Date of Birth : Sep 10th 1931
Primarily a supporting and character actor, Philip Baker Hall has also played the occasional lead on stage, screen, and television. Hall made his film debut playing a priest in Cowards (1970). He then appeared in three television series during the mid-’70s, including Man From Atlantis (1977). He became best known during the ’80s for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in Robert Altman’s brilliant Secret Honor (1984), for which Hall also wrote the screenplay. Though the film garnered mixed reviews, the actor’s portrayal of Nixon was hailed as a tour de force. Through the ’80s and ’90s, Hall continued to work steadily in films and on television; his talents were perhaps best, and most famously, utilized by director Paul Thomas Anderson, who cast Hall in substantial roles in Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), and Magnolia (1999), the last of which saw the actor in fine form as a game show host dying of cancer. Hall also had a memorable turn as a private investigator who is far too convinced of the infallibility of his own instincts in Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); that same year, he gave a strong performance as CBS producer Don Hewitt in Michael Mann’s The Insider. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
CAREER
The Last Word ( 2017 )





Altman ( 2015 )





Playing It Cool ( 2015 )





People Like Us ( 2012 )





Argo ( 2012 )





50/50 ( 2011 )





Live with It ( 2011 )





Mr. Popper’s Penguins ( 2011 )





All Good Things ( 2010 )





Wonderful World ( 2010 )





Fired Up! ( 2009 )





You Kill Me ( 2007 )





Rush Hour 3 ( 2007 )





Zodiac ( 2007 )





The Shaggy Dog ( 2006 )





The Amityville Horror ( 2005 )





In Good Company ( 2005 )





Bruce Almighty ( 2003 )





The Sum of All Fears ( 2002 )





The Insider ( 2002 )





The Contender ( 2001 )





Lost Souls ( 2001 )





Rules of Engagement ( 2000 )





Cradle Will Rock ( 2000 )





Magnolia ( 2000 )





The Talented Mr Ripley ( 2000 )





Psycho ( 1999 )





Enemy of the State ( 1998 )





Rush Hour ( 1998 )





The Truman Show ( 1998 )





Boogie Nights ( 1998 )





Air Force One ( 1997 )





The Rock ( 1996 )





Kiss Of Death ( 1995 )





Ghostbusters II ( 1989 )





Say Anything… ( 1989 )




