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|birthdate= January 12, 1960
 
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|birthplace= Windsor, Ontario, Canada
 
|birthplace= Windsor, Ontario, Canada
 
|active= 1987-present
 
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|role= Dr. [[Daniel Charles]]
 
|role= Dr. [[Daniel Charles]]
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'''Oliver James Platt''' (born January 12, 1960) is an Canadian-born American actor. He has had starring roles in a number of films, including 2012, Dr. Doolittle, Bulworth, A Time To Kill, Executive Decision, X-Men: First Class and Lake Placid. Since 2015, '''Platt''' he began starring as Dr. [[Daniel Charles]] in the NBC medical drama [[Chicago Med]].
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'''Oliver James Platt''' (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-American actor who portrays Dr. [[Daniel Charles]] in [[Chicago Med]].
   
==Biography==
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==Biography and career==
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Platt is a multiple Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award-nominated actor who has enjoyed success in film, television and stage. He was last seen on the big screen in Angela Robinson’s "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," which was nominated for a Saturn Award. Other projects include Ido Fluk’s "The Ticket," with Malin Ackerman and Dan Stevens; Warren Beatty’s "Rules Don’t Apply"; Farren Blackburn’s "Shut In," opposite Naomi Watts; "Chef," opposite Jon Favreau and Dustin Hoffman; Michael Cuesta’s "Kill the Messenger," opposite Jeremy Renner; and Noah Hawley’s Golden Globe-winning television adaptation of "Fargo" for FX.
'''Platt''' was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to American parents Sheila Maynard, a clinical social worker who worked in Islamabad, and Nicholas Platt, a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia, and the Philippines. He has an older brother, Adam Platt, a New York Magazine restaurant critic, and a younger brother, Nicholas Platt, Jr. His family moved back to the United States when '''Platt''' was three months old.
 
   
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Platt has also appeared on film in the blockbuster "X-Men: First Class," alongside James McAvoy; Ed Zwick’s "Love and Other Drugs," with Jake Gyllenhaal; Ron Howard’s "Frost/Nixon," opposite Frank Langella; the Harold Ramis comedy "Year One," opposite Jack Black; and Nicole Holofcener’s "Please Give," which won critical acclaim at the Sundance and Tribeca film festivals, and an Independent Spirit Award. Additional film credits include "2012," "The Oranges," "Casanova," "The Ice Harvest," "Bulworth," "Married to the Mob," "Working Girl," "Flatliners," "Postcards from the Edge," "Indecent Proposal," "The Three Musketeers," "A Time to Kill," "Doctor Dolittle," "Simon Birch," "Lake Placid" and "Pieces of April."
'''Platt''' attended a progressive boarding school named Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Colorado. '''Platt''' majored in drama at Tufts University, where he met and became close friends with Hank Azaria.
 
   
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Platt was featured in the HBO documentary "Love, Marilyn" and the telepic "Bessie," where he plays legendary American writer and artistic photographer Carl Van Vechten. He also starred in Showtime’s "The Big C," starring Laura Linney. Previously, Platt played George Steinbrenner on the ESPN miniseries "The Bronx Is Burning," opposite John Turturro.
'''Platt''' spent three years working in theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. He travelled with Shakespeare and Company, based in Lenox, Massachusetts, touring schools to earn his Equity card, before moving to New York. '''Platt's''' early career involved Off-Broadway and regional theatre, and he appeared onstage with the New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club and other companies across many genres. He obtained an agent while working at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, and met actor Bill Murray at his cousin's Christmas party. Murray attended '''Platt's''' show and recommended '''Platt''' to director Jonathan Demme, who cast him in Married to the Mob in 1988. '''Platt''' attributes his breakthrough to appearing at the Punch Line Theater.
 
   
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Platt made his producing debut for the indie film "Big Night," which was co-directed by Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott. He would later reteam with Tucci in "The Impostors."
After Married to the Mob, he appeared in Working Girl (1988), Flatliners (1990), Beethoven(1992), The Three Musketeers (1993), A Time to Kill (1996) and Bulworth (1998). In 1998, '''Platt'''and Stanley Tucci played two deadbeat actors who improvise with unsuspecting strangers in The Impostors. Tucci and Platt developed the characters while working on a play at Yale University in 1988, Tucci later completing the screenplay and directing the film.
 
   
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A graduate of Tufts University, Platt immediately began working in regional theater, as well as Off Broadway, in such productions as "The Tempest" and John Guare’s "Moon Over Miami." He also starred in the Lincoln Center production of "Ubu," Jules Feiffer’s "Elliot Loves," directed by Mike Nichols, and received rave reviews for his turn as Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night."
In 1999, '''Platt''' played the wealthy and eccentric crocodile enthusiast Hector in David E. Kelley's Lake Placid, alongside Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda.
 
   
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Born in Windsor, Ontario, Platt is married and has three children. When not shooting in Chicago, he resides in New York.
The short-lived drama Deadline provided '''Platt's''' first lead role on television. Created by [[Dick Wolf]], who also created Law & Order, Deadline focused on the lives of newspaper journalists in New York City. '''Platt''' starred as Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Wallace Benton. But sub-standard writing lead to the series cancelation. After Deadline's failure, '''Platt''' avoided work on television until he read a script for The West Wing and signed on for a guest role. He received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of no-nonsense White House Counsel Oliver Babish.
 
 
His role in the television series Huff as Russell Tupper from 2004 to 2006 was well-received, especially by creator Bob Lowry. '''Platt's''' work was nominated for two Emmy awards and a Golden Globe.
 
 
In 2005, '''Platt''' acted in the film The Ice Harvest as an unhappy businessman with a trophy wife and two stepchildren who becomes involved with a friend who has stolen $2 million from a Mafia boss. He also played a lard merchant named Papprizzio in the Casanova, who competes with Casanova (Heath Ledger) for marriage to Francesca (Sienna Miller). '''Platt''' won the New York Film Critics Online Award for best supporting actor for his role in Casanova.
 
 
A Broadway production named Shining City was '''Platt's''' Broadway debut in 2006. The play was set in Dublin, and '''Platt's''' role was the tortured protagonist, John. '''Platt''' visited Dublin to prepare for the role and ensure his performance was authentic. He was nominated for a Tony award for "Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play".
 
 
In 2007, '''Platt''' played the part of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in the ESPN mini-series The Bronx Is Burning. '''Platt''' starred in the pilot episode of The Thick of It, a remake of the British show of the same name in 2007. The series was not picked up by ABC.
 
 
'''Platt''' starred as Nathan Detroit, alongside Lauren Graham as Miss Adelaide, in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls which began performances at the Nederlander Theatre on February 3, 2009 and officially opened on March 1, 2009. The production closed on June 14, 2009 after 113 performances.
 
 
'''Platt''' starred as the White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser in Roland Emmerich's 2012, a disaster film released November 13, 2009.
 
 
'''Platt''' played the High Priest in the Harold Ramis film Year One released in 2009. In August 2010, he was cast in the role of "The Man in Black" in 2011's X-Men spin-off, X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn.
 
 
In 2012, he starred in the romantic comedy The Oranges alongside Hugh Laurie and Leighton Meester and appeared in the action film Chinese Zodiac. He provided the voice of Wiser the Owl in the 2013 animated film Dorothy of Oz. He appeared in Miramax's 2016 supernatural thriller, The 9th Life of Louis Drax.
 
 
Since 2015, '''Platt''' he began starring as Dr. [[Daniel Charles]] in the NBC medical drama [[Chicago Med]].
 
   
 
==External Links==
 
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Template:Actor infobox Oliver James Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-American actor who portrays Dr. Daniel Charles in Chicago Med.

Biography and career

Platt is a multiple Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award-nominated actor who has enjoyed success in film, television and stage. He was last seen on the big screen in Angela Robinson’s "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women," which was nominated for a Saturn Award. Other projects include Ido Fluk’s "The Ticket," with Malin Ackerman and Dan Stevens; Warren Beatty’s "Rules Don’t Apply"; Farren Blackburn’s "Shut In," opposite Naomi Watts; "Chef," opposite Jon Favreau and Dustin Hoffman; Michael Cuesta’s "Kill the Messenger," opposite Jeremy Renner; and Noah Hawley’s Golden Globe-winning television adaptation of "Fargo" for FX.

Platt has also appeared on film in the blockbuster "X-Men: First Class," alongside James McAvoy; Ed Zwick’s "Love and Other Drugs," with Jake Gyllenhaal; Ron Howard’s "Frost/Nixon," opposite Frank Langella; the Harold Ramis comedy "Year One," opposite Jack Black; and Nicole Holofcener’s "Please Give," which won critical acclaim at the Sundance and Tribeca film festivals, and an Independent Spirit Award. Additional film credits include "2012," "The Oranges," "Casanova," "The Ice Harvest," "Bulworth," "Married to the Mob," "Working Girl," "Flatliners," "Postcards from the Edge," "Indecent Proposal," "The Three Musketeers," "A Time to Kill," "Doctor Dolittle," "Simon Birch," "Lake Placid" and "Pieces of April."

Platt was featured in the HBO documentary "Love, Marilyn" and the telepic "Bessie," where he plays legendary American writer and artistic photographer Carl Van Vechten. He also starred in Showtime’s "The Big C," starring Laura Linney. Previously, Platt played George Steinbrenner on the ESPN miniseries "The Bronx Is Burning," opposite John Turturro.

Platt made his producing debut for the indie film "Big Night," which was co-directed by Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott. He would later reteam with Tucci in "The Impostors."

A graduate of Tufts University, Platt immediately began working in regional theater, as well as Off Broadway, in such productions as "The Tempest" and John Guare’s "Moon Over Miami." He also starred in the Lincoln Center production of "Ubu," Jules Feiffer’s "Elliot Loves," directed by Mike Nichols, and received rave reviews for his turn as Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night."

Born in Windsor, Ontario, Platt is married and has three children. When not shooting in Chicago, he resides in New York.

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