Oliver Platt
Born: 1960-01-12 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- Emperor as The Pope Clement VII
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 Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Gilded Age as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Bombing of Wall Street as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women as M.C. Gaines
- The Great War as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Rachel Carson as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
- Rules Don't Apply as Forester
- One More Time as Alan
- The 9th Life of Louis Drax as Dr. Perez
- Shut In as Dr. Wilson
- The Ticket as Bob
- The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
- Chicago Med as Dr. Daniel Charles
- Bessie as Carl Van Vechten
- Frank and Cindy as Frank Garcia
- The Pilgrims as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Klansville U.S.A. as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Big Burn as Self - Narrator (voice)
- American Comandante as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
- Chicago P.D. as Dr. Daniel Charles
- Fargo as Stavros Milos
- Chef as Ramsey Michel
- A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Hobo Santa
- Cut Bank as Joe Barrett
- Kill the Messenger as Jerry Ceppos
- Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy as Everburn (voice)
- Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as Wiser the Owl (voice)
- Sofia The First: The Curse Of Princess Ivy as Everburn (voice)
- 1964 as Narrator (voice)
2013
- Sofia the First as Everburn (voice)
- Love, Marilyn as Self
- Henry Ford as Narrator (voice)
- Lucky Them as Giles
- Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Gods Behaving Badly as Apollo
- JFK as Self - Narrator (voice)
- JFK as Narrator (voice)
2012
- Chicago Fire as Dr. Daniel Charles
- Armour of God 3: Chinese Zodiac as Lawrence Morgan
- Ginger & Rosa as Mark Two
2011
- The Oranges as Terry Ostroff
- Prohibition as Reader / Al Capone (voice)
- Jake and Amir: Fired as Interviewer
- X-Men: First Class as Man in Black Suit
2010
- The Big C as Paul Jamison
- Love & Other Drugs as Bruce Winston
- Letters to Juliet as New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)
- The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- Please Give as Alex
2009
- Modern Family as Martin
- The Good Wife as R.D.
- 2012 as Carl Anheuser
- Year One as High Priest
- Wonder Woman as Hades (voice)
- Bored to Death as Richard Antrem
2008
- Frost/Nixon as Bob Zelnick
2007
- The Ten as Marc Jacobson
- Martian Child as Jeff
- The Bronx Is Burning as George Steinbrenner
- The Thick of It as Malcolm Tucker
2005
- Loverboy as Mr. Pomeroy
- The Ice Harvest as Pete Van Heuten
- Casanova as Paprizzio
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Freddy Prune
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Hope Springs as Doug Reed
- Pieces of April as Jim Burns
- Queens Supreme as Judge Jack Moran
2002
- Zig Zag as Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
- Ash Wednesday as Moran
- Liberty Stands Still as Victor Wallace
2001
- Don't Say a Word as Dr. Louis Sachs
2000
- Gun Shy as Fulvio Nesstra
- Deadline as Wallace Benton
- Ready to Rumble as Jimmy King
1999
- The West Wing as Oliver Babish
- CinderElmo as Frank / Fairy Godperson
- Lake Placid as Hector Cyr
- Bicentennial Man as Rupert Burns
- Three to Tango as Peter Steinberg
1998
- Dangerous Beauty as Maffio Venier
- Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Mark Weller
- Simon Birch as Ben Goodrich
- The Impostors as Maurice
- Bulworth as Dennis Murphy
1996
- A Time to Kill as Harry Rex Vonner
- Executive Decision as Cahill
- Big Night ... (Associate Producer)
1995
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure as Paul Bunyan
- Funny Bones as Tommy Fawkes
- The Infiltrator as Yaron Svoray
1993
- Indecent Proposal as Jeremy
- The Three Musketeers as Porthos
- Benny & Joon as Eric
- The Temp as Jack Hartsell
1990
- Flatliners as Randy Steckle
- Postcards from the Edge as Neil Bleene
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- Working Girl as Lutz
- Crusoe as Mr. Newby
- Married to the Mob as Ed Benitez
1987
1985
- The Equalizer as Norm Jameson
1984
- Miami Vice as Speed Stiles
1974
- NOVA as Narrator