Oliver Platt
Actor
Oliver James Platt (born January 12, 1960) is an American actor.
Filmography - Acting
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
As: The Voice
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
Stars: David Thewlis | Jesse Plemons | Guy Boyd | Toni Collette | Jessie Buckley
Into the Amazon (2018)
As: Narrator
A documentary re-telling of the remarkable and dangerous journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: John Maggio
Stars: Oliver Platt | Wagner Moura | Alec Baldwin | Jake Lacy | Bill Coelius
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)
As: M.C. Gaines
The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Angela Robinson
Stars: Rebecca Hall | Luke Evans | Connie Britton | Bella Heathcote | J. J. Feild
American Experience: Rachel Carson (2017)
As: Narrator (voice)
RACHEL CARSON is an intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world. When Silent Spring was published in September 1962 it became an instant bestseller and would go on to spark dramatic changes in the way the government regulated pesticides.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Michelle Ferrari
Stars: Oliver Platt
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
As: Forester
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also ...
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Stars: Annette Bening | Warren Beatty | Matthew Broderick | Alec Baldwin | Lily Collins
The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
As: Dr. Perez
A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Stars: Molly Parker | Aaron Paul | Sarah Gadon | Jamie Dornan | Aiden Longworth
The Ticket (2016)
As: Bob
A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession for the superficial.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Ido Fluk
Stars: Oliver Platt | Kerry Bishé | Malin Åkerman | Dan Stevens | Peter Mark Kendall
Shut In (2016)
As: Dr. Wilson
A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Farren Blackburn
Stars: Oliver Platt | Naomi Watts | David Cubitt | Jacob Tremblay | Charlie Heaton
American Experience: American Comandante (2015)
As: Narrator (Voice)
U.S. citizen William Morgan rises to power in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution.
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Adriana Bosch
Stars: Oliver Platt
Walt Disney (2015)
As: Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland into reality.
Runtime: 226 min.
Directed by: Sarah Colt
Stars: Oliver Platt | Walt Disney | Roy Edward Disney | Don Hahn | Don Lusk
Frank and Cindy (2015)
As: Frank Garcia
G.J. Echternkamp tells the story of his relationship with his parents, his mother Cindy and his step-father, Frank. Frank used to be a member of OXO, a band from the '80s whose one hit wonder scored with the song "Whirly Girl". Cindy was the ultimate groupie who married Frank and thought life would be glamorous and award shows, but it's not how it turned out.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: G.J. Echternkamp
Stars: Oliver Platt | Johnny Simmons | Rene Russo | Jane Levy | Marc Maron
Bessie (2015)
As: Carl Van Vechten
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Dee Rees
Stars: Mike Epps | Tika Sumpter | Queen Latifah | Mo'Nique | Michael Kenneth Williams
When I Live My Life Over Again (2015)
As: Alan
Beautiful aspiring rock star Jude is stuck in a rut - relegated to recording commercial jingles and lost in a series of one night stands. When she is evicted from her Brooklyn apartment, she is forced to move into the Hamptons home of her wealthy - and selfish - father Paul Lombard, an over-the-hill, Sinatra-esque crooner angling for a musical comeback.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Robert Edwards
Stars: Amber Heard | Christopher Walken | Ann Magnuson | Kelli Garner | Hamish Linklater
American Experience: The Big Burn (2015)
As: Narrator
The dramatic story of an unimaginable wildfire that swept across the Northern Rockies in the summer of 1910.
Runtime: 53 min.
Directed by: Stephen Ives
Stars: Oliver Platt
Klansville U.S.A. (2015)
As: Narrator (voice)
Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Callie T. Wiser
Stars: Oliver Platt | David Cunningham | Rob Christensen | Michael Frierson | Estelle Sanders
The Master Cleanse (2015)
As: Ken Roberts
The story of a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than everyday toxins and traumatic experiences.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Bobby Miller
Stars: Anna Friel | Oliver Platt | Anjelica Huston | Kyle Gallner | Johnny Galecki
Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy (2014)
As: Everburn (voice)
The revelation of a spellbinding secret sets in motion the most thrilling adventure in the history of SOFIA THE FIRST! After learning that the Amulet of Avalor is magical, Amber snatches it while Sofia is sleeping. Unfortunately, she unwittingly unleashes a curse that summons evil Princess Ivy, who threatens to destroy the amulet, seize the crown and turn the entire kingdom black-and-white! ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Jamie Mitchell
Stars: Ariel Winter | Anna Camp | Wayne Brady | Darcy Rose Byrnes | Tim Gunn
A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
As: Hobo Santa
Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Tristram Shapeero
Stars: Jeffrey Tambor | Wendi McLendon-Covey | Lauren Graham | Robin Williams | Joel McHale
Kill the Messenger (2014)
As: Jerry Ceppos
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Michael Cuesta
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Ray Liotta | Michael Sheen | Jeremy Renner | Robert Patrick
Cut Bank (2014)
As: Joe Barrett
25 year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in moton a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the town forever...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Matt Shakman
Stars: John Malkovich | Liam Hemsworth | Teresa Palmer | Bruce Dern | Billy Bob Thornton
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
As: Wiser the Owl (voice)
Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain, the Jester. Wiser the owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess and Tugg the tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Dan St. Pierre
Stars: James Belushi | Dan Aykroyd | Hugh Dancy | Patrick Stewart | Lea Michele
Chef (2014)
As: Ramsey Michel
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Stars: John Leguizamo | Jon Favreau | Scarlett Johansson | Emjay Anthony | Sofía Vergara
American Experience: 1964 (2014)
As: Narrator (voice)
1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It was the year when Berkeley students rose up in protest, African Americans fought back against injustice in Harlem, and Barry Goldwater’s conservative revolution took over the Republican Party. In myriad ways, 1964 was the year when Americans faced choices: ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Stephen Ives
Stars: Oliver Platt
Gods Behaving Badly (2013)
As: Apollo
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Marc Turtletaub
Stars: John Turturro | Rosie Perez | Christopher Walken | Sharon Stone | Alicia Silverstone
JFK (2013)
As: Narrator (voice)
JFK's campaign for president is the first to be waged on television, a distinct advantage for the telegenic candidate. Despite his lack of legislative achievements and his Catholicism -- which many Americans see as a negative -- Kennedy wins the election on the promise that he will stand up to the Soviets and protect American preeminence in the world.
Runtime: 224 min.
Directed by: Susan Bellows
Stars: Oliver Platt
Lucky Them (2013)
As: Giles
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Megan Griffiths
Stars: Oliver Platt | Nina Arianda | Thomas Haden Church | Toni Collette | Ryan Eggold
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
As: Narrator (voice)
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's assassination. Based on a book by Ellen Fitzpatrick
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Bill Couturié
Stars: Anne Hathaway | Michelle Williams | Bérénice Bejo | Chris Cooper | Kirsten Dunst
Henry Ford (2013)
As: Narrator (voice)
HENRY FORD paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Sarah Colt
Stars: Oliver Platt | Douglas Brinkley | Henry Ford | Steven Watts
Chinese Zodiac (2012)
As: Lawrence Morgan
Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student & a Parisian lady, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Stars: Jackie Chan | Liao Fan | Yao Xing-Tong | Zhang Lan-Xin | Kwon Sang-Woo
Ginger & Rosa (2012)
As: Mark Two
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Sally Potter
Stars: Timothy Spall | Elle Fanning | Alessandro Nivola | Alice Englert | Christina Hendricks
Love, Marilyn (2012)
As: Himself
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Liz Garbus
Stars: Lindsay Lohan | Uma Thurman | Evan Rachel Wood | Elizabeth Banks | Ben Foster
The Oranges (2011)
As: Terry Ostroff
A man's (Hugh Laurie) affair with his friend's much-younger daughter (Leighton Meester) throws two neighboring families into turmoil.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Julian Farino
Stars: Catherine Keener | Alia Shawkat | Allison Janney | Hugh Laurie | Leighton Meester
X-Men: First Class (2011)
As: Man in Black Suit
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Kevin Bacon | James McAvoy | Jennifer Lawrence | Rose Byrne | Michael Fassbender
Love & Other Drugs (2010)
As: Bruce Winston
Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Anne Hathaway | Oliver Platt | Hank Azaria | Gabriel Macht
Letters to Juliet (2010)
As: New Yorker Magazine Editor (Uncredited)
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Gary Winick
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave | Franco Nero | Gael García Bernal | Amanda Seyfried | Christopher Egan
Please Give (2010)
As: Alex
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Stars: Oliver Platt | Catherine Keener | Rebecca Hall | Sarah Steele | Amanda Peet
2012 (2009)
As: Carl Anheuser
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer ...
Runtime: 158 min.
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Stars: Oliver Platt | Amanda Peet | Chiwetel Ejiofor | John Cusack | Thandie Newton
Year One (2009)
As: High Priest
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Stars: Oliver Platt | David Cross | Michael Cera | Olivia Wilde | Jack Black
Wonder Woman (2009)
As: Hades (voice)
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength: Princess Diana. When an Army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash-lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization.
Runtime: 74 min.
Directed by: Lauren Montgomery
Stars: Nathan Fillion | Rosario Dawson | Alfred Molina | Virginia Madsen | Keri Russell
Frost/Nixon (2008)
As: Bob Zelnick
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman ...
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Matthew Macfadyen | Kevin Bacon | Michael Sheen | Frank Langella
Martian Child (2007)
As: Jeff
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
Stars: Oliver Platt | Amanda Peet | John Cusack | Bobby Coleman | Joan Cusack
The Ten (2007)
As: Marc Jacobson
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: David Wain
Stars: Jon Hamm | Adam Brody | Winona Ryder | Paul Rudd | Ken Marino
Casanova (2005)
As: Paprizzio
With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Stars: Heath Ledger | Oliver Platt | Lena Olin | Jeremy Irons | Sienna Miller
The Ice Harvest (2005)
As: Pete Van Heuten
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Stars: John Cusack | Billy Bob Thornton | Lara Phillips | Bill Noble | Brad Smith
Loverboy (2005)
As: M. Pomeroy
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Kevin Bacon
Stars: Kevin Bacon | Matt Dillon | Kyra Sedgwick | Blair Brown | Dominic Scott Kay
Kinsey (2004)
As: Herman Wells
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Bill Condon
Stars: Laura Linney | Timothy Hutton | Liam Neeson | Peter Sarsgaard | Chris O'Donnell
Hope Springs (2003)
As: Doug Reed
British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Mark Herman
Stars: Colin Firth | Frank Collison | Heather Graham | Mary Steenburgen | Minnie Driver
Pieces of April (2003)
As: Jim Burns
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a ...
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Peter Hedges
Stars: Oliver Platt | Patricia Clarkson | Alison Pill | Katie Holmes | Derek Luke
Ash Wednesday (2002)
As: Moran
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Edward Burns
Stars: Elijah Wood | Edward Burns | Jimmy Cummings | Brian Burns | Vincent Rubino
Zig Zag (2002)
As: Mr. Walters / 'The Toad'
An autistic 15-year-old boy steals money from his boss to provide rent for his abusive father, who uses the money to repay a loan shark.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: David S. Goyer
Stars: Oliver Platt | John Leguizamo | Luke Goss | Wesley Snipes | Natasha Lyonne
Liberty Stands Still (2002)
As: Victor Wallace
As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace is indifferent to the atrocities made possible through her business and her CEO husband, Victor. On her way to see her actor lover, Liberty ends up chained to a food cart full of explosives -- all at the insistence of "Joe", a sniper whose young daughter was a victim ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Kari Skogland
Stars: Terry Chen | Wesley Snipes | Hart Bochner | Linda Fiorentino | Tanya Allen
Don't Say a Word (2001)
As: Dr. Louis Sachs
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Stars: Sean Bean | Guy Torry | Michael Douglas | Brittany Murphy | Skye McCole Bartusiak
Ready to Rumble (2000)
As: Jimmy King
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Brian Robbins
Stars: Oliver Platt | Rose McGowan | David Arquette | Scott Caan | Bill Goldberg
Gun Shy (2000)
As: Fulvio Nesstra
Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in complete fear of trigger-happy Mafia leader Fulvio Nesstra, Charlie seeks psychiatric help and finds himself relying on the support of an unstable therapy group and nurse Judy just to get through his work.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Eric Blakeney
Stars: Oliver Platt | Liam Neeson | Sandra Bullock | José Zúñiga | Michael DeLorenzo
Bicentennial Man (1999)
As: Rupert Burns
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Oliver Platt | Sam Neill | Robin Williams | Embeth Davidtz | Kiersten Warren
Three to Tango (1999)
As: Peter Steinberg
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon mistakenly believes that Oscar is gay and has him spy on his mistress Amy. Oscar goes along with it and ends up falling in love with Amy.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Damon Santostefano
Stars: Oliver Platt | Matthew Perry | Cylk Cozart | Dylan McDermott | Neve Campbell
Lake Placid (1999)
As: Hector Cyr
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Steve Miner
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Oliver Platt | Bill Pullman | Betty White | Bridget Fonda
CinderElmo (1999)
As: Frank / Fairy Godperson
Our favorite little red monster is the star of this delightful film that playfully skews the story of Cinderella. Originally aired on Fox television in 1999, the feature is a playful mix of human actors and Sesame Street characters that is an easy watch for families with 3- to 7-year-olds. Cinderelmo (he's a boy, if you didn't know) dreams of playing in a castle and meeting the princess (Keri Russell). ...
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Bruce Leddy
Stars: Oliver Platt | French Stewart | Keri Russell | Steve Whitmire | Kevin Clash
Simon Birch (1998)
As: Ben Goodrich
Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way for a reason and highly believes in God. Together, Joe and Simon go on a journey of trust and friendship to find the answers to many things. Their friendship is put ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Stars: Oliver Platt | Joseph Mazzello | David Strathairn | Ashley Judd | Ian Michael Smith
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
As: Dr. Mark Weller
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Betty Thomas
Stars: Richard Schiff | Oliver Platt | Eddie Murphy | Peter Boyle | Ossie Davis
The Impostors (1998)
As: Maurice
In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stow away on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Stanley Tucci
Stars: Stanley Tucci | Oliver Platt | Steve Buscemi | Isabella Rossellini | Tony Shalhoub
Bulworth (1998)
As: Dennis Murphy
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Stars: Sean Astin | Oliver Platt | Don Cheadle | Warren Beatty | Halle Berry
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
As: Maffio Venier
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance ...
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Marshall Herskovitz
Stars: Catherine McCormack | Oliver Platt | Rufus Sewell | Naomi Watts | Jacqueline Bisset
A Time to Kill (1996)
As: Harry Rex Vonner
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Runtime: 149 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Oliver Platt | Samuel L. Jackson | Sandra Bullock | Matthew McConaughey
Executive Decision (1996)
As: Dennis Cahill
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Stuart Baird
Stars: Kurt Russell | Oliver Platt | Steven Seagal | John Leguizamo | Halle Berry
Funny Bones (1995)
As: Tommy Fawkes
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to Blackpool, UK, where his father, also a comedian started and where he spent the summers of his childhood. He starts to search for a partner, a comic relief, with whom he can be famous.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
Stars: Oliver Platt | Jerry Lewis | Richard Griffiths | Leslie Caron | Lee Evans
The Infiltrator (1995)
As: Yaron Svoray
The Infiltrator is an American film about an Israeli freelance journalist who travels to Germany circa the early 1990's and uncovers a story about a dangerously pervasive underground Neo-Nazi faction, who are intent to bring Nazism back to the forefront in Germany. It originally aired on HBO in 1995. Among its cast include: Oliver Platt, Arliss Howard, and Tony Haygarth. It is based on the book In Hitler's ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Stars: Oliver Platt | Bernd Michael Lade | Arliss Howard | Tony Haygarth | Christian Redl
Tall Tale (1995)
As: Paul Bunyan
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Stars: Oliver Platt | Nick Stahl | Scott Glenn | Roger Aaron Brown | Patrick Swayze
The Three Musketeers (1993)
As: Porthos
D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Stars: Oliver Platt | Kiefer Sutherland | Charlie Sheen | Tim Curry | Chris O'Donnell
Benny & Joon (1993)
As: Eric
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Stars: Oliver Platt | Aidan Quinn | Julianne Moore | Johnny Depp | Mary Stuart Masterson
Indecent Proposal (1993)
As: Jeremy
Robert Redford stars as billionaire John Gage, who offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband (Woody Harrelson) $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife (Demi Moore).
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Stars: Oliver Platt | Seymour Cassel | Robert Redford | Woody Harrelson | Demi Moore
The Temp (1993)
As: Jack Hartsell
A series of mysterious accidents at a food company lead a manager to suspect his impressive new temporary secretary.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Tom Holland
Stars: Oliver Platt | Timothy Hutton | Dwight Schultz | Lara Flynn Boyle | Steven Weber
Diggstown (1992)
As: Fitz
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is that man - although at 48, many say he is too old.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Stars: Oliver Platt | Bruce Dern | Heather Graham | James Woods | Louis Gossett, Jr.
Beethoven (1992)
As: Harvey
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Brian Levant
Stars: Nicholle Tom | Bonnie Hunt | Dean Jones | Charles Grodin | David Duchovny
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
As: Neil Bleene
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother Doris Mann, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who finds her mother still treats her ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | Shirley MacLaine | Meryl Streep | Dennis Quaid | Gene Hackman
Flatliners (1990)
As: Randy Steckle
Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life. A science fiction thriller from the early 1990's with a star studded cast.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Oliver Platt | Kiefer Sutherland | Kevin Bacon | Julia Roberts | William Baldwin
Working Girl (1988)
As: Lutz
Witty, romantic look at life in the corporate jungle. Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Stars: Harrison Ford | Joan Cusack | Sigourney Weaver | Melanie Griffith | Alec Baldwin
Married to the Mob (1988)
As: Ed Benitez
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Oliver Platt | Matthew Modine | Michelle Pfeiffer | Dean Stockwell | Alec Baldwin
Crusoe (1988)
As: Mr. Newby
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Caleb Deschanel
Stars: Aidan Quinn | Shane Rimmer | Ade Sapara | Elvis Payne | Richard D. Sharp
Emperor ()
As: The Pope Clement VII
A young girl seeks revenge against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, for the death of her father.
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Stars: Oliver Platt | Adrien Brody | Thomas Kretschmann | Paz Vega | Sophie Cookson