Acting
Oliver Platt
EN, CN cinema · 90 credits
Born
12 January 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Oliver James Platt
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
Filmography
Babes
as Bernie
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as The Voice (voice)
The Cleanse
as Ken Roberts
The Bombing of Wall Street
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Into the Amazon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Gilded Age
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
as M.C. Gaines
Rachel Carson
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rules Don't Apply
as Forester
One More Time
as Alan
The Ticket
as Bob
Shut In
as Dr. Wilson
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
as Dr. Perez
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Pilgrims
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bessie
as Carl Van Vechten
Klansville U.S.A.
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Frank and Cindy
as Frank Garcia
The Big Burn
as Self - Narrator (voice)
American Comandante
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Wiser the Owl (voice)
Chef
as Ramsey Michel
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Hobo Santa
Kill the Messenger
as Jerry Ceppos
1964
as Narrator (voice)
Cut Bank
as Joe Barrett
Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy
as Everburn (voice)
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Lucky Them
as Giles
Gods Behaving Badly
as Apollo
Henry Ford
as Narrator (voice)
JFK
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Chinese Zodiac
as Lawrence Morgan
Ginger & Rosa
as Mark Two
Death and the Civil War
as Narrator
X-Men: First Class
as Man in Black Suit
The Oranges
as Terry Ostroff
Jake and Amir: Fired
as Interviewer
Please Give
as Alex
Love & Other Drugs
as Bruce Winston
Letters to Juliet
as New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)
Tangled
as Additional Voice (voice)
2012
as Carl Anheuser
Wonder Woman
as Hades (voice)
Year One
as High Priest
Frost/Nixon
as Bob Zelnick
Martian Child
as Jeff
The Ten
as Marc Jacobson
The Thick of It
as Malcolm Tucker
Casanova
as Paprizzio
Loverboy
as Mr. Pomeroy
The Ice Harvest
as Pete Van Heuten
Kinsey
as Herman Wells
Pieces of April
as Jim Burns
Hope Springs
as Doug Reed
Zig Zag
as Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
Liberty Stands Still
as Victor Wallace
Ash Wednesday
as Moran
Don't Say a Word
as Dr. Louis Sachs
Ready to Rumble
as Jimmy King
Gun Shy
as Fulvio Nesstra
Bicentennial Man
as Rupert Burns
Three to Tango
as Peter Steinberg
Lake Placid
as Hector Cyr
CinderElmo
as Frank / Fairy Godperson
Doctor Dolittle
as Dr. Mark Weller
Simon Birch
as Ben Goodrich
Dangerous Beauty
as Maffio Venier
Bulworth
as Dennis Murphy
The Impostors
as Maurice
A Time to Kill
as Harry Rex Vonner
Executive Decision
as Cahill
Big Night
Associate Producer
Funny Bones
as Tommy Fawkes
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
as Paul Bunyan
The Infiltrator
as Yaron Svoray
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
Benny & Joon
as Eric
Indecent Proposal
as Jeremy
The Temp
as Jack Hartsell
Diggstown
as Fitz
Beethoven
as Harvey
Flatliners
as Randy Steckle
Postcards from the Edge
as Neil Bleene
Crusoe
as Mr. Newby
Married to the Mob
as Ed Benitez
Working Girl
as Lutz