Oliver Platt
Acting • Born 1960-01-12
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
115 credits
Pieces of April
Movie • 2003
Jim Burns
Flatliners
Movie • 1990
Randy Steckle
A Time to Kill
Movie • 1996
Harry Rex Vonner
Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1998
Dr. Mark Weller
Bicentennial Man
Movie • 1999
Rupert Burns
Three to Tango
Movie • 1999
Peter Steinberg
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1993
Porthos
Executive Decision
Movie • 1996
Cahill
Married to the Mob
Movie • 1988
Ed Benitez
Working Girl
Movie • 1988
Lutz
Benny & Joon
Movie • 1993
Eric
Indecent Proposal
Movie • 1993
Jeremy
Kinsey
Movie • 2004
Herman Wells
Ready to Rumble
Movie • 2000
Jimmy King
Martian Child
Movie • 2007
Jeff
Simon Birch
Movie • 1998
Ben Goodrich
Hope Springs
Movie • 2003
Doug Reed
Frost/Nixon
Movie • 2008
Bob Zelnick
Dangerous Beauty
Movie • 1998
Maffio Venier
Don't Say a Word
Movie • 2001
Dr. Louis Sachs
Bulworth
Movie • 1998
Dennis Murphy
Lake Placid
Movie • 1999
Hector Cyr
Casanova
Movie • 2005
Paprizzio
The Impostors
Movie • 1998
Maurice
Please Give
Movie • 2010
Alex
Funny Bones
Movie • 1995
Tommy Fawkes
2012
Movie • 2009
Carl Anheuser
Gun Shy
Movie • 2000
Fulvio Nesstra
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Movie • 1995
Paul Bunyan
CinderElmo
Movie • 1999
Frank / Fairy Godperson
Love & Other Drugs
Movie • 2010
Bruce Winston
Wonder Woman
Movie • 2009
Hades (voice)
Year One
Movie • 2009
High Priest
The Temp
Movie • 1993
Jack Hartsell
The Pilgrims
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
X-Men: First Class
Movie • 2011
Man in Black Suit
Diggstown
Movie • 1992
Fitz
Loverboy
Movie • 2005
Mr. Pomeroy
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Movie • 2014
Wiser the Owl (voice)
The Oranges
Movie • 2011
Terry Ostroff
Armour of God 3: Chinese Zodiac
Movie • 2012
Lawrence Morgan
Love, Marilyn
Movie • 2013
Self
Ginger & Rosa
Movie • 2012
Mark Two
The Infiltrator
Movie • 1995
Yaron Svoray
Lucky Them
Movie • 2013
Giles
Chef
Movie • 2014
Ramsey Michel
Gods Behaving Badly
Movie • 2013
Apollo
Postcards from the Edge
Movie • 1990
Neil Bleene
Zig Zag
Movie • 2002
Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
Babes
Movie • 2024
Bernie
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Movie • 2014
Hobo Santa
Rules Don't Apply
Movie • 2016
Forester
The Ice Harvest
Movie • 2005
Pete Van Heuten
Kill the Messenger
Movie • 2014
Jerry Ceppos
The Cleanse
Movie • 2018
Ken Roberts
One More Time
Movie • 2016
Alan
Henry Ford
Movie • 2013
Narrator (voice)
The Ticket
Movie • 2016
Bob
Bessie
Movie • 2015
Carl Van Vechten
Shut In
Movie • 2016
Dr. Wilson
1964
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
Liberty Stands Still
Movie • 2002
Victor Wallace
Cut Bank
Movie • 2014
Joe Barrett
JFK
Movie • 2013
Narrator (voice)
Beethoven
Movie • 1992
Harvey
Klansville U.S.A.
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
Frank and Cindy
Movie • 2015
Frank Garcia
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Movie • 2016
Dr. Perez
Ash Wednesday
Movie • 2002
Moran
Crusoe
Movie • 1989
Mr. Newby
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie • 2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ten
Movie • 2007
Marc Jacobson
Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy
Movie • 2014
Everburn (voice)
The Thick of It
Movie • 2007
Malcolm Tucker
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Big Burn
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Movie • 2017
M.C. Gaines
The Bombing of Wall Street
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Into the Amazon
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rachel Carson
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Comandante
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Gilded Age
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Great War
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Movie • 2010
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Movie • 2010
Self
Letters to Juliet
Movie • 2010
New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Movie • 2020
The Voice (voice)
Jake and Amir: Fired
Movie • 2011
Interviewer
Emperor
Movie • 2026
The Pope Clement VII
Sofia The First: The Curse Of Princess Ivy
Movie • 2014
Everburn (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Speed Stiles
Huff
TV • 2004
Russell Tupper
Deadline
TV • 2000
Wallace Benton
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Freddy Prune
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Norm Jameson
The Bronx Is Burning
TV • 2007
George Steinbrenner
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Queens Supreme
TV • 2003
Judge Jack Moran
The Big C
TV • 2010
Paul Jamison
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Dr. Daniel Charles
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Oliver Babish
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Martin
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Dr. Daniel Charles
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Bear
TV • 2022
Uncle Jimmy 'Cicero' Kalinowski
Chicago P.D.
TV • 2014
Dr. Daniel Charles
Sofia the First
TV • 2013
Everburn (voice)
Fargo
TV • 2014
Stavros Milos
Prohibition
TV • 2011
Reader / Al Capone (voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
R.D.
Bored to Death
TV • 2009
Richard Antrem
JFK
TV • 2013
Self - Narrator (voice)