Most Recent Role: Freddy Prune on Nip/Tuck
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: 1-12-1960
Birth Name: Oliver James Platt
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: 1-12-1960
Birth Name: Oliver James Platt
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Oliver Platt was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada... often reported as Washington because that is where his parents resided at the time. Oliver married Camilla in 1992 and has three children. Lili (1994), George (1997), and Claire (1999). Oliver's parents are Sheila and former Ambassador Nicholas Platt (currently Asia Society President). Oliver is the middle child of three sons. Older...
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| West Wing Season 7 recap (Promotional Trailer) The intense seventh season comes to DVD. | Watch Video | |
| Countdown (DVD Bonus Features) Countdown to live broadcast. Behind the scenes DVD special feature. | Watch Video | |
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Most Recent Appearance
Magda and Jeff
Tuesday 22 January 2008 on FX
Sean's role on Hearts & Scalpels is expanded after he takes on an agent. A suspicious Christian questions Gina's motives for moving to Los Angeles and working at McNamara/Troy.
News Headlines
- Carell, Baldwin top Emmy's comedy actor shortlist 2008-07-03 13:55:00
- external: Platt, 'Piz' Pluck Pilot Parts 2007-03-12
- 58th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards 2006-07-11 13:32:00
- external: Oliver gets a nod 2005-07-15
- external: Emmy Nomination for Oliver Platt 2005-07-14
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Oliver Platt's mother, Sheila Maynard, was a clinical social worker who worked in Islamabad.
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Oliver was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2006 for his role in Huff. In 2008, he was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for Nip/Tuck.
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He received a 2006 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony Award nomination for his his Broadway debut in Conor McPherson's Shining City.
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Oliver Platt has been friends with his Huff costar Hank Azaria for over 20 years. They met at Tufts University where they were both undergraduates in the early 80s.
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Oliver Platt's father was a career diplomat, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, the Philippines, and Pakistan.
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Oliver Platt: The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor. I thought that would be nirvana. I think of myself as an actor. If other people want to pigeonhole me, if they want to think of me as a big deal or a medium deal or a small deal, well, that's up to them.
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Deadline
Wallace Benton |
Huff
Russell Tupper |
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Queens Supreme
Judge Jack Moran |
The Bronx Is Burning
George Steinbrenner |
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The West Wing
Oliver Babish |
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Nip/Tuck
Carly Summers Freddy |
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Stars In
Deadline
From Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Deadline stars Platt as Wallace Benton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Ledger,... more
Huff
Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt (Hank Azaria) is a very successful psychiatrist who is thrown into turmoil after a 15 year old patient commits suicide in his office. Huff's family consists of his... more Queens Supreme
Queens Supreme is a seriocomic drama that delves into the chaos, infighting and colorful personalities of the people behind the bench and behind the scenes at the Queens County Courthouse in New... more
The Bronx Is Burning
A limited run series about the Yankees' 1977 World Series attempt, based on the book "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning" by Jonathan Mahler. Premiering in 2007, the production is being... more
From Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Deadline stars Platt as Wallace Benton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Ledger,... more
HuffDr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt (Hank Azaria) is a very successful psychiatrist who is thrown into turmoil after a 15 year old patient commits suicide in his office. Huff's family consists of his... more Queens Supreme
Queens Supreme is a seriocomic drama that delves into the chaos, infighting and colorful personalities of the people behind the bench and behind the scenes at the Queens County Courthouse in New... more
The Bronx Is BurningA limited run series about the Yankees' 1977 World Series attempt, based on the book "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning" by Jonathan Mahler. Premiering in 2007, the production is being... more
