Oliver Platt
Highest Rated: 100% The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
Lowest Rated: 4% Shut In (2016)
Birthday: Jan 12, 1960
Birthplace: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
The definitive scene-stealing supporting player, Oliver Platt built a steady acting career with his knack for taking unappealing characters, like Russell Tupper on "Huff" (Showtime, 2004-06) and making them funny and unexpectedly empathetic. Platt's large frame, expressive face, and booming, gravelly voice were leveraged to great effect in countless roles as attorneys and other educated professionals, with the actor earning acclaim for guest stints on TV's "The West Wing" (NBC, 1999-2006) and "Nip/Tuck" (FX, 2003-10). On the movie screen, he made pompous, amoral scoundrels his calling card in "A Time to Kill" (1996), "Bulworth,"(1999) and "Frost/Nixon" (2008), while occasionally getting the chance to steal the spotlight in the madcap comedy "Impostors" (1997) and on Broadway with his Tony-nominated performance in "Shining City." Platt's unique talent for balancing imposing physical presence with subtle wit, while hinting at the vulnerable side of the over-confident blowhard made him one of the most interesting, craft-oriented actors on stage and screen.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Experience: The Bombing of Wall Street | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Experience: The Gilded Age | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Experience: Into the Amazon | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 87% | 77% | Professor Marston & the Wonder Women | M.C. Gaines (Character) | $1.6M | 2017 |
| 79% | 36% | The Cleanse | Ken Roberts (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 51% | 30% | The Ticket | Bob (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 55% | 33% | Rules Don't Apply | Forester (Character) | $3.6M | 2016 |
| 4% | 23% | Shut In | Dr. Wilson (Character) | $6.9M | 2016 |
| 38% | 38% | The 9th Life of Louis Drax | Dr. Perez (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Emperor | The Pope Clement VII (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 53% | 26% | One More Time | Alan (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Frank and Cindy | Frank (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 91% | 67% | Bessie | Carl Van Vechten (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 37% | 29% | Cut Bank | Joe Barrett (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 14% | 21% | A Merry Friggin' Christmas | Hobo Santa (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 77% | 69% | Kill the Messenger | Jerry Ceppos (Character) | $2.4M | 2014 |
| 16% | 68% | Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Wiser the Owl (Voice) | $8.5M | 2014 |
| 87% | 85% | Chef | Ramsey Michel (Character) | $31.2M | 2014 |
| 100% | 90% | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Lord Minster of the Right Abe (Voice) | $681.1K | 2013 |
| 78% | 58% | Lucky Them | Giles (Character) | $32.9K | 2013 |
| 25% | 45% | CZ12 | Lawrence Morgan (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 65% | 58% | Love, Marilyn | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 78% | 50% | Ginger & Rosa | Mark Two (Character) | $1.0M | 2012 |
| 31% | 32% | The Oranges | Terry (Character) | $319.4K | 2011 |
| 86% | 87% | X-Men: First Class | Man in Black Suit (Character) | $146.4M | 2011 |
| 49% | 53% | Love & Other Drugs | Bruce Winston (Character) | $32.4M | 2010 |
| 42% | 62% | Letters to Juliet | Bobby (Character) | $53.0M | 2010 |
| 86% | 64% | Please Give | Alex (Character) | $4.0M | 2010 |
| 83% | 78% | Wonder Woman | Hades (Voice) | - | 2009 |
| 39% | 47% | 2012 | Carl Anheuser (Character) | $166.1M | 2009 |
| 14% | 23% | Year One | High Priest (Character) | $43.3M | 2009 |
| 93% | 88% | Frost/Nixon | Bob Zelnick (Character) | $18.6M | 2008 |
| 35% | 72% | Martian Child | Jeff (Character) | $7.5M | 2007 |
| 35% | 40% | The Ten | Marc Jacobson (Character) | $766.5K | 2007 |
| 18% | 35% | Loverboy | Mr. Pomeroy (Character) | $29.7K | 2005 |
| 44% | 58% | Casanova | Papprizzio (Character) | $11.3M | 2005 |
| 47% | 43% | The Ice Harvest | Pete (Character) | $8.8M | 2005 |
| 90% | 75% | Kinsey | Herman Wells (Character) | $10.2M | 2004 |
| 84% | 73% | Pieces of April | Jim Burns (Character) | $2.4M | 2003 |
| 25% | 27% | Hope Springs | Doug Reed (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 25% | 44% | Ash Wednesday | Moran (Character) | $2.9K | 2002 |
| 20% | 35% | Liberty Stands Still | Victor Wallace (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 44% | 44% | ZigZag | Toad (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 24% | 49% | Don't Say a Word | Dr. Louis Sachs (Character) | $55.0M | 2001 |
| 22% | 52% | Ready to Rumble | Jimmy King (Character) | $12.4M | 2000 |
| 26% | 36% | Gun Shy | Fulvio Nesstra (Character) | $1.6M | 2000 |
| 47% | 37% | Lake Placid | Hector Cyr (Character) | $31.8M | 1999 |
| 36% | 59% | Bicentennial Man | Rupert Burns (Character) | $58.2M | 1999 |
| 28% | 49% | Three to Tango | Peter Steinberg (Character) | $10.5M | 1999 |
| 44% | 77% | Simon Birch | Ben Goodrich (Character) | $18.3M | 1998 |
| 63% | 73% | The Impostors | Maurice (Character) | $2.2M | 1998 |
| 41% | 35% | Dr. Dolittle | Dr. Mark Weller (Character) | $144.2M | 1998 |
| 76% | 68% | Bulworth | Dennis Murphy (Character) | $26.4M | 1998 |
| 69% | 85% | Dangerous Beauty | Maffio Venier (Character) | $4.6M | 1998 |
| 63% | 53% | Executive Decision | Dennis Cahill (Character) | $55.7M | 1996 |
| 68% | 85% | A Time to Kill | Harry Rex Vonner (Character) | $108.7M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Infiltrator | Yaron Svoray (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 63% | 81% | Funny Bones | Tommy Fawkes (Character) | $527.0K | 1995 |
| 48% | 52% | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill | Paul Bunyan (Character) | $8.2M | 1995 |
| 76% | 85% | Benny & Joon | Eric (Character) | $23.1M | 1993 |
| 30% | 62% | The Three Musketeers | Porthos (Character) | $53.7M | 1993 |
| 34% | 47% | Indecent Proposal | Jeremy (Character) | $104.9M | 1993 |
| 32% | 18% | The Temp | Jack Hartsell (Character) | $6.0M | 1993 |
| 60% | 77% | Diggstown | Fitz (Character) | $4.0M | 1992 |
| 29% | 35% | Beethoven | Harvey (Character) | $56.5M | 1992 |
| 50% | 59% | Flatliners | Randy Steckle (Character) | $58.7M | 1990 |
| 83% | 67% | Working Girl | Lutz (Character) | $62.2M | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 72% | Chicago Med | Dr. Daniel Charles (Character) | 2015-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Sofia the First | Everburn (Guest Voice) | 2014 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | American Experience | Narrator | 2015 2017 |
| 73% | 69% | Chicago Justice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Chicago Fire | Daniel Charles (Guest Star) | 2015-2017 |
| 85% | 89% | Modern Family | Martin (Guest Star) | 2015 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Chicago P.D. | Daniel Charles (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad! | Ken Burns (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 |
| 93% | 91% | The Good Wife | R.D. (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 93% | 84% | Fargo | Stavros Milos (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JFK: American Experience | Narrator | 2013 |
| 55% | 80% | The Big C | Paul Jamison (Character) | 2010-2013 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 |
| 75% | 82% | Nip/Tuck | Freddy Prune (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | HUFF | Russell Tupper (Character) | 2004-2006 |
| 75% | 95% | The West Wing |
Oliver Babish (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2001 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Queens Supreme | Judge Jack Moran (Character) | 2003 |
| 58% | No Score Yet | Deadline | Wallace Benton (Character) | 2000-2001 |
| 71% | 81% | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Equalizer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wiseguy | Sy Brenner (Guest Star) |