Oliver Platt
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
114
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-01-12 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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

2018

The Gilded Age as narrator

2018

Into the Amazon as Narrator

2017

Rachel Carson as Narrator (voice)

2017

The Great War as Narrator (voice)

2016

Shut In as Dr. Wilson

2016

Rules Don't Apply as Forester

2016

The Ticket as Bob

2016

The 9th Life of Louis Drax as Dr. Perez

2016

One More Time as Alan

2015

Chicago Med as Dr. Daniel Charles

2015

Bessie as Carl Van Vechten

2015

Frank and Cindy as Frank Garcia

2015

The Pilgrims as Narrator

2015

Klansville U.S.A. as Narrator (voice)

2015

The Big Burn as Narrator (voice)

2015

American Comandante as Narrator (Voice)

2014

Chicago P.D. as Dr. Daniel Charles

2014

Fargo as Stavros Milos

2014

Chef as Ramsey Michel

2014

Kill the Messenger as Jerry Ceppos

2014

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as Wiser the Owl (voice)

2014

Cut Bank as Joe Barrett

2014

A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Hobo Santa

2014

1964 as Narrator (voice)

2013

Sofia the First as Everburn (voice)

2013

Lucky Them as Giles

2013

Henry Ford as Narrator (voice)

2013

Gods Behaving Badly as Apollo

2013

Love, Marilyn as Self

2013

JFK as Self - Narrator (voice)

2013

JFK as Narrator (voice)

2012

Chicago Fire as Dr. Daniel Charles

2012

Chinese Zodiac as Lawrence Morgan

2012

Ginger & Rosa as Mark Two

2011

Prohibition as Reader / Al Capone (voice)

2011

The Oranges as Terry Ostroff

2011

X-Men: First Class as Man in Black Suit

2010

The Big C as Paul Jamison

2010

Love & Other Drugs as Bruce Winston

2010

Letters to Juliet as New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)

2010

Please Give as Alex

2009

Modern Family as Martin

2009

The Good Wife as R.D.

2009

2012 as Carl Anheuser

2009

Bored to Death as Richard Antrem

2009

Year One as High Priest

2009

Wonder Woman as Hades (voice)

2008

Frost/Nixon as Bob Zelnick

2007

The Bronx Is Burning as George Steinbrenner

2007

The Ten as Marc Jacobson

2007

Martian Child as Jeff

2007

The Thick Of It as Malcolm Tucker

2005

Casanova as Paprizzio

2005

Loverboy as M. Pomeroy

2005

The Ice Harvest as Pete Van Heuten

2004

Huff as Russell Tupper

2004

Kinsey as Herman Wells

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Not available

2003

Nip/Tuck as Not available

2003

Queens Supreme as Judge Jack Moran

2003

Hope Springs as Doug Reed

2003

Pieces of April as Jim Burns

2002

Liberty Stands Still as Victor Wallace

2002

Zig Zag as Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'

2002

Ash Wednesday as Moran

2001

Don't Say a Word as Dr. Louis Sachs

2000

Deadline as Wallace Benton

2000

Gun Shy as Fulvio Nesstra

2000

Ready to Rumble as Jimmy King

1999

The West Wing as Oliver Babish

1999

Bicentennial Man as Rupert Burns

1999

Lake Placid as Hector Cyr

1999

Three to Tango as Peter Steinberg

1999

CinderElmo as Frank / Fairy Godperson

1998

Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Mark Weller

1998

Dangerous Beauty as Maffio Venier

1998

Simon Birch as Ben Goodrich

1998

Bulworth as Dennis Murphy

1998

The Impostors as Maurice

1996

A Time to Kill as Harry Rex Vonner

1996

Executive Decision as Cahill

1995

Funny Bones as Tommy Fawkes

1995

The Infiltrator as Yaron Svoray

1993

Indecent Proposal as Jeremy

1993

The Three Musketeers as Porthos

1993

Benny & Joon as Eric

1993

The Temp as Jack Hartsell

1992

Beethoven as Harvey

1992

Diggstown as Fitz

1990

Flatliners as Randy Steckle

1990

Postcards from the Edge as Neil Bleene

1988

American Experience as Narrator (voice)

1988

Working Girl as Lutz

1988

Married to the Mob as Ed Benitez

1988

Crusoe as Mr. Newby

1987

Wiseguy as Not available

1985

The Equalizer as Norm Jameson

1984

Miami Vice as Not available

1974

NOVA as Narrator

NaN

Jake and Amir: Fired as Interviewer
Crew

1996

Big Night Associate Producer