Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt is my favorite kind of actor: the one critics call a character actor and I would call load-bearing. Five Emmy nominations, plus Golden Globe, SAG, and Tony nods, tell you the industry knows it too, yet he has never seemed to chase stardom, which may be exactly why he is so good. Windsor-born, Tufts-educated, and equally at home on stage and screen, Platt brings intelligence and sly comic timing to every role, making leads look better simply by sharing scenes with them. Movies and shows feel sturdier when he is in the cast. That quiet indispensability is, to me, the highest compliment in this profession.

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Name (English)

Oliver Platt

Name (Japanese)

オリヴァー・プラット

Reading

おりゔぁー・ぷらっと

Born

January 12, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Occupation

actor / character actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

University

Tufts University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Platt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q343510

Tags

• Ontario
• actor
• character actor
• stage actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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