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Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt (2010).jpg
Oliver Platt in 2010
Born Oliver James Platt
(1960-01-12) January 12, 1960 (age 57)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Residence New York City, New York
Nationality American
Alma mater Tufts University
Occupation Actor
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Camilla Campbell (m. 1992)
Children 3
Parent(s) Sheila Maynard
Nicholas Platt
Relatives Adam Platt (brother)
Nicholas Platt, Jr. (brother)

Oliver James Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American actor. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, as well as multiple Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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.

Platt's paternal great-grandfather was artist Charles A. Platt. Platt is also a great-great-grandson of diplomat and lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate (through his father) and general Robert Shaw Oliver (through his mother). Platt's maternal great-grandparents were equestrian Arthur Scott Burden (of the industrialist Burden family) and socialite Cynthia Roche; he is a second cousin once removed of Diana, Princess of Wales and of her brother Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, through his great-great-grandparents, MP James Roche and heiress Frances Work. When asked about Diana, Platt said, "I never met her. It's a non-story. I'd love to tell you we were confidantes. The truth is I don't know much more about it than you do."

Because of his father's career as an ambassador, much of Platt's childhood was spent in Asia, the Middle East, and Washington, D.C. Platt attended twelve different schools, including the American School in Japan, and has said "Even now I find myself envying people who have neighborhoods and roots." Platt's family made frequent trips back to Washington, where they held Redskins season tickets. Platt is also a fan of the Boston Red Sox.


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