Oliver Platt
Biography
Oliver Platt is a Canadian-born American actor with 117 known credits. Born on January 12, 1960, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he is also known by the name Oliver James Platt. His acting career encompasses numerous film appearances. Some of the movies associated with his career include Flatliners in 1990, Beethoven in 1992, Indecent Proposal and The Three Musketeers in 1993, Executive Decision and A Time to Kill in 1996, and Dangerous Beauty, Bulworth, The Impostors, and Dr. Dolittle in 1998. His film work continued through subsequent decades with titles such as Ready to Rumble and Gun Shy in 2000, Don't Say a Word in 2001, Zig Zag in 2002, Pieces of April in 2003, The Ice Harvest in 2005, and Martian Child in 2007.
Career overview
Oliver James Platt is a Canadian born American actor who was born on January 12, 1960, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Known for his work in both television and film, Platt has accumulated numerous known credits in the acting industry. His extensive filmography spans multiple decades and features appearances in a wide variety of motion pictures.
Among his many feature film credits are Flatliners from 1990, Beethoven from 1992, Indecent Proposal and The Three Musketeers from 1993, as well as Executive Decision and A Time to Kill from 1996. His career continued through the late 1990s with roles in Dangerous Beauty, Bulworth, The Impostors, and Dr. Dolittle, all released in 1998. Into the 2000s, Platt appeared in Ready to Rumble and Gun Shy in 2000, Don't Say a Word in 2001, Zig Zag in 2002, Pieces of April in 2003, and The Ice Harvest in 2005.
His later film work includes Martian Child in 2007, Frost/Nixon in 2008, Year One and 2012 in 2009, and Please Give and Love & Other Drugs in 2010. Additional film appearances feature X-Men: First Class and The Oranges in 2011, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return in 2013, and Frank and Cindy and One More Time. Throughout his career, Platt has established a recognizable presence in cinema, maintaining a high volume of known screen credits as an actor.
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- Babes (2024) as Bernie
- The Bear (2022) as Uncle Jimmy 'Cicero' Kalinowski
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) as The Voice (voice)
- The Cleanse (2018) as Ken Roberts
- The Gilded Age (2018) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Into the Amazon (2018) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Bombing of Wall Street (2018) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) as M.C. Gaines
- Rachel Carson (2017) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Great War (2017) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Great War (2017) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Shut In (2016) as Dr. Wilson
- Rules Don't Apply (2016) as Forester
- The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016) as Dr. Perez
- The Ticket (2016) as Bob
- One More Time (2016) as Alan
- The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb (2016) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Chicago Med (2015) as Dr. Daniel Charles
- American Comandante (2015) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Bessie (2015) as Carl Van Vechten
- Frank and Cindy (2015) as Frank Garcia
- The Pilgrims (2015) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Big Burn (2015) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Klansville U.S.A. (2015) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Chicago P.D. (2014) as Dr. Daniel Charles
- Fargo (2014) as Stavros Milos
- Chef (2014) as Ramsey Michel
- Kill the Messenger (2014) as Jerry Ceppos
- Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014) as Wiser the Owl (voice)
- Cut Bank (2014) as Joe Barrett
- A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) as Hobo Santa
- Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy (2014) as Everburn (voice)
- 1964 (2014) as Narrator (voice)
- Sofia the First (2013) as Everburn (voice)
- Love, Marilyn (2013) as Self
- Lucky Them (2013) as Giles
- Gods Behaving Badly (2013) as Apollo
- JFK (2013) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- JFK (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- Henry Ford (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- Chicago Fire (2012) as Dr. Daniel Charles
- Chinese Zodiac (2012) as Lawrence Morgan
- Ginger & Rosa (2012) as Mark Two
- Death and the Civil War (2012) as Narrator
- Prohibition (2011) as Reader / Al Capone (voice)
- The Oranges (2011) as Terry Ostroff
- Jake and Amir: Fired (2011) as Interviewer
- X-Men: First Class (2011) as Man in Black Suit
- Love & Other Drugs (2010) as Bruce Winston
- The Big C (2010) as Paul Jamison
- Letters to Juliet (2010) as New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)
- Please Give (2010) as Alex
- The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010) as Self
- 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010) as Self
- Modern Family (2009) as Martin
- The Good Wife (2009) as R.D.
- 2012 (2009) as Carl Anheuser
- Bored to Death (2009) as Richard Antrem
- Year One (2009) as High Priest
- Wonder Woman (2009) as Hades (voice)
- Frost/Nixon (2008) as Bob Zelnick
- The Bronx Is Burning (2007) as George Steinbrenner
- Martian Child (2007) as Jeff
- The Thick of It (2007) as Malcolm Tucker
- The Ten (2007) as Marc Jacobson
- Casanova (2005) as Paprizzio
- Loverboy (2005) as Mr. Pomeroy
- The Ice Harvest (2005) as Pete Van Heuten
- Huff (2004) as Russell Tupper
- Kinsey (2004) as Herman Wells
- Nip/Tuck (2003) as Freddy Prune
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Queens Supreme (2003) as Judge Jack Moran
- Hope Springs (2003) as Doug Reed
- Pieces of April (2003) as Jim Burns
- Liberty Stands Still (2002) as Victor Wallace
- Zig Zag (2002) as Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
- Ash Wednesday (2002) as Moran
- Don't Say a Word (2001) as Dr. Louis Sachs
- Deadline (2000) as Wallace Benton
- Gun Shy (2000) as Fulvio Nesstra
- Ready to Rumble (2000) as Jimmy King
- The West Wing (1999) as Oliver Babish
- Bicentennial Man (1999) as Rupert Burns
- Lake Placid (1999) as Hector Cyr
- Three to Tango (1999) as Peter Steinberg
- CinderElmo (1999) as Frank / Fairy Godperson
- Doctor Dolittle (1998) as Dr. Mark Weller
- Dangerous Beauty (1998) as Maffio Venier
- Bulworth (1998) as Dennis Murphy
- Simon Birch (1998) as Ben Goodrich
- The Impostors (1998) as Maurice
- A Time to Kill (1996) as Harry Rex Vonner
- Executive Decision (1996) as Cahill
- Big Night (1996) Associate Producer
- Funny Bones (1995) as Tommy Fawkes
- The Infiltrator (1995) as Yaron Svoray
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995) as Paul Bunyan
- Indecent Proposal (1993) as Jeremy
- The Three Musketeers (1993) as Porthos
- Benny & Joon (1993) as Eric
- The Temp (1993) as Jack Hartsell
- Beethoven (1992) as Harvey
- Diggstown (1992) as Fitz
- The Word (1990)
- Flatliners (1990) as Randy Steckle
- Postcards from the Edge (1990) as Neil Bleene
- Crusoe (1989) as Mr. Newby
- American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
- Working Girl (1988) as Lutz
- Married to the Mob (1988) as Ed Benitez
- Wiseguy (1987)
- The Equalizer (1985) as Norm Jameson
- Miami Vice (1984) as Speed Stiles
- NOVA (1974) as Narrator