Philip Baker Hall

Highest Rated: 98% Say Anything... (1989)

Lowest Rated: 0% Implicated (1998)

Birthday: Sep 10, 1931

Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, USA

Primarily a supporting and character actor, Philip Baker Hall has also played the occasional lead on stage, screen, and television. Hall made his film debut playing a priest in Cowards (1970). He then appeared in three television series during the mid-'70s, including Man From Atlantis (1977). He became best known during the '80s for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in Robert Altman's brilliant Secret Honor (1984), for which Hall also wrote the screenplay. Though the film garnered mixed reviews, the actor's portrayal of Nixon was hailed as a tour de force. Through the '80s and '90s, Hall continued to work steadily in films and on television; his talents were perhaps best, and most famously, utilized by director Paul Thomas Anderson, who cast Hall in substantial roles in Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), and Magnolia (1999), the last of which saw the actor in fine form as a game show host dying of cancer. Hall also had a memorable turn as a private investigator who is far too convinced of the infallibility of his own instincts in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); that same year, he gave a strong performance as CBS producer Don Hewitt in Michael Mann's The Insider. Clearly, Hall had no intention of slowing down, and he would spend the next several years remaining extremely active, appearing in such films as The Matador, Rush Hour 3, The Lodger, 50/50, and Mr. Popper's Penguins.

Photos

View All Photos

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
53%	Person to Person	Jimmy	$48.8K	2017
40%	The Last Word	Edward	$1.8M	2017
14%	Playing It Cool	Grandad	—	2015
69%	Altman	Actor	—	2014
65%	Bad Words	Dr. Bowman	—	2014
61%	Clear History	McKenzie	—	2013
No Score Yet	The Chicago 8	Actor	—	2012
53%	People Like Us	Ike Rafferty	$12.5M	2012
No Score Yet	Bending the Rules	Herb Gold	—	2012
93%	50/50	Alan	$35.1M	2011
48%	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Franklin	$68.2M	2011
35%	All Good Things	Malvern Bump	$0.6M	2010
42%	Wonderful World	The Man	—	2010
25%	Fired Up	Coach Burns	$16.8M	2009
24%	The Lodger	Captain Smith	—	2009
No Score Yet	Duck: Think Outside the Flock	Actor	—	2008
18%	Rush Hour 3	Captain William Diel	$140.1M	2007
78%	You Kill Me	Roman Krzeminski	$2.4M	2007
65%	The TV Set	Vernon Maxwell	$35K	2007
88%	Islander	Popper	—	2007
89%	Zodiac	Sherwood Morrill	$33.1M	2007
26%	The Zodiac	Chief Frank Perkins	—	2006
26%	The Shaggy Dog	Lance Strictland	$61.1M	2006
75%	The Matador	Mr. Randy	$12.5M	2006
No Score Yet	The Limb Salesman	Actor	—	2006
23%	The Amityville Horror	Father Callaway	$64.3M	2005
50%	Duck	Arthur	—	2005
43%	Mrs. Harris	Arthur Schulte	—	2005
82%	In Good Company	Eugene Kalb	$45.5M	2004
75%	A House on a Hill	Harry Mayfield	—	2003
64%	Die Mommie Die!	Sol Sussman	—	2003
48%	Bruce Almighty	Jack Baylor	$242.6M	2003
70%	Dogville	Tom Edison Sr.	$1.5M	2003
57%	Hit Me	Lenny Ish	—	2002
No Score Yet	A Gentleman's Game	Charlie Logan	—	2002
No Score Yet	Path to War	Everett Dirkson	—	2002
8%	Lost Souls	James	—	2000
76%	The Contender	Oscar	$16.2M	2000
36%	Rules of Engagement	Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges	—	2000
No Score Yet	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	Actor	—	2000
83%	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Alvin MacCarron	—	1999
83%	Magnolia	Jimmy Gator	—	1999
64%	Cradle Will Rock	Gray Mathers	—	1999
96%	The Insider	Don Hewitt	—	1999
57%	Let the Devil Wear Black	Sol Hirsch	—	1999
38%	Psycho	Sheriff Chambers	—	1998
60%	Rush Hour	Capt. Diel	—	1998
43%	Judas Kiss	Poppy Malavero	—	1998
94%	The Truman Show	Network Executive	—	1998
60%	Witness to the Mob	Actor	—	1998
21%	Sour Grapes	Mr. Bell	—	1998
0%	Implicated	John Sawyer	—	1998
No Score Yet	Tempting Fate	Dr. Bardwell	—	1998
93%	Boogie Nights	Floyd Gondolli	—	1997
76%	Air Force One	U.S. Attorney Gen. Ward	—	1997
25%	Buddy	Minister	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Little Death	Detective Snyder	—	1996
83%	Hard Eight	Sydney	—	1996
8%	Eye for an Eye	Sidney Hughes	—	1996
68%	Kiss of Death	Big Junior	—	1995
No Score Yet	Without Warning	Dr. Kurt Lowden	—	1994
No Score Yet	Roswell	Roswell General	—	1994
No Score Yet	Cigarettes & Coffee	Actor	—	1993
0%	Live Wire	Senator Thyme	—	1992
No Score Yet	Stormy Weathers	Dr. Comden	—	1992
No Score Yet	Blue Desert	Joe	—	1991
38%	An Innocent Man	Judge Lavet	—	1989
No Score Yet	A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story	Judge	—	1989
53%	Ghostbusters 2	Police Commissioner	—	1989
No Score Yet	Incident at Dark River	Actor	—	1989
38%	How I Got Into College	Dean Patterson	—	1989
98%	Say Anything...	IRS Boss	—	1989
No Score Yet	Goddess of Love	Actor	—	1988
94%	Midnight Run	Sidney	—	1988
67%	Three O'Clock High	Detective Mulvahill	—	1987
77%	Secret Honor	Richard M. Nixon	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Last Reunion	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Man with Bogart's Face	Dr. Inman	—	1980
No Score Yet	The Night the Bridge Fell Down	Warren Meech	—	1980
No Score Yet	Terror Out of the Sky (The Revenge of the Savage Bees)	Starrett	—	1978
No Score Yet	Kill Me If You Can	Phillips	—	1977
No Score Yet	Man from Atlantis	George	—	1977
No Score Yet	Cowards	Father Reis	—	1970

TV

		Credit
88%	Room 104 2017-2019		2018 2017
30%	Second Chance 2016	Old Man Pritchard	2016
No Score Yet	Madam Secretary 2014	Ezra Helsinger	2015
67%	Rake 2014	Mitch Markham	2014
59%	The Newsroom 2012-2014	Bryce Delancy	2012
86%	Modern Family 2009	Walt Kleezak	2012 2011 2010
No Score Yet	The Life & Times of Tim 2008-2012	Voice	2010
92%	Curb Your Enthusiasm 2000	Dr. Morrison	2009 2004
No Score Yet	Lass es, Larry! 2000-2017	Dr. Morrison	2009 2004
89%	Psych 2006-2014		2008
68%	Worst Week 2008-2009	Rev. Lowell	2008
40%	The Loop 2006-2007	Russ	2007 2006
No Score Yet	Pasadena 2001-2002	George Greeley George	2005 2001
86%	Boston Legal 2004-2008	Ernie Dell	2004
90%	Monk 2002-2009	Salvatore Lucarelli	2004
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Sen. Matt Hunt	2004
92%	Everwood 2002-2006	Dr. Donald Douglas	2004 2003
No Score Yet	Night Visions 2001-2002	Captain Brascom	2002
No Score Yet	Without a Trace 2002-2009	Noah Ridder	2002
88%	Seinfeld 1989-1998	Guest Bookman Mr. Bookman	1998 1993 1991
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004	Vinocour	1997
No Score Yet	Empty Nest 1988-1995	Jerod	1994
No Score Yet	Cheers 1982-1993	Guest Kevin Fogerty	1993
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Ed Costner	1991
No Score Yet	Family Ties 1982-1989	Dr. Harrison	1988
No Score Yet	Quincy, M.E. 1976-1983	Deputy Shell Capt. Rasmussen	1982
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Maj. Gordon	1980 1973
No Score Yet	MAS*H 1972-1983	Sgt. Hacker	1977
No Score Yet	Good Times 1974-1979	Motel Owner	1976 1975
100%	Bob 1993	Jeweler

QUOTES FROM Philip Baker Hall CHARACTERS

Mitch says: How come we haven't met Rachel?

Alan says: Yeah, what the fuck?

Sydney says: Never ignore a man's courtesy.

Sydney says: Good that you have such a sturdy sense of responsibility.

Sydney says: You know the first thing they should've taught you at hooker school? You get the money up front!

Sydney says: This is a very fucked up situation.

Adam says: She doesn't like to mix negative and positive energy...it's an energy idea.

Alan says: Well I call it a bullshit idea.

Alan says: I'm Alan Lombardo, stage three lymphoma. Pleased to meet you.

Mitch says: Mitch Barnett, metastatic prostate cancer.

Adam says: Nice to meet you. Oh, I'm Adam Lerner, schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma.

Alan says: I'm Alan Lombardo, stage three lymphoma. Pleased to meet you.

Mitch says: Mitch Barnett, metastatic prostate cancer.

Adam says: Nice to meet you. Oh, I'm Adam Lerner, schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma.

Alan says: Want a macaroon?

Adam says: Thanks, but I'm alright.

Alan says: There's weed in em...