Philip Baker Hall Add to My Celebs Age 80 Birthday Sep. 10th, 1931 Born in Toledo, Ohio, USA Height 5' 6"

Philip Baker Hall's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Loop Russ Bagdad Cafe Herb Mariah James Malone Pasadena George Rees…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Wonderful World 2009 - Fired Up! 2007 - Zodiac 2007 - You Kill Me 2007 - Rush Hour 3 2006 - The Shaggy Dog 2006 - The TV Set 2005 - The Matador 2005 - The Amityville Horror 2004 - In Good Company 2003 - Dogville 2003 - Bruce Almighty 2002 - The Sum of All Fears 2002 - A Gentleman's Game 2001 - Rush Hour 2 2000 - Lost Souls 2000 - The Contender 2000 - Rules of Engagement 1999 - The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 - The Insider 1999 - Magnolia 1998 - Rush Hour 1998 - Enemy of the State 1998 - The Truman Show 1998 - Sour Grapes 1998 - Psycho 1997 - Boogie Nights 1997 - Air Force One 1997 - Buddy 1996 - The Rock 1996 - Eye For An Eye 1992 - Live Wire 1989 - Ghostbusters II 1989 - An Innocent Man 1989 - How I Got Into College 1989 - Say Anything... 1988 - Midnight Run 1987 - Three O'Clock High 1986 - Nothing in Common 1980 - The Man With Bogart's Face

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Baker Hall shot to cult fame when he turned in an electrifying performance as Sydney, the veteran gambler, in Paul Thomas Anderson's debut feature, Sydney (1996). However, it was his underrated work in the same director's star-studded Magnolia (1999) that really caught the mass film public's attention. His performance as the legendary quiz show presenter "Jimmy Gator" was an incredible performance. He has since been in a few blockbuster movies, like The Sum of All Fears (2002), and stars in Dogville (2003), directed by Lars von Trier.


TRIVIA:

• Philip Baker Hall is one of those character actors who you see all the time but never take note of. However, his portrayal of Mr. Bookman, the library cop in an episode of _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) has to go down as one of the all time comedy classics. His dead pan delivery about overdue library books, made this episode of _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) one of their best ever.
• Is frequently cast by 'Paul Thomas Anderson' (qv).
• Graduated from the University of Toledo.
• Appeared in _The Zodiac (2005)_ (qv) and _Zodiac (2007/I)_ (qv), both about the serial killer nicknamed the Zodiac Killer.
• Starred alone in Robert Altman's _Secret Honor (1984)_ (qv), a fictional account of 'Richard Nixon' (qv)'s life after the White House, making him one of the few actors to ever carry an entire film.

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