Oliver Platt

Age: 53 Birthdate: 1960-01-12 Birthplace: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Oliver James Platt (born January 12, 1960) is an American actor. He is currently starring in the Showtime original series, The Big C with Laura Linney. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Platt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2014 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Wiser the Owl (voice)
2011 The Three Musketeers Porthos
2011 X-Men: First Class Man in Black Suit
2010 Letters to Juliet New Yorker Magazine Editor (Uncredited)
2010 Please Give Alex
2010 Love and Other Drugs Bruce Winston
2009 2012 Carl Anheuser
2009 Year One High Priest
2008 Frost/Nixon Bob Zelnick
2007 Martian Child Jeff
2005 Casanova Paprizzio
2003 Pieces of April Jim Burns
2001 Don't Say a Word Dr. Louis Sachs
2000 Ready to Rumble Jimmy King
2000 Gun Shy Fulvio Nesstra
1999 Three to Tango Peter Steinberg
1998 Dangerous Beauty Maffio Venier
1998 The Impostors Maurice
1995 Funny Bones Tommy Fawkes
1995 Tall Tale Paul Bunyan

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Switcheroos: Stanley Tucci Out, Oliver Platt in As James Beard Awards Host
4/25/2013 3:15:53 PM
Getting his game face on. Thank goodness for understudies: James Beard Foundation president Susan Ungaro announced this morning that stage and screen actor Oliver Platt will host this year's James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony at Avery Fisher Hall on May 6. Stanley Tucci, the previously announced host , is unable to make it to Lincoln Center because of a "work commitment," so he's asked his ...
We hear...
4/25/2013 4:51:29 AM
That Stanley Tucci has turned over hosting duties for the James Beard Awards, May 6 at Avery Fisher Hall, to Oliver Platt. Tucci had a...
Tune In Tonight: Comedy in 'The Big C' is sickening
4/26/2013 2:58:31 AM
The cancer comedy “The Big C” (9 p.m., Showtime) wraps up its final season in four episodes. It’s not hard to see where this is going. The final installments will break out of the show’s half-hour format with longer narratives as the end grows near. I wish I could love or even like this series, which grapples with such sad and profound matters. But it does so with cloying whimsy and precious ...
Ostrow: "The Big C" gets a dead-serious finale
4/25/2013 8:53:03 PM
Nobody gets out of here alive. But how will it all end? Dream sequence? Bright white light?
Fox Nabs Rights for Guys and Dolls Film Remake; Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt May Star
4/25/2013 4:16:53 AM
Frank Loesser's 1950 musical Guys and Dolls is heading back to the big screen. Deadline.com reports that 20th Century Fox has obtained rights from the composer-lyricist's widow, Jo Sullivan Loesser, to remake the beloved Golden Age classic.
The Other Fanning: Elle acts beyond her years
4/25/2013 4:07:36 PM
by Richard Roeper Born in 1945 in the shadow of Hiroshima, Ginger and Rosa grow up in a London of weary shortages of food, living space and cheer. Who could have guessed Swinging London and the Beatles were on the way? The girls become fast friends: Ginger, whose father Roland was a conscientious objector during World War II, and Rosa, whose father isn't in the picture.   *** Ginger and Rosa ...
Another movie films in Gwinnett
4/24/2013 10:19:47 PM
The comedy "A Friggin' Christmas Miracle" was shot outside of the Norcross Station Cafe from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 24.
The Cricket
4/19/2013 4:45:56 PM
Sean is the movie critic and columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune. Follow him on Twitter @moviecricket. Shane Carruth and Amy Seimetz star in "Upstream Color," a romantic thriller written and directed by Carruth.
Movie review: ‘Ginger & Rosa’ an explosive tale of friendship
4/18/2013 9:45:46 PM
Movie review: ‘Ginger & Rosa’ an explosive tale of friendship by Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 19, 2013 11:26AM MDT The title characters in Sally Potter’s heartfelt drama “Ginger & Rosa” are convinced the world is coming to an end. They know this because: 1) It’s 1962, and talk of nuclear missiles and impending doomsday is all over the place; and 2) they’re teenage girls, and ...
Teen girls confront their world in stirring, bittersweet drama
4/18/2013 6:54:51 AM
It's interesting that "Ginger & Rosa" had its initial opening the same weekend as "On the Road." Both films take place at roughly the same time, and both deal with a personal transformatio…
Best and worst of the year on Broadway
4/14/2013 5:14:06 AM
"The History Boys." Smart, funny, touching and true, this masterwork by "Beyond the Fringe" alum Alan Bennett is simply a couple of hours of pure theatrical bliss.
Joel McHale To Join Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler In Romantic Comedy
4/13/2013 3:44:34 PM
Joel McHale is reportedly in talks with the folks at Warner Bros. to join Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in an upcoming project. The Warner Bros. movie will bring Barrymore and Sandler back together again for another love story. The two previously worked together on the hit romantic comedies The Wedding Singer and 50 First [...] Joel McHale To Join Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler In Romantic ...
Ginger & Rosa: Fanning the flames of talent
4/12/2013 7:52:14 PM
Rating: **1/2 by Matt Brunson GINGER & ROSA**1/2DIRECTED BY Sally PotterSTARS Elle Fanning, Alice Englert Elle Fanning's astonishing performance in Ginger & Rosa makes me recall the first time she impressed me, as one of the youthful leads in J.J. Abrams' 2011 summer hit Super 8.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Jack Black Tenaciously Pulls Down Pants on Red Carpet
4/10/2013 5:01:53 AM
"There's no one like Jack Black," comedian Bob Saget said at an event honoring — and skewering — Black's multifarious career in the TV, movie and music industries. "I'm sorry, I read that wrong. What I meant was, 'No one likes Jack Black.'" "I'm sorry, I read that wrong. What I meant was, 'No one likes Jack Black.'" The Friars Club , known for its vulgar celebrity roasts each year in New York ...
'Ginger And Rosa': A Study Of Women's Relationships
4/8/2013 3:57:18 PM
British filmmaker Sally Potter gained worldwide attention with her 1992 film Orlando . Like all of her movies, it was unconventional in its story and structure. Her new film, Ginger & Rosa, is more realistic and direct.
Miami Photographer Brian Smith Wins People Photographer of the Year in One Eyeland Awards
4/9/2013 12:14:56 PM
Celebrity portrait photographer Brian Smith's black and white portraits of Hollywood stars wins top portrait photography award in international photography competition. (PRWeb April 09, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/4/prweb10584056.htm
Jack Black Drops His pants as He Gets Roasted at Friar's Club
4/6/2013 4:01:16 AM
The likes of Sarah Silverman , Oliver Platt and Bob Saget crack jokes about the 'School of Rock' actor with Dee Snider and Gene Simmons among the attendees.
Official: Bradley Cooper may be at local 'Pines' premiere
4/8/2013 9:26:40 PM
Official: Bradley Cooper may be at local 'Pines' premiere SCHENECTADY — Bradley Cooper may attend Thursday night's local premiere of "The Place Beyond the Pines," the movie he and co-stars Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes filmed in the city in 2011, according to an official familiar with the planning for the local showing. Cooper is filming a movie in Boston and will travel to Schenectady "if at all ...
Full House and the Other Topics Covered at the Jack Black Roast
4/8/2013 3:33:02 PM
Jack Black got roasted at the Friars Club on Friday, at an event hosted by Bob Saget. Also there to make fun of him (and each other) were Sarah Silverman, Jeff Ross, Amy Schumer, and DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg. (Matthew McConaughy, Shirley MacLaine, and Will Ferrell showed up on video.) Here ... More »
Jack Black gets roasted: Here are the top 15 zingers of the night
4/6/2013 3:46:21 PM
The moment we heard that Jack Black was this year’s honoree at the infamous Friars Club roast, we expected a

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