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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-01-12 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Oliver Platt

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

2024

Babes as Bernie

2022

The Bear as Uncle Jimmy 'Cicero' Kalinowski

2020

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

2018

The Cleanse as Ken Roberts
Into the Amazon as Narrator
The Gilded Age as narrator

2017

Rachel Carson as Narrator (voice)
The Great War as Narrator (voice)

2016

Rules Don't Apply as Forester
The Ticket as Bob
Shut In as Dr. Wilson

2015

The Pilgrims as Narrator
Bessie as Carl Van Vechten
Klansville U.S.A. as Narrator (voice)
Frank and Cindy as Frank Garcia
The Big Burn as Narrator (voice)
American Comandante as Narrator (Voice)
Chicago Med as Dr. Daniel Charles

2014

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as Wiser the Owl (voice)
Chef as Ramsey Michel
Kill the Messenger as Jerry Ceppos
1964 as Narrator (voice)
Cut Bank as Joe Barrett
Chicago P.D. as Dr. Daniel Charles
Fargo as Stavros Milos

2013

Lucky Them as Giles
Henry Ford as Narrator (voice)
JFK as Narrator (voice)
Sofia the First as Everburn (voice)
JFK as Self - Narrator (voice)

2012

Chinese Zodiac as Lawrence Morgan
Ginger & Rosa as Mark Two
Chicago Fire as Dr. Daniel Charles

2011

X-Men: First Class as Man in Black Suit
The Oranges as Terry Ostroff
Prohibition as Reader / Al Capone (voice)

2010

Please Give as Alex
Love & Other Drugs as Bruce Winston
Letters to Juliet as New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)
The Big C as Paul Jamison

2009

2012 as Carl Anheuser
Wonder Woman as Hades (voice)
Year One as High Priest
Modern Family as Martin
Bored to Death as Richard Antrem

2008

Frost/Nixon as Bob Zelnick

2007

The Ten as Marc Jacobson
The Thick Of It as Malcolm Tucker
The Bronx Is Burning as George Steinbrenner

2005

Casanova as Paprizzio
Loverboy as M. Pomeroy
The Ice Harvest as Pete Van Heuten

2004

Kinsey as Herman Wells
Huff as Russell Tupper

2003

Pieces of April as Jim Burns
Hope Springs as Doug Reed
Queens Supreme as Judge Jack Moran

2002

Zig Zag as Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
Liberty Stands Still as Victor Wallace
Ash Wednesday as Moran

2001

Don't Say a Word as Dr. Louis Sachs

2000

Ready to Rumble as Jimmy King
Gun Shy as Fulvio Nesstra
Deadline as Wallace Benton

1999

Bicentennial Man as Rupert Burns
Three to Tango as Peter Steinberg
Lake Placid as Hector Cyr
CinderElmo as Frank / Fairy Godperson
The West Wing as Oliver Babish

1998

Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Mark Weller
Simon Birch as Ben Goodrich
Dangerous Beauty as Maffio Venier
Bulworth as Dennis Murphy
The Impostors as Maurice

1996

A Time to Kill as Harry Rex Vonner

1995

Funny Bones as Tommy Fawkes
The Infiltrator as Yaron Svoray

1993

Benny & Joon as Eric
The Temp as Jack Hartsell

1992

Diggstown as Fitz
Beethoven as Harvey

1990

Flatliners as Randy Steckle

1988

Married to the Mob as Ed Benitez
Working Girl as Lutz
Crusoe as Mr. Newby
American Experience as Narrator (voice)

1987

1985

The Equalizer as Norm Jameson

1984

1974

NOVA as Narrator

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Jake and Amir: Fired as Interviewer

Production

1996

Big Night as Associate Producer