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| name = Oliver Platt |
| name = Oliver Platt |
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| image = Oliver Platt (2010).jpg |
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| caption = Platt in 2010 |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|01|12}} |
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| birth_place = [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|01|12}} |
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| nationality = American<!-- he is not Canadian by birth - see talk page for explanation --> |
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| birth_place = [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]], Canada |
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| education = [[Tufts University]] |
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| nationality = American |
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| occupation = Actor |
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| years_active = 1985–present |
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Camilla Campbell|1992}} |
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| children = 3 |
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| father = [[Nicholas Platt]] |
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'''Oliver Platt''' (born January 12, 1960 |
'''Oliver Platt''' (born January 12, 1960) is an American<!-- he is NOT Canadian, he is solely American - discuss at Talk page before updating --> actor known for his work on stage and screen. He has been nominated for five [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]], two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]], and a [[Tony Award]]. |
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Platt made his acting debut in the 1988 film ''[[Married to the Mob]]''. He gained prominence for his roles in ''[[The Impostors]]'' (1998), ''[[Pieces of April]]'' (2003), ''[[The Ice Harvest]]'' (2005), ''[[Casanova (2005 film)|Casanova]]'' (2005), ''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]'' (2008), and ''[[Please Give]]'' (2010). His other notable roles include ''[[Working Girl]]'' (1988), ''[[Flatliners]]'' (1990), ''[[Beethoven (film)|Beethoven]]'' (1992), ''[[Indecent Proposal]]'' (1993), ''[[A Time to Kill (1996 film)|A Time to Kill]]'' (1996), ''[[Bulworth]]'', ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]'' (both 1998), ''[[Ready to Rumble]]'' (2000), ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'' (2004), ''[[2012 (film)|2012]]'' (2009), ''[[Love & Other Drugs]]'' (2010), ''[[X-Men: First Class]]'' (2011), ''[[Ginger & Rosa]]'' (2013), and ''[[Rules Don't Apply]]'' (2016). |
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== Family and early life == |
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Platt is known for his recurring roles in television series such as ''[[The Big C (TV series)|The Big C]]'', ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'', ''[[Chicago Med]]'' and ''[[The Good Wife]]''. He received [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations for his roles in ''[[The West Wing]]'' in 2001, ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' in 2005 and 2006, and ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' in 2008. He portrayed [[George Steinbrenner]] in the series ''[[The Bronx Is Burning]]'' (2007). He is also known for his recurring role as Uncle Jimmy in the [[Hulu]] series ''[[The Bear (TV series)|The Bear]]'' (2022–present). |
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Platt made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut in the [[Conor McPherson]] play ''[[Shining City]]'' (2006) for which he earned a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] nomination. He returned to Broadway portraying Nathan Detroit in the 2009 revival of the [[Frank Loesser]] musical ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''. |
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== Early life and education == |
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=== Family === |
=== Family === |
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Platt was born in [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada,<ref name="NYMag">Platt, speaking to brother [[Adam Platt]] in {{cite magazine|last=Platt|first=Adam|date=February 19, 2009|title=The Brothers Platt|url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/54629/|url-status=live|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804205853/https://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/54629/|archive-date=August 4, 2020|quote=Our father joined the Foreign Service at a young age, which meant that we grew up all over the place. You were born in Washington, D.C. Our younger brother, Nick, who's now a prosperous business executive, was born in Hong Kong. I was born in Windsor, Ontario, which is right across from Detroit, when our father was stamping visas there, on the U.S.-Canada border.}}</ref> to American parents Sheila Maynard, a clinical social worker, and [[Nicholas Platt]], a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia, and the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver Platt Biography|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Oliver-Platt.html|access-date=May 16, 2020|website=Film Reference}}</ref><ref name="banana">{{cite news|last=Kipen|first=David|date=April 3, 1995|title=Oliver Platt: from second banana to pick of the bunch|page=L1|work=L.A. Life|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News}}</ref> His older brother, [[Adam Platt]], is a [[New York (magazine)|''New York'' magazine]] restaurant critic. They returned to the United States when Platt was three months old.<ref name="questions">{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Gayle|date=April 28, 2006|title=Oliver Platt: 7 questions|page=R34|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> |
Platt was born on January 12, 1960,<ref>{{cite news|date=January 12, 2020|title=UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020|work=[[United Press International]]|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/|url-status=live|access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113032052/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/12/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-12-2020/8721578623716/|archive-date=January 13, 2020|quote=… actor Oliver Platt in 1960 (age 60)}}</ref> in [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada,<ref name="NYMag">Platt, speaking to brother [[Adam Platt]] in {{cite magazine|last=Platt|first=Adam|date=February 19, 2009|title=The Brothers Platt |url=https://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/54629/|url-status=live|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804205853/https://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/54629/|archive-date=August 4, 2020|quote=Our father joined the Foreign Service at a young age, which meant that we grew up all over the place. You were born in Washington, D.C. Our younger brother, Nick, who's now a prosperous business executive, was born in Hong Kong. I was born in Windsor, Ontario, which is right across from Detroit, when our father was stamping visas there, on the U.S.-Canada border.}}</ref> to American parents Sheila Maynard, a clinical social worker, and [[Nicholas Platt]], a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia, and the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver Platt Biography |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Oliver-Platt.html|access-date=May 16, 2020|website=Film Reference}}</ref><ref name="banana">{{cite news|last=Kipen|first=David|date=April 3, 1995|title=Oliver Platt: from second banana to pick of the bunch|page=L1|work=L.A. Life|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News}}</ref> His older brother, [[Adam Platt]], is a [[New York (magazine)|''New York'' magazine]] restaurant critic. They returned to the United States when Platt was three months old.<ref name="questions">{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Gayle|date=April 28, 2006|title=Oliver Platt: 7 questions|page=R34|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> |
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Platt's paternal great-grandfather was artist and architect [[Charles A. Platt]],<ref>{{cite web|date=February 21, 2010|title=Hamlet in New Hampshire was a haven for artists|url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/feb/21/hamlet-in-new-hampshire-was-a-haven-for-/?print|access-date=July 1, 2016|website=Vindy.com}}</ref> and his maternal great-grandparents were equestrian Arthur Scott Burden (of the industrialist [[Burden Iron Works|Burden family]]) and socialite [[Cynthia Roche]].<ref name="neweng">{{cite web|last=Roberts|first=Gary Boyd|title=#43 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: New – and Deleted – Immigrants of Royal Descent|url=http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_gbr43.asp|access-date=December 29, 2009|work=NewEnglandAncestors.org}}</ref> Platt is also a great-great-grandson of General [[Robert Shaw Oliver]] (through his mother).<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver Platt Pedigree Chart | Oliver Platt | Ahnentafel No: 1 (44106)|url=http://famouskin.com/pedigree.php?name=44106+oliver+platt&ahnum=1|access-date=July 1, 2016|website=Famouskin.com}}</ref> |
Platt's paternal great-grandfather was artist and architect [[Charles A. Platt]],<ref>{{cite web|date=February 21, 2010|title=Hamlet in New Hampshire was a haven for artists|url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/feb/21/hamlet-in-new-hampshire-was-a-haven-for-/?print|access-date=July 1, 2016|website=Vindy.com}}</ref> and his maternal great-grandparents were equestrian Arthur Scott Burden (of the industrialist [[Burden Iron Works|Burden family]]) and socialite [[Cynthia Roche]].<ref name="neweng">{{cite web|last=Roberts|first=Gary Boyd|title=#43 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: New – and Deleted – Immigrants of Royal Descent|url=http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_gbr43.asp|access-date=December 29, 2009|work=NewEnglandAncestors.org}}</ref> Platt is also a great-great-grandson of General [[Robert Shaw Oliver]] (through his mother).<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver Platt Pedigree Chart | Oliver Platt | Ahnentafel No: 1 (44106)|url=http://famouskin.com/pedigree.php?name=44106+oliver+platt&ahnum=1|access-date=July 1, 2016|website=Famouskin.com}}</ref> Platt's paternal great-great-grandfather was diplomat and lawyer [[Joseph Hodges Choate]]. Choate was the most successful lawyer in New York City during the [[Gilded Age]] and was later appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom by President [[William McKinley]]. His brother [[William Gardner Choate]], who was also a prominent lawyer and federal judge, created [[Choate Rosemary Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|date=May 5, 1917|title=Joseph Hodges Choate Dies Suddenly Famous Lawyer and Statesman was 85|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/05/15/archives/joseph-hodges-choate-dies-suddenly-famous-lawyer-and-statesman-was.html|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |
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Platt's paternal great great-grandfather was diplomat and lawyer [[Joseph Hodges Choate]]. Choate was the most successful lawyer in New York City during the [[Gilded Age]] and was later appointed U.S. Ambassador to England by President [[William McKinley]]. His brother [[William Gardner Choate]], who was also a prominent lawyer and federal judge, created [[Choate Rosemary Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|date=May 5, 1917|title=Joseph Hodges Choate Dies Suddenly Famous Lawyer and Statesman was 85|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/05/15/archives/joseph-hodges-choate-dies-suddenly-famous-lawyer-and-statesman-was.html|website=NYTimes.com}}</ref> |
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=== Early life === |
=== Early life === |
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Because of his father's career as a foreign service officer, much of Platt's childhood was spent in Asia and Washington, D.C.<ref name="snead">{{cite news|last=Snead|first=Elizabeth|date=October 6, 1998|title=Oliver Platt well-rounded as an 'Impostor'|page=5D|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Platt attended twelve different schools, including the [[American School in Japan]], and has said "Even now I find myself envying people who have neighborhoods and roots."<ref name=snead/> Platt's family made frequent trips back to Washington, where they held [[Washington Commanders|Redskins]] season tickets.<ref name="qa">{{cite magazine|last=Deitsch|first=Richard|date=October 30, 2006|title=Q&A Oliver Platt|page=24|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> Platt is also a fan of the [[Boston Red Sox]].<ref name=qa/> |
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When he was nine years old, Platt and his family visited the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]] in Washington, where he watched a performance that helped inspire his acting career.<ref name=banana/> "One of the performances that really made me want to be an actor started out with this probably 20-minute rambling, [[drunken]] monologue by this [[hobo|bum]]. And it was a young [[Morgan Freeman]]. I'll never forget it. This guy was just so riveting. He stood there on stage alone before the curtain went up, and he held this audience utterly rapt. Including myself, obviously."<ref name=banana/> According to Platt, drama departments gave his childhood some stability, "It was something of a survival mechanism, in that it gave me a little [[subculture]] to plug into wherever I ended up. Kids need that. I certainly did."<ref name=snead/> |
When he was nine years old, Platt and his family visited the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]] in Washington, where he watched a performance that helped inspire his acting career.<ref name=banana/> "One of the performances that really made me want to be an actor started out with this probably 20-minute rambling, [[drunken]] monologue by this [[hobo|bum]]. And it was a young [[Morgan Freeman]]. I'll never forget it. This guy was just so riveting. He stood there on stage alone before the curtain went up, and he held this audience utterly rapt. Including myself, obviously."<ref name=banana/> According to Platt, drama departments gave his childhood some stability, "It was something of a survival mechanism, in that it gave me a little [[subculture]] to plug into wherever I ended up. Kids need that. I certainly did."<ref name=snead/> |
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=== Education === |
=== Education === |
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Platt attended a progressive [[boarding school]] named [[Colorado Rocky Mountain School]] in [[Carbondale, Colorado]].<ref name="night">{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Linda|date=July 18, 1999|title=A night out with Oliver Platt; a wash and a shampoo|work=The New York Times|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E0DC153FF93BA25754C0A96F958260|access-date=March 10, 2008}}</ref> Platt majored in drama at [[Tufts University]], where he met and became close friends with [[Hank Azaria]].<ref>{{cite web|date=January 10, 2003|title=All Rise! Veteran actor – and Tufts graduate – Oliver Platt stars as a judge in the new CBS show 'Queens Supreme'|url=http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/962/2003/01/10/AllRise/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918064139/http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/962/2003/01/10/AllRise/|archive-date=September 18, 2016|work=Tufts e-News|place=Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shister|first=Gail|date=Fall 2004|title=It's Showtime! Former classmates and friends find themselves starring together in a new television series|url=http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2004/features/feature2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010007/http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2004/features/feature2.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016|work=[[Tufts Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lipton|first=Brian Scott|date=March 31, 2006|title=Playing Huff|work=Theater Mania|url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/7960|url-status=dead|access-date=November 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731130828/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/7960|archive-date=July 31, 2008}}</ref> He spent three years working in theatre in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, which he said had a "wealth of serious amateur theatre at that time…I played many roles, and it was the best training I could have had."<ref name="backstage">{{cite news|last=Horwitz|first=Simi|date=May 10, 2006|title=Back stage; Oliver Platt plots his career without a map|publisher=VNU Entertainment Newswire}}</ref> Platt travelled with Shakespeare and Company, based in [[Lenox, Massachusetts]], touring schools to earn his [[Actors' Equity Association|Equity]] card, before moving to New York.<ref name="backstage" /> Platt's early career involved [[Off-Broadway]] and regional theatre, and he appeared onstage with the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]], [[Lincoln Center Theater]], [[Manhattan Theatre Club]] and other companies across many genres.<ref name="backstage" /> He obtained an agent while working at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, and met actor [[Bill Murray]] at his cousin's Christmas party.<ref name="backstage" /> Murray attended Platt's show and recommended Platt to director [[Jonathan Demme]], who cast him in ''[[Married to the Mob]]'' in 1988.<ref name="backstage" /> Platt attributes his breakthrough to appearing at the Punch Line Theater.<ref name="backstage" /> |
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Platt attended a progressive [[boarding school]] named [[Colorado Rocky Mountain School]] in [[Carbondale, Colorado]].<ref name="night">{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Linda|date=July 18, 1999|title=A night out with Oliver Platt; a wash and a shampoo|work=The New York Times|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E0DC153FF93BA25754C0A96F958260|access-date=March 10, 2008}}</ref> |
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Platt majored in drama at [[Tufts University]], where he met and became close friends with [[Hank Azaria]].<ref>{{cite web|date=January 10, 2003|title=All Rise! Veteran actor – and Tufts graduate – Oliver Platt stars as a judge in the new CBS show 'Queens Supreme'|url=http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/962/2003/01/10/AllRise/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918064139/http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/962/2003/01/10/AllRise/|archive-date=September 18, 2016|work=Tufts e-News|place=Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shister|first=Gail|date=Fall 2004|title=It's Showtime! Former classmates and friends find themselves starring together in a new television series|url=http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2004/features/feature2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010007/http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2004/features/feature2.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016|work=[[Tufts Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lipton|first=Brian Scott|date=March 31, 2006|title=Playing Huff|work=Theater Mania|url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/7960|url-status=dead|access-date=November 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731130828/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/7960|archive-date=July 31, 2008}}</ref> He spent three years working in theatre in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, which he said had a "wealth of serious amateur theatre at that time…I played many roles, and it was the best training I could have had."<ref name="backstage">{{cite news|last=Horwitz|first=Simi|date=May 10, 2006|title=Back stage; Oliver Platt plots his career without a map|publisher=VNU Entertainment Newswire}}</ref> Platt travelled with Shakespeare and Company, based in [[Lenox, Massachusetts]], touring schools to earn his [[Actors' Equity Association|Equity]] card, before moving to New York.<ref name=backstage/> Platt's early career involved [[Off-Broadway]] and regional theatre, and he appeared onstage with the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]], [[Lincoln Center Theater]], [[Manhattan Theatre Club]] and other companies across many genres.<ref name=backstage/> He obtained an agent while working at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, and met actor [[Bill Murray]] at his cousin's Christmas party.<ref name= backstage/> Murray attended Platt's show and recommended Platt to director [[Jonathan Demme]], who cast him in ''[[Married to the Mob]]'' in 1988.<ref name= backstage/> Platt attributes his breakthrough to appearing at the Punch Line Theater.<ref name= backstage/> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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In 1999, Platt played the wealthy and eccentric [[crocodile]] enthusiast Hector in [[David E. Kelley]]'s ''[[Lake Placid (film)|Lake Placid]]'', alongside [[Bill Pullman]] and [[Bridget Fonda]].<ref name=tulsa>{{cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/swimming-with-the-crocs/article_f33950d1-a8bd-564f-8772-90405923a4c9.html|title=Swimming with the crocs: Oliver Platt knows a thing or two about oddball characters|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|first=Dennis|last=King|date=July 19, 1999}}</ref> Platt described Hector as "pretty abrasive and obnoxious at times, but, I hope, he has a way of growing on you. I think David originally thought of him as a [[great white hunter]] sort of guy, but when I signed on for the role he sort of wrote him in a different direction."<ref name=tulsa/> |
In 1999, Platt played the wealthy and eccentric [[crocodile]] enthusiast Hector in [[David E. Kelley]]'s ''[[Lake Placid (film)|Lake Placid]]'', alongside [[Bill Pullman]] and [[Bridget Fonda]].<ref name=tulsa>{{cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/swimming-with-the-crocs/article_f33950d1-a8bd-564f-8772-90405923a4c9.html|title=Swimming with the crocs: Oliver Platt knows a thing or two about oddball characters|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|first=Dennis|last=King|date=July 19, 1999}}</ref> Platt described Hector as "pretty abrasive and obnoxious at times, but, I hope, he has a way of growing on you. I think David originally thought of him as a [[great white hunter]] sort of guy, but when I signed on for the role he sort of wrote him in a different direction."<ref name=tulsa/> |
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The short-lived drama ''[[Deadline (2000 TV series)|Deadline]]'' provided Platt's first lead role on television. Created by [[Dick Wolf]], who also created ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''Deadline'' focused on the lives of newspaper [[journalists]] in New York City.<ref name="deadline">{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|date=October 2, 2000|title='Deadline' misses, and that's a crime|work=Living|publisher=The Boston Globe}}</ref> Platt starred as [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist Wallace Benton, an "unlikely hero". The strong cast, which also included [[Bebe Neuwirth]] and [[Hope Davis]], could not compensate for |
The short-lived drama ''[[Deadline (2000 TV series)|Deadline]]'' provided Platt's first lead role on television. Created by [[Dick Wolf]], who also created ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''Deadline'' focused on the lives of newspaper [[journalists]] in New York City.<ref name="deadline">{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|date=October 2, 2000|title='Deadline' misses, and that's a crime|work=Living|publisher=The Boston Globe}}</ref> Platt starred as [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist Wallace Benton, an "unlikely hero". The strong cast, which also included [[Bebe Neuwirth]] and [[Hope Davis]], could not compensate for substandard writing and the series was soon canceled.<ref name=backstage/><ref name=deadline/> After ''Deadline''{{'s}} failure, Platt avoided work on television until he read a script for ''[[The West Wing]]'' and signed on for a guest role.<ref name=backstage/> He received an [[Emmy awards|Emmy]] nomination for his portrayal of no-nonsense [[White House Counsel]] [[Oliver Babish]],<ref name=backstage/> brought in during season two to compile a defense for [[Josiah Bartlet|President Bartlet]] and others who covered up his non-disclosure of [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Challen|first=Paul|title=Inside the West Wing|publisher=ECW Press|year=2001|isbn=1-55022-468-9|location=Toronto}}</ref> |
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His role in the television series ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' as Russell Tupper from 2004 to 2006 was well-received, especially by creator Bob Lowry, who said, "Oliver plays an alcoholic, [[drug-addicted]], [[sexual addiction|sexaholic]], [[workaholic]], womanizing [[misogynist]] who is adorable. I don't know any actor who could do that. I originally saw Russell as a blond stud, but when I saw what Oliver could do, I realized how much better, richer, and less predictable he was than my idea of the character ... Oliver is very committed to the idea that story and dialogue be character-driven and unique".<ref name=backstage/> Platt's work was nominated for two [[Emmy awards]] and a [[Golden Globe]].<ref name=backstage/><ref name="thick">{{cite news|date=March 9, 2007|title=Oliver Platt joins ABC political comedy|publisher=Reuters News}}</ref> |
His role in the television series ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' as Russell Tupper from 2004 to 2006 was well-received, especially by creator Bob Lowry, who said, "Oliver plays an alcoholic, [[drug-addicted]], [[sexual addiction|sexaholic]], [[workaholic]], womanizing [[misogynist]] who is adorable. I don't know any actor who could do that. I originally saw Russell as a blond stud, but when I saw what Oliver could do, I realized how much better, richer, and less predictable he was than my idea of the character ... Oliver is very committed to the idea that story and dialogue be character-driven and unique".<ref name=backstage/> Platt's work was nominated for two [[Emmy awards]] and a [[Golden Globe]].<ref name=backstage/><ref name="thick">{{cite news|date=March 9, 2007|title=Oliver Platt joins ABC political comedy|publisher=Reuters News}}</ref> |
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[[File:Oliver Platt-21feb09.jpg|thumb|left|Platt greets fans outside the Nederlander Theatre in Manhattan after a performance of ''Guys and Dolls'' on February 21, 2009.]] |
[[File:Oliver Platt-21feb09.jpg|thumb|left|Platt greets fans outside the Nederlander Theatre in Manhattan after a performance of ''Guys and Dolls'' on February 21, 2009.]] |
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A Broadway production named ''[[Shining City]]'' was Platt's Broadway debut in 2006.<ref name=backstage/> The play was set in [[Dublin]], and Platt's role was the tortured [[protagonist]], John.<ref name=backstage/> ''Shining City'''s director said, "There is one word to describe Oliver. It's 'humanity.' He's got that [[everyman]] quality. He's a contradictory human being with flaws and strengths. And he's loveable. He can simultaneously make you laugh and break your heart. Oliver has brought to the role of John what I expected and more: tremendous inventiveness and sensitivity."<ref name=backstage/> Platt visited Dublin to prepare for the role and ensure his performance was authentic.<ref name=backstage/> He was nominated for a [[Tony award]] for "Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play".<ref>{{cite news|date=June 5, 2006|title=Oliver Platt, Donald Byrd receive Tony award nominations|publisher=US Fed News}}</ref> |
A Broadway production named ''[[Shining City]]'' was Platt's Broadway debut in 2006.<ref name=backstage/> The play was set in [[Dublin]], and Platt's role was the tortured [[protagonist]], John.<ref name=backstage/> ''Shining City''{{'s}} director said, "There is one word to describe Oliver. It's 'humanity.' He's got that [[everyman]] quality. He's a contradictory human being with flaws and strengths. And he's loveable. He can simultaneously make you laugh and break your heart. Oliver has brought to the role of John what I expected and more: tremendous inventiveness and sensitivity."<ref name=backstage/> Platt visited Dublin to prepare for the role and ensure his performance was authentic.<ref name=backstage/> He was nominated for a [[Tony award]] for "Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play".<ref>{{cite news|date=June 5, 2006|title=Oliver Platt, Donald Byrd receive Tony award nominations|publisher=US Fed News}}</ref> |
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In 2007, Platt played the part of [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] owner [[George Steinbrenner]] in the [[ESPN]] [[mini-series]] ''[[The Bronx Is Burning]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 20, 2006|title=Pinstripe epic|newspaper=New York Post}}</ref> Platt signed onto the project after [[John Turturro]] was confirmed as [[Billy Martin]], because |
In 2007, Platt played the part of [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] owner [[George Steinbrenner]] in the [[ESPN]] [[mini-series]] ''[[The Bronx Is Burning]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 20, 2006|title=Pinstripe epic|newspaper=New York Post}}</ref> Platt signed onto the project after [[John Turturro]] was confirmed as [[Billy Martin]], because "This thing lives or dies by that portrayal ... I think it's great casting. God knows he has the intensity."<ref name=qa/> Platt starred in the pilot episode of ''[[Veep#ABC pilot|The Thick of It]]'', a remake of the [[The Thick of It|British show of the same name]] in 2007.<ref name="thick" /> The series was not picked up by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref name=thick/> Platt starred as Nathan Detroit, alongside [[Lauren Graham]] as Miss Adelaide, in the Broadway [[revival (theatre)|revival]] of ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]'' which began performances at the [[Nederlander Theatre]] on February 3, 2009, and officially opened on March 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Theater : Guys & Dolls|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 8, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/theater/09arts-GUYSANDDOLLS_BRF.html|access-date=July 1, 2016 |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Compiled by Dave }}</ref> The production closed on June 14, 2009, after 113 performances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Playbill News: Adelaide's New Lament: Broadway's Guys and Dolls to Close June 14|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130070-Adelaide%27s_New_Lament_Broadway%27s_Guys_and_Dolls_to_Close_June_14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612021905/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130070-Adelaide's_New_Lament_Broadway's_Guys_and_Dolls_to_Close_June_14|archive-date=June 12, 2009|access-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> |
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Platt starred as [[White House Chief of Staff]] Carl Anheuser in [[Roland Emmerich]]'s ''[[2012 (film)|2012]]'', a disaster film released November 13, 2009. In August 2010, he was cast in the role of "The Man in Black" in 2011's ''X-Men'' spin-off, ''[[X-Men: First Class]]'', directed by [[Matthew Vaughn]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike|date=August 16, 2010|title=Oliver Platt Joins ''X-Men: First Class''|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/oliver-platt-joins-x-men-first-class-61592/|access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> In 2012, he starred in the romantic comedy ''[[The Oranges (film)|The Oranges]]'' alongside [[Hugh Laurie]] and [[Leighton Meester]]<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Oranges'' official website|url=http://welcometotheoranges.com/|access-date=September 4, 2012|website=Welcometooranges.com}}</ref> and appeared in the action film ''[[Chinese Zodiac (film)|Chinese Zodiac]]''. He provided the voice of Wiser the Owl in the 2013 animated film ''[[Dorothy of Oz (film)|Dorothy of Oz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Dorothy of Oz'' official website|url=http://www.dorothyofoz.com/|access-date=September 4, 2012|website=Dorothyofoz.com}}</ref> He appeared in [[Miramax]]'s 2016 supernatural thriller, ''[[The 9th Life of Louis Drax]]''.<ref name="Miramax Press Release 10/27/14">{{cite web|title=Oliver Platt, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey And Aiden Longworth Join "The 9th Life of Louis Drax" As Production Begins In Vancouver|url=http://www.miramax.com/press/oliver-platt-molly-parker-barbara-hershey-and-aiden-longworth-join-9th-life-louis-drax-production-begins-vancouver/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509151226/https://www.miramax.com/press/oliver-platt-molly-parker-barbara-hershey-and-aiden-longworth-join-9th-life-louis-drax-production-begins-vancouver/|archive-date=May 9, 2018|access-date=July 1, 2016|website=Miramax.com}}</ref> |
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Platt starred as Nathan Detroit, alongside [[Lauren Graham]] as Miss Adelaide, in the Broadway [[revival (theatre)|revival]] of ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]'' which began performances at the [[Nederlander Theatre]] on February 3, 2009, and officially opened on March 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Theater : Guys & Dolls|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/theater/09arts-GUYSANDDOLLS_BRF.html|access-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref> The production closed on June 14, 2009, after 113 performances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130070-Adelaide%27s_New_Lament_Broadway%27s_Guys_and_Dolls_to_Close_June_14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612021905/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130070-Adelaide's_New_Lament_Broadway's_Guys_and_Dolls_to_Close_June_14|archive-date=June 12, 2009|access-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> |
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Platt starred as [[White House Chief of Staff]] Carl Anheuser in [[Roland Emmerich]]'s ''[[2012 (film)|2012]]'', a disaster film released November 13, 2009. |
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Platt played the High Priest in the Harold Ramis film ''Year One'' released in 2009. In August 2010, he was cast in the role of "The Man in Black" in 2011's ''X-Men'' spin-off, ''[[X-Men: First Class]]'', directed by [[Matthew Vaughn]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike|date=August 16, 2010|title=Oliver Platt Joins ''X-Men: First Class''|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/08/oliver-platt-joins-x-men-first-class/|access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> In 2012, he starred in the romantic comedy ''[[The Oranges (film)|The Oranges]]'' alongside [[Hugh Laurie]] and [[Leighton Meester]]<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Oranges'' official website|url=http://welcometotheoranges.com/|access-date=September 4, 2012|website=Welcometooranges.com}}</ref> and appeared in the action film ''[[Chinese Zodiac (film)|Chinese Zodiac]]''. He provided the voice of Wiser the Owl in the 2013 animated film ''[[Dorothy of Oz (film)|Dorothy of Oz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Dorothy of Oz'' official website|url=http://www.dorothyofoz.com/|access-date=September 4, 2012|website=Dorothyofoz.com}}</ref> He appeared in [[Miramax]]'s 2016 supernatural thriller, ''[[The 9th Life of Louis Drax]]''.<ref name="Miramax Press Release 10/27/14">{{cite web|title=Oliver Platt, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey And Aiden Longworth Join "The 9th Life of Louis Drax" As Production Begins In Vancouver|url=http://www.miramax.com/press/oliver-platt-molly-parker-barbara-hershey-and-aiden-longworth-join-9th-life-louis-drax-production-begins-vancouver/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509151226/https://www.miramax.com/press/oliver-platt-molly-parker-barbara-hershey-and-aiden-longworth-join-9th-life-louis-drax-production-begins-vancouver/|archive-date=May 9, 2018|access-date=July 1, 2016|website=Miramax.com}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Platt married Mary Camilla Bonsal Campbell on September 12, 1992, at the [[First Congregational Church and Parsonage (Kittery, Maine)|First Congregational Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/13/style/weddings-camilla-campbell-oliver-platt.html|title=WEDDINGS; Camilla Campbell, Oliver Platt|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 13, 1992|access-date=March 10, 2008}}</ref> They have three children |
Platt married Mary Camilla Bonsal Campbell on September 12, 1992, at the [[First Congregational Church and Parsonage (Kittery, Maine)|First Congregational Church]] in [[Kittery, Maine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/13/style/weddings-camilla-campbell-oliver-platt.html|title=WEDDINGS; Camilla Campbell, Oliver Platt|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 13, 1992|access-date=March 10, 2008}}</ref> They have three children, born 1995, 1997, and 1999. As of 1998, Platt had an open [[airline ticket]] when filming so he could return home frequently because his family did not accompany him to filming locations.<ref name="rowe" /> In a 1999 interview, he explained that he had chosen to focus on film and television rather than theater because of his family.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=Dennis King World Entertainment|title=Swimming with the crocs|url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/swimming-with-the-crocs/article_f33950d1-a8bd-564f-8772-90405923a4c9.html|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Tulsa World|date=July 19, 1999 |language=en}}</ref> Platt has a home in [[North Haven, Maine]].<ref>[http://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2014/06/star-map-of-north-haven-island/ Star Map of North Haven Island | Portland Magazine] Retrieved April 14, 2017.</ref> |
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Platt has a home in [[North Haven, Maine]].<ref>[http://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2014/06/star-map-of-north-haven-island/ Star Map of North Haven Island | Portland Magazine] Retrieved April 14, 2017.</ref> |
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[[Tufts University]] considered offering its Light on the Hill award to Platt in 2008, which is given to distinguished alumni.<ref name="light">{{cite news|last=Gittleson|first=Ben|date=February 28, 2008|title=Light on the Hill Award offered to Pfizer CEO|publisher=Tufts Daily|url=http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2008/02/28/News/Light.On.The.Hill.Award.Offered.To.Pfizer.Ceo-3241099.shtml|url-status=dead|access-date=March 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303060119/http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2008/02/28/News/Light.On.The.Hill.Award.Offered.To.Pfizer.Ceo-3241099.shtml|archive-date=March 3, 2008}}</ref> However, Platt was unable to return to the Tufts campus,<ref name=light/> and the 2008 award was instead given to [[Jeff Kindler]], chief executive of pharmaceutical company [[Pfizer]].<ref name=light/> |
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== Filmography == |
== Filmography == |
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=== Film === |
=== Film === |
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| ''[[Tall Tale (film)|Tall Tale]]'' |
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| [[Paul Bunyan]] |
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| Tommy Fawkes |
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| ''[[The Infiltrator (1995 film) | The Infiltrator]]'' |
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| [[Yaron Svoray]] |
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| Dr. Mark Weller |
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| Nominated—[[Blockbuster Entertainment Award|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy]] |
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| ''[[Simon Birch]]'' |
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| Pete Van Heuten |
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| Nominated—[[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor]] |
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| ''[[Casanova (2005 film)|Casanova]]'' |
| ''[[Casanova (2005 film)|Casanova]]'' |
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| Paprizzio |
| Paprizzio |
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| [[New York Film Critics Online]] Award for Best Supporting Actor<br>Nominated—[[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br>Nominated—[[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]] |
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| rowspan="2" | 2007 |
| rowspan="2" | 2007 |
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| ''[[The Ten]]'' |
| ''[[The Ten (film)|The Ten]]'' |
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| Marc Jacobson |
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| [[Bob Zelnick]] |
| [[Bob Zelnick]] |
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| Nominated—[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] |
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| rowspan="3" | 2009 |
| rowspan="3" | 2009 |
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| ''[[Wonder Woman (2009 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' |
| ''[[Wonder Woman (2009 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' |
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| [[Hades (DC Comics)|Hades]] (voice) |
| [[Hades (DC Comics)|Hades]] (voice) |
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| Direct-to-DVD |
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| ''[[Year One (film)|Year One]]'' |
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| Alex |
| Alex |
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| Nominated—[[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast]]<br>Nominated—[[26th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards - Robert Altman Award]] |
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| ''[[Love & Other Drugs]]'' |
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| ''[[Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return]]'' |
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| Wiser The Owl (voice) |
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| ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]'' |
| ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]'' |
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| Lord Minister of The Right Abe |
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|[[Gods Behaving Badly (film)|Gods Behaving Badly]] |
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| The Voice (voice) |
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| ''[[Babes (film)|Babes]]'' |
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| ''[[The Equalizer]]'' |
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| Norm Jameson |
| Norm Jameson |
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| Episode: "In the Money" |
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| Wallace Benton |
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| ''[[The West Wing]]'' |
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| [[Oliver Babish]] |
| [[List of The West Wing characters#Oliver Babish|Oliver Babish]] |
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| 8 episodes |
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| 8 Episodes<br>Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] |
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| ''[[Queens Supreme]]'' |
| ''[[Queens Supreme]]'' |
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| Judge Jack Moran |
| Judge Jack Moran |
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| 2004–2006 |
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| ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' |
| ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'' |
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| Russell Tupper |
| Russell Tupper |
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| 25 episodes |
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| 25 Episodes<br>Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]<br>Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]] <small>(2005–06)</small> |
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| 2007–2008 |
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| ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' |
| ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' |
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| Freddy Prune |
| Freddy Prune |
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| 4 episodes |
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| 4 Episodes<br>Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] |
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| [[George Steinbrenner]] |
| [[George Steinbrenner]] |
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| 8 episodes |
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| 8 Episodes<br>Nominated—[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]] |
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| 2009–2011 |
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| ''[[Bored to Death]]'' |
| ''[[Bored to Death]]'' |
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| Richard Antrem |
| Richard Antrem |
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| 6 episodes |
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| 2010–2013 |
| 2010–2013 |
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| ''[[The Big C (TV series)|The Big C]]'' |
| ''[[The Big C (TV series)|The Big C]]'' |
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| Paul Jamison |
| Paul Jamison |
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| 40 episodes |
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| ''[[American Experience]]'' |
| ''[[American Experience]]'' |
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| Narrator (voice) |
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| 2014 |
| 2014 |
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| ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'' |
| ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'' |
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| Stavros Milos |
| Stavros Milos |
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| 5 episodes |
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| 2014-2017 |
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| ''[[Sofia the First]]'' |
| ''[[Sofia the First]]'' |
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| Everburn (voice) |
| Everburn (voice) |
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| 2 episodes |
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| 2015–2016 |
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| ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' |
| ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' |
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| rowspan="3" | Dr. Daniel Charles |
| rowspan="3" | Dr. Daniel Charles |
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| 9 |
| 9 episodes |
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| 2015–2017 |
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| ''[[Chicago Fire (TV series)|Chicago Fire]]'' |
| ''[[Chicago Fire (TV series)|Chicago Fire]]'' |
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| 8 episodes |
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| {{Nowrap|2015–present}} |
| {{Nowrap|2015–present}} |
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| ''[[Chicago Med]]'' |
| ''[[Chicago Med]]'' |
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| 198 episodes |
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| rowspan="2" | 2015 |
| rowspan="2" | 2015 |
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| ''[[The Good Wife]]'' |
| ''[[The Good Wife]]'' |
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| R.D. |
| R.D. |
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| 3 episodes |
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| ''[[Bessie (film)|Bessie]]'' |
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| ''[[Modern Family (TV series)|Modern Family]]'' |
| ''[[Modern Family (TV series)|Modern Family]]'' |
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| Martin |
| Martin |
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| 2 episodes |
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| 2016 |
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| [[American Dad!]] |
| ''[[American Dad!]]'' |
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| Documentary Narrator |
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| Episode: "Next of Pin" |
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| Dr. Daniel Charles |
| Dr. Daniel Charles |
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| 2 episodes |
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| 2022–present |
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| ''[[The Bear (TV series)|The Bear]]'' |
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| Uncle Jimmy |
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| 8 episodes |
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| Luther-Dwayne Grady |
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| ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]'' |
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== Awards and nominations == |
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| [[Primetime Emmy Award]] |
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| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] |
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| ''[[The West Wing]]'' |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"| 1998 |
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| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Award]] |
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| Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy |
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| ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]'' |
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| {{nom}} |
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Oliver Platt | |
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Born | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | January 12, 1960
Nationality | American |
Education | Tufts University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1985–present |
Spouse |
Camilla Campbell (m. 1992) |
Children | 3 |
Father | Nicholas Platt |
Relatives | Adam Platt (brother) |
Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is an American actor known for his work on stage and screen. He has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.
Platt made his acting debut in the 1988 film Married to the Mob. He gained prominence for his roles in The Impostors (1998), Pieces of April (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005), Casanova (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), and Please Give (2010). His other notable roles include Working Girl (1988), Flatliners (1990), Beethoven (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), Bulworth, Dr. Dolittle (both 1998), Ready to Rumble (2000), Kinsey (2004), 2012 (2009), Love & Other Drugs (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011), Ginger & Rosa (2013), and Rules Don't Apply (2016).
Platt is known for his recurring roles in television series such as The Big C, Fargo, Chicago Med and The Good Wife. He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles in The West Wing in 2001, Huff in 2005 and 2006, and Nip/Tuck in 2008. He portrayed George Steinbrenner in the series The Bronx Is Burning (2007). He is also known for his recurring role as Uncle Jimmy in the Hulu series The Bear (2022–present).
Platt made his Broadway debut in the Conor McPherson play Shining City (2006) for which he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. He returned to Broadway portraying Nathan Detroit in the 2009 revival of the Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls.
Early life and education
[edit]Family
[edit]Platt was born on January 12, 1960,[1] in Windsor, Ontario, Canada,[2] to American parents Sheila Maynard, a clinical social worker, and Nicholas Platt, a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia, and the Philippines.[3][4] His older brother, Adam Platt, is a New York magazine restaurant critic. They returned to the United States when Platt was three months old.[5]
Platt's paternal great-grandfather was artist and architect Charles A. Platt,[6] and his maternal great-grandparents were equestrian Arthur Scott Burden (of the industrialist Burden family) and socialite Cynthia Roche.[7] Platt is also a great-great-grandson of General Robert Shaw Oliver (through his mother).[8] Platt's paternal great-great-grandfather was diplomat and lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate. Choate was the most successful lawyer in New York City during the Gilded Age and was later appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom by President William McKinley. His brother William Gardner Choate, who was also a prominent lawyer and federal judge, created Choate Rosemary Hall.[9]
Early life
[edit]Because of his father's career as a foreign service officer, much of Platt's childhood was spent in Asia and Washington, D.C.[10] Platt attended twelve different schools, including the American School in Japan, and has said "Even now I find myself envying people who have neighborhoods and roots."[10] Platt's family made frequent trips back to Washington, where they held Redskins season tickets.[11] Platt is also a fan of the Boston Red Sox.[11]
When he was nine years old, Platt and his family visited the Kennedy Center in Washington, where he watched a performance that helped inspire his acting career.[4] "One of the performances that really made me want to be an actor started out with this probably 20-minute rambling, drunken monologue by this bum. And it was a young Morgan Freeman. I'll never forget it. This guy was just so riveting. He stood there on stage alone before the curtain went up, and he held this audience utterly rapt. Including myself, obviously."[4] According to Platt, drama departments gave his childhood some stability, "It was something of a survival mechanism, in that it gave me a little subculture to plug into wherever I ended up. Kids need that. I certainly did."[10]
Education
[edit]Platt attended a progressive boarding school named Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Colorado.[12] Platt majored in drama at Tufts University, where he met and became close friends with Hank Azaria.[13][14][15] He spent three years working in theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, which he said had a "wealth of serious amateur theatre at that time…I played many roles, and it was the best training I could have had."[16] Platt travelled with Shakespeare and Company, based in Lenox, Massachusetts, touring schools to earn his Equity card, before moving to New York.[16] Platt's early career involved Off-Broadway and regional theatre, and he appeared onstage with the New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club and other companies across many genres.[16] He obtained an agent while working at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, and met actor Bill Murray at his cousin's Christmas party.[16] Murray attended Platt's show and recommended Platt to director Jonathan Demme, who cast him in Married to the Mob in 1988.[16] Platt attributes his breakthrough to appearing at the Punch Line Theater.[16]
Career
[edit]Platt makes his decisions about accepting acting roles based on the role being "different from what I just did...I do have to be interested in the role".[16] After Married to the Mob, he appeared in Working Girl (1988), Flatliners (1990), Beethoven (1992), The Three Musketeers (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), Executive Decision (1996), and Bulworth (1998).[17] In 1998 Platt and Stanley Tucci played two deadbeat actors who improvise with unsuspecting strangers in The Impostors.[18] Tucci and Platt developed the characters while working on a play at Yale University in 1988, with Tucci later completing the screenplay and directing the film.[18]
In 1999, Platt played the wealthy and eccentric crocodile enthusiast Hector in David E. Kelley's Lake Placid, alongside Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda.[19] Platt described Hector as "pretty abrasive and obnoxious at times, but, I hope, he has a way of growing on you. I think David originally thought of him as a great white hunter sort of guy, but when I signed on for the role he sort of wrote him in a different direction."[19]
The short-lived drama Deadline provided Platt's first lead role on television. Created by Dick Wolf, who also created Law & Order, Deadline focused on the lives of newspaper journalists in New York City.[20] Platt starred as Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Wallace Benton, an "unlikely hero". The strong cast, which also included Bebe Neuwirth and Hope Davis, could not compensate for substandard writing and the series was soon canceled.[16][20] After Deadline's failure, Platt avoided work on television until he read a script for The West Wing and signed on for a guest role.[16] He received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of no-nonsense White House Counsel Oliver Babish,[16] brought in during season two to compile a defense for President Bartlet and others who covered up his non-disclosure of multiple sclerosis.[21]
His role in the television series Huff as Russell Tupper from 2004 to 2006 was well-received, especially by creator Bob Lowry, who said, "Oliver plays an alcoholic, drug-addicted, sexaholic, workaholic, womanizing misogynist who is adorable. I don't know any actor who could do that. I originally saw Russell as a blond stud, but when I saw what Oliver could do, I realized how much better, richer, and less predictable he was than my idea of the character ... Oliver is very committed to the idea that story and dialogue be character-driven and unique".[16] Platt's work was nominated for two Emmy awards and a Golden Globe.[16][22]
In 2005, Platt acted in Harold Ramis's film The Ice Harvest as an unhappy businessman with a trophy wife and two stepchildren who becomes involved with a friend who has stolen $2 million from a Mafia boss.[23] He also played a lard merchant named Papprizzio in Lasse Hallström's Casanova, who competes with Casanova (Heath Ledger) for marriage to Francesca (Sienna Miller).[23] Platt won the New York Film Critics Online Award for best supporting actor for his role in Casanova.[24]
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A Broadway production named Shining City was Platt's Broadway debut in 2006.[16] The play was set in Dublin, and Platt's role was the tortured protagonist, John.[16] Shining City's director said, "There is one word to describe Oliver. It's 'humanity.' He's got that everyman quality. He's a contradictory human being with flaws and strengths. And he's loveable. He can simultaneously make you laugh and break your heart. Oliver has brought to the role of John what I expected and more: tremendous inventiveness and sensitivity."[16] Platt visited Dublin to prepare for the role and ensure his performance was authentic.[16] He was nominated for a Tony award for "Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play".[25]
In 2007, Platt played the part of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in the ESPN mini-series The Bronx Is Burning.[26] Platt signed onto the project after John Turturro was confirmed as Billy Martin, because "This thing lives or dies by that portrayal ... I think it's great casting. God knows he has the intensity."[11] Platt starred in the pilot episode of The Thick of It, a remake of the British show of the same name in 2007.[22] The series was not picked up by ABC.[22] Platt starred as Nathan Detroit, alongside Lauren Graham as Miss Adelaide, in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls which began performances at the Nederlander Theatre on February 3, 2009, and officially opened on March 1, 2009.[27] The production closed on June 14, 2009, after 113 performances.[28]
Platt starred as White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser in Roland Emmerich's 2012, a disaster film released November 13, 2009. In August 2010, he was cast in the role of "The Man in Black" in 2011's X-Men spin-off, X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn.[29] In 2012, he starred in the romantic comedy The Oranges alongside Hugh Laurie and Leighton Meester[30] and appeared in the action film Chinese Zodiac. He provided the voice of Wiser the Owl in the 2013 animated film Dorothy of Oz.[31] He appeared in Miramax's 2016 supernatural thriller, The 9th Life of Louis Drax.[32]
Personal life
[edit]Platt married Mary Camilla Bonsal Campbell on September 12, 1992, at the First Congregational Church in Kittery, Maine.[33] They have three children, born 1995, 1997, and 1999. As of 1998, Platt had an open airline ticket when filming so he could return home frequently because his family did not accompany him to filming locations.[18] In a 1999 interview, he explained that he had chosen to focus on film and television rather than theater because of his family.[34] Platt has a home in North Haven, Maine.[35]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Married to the Mob | FBI Agent Ed Benitez | |
Working Girl | David Lutz | ||
1989 | Crusoe | Mr. Newby | |
1990 | Flatliners | Randy Steckle | |
Postcards from the Edge | Neil Bleene | ||
1992 | Beethoven | Harvey | |
Diggstown | Daniel Patrick O'Shannon 'Fitz' Fitzpatrick | ||
1993 | The Temp | Hartsell | |
Indecent Proposal | Jeremy | ||
Benny & Joon | Eric | ||
The Three Musketeers | Porthos | ||
1995 | Tall Tale | Paul Bunyan | |
Funny Bones | Tommy Fawkes | ||
The Infiltrator | Yaron Svoray | ||
1996 | Executive Decision | Dennis Cahill | |
A Time to Kill | Harry Rex Vonner | ||
1998 | Dangerous Beauty | Maffio Venier | |
Bulworth | Dennis Murphy | ||
The Impostors | Maurice | ||
Dr. Dolittle | Dr. Mark Weller | ||
Simon Birch | Ben Goodrich | ||
1999 | Lake Placid | Hector Cyr | |
Three to Tango | Peter Steinberg | ||
Bicentennial Man | Rupert Burns | ||
CinderElmo | Fairy Godperson | ||
2000 | Ready to Rumble | Jimmy 'The King' King | |
Gun Shy | Fulvio Nesstra | ||
2001 | Don't Say a Word | Dr. Louis Sachs | |
2002 | Liberty Stands Still | Victor Wallace | |
Ash Wednesday | Moran | ||
Zig Zag | Mr.Walters / The Toad | ||
2003 | Pieces of April | Jim Burns | |
Hope Springs | Doug Reed | ||
2004 | Kinsey | Herman B Wells | |
2005 | The Ice Harvest | Pete Van Heuten | |
Casanova | Paprizzio | ||
2007 | The Ten | Marc Jacobson | |
Martian Child | Jeff | ||
2008 | Frost/Nixon | Bob Zelnick | |
2009 | Wonder Woman | Hades (voice) | Direct-to-DVD |
Year One | High Priest | ||
2012 | Carl Anheuser | ||
2010 | Please Give | Alex | |
Love & Other Drugs | Bruce Jackson | ||
Letters to Juliet | Bobby | Uncredited | |
2011 | X-Men: First Class | Man In Black Suit | |
2012 | The Oranges | Terry Ostroff | |
Chinese Zodiac | Lawrence | ||
Ginger & Rosa | Activist | ||
2013 | Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Wiser The Owl (voice) | |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Lord Minister of The Right Abe (voice) | ||
Gods Behaving Badly | Apollo | ||
Lucky Them | Giles | ||
2014 | Chef | Ramsey Michel | |
Kill the Messenger | Jerome Ceppos | ||
Cut Bank | Joe Barrett | ||
A Merry Friggin' Christmas | Hobo Santa | ||
2015 | Frank and Cindy | Frank Garcia | |
One More Time | Alan Sternberg | ||
2016 | The Cleanse | Ken Roberts | |
The Ticket | Bob | ||
The 9th Life of Louis Drax | Dr. Perez | ||
Shut In | Dr. Wilson | ||
Rules Don't Apply | Forester | ||
2017 | Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Max Gaines | |
2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | The Voice (voice) | |
2024 | Babes | TBA |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | The Equalizer | Norm Jameson | Episode: "In the Money" |
1988 | Miami Vice | 'Speed' Stiles | Episode: "Baseballs of Death" |
1990 | Wiseguy | Unknown | Episode: "Changes Houses" |
1995 | The Infiltrator | Yaron | Television movie |
2000–2001 | Deadline | Wallace Benton | 13 episodes |
2001–2005 | The West Wing | Oliver Babish | 8 episodes |
2003 | Queens Supreme | Judge Jack Moran | 13 episodes |
2004–2006 | Huff | Russell Tupper | 25 episodes |
2007–2008 | Nip/Tuck | Freddy Prune | 4 episodes |
2007 | The Thick of It | Malcolm Tucker | Unsold TV pilot |
The Bronx Is Burning | George Steinbrenner | 8 episodes | |
2009–2011 | Bored to Death | Richard Antrem | 6 episodes |
2010–2013 | The Big C | Paul Jamison | 40 episodes |
2012–2018 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 11 episodes |
2014 | Fargo | Stavros Milos | 5 episodes |
2014–2017 | Sofia the First | Everburn (voice) | 2 episodes |
2015–2016 | Chicago P.D. | Dr. Daniel Charles | 9 episodes |
2015–2023 | Chicago Fire | 8 episodes | |
2015–present | Chicago Med | 198 episodes | |
2015 | The Good Wife | R.D. | 3 episodes |
Bessie | Carl Van Vechten | Television movie | |
2015–2017 | Modern Family | Martin | 2 episodes |
2016 | American Dad! | Documentary Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Next of Pin" |
2017 | Chicago Justice | Dr. Daniel Charles | 2 episodes |
2022–present | The Bear | Uncle Jimmy | 8 episodes |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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2006 | Shining City | John | Biltmore Theatre, Broadway |
2009 | Guys and Dolls | Nathan Detroit | Nederlander Theatre, Broadway |
Video games
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2001 | SSX Tricky | Luther-Dwayne Grady |
2006 | Scarface: The World Is Yours |
Awards and nominations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020". United Press International. January 12, 2020. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
… actor Oliver Platt in 1960 (age 60)
- ^ Platt, speaking to brother Adam Platt in Platt, Adam (February 19, 2009). "The Brothers Platt". New York. Vox Media. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020.
Our father joined the Foreign Service at a young age, which meant that we grew up all over the place. You were born in Washington, D.C. Our younger brother, Nick, who's now a prosperous business executive, was born in Hong Kong. I was born in Windsor, Ontario, which is right across from Detroit, when our father was stamping visas there, on the U.S.-Canada border.
- ^ "Oliver Platt Biography". Film Reference. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c Kipen, David (April 3, 1995). "Oliver Platt: from second banana to pick of the bunch". L.A. Life. Los Angeles Daily News. p. L1.
- ^ McDonald, Gayle (April 28, 2006). "Oliver Platt: 7 questions". The Globe and Mail. p. R34.
- ^ "Hamlet in New Hampshire was a haven for artists". Vindy.com. February 21, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^ Roberts, Gary Boyd. "#43 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: New – and Deleted – Immigrants of Royal Descent". NewEnglandAncestors.org. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
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- ^ "Joseph Hodges Choate Dies Suddenly Famous Lawyer and Statesman was 85". The New York Times. May 5, 1917.
- ^ a b c Snead, Elizabeth (October 6, 1998). "Oliver Platt well-rounded as an 'Impostor'". USA Today. p. 5D.
- ^ a b c Deitsch, Richard (October 30, 2006). "Q&A Oliver Platt". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
- ^ Lee, Linda (July 18, 1999). "A night out with Oliver Platt; a wash and a shampoo". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
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- ^ Shister, Gail (Fall 2004). "It's Showtime! Former classmates and friends find themselves starring together in a new television series". Tufts Magazine. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
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- ^ a b Gilbert, Matthew (October 2, 2000). "'Deadline' misses, and that's a crime". Living. The Boston Globe.
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- ^ Itzkoff, Compiled by Dave (October 8, 2008). "Theater : Guys & Dolls". The New York Times. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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- ^ Fleming, Mike (August 16, 2010). "Oliver Platt Joins X-Men: First Class". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "The Oranges official website". Welcometooranges.com. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ "Dorothy of Oz official website". Dorothyofoz.com. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
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- ^ Star Map of North Haven Island | Portland Magazine Retrieved April 14, 2017.
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