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Oliver Platt Biography

Oliver Platt Profile:
  • Name: Oliver Platt
  • Height: 6'3"
  • Sex: M
  • Nationality: Candian
  • Birth Date: January 12, 1960
  • Birth Place: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • Profession: actor, producer
  • Education: The Sheridan and The Potomac schools in Washington
  •   : The American School in Japan
  •   : Colorado Rocky Mountain School (graduated in 1978)
  •   : Tufts University in Massachusettes (majored in Drama; graduated in 1983)
  • Husband/Wife: Camilla (married in 1993)
  • Father: Nicholas Platt (an ex ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia, and Philippines)
  • Brother: Adam (older) and Nicholas Platt Jr. (younger)
  • Son: George (born in 1997)
  • Daughter: Claire (born in 1999) and Lili (born in 1995)

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Oliver Platt Quick Facts:
  • Platt has joined the cast of the HBO movie STRIP SEARCH for director Sidney Lumet -- The project follows several intertwined stories, each exploring crime and punishment in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. (July 4, 2003)
  • He is an avid Boston Red Sox fan.
  • A second-cousin-once-removed of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • Is a cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales. Both he and the late Princess of Wales are great-great-grandchildren of Frances Eleanor Work (1857-1947), an American heiress, and her first husband, James Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy (1851-1920). He's also a great-grandson of the turn of the century US ambassador to Great Britain Joseph Hodges Choate, as well as a great-grandson of the eminent American society architect Charles A. Platt.
  • Was nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy in 1999 for DOCTOR DOLITTLE.
  • David E. Kelley originally wanted him to play the role of Bobby Donnell on the TV show THE PRACTICE (1997)
  • Is a distant cousin of Orson Welles.
  • Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for The West Wing (2001)
Oliver Platt Awards:
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