Oliver Platt

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Oliver Platt: Biography

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Birth Place: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/12/1960, Capricorn
Profession: Actor; producer

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Episode Recap: "Magda & Jeff" | Nip/Tuck | 1/23/2008
I'm going to cut to the chase and say that this was one of my very least favorite episodes since the series began, but that ending was one of the best ever. How's that for running the gamut? Let's start with that ending: Ding-dong the witch is dead! Just when I thought I was happy to see Gina back because I thought she changed her wicked ways, here she was being more sadly pathetic than ever. So pathetic that I grimaced every time she was on screen after that scene when she paid the Gina-look-alike (Ali Raymer) to have sex with Christian while she watched...and then begged Christian to "Kiss me!" Then when she morphed further into Alex Forrest and lied by manipulating Julia into thinking Christian could be HIV positive because she was having sex with him, I cringed even more. I wanted the bee-yotch to get punished for her craziness. I was so glad to see Christian hand her the restraining order towards the very end. How many of you were thinking (or perhaps screaming): "No way! He... read more
Nip/Tuck: Not Quite the Bomb | Roush Dispatch | 1/16/2008
There are still moments, fleeting though they are, that remind me what I used to enjoy about Nip/Tuck, back before it became a burlesqued send-up of itself. A few of these moments were on display Tuesday night in the haunting storyline involving Sean (Dylan Walsh, in top form) and Rachel, the grotesquely scarred victim of a Palestinian suicide bomber. Rachel is one of this show's few unironic heroic figures, helping Matt get through his injuries after the meth-lab explosion. Her dilemma this week was classic Nip/Tuck. In an exam to help get to the root of her lingering "exquisite" pain, it is discovered that parts of the suicide bomber have been embedded into her flesh. "Human shrapnel," Sean calls it. Ugh, and wow.As they head toward surgery, Sean is visited by the ghost of the bomber, a reflection of his own repressed rage and pain over the betrayal of Julia's resumed affair with Christian. Sean's inner demons gnaw away at him until he ultimately explodes in a fistfight with... read more
Episode Recap: "Rachel Ben Natan" | Nip/Tuck | 1/16/2008
After a four-week break, it was nice to revisit the adventures of our favorite fantastically plastic duo. Too bad we still don't know what Eden put in that dang fruitcake four weeks ago. All we know is that it gives Julia spontaneous nosebleeds, which just makes Christian pout about being deprived of sex with his best friend's ex. Speaking of Eden, how lovely to have a completely Eden-free episode! Sure, the skank returns next week, but it was pleasant to get through an entire hour without her. Four characters returned that I enjoy: Dawn Budge (Rosie O'Donnell), Freddie (Oliver Platt), Aidan (Bradley Cooper) and, after a long time away, Gina (Jessalyn Gilsig). I'll get to Gina's return later.Ever since we first met Freddie, it was beyond apparent that he was gay. Then when Freddie and Dawn started dating, besides thinking "Huh?," I was immediately reminded of Dana Carvey's character on SNL: "Lyle, The Effeminate Heterosexual." So leave it to Dawn to budge it out of him after seeing... read more
Episode Recap: "Dawn Budge II" | Nip/Tuck | 11/21/2007
As a longtime Rosie fan, I was looking forward to her return as lottery winner Dawn Budge, as were a lot of you. I was skeptical, though: How could they make it believable for any former McNamara/Troy patients from their Miami years to fly to L.A., besides having them there just to visit? That question was answered quite well after we got to experience seeing Dawn hang gliding in Calgary and being attacked in the mouth by a flying eagle. Truly one of the funniest Nip/Tuck visuals ever — so funny, I had to rewind three times. So, of course, Dawn had to fly, or rather, get on a plane to L.A. pronto. Who else would she trust to fix her busted mouth besides her pals Christian and Sean? How many of you immediately thought of Donald Trump or Elisabeth Hasselbeck after Christian told Dawn: "We're going to have to sew your mouth shut for two weeks"?I thought of them, but also Barbara Walters when Christian said to Sean during the surgery: "For several days, as Dawn Budge heals, the... read more
Episode Recap: "Carly Summers" | Nip/Tuck | 10/31/2007
Why hello, strangers. It's been ages since I've blogged about this show (10.5 months, to be exact). I'm hoping that most of you will agree that the Season 5 premiere was well worth the wait, especially after all the hype and advance publicity (awesome job, by the way, FX). After four seasons in Miami, it was a welcome change of pace seeing our favorite nippers and tuckers start anew in our country's plastic-surgery capital, Los Angeles. As we expected, Christian (Julian McMahon) and Sean (Dylan Walsh) started out as small fish in an extremely large pond once they hit L.A., or to be exact, Beverly Hills. It was crickets and tumbleweeds for McNamara/Troy's new Rodeo Drive offices until Fiona McNeil came along. One of the things that helps you make it here in Hollywood is a powerful publicist, so meeting Fiona in that nightclub was excellent timing. Right away, I have to point out the fabulous casting of Lauren Hutton as Fiona. Lauren is one of the few actresses over 60 in this town... read more

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Oliver Platt: Photos

jeremy irons, lasse hallstrom, jeremy irons, lena olin, oliver platt, sienna miller, heath ledger courtesy Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

NipTuck, Rosie O Donnell, Oliver Platt courtesy Michael Becker/FX

NipTuck, Oliver Platt, Bradley Cooper courtesy Michael Becker/FX

The Bronx Is Burning, Oliver Platt, John Turturro courtesy David Giesbrecht/ESPN

lasse hallstrom, Oliver Platt courtesy Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

Deadline, Bebe Neuwirth, Oliver Platt, Hope Davis, Tom Conti, Lili Taylor courtesy David Rose/Sleuth Photo

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Oliver Platt: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Frost/Nixon (Actor)	2008	Movie
Martian Child (Actor - Jeff)	2007	Movie
The Bronx Is Burning (Actor - George Steinbrenner)	2007	TV Show Series
The Ten (Actor - Marc Jacobson)	2007	Movie
Loverboy (Actor - Mr. Pomeroy)	2006	Movie