OLIVER PLATT (Jimmy King) has become one of the film community's busiest and most respected actors. In 1998, Platt gave a critically acclaimed performance as Warren Beatty's political advisor in Beatty's controversial political drama, "Bulworth." Directly after that, he starred as a villain in Eddie Murphy's comedy hit, "Dr. Doolittle." The actor also starred in "Simon Birch" and opposite Stanley Tucci in the Tucci-directed "The Imposters" (which also starred Isabella Rossellini, Lili Taylor, Steve Buscemi and Michael Rapaport). He was most recently seen opposite Bridget Fonda and Bill Pullman in David E. Kelley's "Lake Placid" and opposite Neve Campbell and Matthew Perry in the Warner Bros. Pictures comedy, "Three to Tango," "Gunshy," opposite Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock, and Chris Columbus' "Bicentennial Man."
Platt's list of extensive and diverse feature film starring roles include "Executive Decision," "A Time to Kill," "Indecent Proposal," "Married to the Mob," "Postcards From the Edge," "Working Girls," "Flatliners," "Benny and Joon," "Tall Tales," "The Adventures of Pecos Bill," "Crusoe" and "The Three Musketeers." He also enjoyed acclaim for his starring role in the dark comedy "Funny Bones," opposite Jerry Lewis and Lee Evans.
The son of a career diplomat, Platt graduated from Tufts University with a degree in drama and immediately began working in regional and Off-Broadway theatre in such productions as "The Tempest." "Moon Over Miami," "Sparks in the Park" and "Urban Blight," before starring in the Lincoln Center production of "Ubu" and the Mike Nichols produced "Elliot Loves."
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