Oliver Platt

Birthday: 12 January 1960, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name: Oliver James Platt

Height: 192 cm

Oliver Platt was born in Windsor, Ontario, to American parents, Sheila Maynard, a social worker, and Nicholas Platt, a career diplomat. His parents were both from upper-class families, and his maternal great-grandmother, Cynthia Roche, was the sister of Princess Diana's maternal grandfather, Maurice Roche.Platt spent his childhood in Washington DC, Asia, and the middle east. Oliver graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Drama in 1983 from Tufts University. He then trained at Shakespeare & Co. with Kristine Linklater. Show less «

[on his role in Bulworth (1998)] That was a lot of fun. It was kind of a movie-making highlight for ...Show more »

[on his role in Bulworth (1998)] That was a lot of fun. It was kind of a movie-making highlight for me, because Mr. Beatty invited me into his process in a very personal way. He was Warren Beatty, you know what I mean? I grew up watching his movies. It was a thrill. It was a lot of late nights and craziness, but I'm very glad to be in the movie. I love the role, and I love the movie. Show less «

[on his role in The Ice Harvest (2005)] That is one of my favourite characters that I've ever played...Show more »

[on his role in The Ice Harvest (2005)] That is one of my favourite characters that I've ever played in, of course, a typically completely under-watched movie. I was deeply in love with that character, this kind of lost, bumbling soul. Show less «

My background is very conventional WASP, but because of my coloring... I don't look like a WASP.

The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor. I t...Show more »

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. Show less «

[on filming The Three Musketeers (1993)] That was a really fun shoot. We were in Vienna and all over...Show more »

[on filming The Three Musketeers (1993)] That was a really fun shoot. We were in Vienna and all over Europe in these glamorous locations, and you were getting to be in The Three Musketeers. Riding around on horses with pipes and going wrenching-I got nothing bad to say. Show less «

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