Philip Baker Hall
Gender: Male
Born: 10th September 1931 (currently 80 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Loop, Michael Hayes, Pasadena, Mariah
Movies: Die Mommie Die!, Dream On!, Hard Eight, Magnolia, Secret Honor, The Amityville Horror, The Contender, Zodiac, In Good Company, Lost Souls, Duck, The Insider, You Kill Me, Bruce Almighty, The Matador, The Zodiac, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Dogville, Boogie Nights, Cradle Will Rock, Rules of Engagement, Say Anything..., Psycho, All Good Things, Wonderful World, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The TV Set, Blue Desert, The Sum of All Fears, Goddess of Love, Kiss of Death, The Lodger, Path to War, Let the Devil Wear Black, Live Wire, Implicated, Three O'Clock High, Islander, Midnight Run, Revenge of the Bushido Blade, Hit Me, The Man with Bogart's Face, An Innocent Man, A Gentleman's Game, Fired Up, 50/50, Eye for an Eye, The Shaggy Dog, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Chicago 8, The Chicago 8, Bending the Rules
Philip Baker Hall (born September 10, 1931) is an American actor.
Hall was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of a factory worker father who was from Montgomery, Alabama. He attended the University of Toledo. As a younger man, Hall served in the military, started a family, and became a high school English teacher. In 1961, he decided to become an actor. He moved to New York, enjoying success in Off Broadway and Broadway productions.
In 1975, Hall moved to Los Angeles to make a career in television. Since then, he has had over 200 guest roles on television shows.
He starred in many films, including Robert Altman's Secret Honor in which he played the film's only role, Richard Nixon. Hall got his first high-profile film role when Paul Thomas Anderson wrote a role in his film Hard Eight, specifically for Hall. Hall went on to have roles in two of Anderson's subsequent films, Boogie Nights and Magnolia. He also had a minor role as Captain Diel in the Rush Hour trilogy (though his scenes were cut from the theatrical release of Rush Hour 2).
Additionally, Hall has had roles in Midnight Run, Say Anything..., The Rock, The Truman Show, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Bruce Almighty, You Kill Me, In
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