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Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Acting1960Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many films such as Flatliners (1990), Beethoven (1992), Indecent Proposal, The Three Musketeers (both 1993), Executive Decision, A Time to Kill (both 1996), Dangerous Beauty, Bulworth, The Impostors, Dr. Dolittle (all 1998), Ready to Rumble, Gun Shy (both 2000), Don't Say a Word (2001), Zig Zag (2002), Pieces of April (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005), Martian Child (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Year One, 2012 (both 2009), Please Give, Love & Other Drugs (both 2010), X-Men: First Class, The Oranges (both 2011), Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013), Frank and Cindy and One More Time (both 2015).

Acting History

2026
Emperor
as The Pope Clement VII
2024
Babes
as Bernie
2022
The Bear
TVas Uncle Jimmy 'Cicero' Kalinowski19 eps
2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as The Voice (voice)
2018
The Bombing of Wall Street
as Self - Narrator (voice)
American Experience: The Gilded Age
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Cleanse
as Ken Roberts
Into the Amazon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
The Great War
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rachel Carson
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Shut In
as Dr. Wilson
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
The Pilgrims
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bessie
as Carl Van Vechten
Klansville U.S.A.
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frank and Cindy
as Frank Garcia
The Big Burn
as Self - Narrator (voice)
American Comandante
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Modern Family
TVas Martin2 eps
Chicago Med
TVas Dr. Daniel Charles214 eps
Chicago Fire
TVas Dr. Daniel Charles9 eps
The Good Wife
TVas R.D.3 eps
Chicago P.D.
TVas Dr. Daniel Charles5 eps
2014
Kill the Messenger
as Jerry Ceppos
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Wiser the Owl (voice)
Cut Bank
as Joe Barrett
1964
as Narrator (voice)
Chef
as Ramsey Michel
Fargo
TVas Stavros Milos5 eps
Sofia the First
TVas Everburn (voice)2 eps
2013
Henry Ford
as Narrator (voice)
Lucky Them
as Giles
JFK
as Narrator (voice)
JFK
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
American Experience
TVas Narrator (voice)12 eps
2012
2011
The Oranges
as Terry Ostroff
Jake and Amir: Fired
as Interviewer
X-Men: First Class
as Man in Black Suit
Prohibition
TVas Reader / Al Capone (voice)
2010
Love & Other Drugs
as Bruce Winston
Letters to Juliet
as New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)
The Big C
TVas Paul Jamison40 eps
2009
Year One
as High Priest
Wonder Woman
as Hades (voice)
2012
as Carl Anheuser
Bored to Death
TVas Richard Antrem
2008
Frost/Nixon
as Bob Zelnick
2007
The Thick of It
as Malcolm Tucker
The Ten
as Marc Jacobson
Nip/Tuck
TVas Freddy Prune4 eps
The Bronx Is Burning
TVas George Steinbrenner
2005
Casanova
as Paprizzio
The Ice Harvest
as Pete Van Heuten
Loverboy
as Mr. Pomeroy
2004
Kinsey
as Herman Wells
Huff
TVas Russell Tupper
2003
Hope Springs
as Doug Reed
Pieces of April
as Jim Burns
Queens Supreme
TVas Judge Jack Moran
2002
Zig Zag
as Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
Liberty Stands Still
as Victor Wallace
2001
Don't Say a Word
as Dr. Louis Sachs
The West Wing
TVas Oliver Babish8 eps
2000
Gun Shy
as Fulvio Nesstra
Ready to Rumble
as Jimmy King
Deadline
TVas Wallace Benton
1999
Bicentennial Man
as Rupert Burns
Three to Tango
as Peter Steinberg
CinderElmo
as Frank / Fairy Godperson
Lake Placid
as Hector Cyr
1998
Bulworth
as Dennis Murphy
Simon Birch
as Ben Goodrich
Doctor Dolittle
as Dr. Mark Weller
Dangerous Beauty
as Maffio Venier
The Impostors
as Maurice
1996
A Time to Kill
as Harry Rex Vonner
Big Night
Associate Producer
1995
The Infiltrator
as Yaron Svoray
Funny Bones
as Tommy Fawkes
1993
The Temp
as Jack Hartsell
1992
Beethoven
as Harvey
Diggstown
as Fitz
1990
Flatliners
as Randy Steckle
1989
Crusoe
as Mr. Newby
1988
Married to the Mob
as Ed Benitez
Miami Vice
TVas Speed Stiles1 eps
1987
The Equalizer
TVas Norm Jameson1 eps
1974
NOVA
TVas Narrator

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/12/1960(66 years old)
Place of Birth
Windsor, Ontario, Canada