Russell Tupper
Oliver Platt has enjoyed great success in film, television and on stage. He most recently garnered Emmy® and Golden Globe nominations for his work in the critically -acclaimed Showtime series "Huff."

Recently, Platt starred alongside Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller in Lasse Hallstrom's "Casanova" for Disney. Platt plays Papprizzio, a loveable lard merchant betrothed to Sienna Miller's character.

Next spring Platt makes his Broadway debut in Connor McPherson's "Shining City" at the Manhattan Theater Club's Biltmore Theater. He plays John, the lead character, who visits a therapist after seeing his wife's ghost. Directed by Robert Falls, the show begins previews on April 13, 2006.

Platt was also seen in the Harold Ramis film "Ice Harvest" for Focus Features, in which he appeared opposite John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton. He also teamed with Cusack again on the feature "Martian Child" for New Line Cinema, which wrapped production this past fall.

Other film credits include "Funnybones," "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," "Don't Say a Word" and "Pieces of April."

Platt made his producing debut on the indie film "Big Night," which was co-directed by actors Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott. He would later re-team with Tucci in "The Imposters."

On television, Oliver received an Emmy® nomination for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" for his role as White House Counsel Oliver Babish on the popular political drama "The West Wing."

Platt graduated from Tufts University with a degree in drama and 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" and Jules Feiffer's "Elliot Loves," directed by Mike Nichols. Platt recently received rave reviews for his performance as "Sir Toby Belch" in Brian Kulick's "Twelfth Night."

The son of a career diplomat, Platt was born in Washington, D.C., and spent part of his childhood in Asia and the Middle East.

Platt resides in New York with his wife and three children.