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

Modern Family

Chicago Fire

Chicago P.D.

Fargo

The Good Wife

Chicago Med

The West Wing

NOVA

All Movies (89)

• Babes2024 · as Bernie
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things2020 · as The Voice (voice)
• The Cleanse2018 · as Ken Roberts
• The Bombing of Wall Street2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Gilded Age2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Into the Amazon2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Professor Marston and the Wonder Women2017 · as M.C. Gaines
• The Great War2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Rachel Carson2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Rules Don't Apply2016 · as Forester
• Shut In2016 · as Dr. Wilson
• The Ticket2016 · as Bob
• The 9th Life of Louis Drax2016 · as Dr. Perez
• One More Time2016 · as Alan
• The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb2016 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Pilgrims2015 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• American Comandante2015 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Frank and Cindy2015 · as Frank Garcia
• Bessie2015 · as Carl Van Vechten
• The Big Burn2015 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Klansville U.S.A.2015 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy2014 · as Everburn (voice)
• A Merry Friggin' Christmas2014 · as Hobo Santa
• Kill the Messenger2014 · as Jerry Ceppos
• Cut Bank2014 · as Joe Barrett
• Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return2014 · as Wiser the Owl (voice)
• Chef2014 · as Ramsey Michel
• 19642014 · as Narrator (voice)
• Gods Behaving Badly2013 · as Apollo
• JFK2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Lucky Them2013 · as Giles
• Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy2013 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Love, Marilyn2013 · as Self
• Henry Ford2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Chinese Zodiac2012 · as Lawrence Morgan
• Ginger & Rosa2012 · as Mark Two
• Death and the Civil War2012 · as Narrator
• Jake and Amir: Fired2011 · as Interviewer
• The Oranges2011 · as Terry Ostroff
• X-Men: First Class2011 · as Man in Black Suit
• Love & Other Drugs2010 · as Bruce Winston
• Letters to Juliet2010 · as New Yorker Magazine Editor Bobby (uncredited)
• Please Give2010 · as Alex
• 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic2010 · as Self
• The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective2010 · as Self
• 20122009 · as Carl Anheuser
• Year One2009 · as High Priest
• Wonder Woman2009 · as Hades (voice)
• Frost/Nixon2008 · as Bob Zelnick
• The Thick of It2007 · as Malcolm Tucker
• Martian Child2007 · as Jeff
• The Ten2007 · as Marc Jacobson
• Casanova2005 · as Paprizzio
• The Ice Harvest2005 · as Pete Van Heuten
• Loverboy2005 · as Mr. Pomeroy
• Kinsey2004 · as Herman Wells
• Pieces of April2003 · as Jim Burns
• Hope Springs2003 · as Doug Reed
• Ash Wednesday2002 · as Moran
• Zig Zag2002 · as Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
• Liberty Stands Still2002 · as Victor Wallace
• Don't Say a Word2001 · as Dr. Louis Sachs
• Ready to Rumble2000 · as Jimmy King
• Gun Shy2000 · as Fulvio Nesstra
• Bicentennial Man1999 · as Rupert Burns
• Three to Tango1999 · as Peter Steinberg
• Lake Placid1999 · as Hector Cyr
• CinderElmo1999 · as Frank / Fairy Godperson
• The Impostors1998 · as Maurice
• Simon Birch1998 · as Ben Goodrich
• Doctor Dolittle1998 · as Dr. Mark Weller
• Bulworth1998 · as Dennis Murphy
• Dangerous Beauty1998 · as Maffio Venier
• A Time to Kill1996 · as Harry Rex Vonner
• Executive Decision1996 · as Cahill
• Funny Bones1995 · as Tommy Fawkes
• The Infiltrator1995 · as Yaron Svoray
• Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure1995 · as Paul Bunyan
• The Three Musketeers1993 · as Porthos
• Benny & Joon1993 · as Eric
• Indecent Proposal1993 · as Jeremy
• The Temp1993 · as Jack Hartsell
• Diggstown1992 · as Fitz
• Beethoven1992 · as Harvey
• Postcards from the Edge1990 · as Neil Bleene
• Flatliners1990 · as Randy Steckle
• Crusoe1989 · as Mr. Newby
• Working Girl1988 · as Lutz
• Married to the Mob1988 · as Ed Benitez

All TV Shows (26)

• The Bear2022 · as Uncle Jimmy 'Cicero' Kalinowski
• The Great War2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Chicago Med2015 · as Dr. Daniel Charles
• Fargo2014 · as Stavros Milos
• Chicago P.D.2014 · as Dr. Daniel Charles
• JFK2013 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Sofia the First2013 · as Everburn (voice)
• Chicago Fire2012 · as Dr. Daniel Charles
• Prohibition2011 · as Reader / Al Capone (voice)
• The Big C2010 · as Paul Jamison
• Modern Family2009 · as Martin
• The Good Wife2009 · as R.D.
• Bored to Death2009 · as Richard Antrem
• The Bronx Is Burning2007 · as George Steinbrenner
• Huff2004 · as Russell Tupper
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Nip/Tuck2003 · as Freddy Prune
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Queens Supreme2003 · as Judge Jack Moran
• Deadline2000 · as Wallace Benton
• The West Wing1999 · as Oliver Babish
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Wiseguy1987
• The Equalizer1985 · as Norm Jameson
• Miami Vice1984 · as Speed Stiles
• NOVA1974 · as Narrator