLaine and William Shatner.