Philip Baker Hall
Highest Rated: 100% Path to War (2002)
Lowest Rated: 0% Live Wire (1992)
Birthday: Sep 10, 1931
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, USA
A classic late-bloomer who launched his career well after most others had come and gone, actor Philip Baker Hall was one of few performers of a certain age able to achieve Hollywood stardom. After starting a family and teaching high school English for a living, Hall changed course to become a prominent theater actor, landing roles both on and off-Broadway while slowly carving out a career on screen. He had a number of less-than-memorable appearances before landing his breakout role as a demented Richard Nixon in the one-man show, "Secret Honor" (1983), which director Robert Altman turned into an acclaimed but often overlooked film the following year. But the industry recognition he received led to bigger and better roles. Hall landed supporting parts in films like "Midnight Run" (1988) and "Say Anything" (1989), and played the fast-talking Lt. Bookman in a classic third season episode of "Seinfeld" (NBC, 1989-1998). But it was his relationship with writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson that propelled Hall into a popular and widely recognized performer. Starting with Anderson's short film, "Coffee and Cigarettes" (1992), which was later turned into the feature-length "Hard Eight" (1996), Hall appeared in a number of the director's films, including "Boggie Nights" (1997) and most notably "Magnolia" (1999). From there, Hall was in-demand as a character actor, landing big movies like "The Insider" (1999), "The Sum of All Fears" (2002), "Bruce Almighty" (2003) and "Zodiac" (2007), defying the odds and proving that sometimes life could really begin after 60.
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Philip Baker Hall
Filmography
Movies
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54% |
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Person to Person | Jimmy (Character) | $48.3K | 2017 |
40% |
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The Last Word | Edward (Character) | $1.8M | 2017 |
70% |
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Altman | Self | - | 2014 |
66% |
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Bad Words | Dr. Bowman (Character) | $7.8M | 2014 |
61% |
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Clear History | McKenzie (Character) | - | 2013 |
53% |
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People Like Us | Ike Rafferty (Character) | $12.4M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Bending the Rules | Herb (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Chicago 8 | Judge Julius Hoffman (Character) | - | 2012 |
93% |
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50/50 | Alan (Character) | $35.0M | 2011 |
47% |
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Mr. Popper's Penguins | Franklin (Character) | $68.2M | 2011 |
35% |
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All Good Things | Malvern Bumb (Character) | $578.4K | 2010 |
42% |
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Wonderful World | The Man (Character) | $8.6K | 2009 |
25% |
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Fired Up | Coach Byrnes (Character) | $17.2M | 2009 |
21% |
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The Lodger | Captain Smith (Character) | - | 2009 |
79% |
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You Kill Me | Roman (Character) | $2.4M | 2007 |
88% |
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Islander | Popper (Character) | - | 2006 |
64% |
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The TV Set | Vernon Maxwell (Character) | $265.6K | 2006 |
27% |
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The Zodiac | Frank Perkins (Character) | $44.8K | 2005 |
50% |
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Duck | Arthur Pratt (Character) | - | 2005 |
43% |
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Mrs. Harris | Arthur Schulte (Character) | - | 2005 |
75% |
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The Matador | Mr. Randy (Character) | $12.6M | 2005 |
24% |
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The Amityville Horror | Father McNamara (Character) | $64.3M | 2005 |
82% |
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In Good Company | Eugene Kalb (Character) | $45.5M | 2004 |
65% |
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Die Mommie Die! | Sol Sussman (Character) | $180.3K | 2003 |
70% |
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Dogville | Tom Edison Sr. (Character) | $1.5M | 2003 |
75% | No Score Yet | A House on a Hill | Harry Mayfield (Character) | $678 | 2003 |
48% |
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Bruce Almighty | Jack Baylor (Character) | $242.6M | 2003 |
59% |
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The Sum of All Fears | Defense Secretary Becker (Character) | $118.5M | 2002 |
100% |
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Path to War | Everett Dirksen (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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A Gentleman's Game | Charlie Logan (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Aristotle Onassis (Character) | - | 2000 |
77% |
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The Contender | Oscar Billings (Character) | $17.8M | 2000 |
8% |
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Lost Souls | Father James (Character) | $16.8M | 2000 |
37% |
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Rules of Engagement | General H. Lawrence Hodges (Character) | $61.3M | 2000 |
57% |
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Let the Devil Wear Black | Sol Hirsch (Character) | - | 1999 |
96% |
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The Insider | Don Hewitt (Character) | $29.0M | 1999 |
82% |
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Magnolia | Jimmy Gator (Character) | $22.5M | 1999 |
85% |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley | Alvin MacCarron (Character) | $81.3M | 1999 |
65% |
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Cradle Will Rock | Gray Mathers (Character) | $2.9M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tempting Fate | Dr. Bardwell (Character) | - | 1998 |
62% |
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Rush Hour | Captain William Diel (Character) | $141.2M | 1998 |
94% |
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The Truman Show | Network Executive (Character) | $125.6M | 1998 |
0% | No Score Yet | Implicated | John Sawyer (Character) | - | 1998 |
27% |
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Sour Grapes | Mr. Bell (Character) | $260.2K | 1998 |
41% |
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Psycho | Sheriff Al Chambers (Character) | $21.5M | 1998 |
26% |
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Buddy | Minister (Character) | $10.0M | 1997 |
79% |
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Air Force One | U.S. Attorney General Andrew Ward (Character) | $172.7M | 1997 |
94% |
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Boogie Nights | Floyd Gondolli (Character) | $26.4M | 1997 |
57% |
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Hit Me | Lenny Ish (Character) | - | 1996 |
8% |
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Eye for an Eye | Sidney Hughes (Character) | $25.7M | 1996 |
82% |
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Hard Eight | Sydney (Character) | $215.6K | 1996 |
69% |
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Kiss of Death | Big Junior Brown (Character) | $14.7M | 1995 |
0% |
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Live Wire | Senator Thyme (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Sam Gochenour (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stormy Weathers | Dr. Comden (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Blue Desert | Joe (Character) | - | 1991 |
50% |
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How I Got Into College | Dean Patterson (Character) | $1.3M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story | Judge Blumenfeld (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Incident at Dark River | Dr. Leo Manus (Character) | - | 1989 |
60% |
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Three O'Clock High | Detective Mulvahill (Character) | $3.1M | 1987 |
77% |
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Secret Honor | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Reunion | Mike Sills (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Terror Out of the Sky | Starrett (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Atlantis | George (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cowards | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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95% | 87% | Corporate | Arthur (Guest Star) | 2018 |
88% | 54% | Room 104 | Charlie (Character) | 2017 |
30% | 71% | Second Chance | Old Jimmy Pritchard (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Ezra Helsinger (Guest Star) | 2015 |
68% | 71% | Rake | Mitch Markham (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Newsroom | Bryce Delancy (Guest Star) | 2012 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Walt Kleezak (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 |
100% | No Score Yet | True Jackson, VP | Mr. Jenkins (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
92% | 91% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Doctor Morrison (Guest Star) | 2004 2009 |
68% | No Score Yet | Worst Week | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
40% | No Score Yet | The Loop | Russ McDonald (Character) | 2006-2007 |
89% | 87% | Monk | Salvatore Lucarelli (Guest Star) | 2004 |
93% | No Score Yet | Everwood | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pasadena | George Reese Greeley (Character) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Doctors | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life's Work | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
87% | 95% | Cheers | City Councilman Kevin Fogerty (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Judge Bianchi (Guest Star) | 1991-1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Lt. Bookman (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Len Costner (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Family Ties | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
71% | 88% | Miami Vice | Judge Delaporte (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Benson | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Sgt. Hacker (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Times | The Motel Owner (Guest Star) | 1976 |