Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-American Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominated stage, film, and television actor.
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. His family moved back to the United States when Platt was ...
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Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-American Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominated stage, film, and television actor.
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. His family moved back to the United States when Platt was three months old. He is a distant cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales through his great-great-grandmother, Frances Work. When asked about Diana, his second-cousin once removed, 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."
Much of Platt's childhood was spent in Asia, where he attended the American School in Japan. His family made frequent trips back to Washington, D.C., where they held Redskins season tickets.Platt is also a fan of the Boston...
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