Acting
Philip Baker Hall
EN, DE cinema · 107 credits
Born
10 September 1931
Died
12 June 2022 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Also known as Phillip Hall · Phil Hall · Phillip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American actor. Although known primarily as a prolific character actor, he starred in leading roles on films, such as Secret Honor, Hard Eight and Duck. Other films in supporting roles including Say Anything..., Boogie Nights, The Truman Show, Magnolia, The Contender, Zodiac and Argo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philip Baker Hall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
La vita e il trionfo di Aimee Mann
2026
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story
as Jimmy Gator (Magnolia archive footage)
Dear Chickens
as Emil
Person to Person
as Jimmy
The Last Word
as Edward
Bad Words
as Dr. Bowman
Showing Up
as Self
Altman
as Self
Playing It Cool
as Granddad
Clear History
as McKenzie
Bending The Rules
as Herb Gold
Dog Eat Dog
as Old Man
Argo
as CIA Director Stansfield Turner (uncredited)
People Like Us
as Ike Rafferty
50/50
as Alan
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Franklin
The Chicago 8
as Judge Julius Hoffman
All Good Things
as Malvern Bump
The Lodger
as Captain Smith
Fired Up!
as Coach Byrnes
Wonderful World
as The Man
Rush Hour 3
as Capt. William Diel
You Kill Me
as Roman Krzeminski
The TV Set
as Vernon Maxwell
Zodiac
as Sherwood Morrill
The Shaggy Dog
as Lance Strictland
Islander
as Popper
The Amityville Horror
as Father Callaway
The Matador
as Mr. Randy
Mrs. Harris
as Arthur Schulte
Duck
as Arthur Pratt
The Zodiac
as Frank Perkins
In Good Company
as Eugene Kalb
Bruce Almighty
as Jack Baylor
Dogville
as Tom Edison Sr.
Path to War
as Everett Dirksen
Die, Mommie, Die!
as Sol Sussman
A House on a Hill
as Harry Mayfield
The Sum of All Fears
as Defense Secretary Becker
A Gentleman's Game
as Charlie Logan
Lost Souls
as Father James
Rules of Engagement
as Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges
The Contender
as Oscar Billings
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Aristotle Onassis
Magnolia
as Jimmy Gator
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Alvin MacCarron
The Insider
as Don Hewitt
Let the Devil Wear Black
as Sol Hirsch
Implicated
as Mr. Sawyer
Cradle Will Rock
as Gray Mathers
Psycho Path
as Self - Actor / Sheriff Chambers
Rush Hour
as Captain Diel
Judas Kiss
as Pobby Malavero
Psycho
as Sheriff Chambers
Witness to the Mob
as Toddo Aurello
Sour Grapes
as Mr. Bell
The Truman Show
as Network Executive
Tempting Fate
as Dr. Bardwell
Enemy of the State
as Mark Silverberg (uncredited)
Boogie Nights
as Floyd Gondolli
Hard Eight
as Sydney
Air Force One
as Attorney General Ward
Buddy
as Minister
Hit Me
as Lenny Ish
Eye for an Eye
as Sidney Hughes
The Little Death
as Detective Snyder
The Rock
as Chief Justice (uncredited)
Kiss of Death
as Big Junior Brown
Without Warning
as Dr. Kurt Lowden
M.A.N.T.I.S.
as 'Smitty'
Roswell
as Roswell General
Cigarettes & Coffee
as Sydney
Stormy Weathers
as Dr. Comden
Live Wire
as Senator Thyme
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Sam Gochenour
Blue Desert
as Joe
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Judge Blumenfeld
How I Got Into College
as Dean Patterson
Ghostbusters II
as Police Commissioner
Say Anything...
as IRS Boss
Incident at Dark River
as Dr. Leo Manus
An Innocent Man
as Judge Kenneth Lavet
Midnight Run
as Sidney, Chicago mobster
Goddess of Love
as Detective Charles
Three O'Clock High
as Detective Mulvahill
The Spirit
as Sevrin
Nothing in Common
as Colonial Airlines Executive (uncredited)
Who Is Julia?
as Dean May
Secret Honor
as Richard Milhous Nixon
Games Mother Never Taught You
as Lester Greene
This House Possessed
as Clerk
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Dr. Inman
The Last Reunion
as Mike Sills
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
as Warren Meech
Samurai
as Prof. Owens
Coma
as Doctor (uncredited)
Terror Out of the Sky
as Starrett
The Hostage Heart
as Dr. Harvey Fees
Kill Me If You Can
as Phillips
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Reporter
Love-In '72
as Father Reis
Zabriskie Point
as Diner Owner (uncredited)