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Oliver Platt

Born: 1960

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).
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Resources

Movies

Pieces of April

Jim Burns in Pieces of April

Flatliners

Randy Steckle in Flatliners

A Time to Kill

Harry Rex Vonner in A Time to Kill

Doctor Dolittle

Dr. Mark Weller in Doctor Dolittle

Bicentennial Man

Rupert Burns in Bicentennial Man

Three to Tango

Peter Steinberg in Three to Tango

The Three Musketeers

Porthos in The Three Musketeers

Executive Decision

Cahill in Executive Decision

Married to the Mob

Ed Benitez in Married to the Mob

Working Girl

Lutz in Working Girl

Benny & Joon

Eric in Benny & Joon

Indecent Proposal

Jeremy in Indecent Proposal

Kinsey

Herman Wells in Kinsey

Ready to Rumble

Jimmy King in Ready to Rumble

Martian Child

Jeff in Martian Child

Simon Birch

Ben Goodrich in Simon Birch

Hope Springs

Doug Reed in Hope Springs

Frost/Nixon

Bob Zelnick in Frost/Nixon

Dangerous Beauty

Maffio Venier in Dangerous Beauty

Don't Say a Word

Dr. Louis Sachs in Don't Say a Word

Bulworth

Dennis Murphy in Bulworth

Lake Placid

Hector Cyr in Lake Placid

Casanova

Paprizzio in Casanova

The Impostors

Maurice in The Impostors

Please Give

Alex in Please Give

Funny Bones

Tommy Fawkes in Funny Bones

2012

Carl Anheuser in 2012

Gun Shy

Fulvio Nesstra in Gun Shy

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Paul Bunyan in Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

CinderElmo

Frank / Fairy Godperson in CinderElmo

Love & Other Drugs

Bruce Winston in Love & Other Drugs

Wonder Woman

Hades (voice) in Wonder Woman

Year One

High Priest in Year One

The Temp

Jack Hartsell in The Temp

The Pilgrims

Narrator in The Pilgrims

X-Men: First Class

Man in Black Suit in X-Men: First Class

Diggstown

Fitz in Diggstown

Loverboy

M. Pomeroy in Loverboy

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Wiser the Owl (voice) in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

The Oranges

Terry Ostroff in The Oranges

Chinese Zodiac

Lawrence Morgan in Chinese Zodiac

Love, Marilyn

Self in Love, Marilyn

Ginger & Rosa

Mark Two in Ginger & Rosa

The Infiltrator

Yaron Svoray in The Infiltrator

Lucky Them

Giles in Lucky Them

Chef

Ramsey Michel in Chef

Gods Behaving Badly

Apollo in Gods Behaving Badly

Postcards from the Edge

Neil Bleene in Postcards from the Edge

Zig Zag

Mr. Walters / 'The Toad' in Zig Zag

Babes

Bernie in Babes

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

Hobo Santa in A Merry Friggin' Christmas

Rules Don't Apply

Forester in Rules Don't Apply

The Ice Harvest

Pete Van Heuten in The Ice Harvest

Kill the Messenger

Jerry Ceppos in Kill the Messenger

The Cleanse

Ken Roberts in The Cleanse

One More Time

Alan in One More Time

Henry Ford

Narrator (voice) in Henry Ford

The Ticket

Bob in The Ticket

Bessie

Carl Van Vechten in Bessie

Shut In

Dr. Wilson in Shut In

1964

Narrator (voice) in 1964

Liberty Stands Still

Victor Wallace in Liberty Stands Still

Cut Bank

Joe Barrett in Cut Bank

JFK

Narrator (voice) in JFK

Beethoven

Harvey in Beethoven

Klansville U.S.A.

Narrator (voice) in Klansville U.S.A.

Frank and Cindy

Frank Garcia in Frank and Cindy

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Dr. Perez in The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Ash Wednesday

Moran in Ash Wednesday

Crusoe

Mr. Newby in Crusoe

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Narrator (voice) in Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

The Ten

Marc Jacobson in The Ten

Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy

Everburn (voice) in Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy

The Thick Of It

Malcolm Tucker in The Thick Of It

The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb

Narrator in The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb

The Big Burn

Narrator (voice) in The Big Burn

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

M.C. Gaines in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The Bombing of Wall Street

Narrator in The Bombing of Wall Street

Into the Amazon

Narrator in Into the Amazon

Rachel Carson

Narrator (voice) in Rachel Carson

American Comandante

Narrator (Voice) in American Comandante

The Gilded Age

narrator in The Gilded Age

The Great War

Narrator (voice) in The Great War

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

Self in 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

Self in The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

Letters to Juliet

New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited) in Letters to Juliet

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

The Voice (voice) in I'm Thinking of Ending Things

TV Shows