Oliver James Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American
film, television, and stage actor. He has been nominated for a Golden
Globe Award, a Tony Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four
Primetime Emmy 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. The family moved back to the
United States when Platt was three months old.Platt's paternal
great-grandfather was artist Charles A. Platt, and his maternal
great-grandparents were equestrian Arthur Scott Burden (of the
industrialist Burden family) and socialite Cynthia Roche. Platt is
also a great-great-grandson of General Robert Shaw Oliver (through his
mother). 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 Ellen
Work. When asked about Diana, Platt has 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."
film, television, and stage actor. He has been nominated for a Golden
Globe Award, a Tony Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four
Primetime Emmy 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. The family moved back to the
United States when Platt was three months old.Platt's paternal
great-grandfather was artist Charles A. Platt, and his maternal
great-grandparents were equestrian Arthur Scott Burden (of the
industrialist Burden family) and socialite Cynthia Roche. Platt is
also a great-great-grandson of General Robert Shaw Oliver (through his
mother). 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 Ellen
Work. When asked about Diana, Platt has 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."
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