Oliver Platt
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Oliver James Platt (born January 12, 1960 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian film and television actor. The son of Nicholas Platt, a career diplomat, and grandson of American architect Geoffrey Platt, he currently stars as lawyer Russell Tupper in Huff. In July 2006, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Tupper.
He also played Oliver Babish, special counsel to the President, on the TV show The West Wing.
He is a distant cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales, through their shared descent from American heiress Frances Work.
Platt graduated from Tufts University. In 1993, he married Camilla Campbell, and they have three children, Lili, George, and Claire.
Performed the voice of Luther in EA Game's second installment of the SSX snowboarding games.
Partial filmography
- Flatliners (1990)
- Beethoven (1992)
- Diggstown (1992)
- The Three Musketeers (1993)
- Executive Decision (1996)
- A Time to Kill (1996)
- Bulworth (1998)
- ''Dangerous beauty(1998)
- The Impostors (1998)
- Doctor Dolittle (1998)
- Simon Birch (1998)
- Lake Placid (1999)
- Three to Tango (1999)
- Bicentennial Man (1999)
- Ready to Rumble (2000)
- The West Wing (2001, 2005)
- Pieces of April (2003)
- Hope Springs (2003)
- The Ice Harvest (2005)
- Casanova (2005)
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