Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall


  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 10-09-1931
  • Gender: Male
  • Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA
  • Also Known As:

    Phillip Hall
    Phil Hall

  • Popularity: 5.83
  • Homepage: N/A


Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American actor. Although known primarily as a prolific character actor, he starred in leading roles on films, such as Secret Honor, Hard Eight and Duck. Other films in supporting roles including Say Anything..., Boogie Nights, The Truman Show, Magnolia, The Contender, Zodiac and Argo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philip Baker Hall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.




Year Movie Character
1997 Hard Eight as Sydney
1984 Secret Honor as Richard Milhous Nixon
2005 Duck as Arthur Pratt
2003 A House on a Hill as Harry Mayfield
2018 Dear Chickens as Emil
2005 A Buck's Worth
1993 Cigarettes & Coffee as Sydney
2012 Dog Eat Dog as Old Man
1981 Dream on!
1999 Magnolia as Jimmy Gator
2002 A Gentleman's Game as Charlie Logan
1987 The Spirit as Sevrin
1980 The Last Reunion as Mike Sills
2000 Psycho Path as Self - Actor / Sheriff Chambers
2006 Islander as Popper
2003 Bruce Almighty as Jack Baylor
1998 Rush Hour as Captain Diel
1991 Blue Desert as Joe
1999 Implicated as Mr. Sawyer
2013 Bad Words as Dr. Bowman
2017 Person to Person as Jimmy
1998 Tempting Fate as Dr. Bardwell
2009 Wonderful World as The Man
2000 Lost Souls as Father James
1999 The Insider as Don Hewitt
2011 50/50 as Alan
2009 The Lodger as Captain Smith
2003 Die, Mommie, Die! as Sol Sussman
2010 All Good Things as Malvern Bump
2011 The Chicago 8 as Judge Julius Hoffman
1998 Witness to the Mob as Toddo Aurello
1988 Goddess of Love as Detective Charles
2017 The Last Word as Edward
1989 Incident at Dark River as Dr. Leo Manus
2005 The Zodiac as Frank Perkins
2007 You Kill Me as Roman Krzeminski
1996 Hit Me as Lenny Ish
2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Aristotle Onassis
1999 Cradle Will Rock as Gray Mathers
1970 Love-In '72 as Father Reis
2000 That Moment: Magnolia Diary as Self
1989 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story as Judge Blumenfeld
2005 The Amityville Horror as Father Callaway
2004 In Good Company as Eugene Kalb
2003 Path to War as Everett Dirksen
1987 Three O'Clock High as Detective Mulvahill
1998 Psycho as Sheriff Chambers
1992 Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Sam Gochenour
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. as 'Smitty'
2000 Rules of Engagement as Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges
2002 The Sum of All Fears as Defense Secretary Becker
2007 Rush Hour 3 as Capt. William Diel
1998 Judas Kiss as Pobby Malavero
2000 The Contender as Oscar Billings
1986 Who Is Julia? as Dean May
1997 Buddy as Minister
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley as Alvin MacCarron
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins as Franklin
2013 Clear History as McKenzie
1995 Kiss of Death as Big Junior Brown
1996 The Little Death as Detective Snyder
2014 Playing It Cool as Granddad
1992 Live Wire as Senator Thyme
1992 Stormy Weathers as Dr. Comden
1996 Eye for an Eye as Sidney Hughes
2007 Zodiac as Sherwood Morrill
1970 Zabriskie Point as Diner Owner (uncredited)
2003 Dogville as Tom Edison Senior
1989 How I Got Into College as Dean Patterson
2007 The TV Set as Vernon Maxwell
2009 Fired Up! as Coach Byrnes
2014 Showing Up as Self
2012 People Like Us as Ike Rafferty
2006 The Shaggy Dog as Lance Strictland
1999 Let the Devil Wear Black as Sol Hirsch
1988 Midnight Run as Sidney
2014 Altman as Self
1979 Samurai as Prof. Owens
1983 The Night the Bridge Fell Down as Warren Meech
1977 Kill Me If You Can as Phillips
1978 Terror Out of the Sky as Starrett
2005 The Matador as Mr. Randy
1981 This House Possessed as Clerk
1974 Throw Out the Anchor as Ryan
1989 Say Anything... as IRS Boss
1994 Without Warning as Dr. Kurt Lowden
2012 Bending The Rules as Herb Gold
1989 An Innocent Man as Judge Kenneth Lavet
1998 Enemy of the State as Mark Silverberg (uncredited)
1994 Roswell as Roswell General
1998 The Truman Show as Network Executive
1975 The Last Survivors
2006 Mrs. Harris as Arthur Schulte
1982 Games Mother Never Taught You as Lester Greene
1980 The Man with Bogart's Face as Dr. Inman
1997 Air Force One as U.S. Attorney General Ward
1977 Mayday at 40,000 Feet! as Reporter
1998 Sour Grapes as Mr. Bell
1996 The Rock as Chief Justice (uncredited)
1997 Boogie Nights as Floyd Gondolli
1989 Ghostbusters II as Police Commissioner
1978 The Bastard as Shopkeeper
1978 Coma as Doctor (uncredited)
1986 Nothing in Common as Colonial Airlines Executive (uncredited)
2012 Argo as C.I.A Director Stansfield Turner (uncredited)
Photo Name Department
1981 Falcon Crest (11 episode)
1989 Seinfeld (4 episode) as Lt. Joe Bookman
2009 Modern Family (3 episode) as Walt Kleezak
1984 Miami Vice (1 episode)
2002 Everwood (3 episode) as Dr. Donald Douglas
1976 Quincy, M.E. (2 episode)
2006 The Loop (17 episode) as Russ McDonald
1996 Millennium (2 episode) as Group Elder
2001 Night Visions (1 episode) as Dennis Brascom
2006 Big Love (1 episode) as Ned Johanssen
2000 Baby Blues (2 episode)
2001 Pasadena (13 episode) as George Reese Greeley
1974 Good Times (1 episode)
1982 Family Ties (3 episode) as Dr. Harrison
1972 M*A*S*H (1 episode)
1982 T. J. Hooker (1 episode)
1983 Hardcastle and McCormick (1 episode)
2006 Psych (1 episode) as Irving Parker
2002 Monk (1 episode)
1986 Matlock (1 episode)
2002 Without a Trace (1 episode) as Noah Ridder
1997 The Practice (4 episode) as Joseph Vinocour
1982 Cagney & Lacey (1 episode)
2004 Boston Legal (1 episode) as Ernie Dell
1994 Chicago Hope (1 episode)
1996 Life's Work (1 episode)
1997 Michael Hayes (22 episode) as William Vaughn
1987 Mariah (7 episode)
1977 The Fitzpatricks (1 episode)
2014 BoJack Horseman (2 episode) as Hank Hippopopalous (voice)
2020 Messiah (6 episode) as Zelman Katz
2016 Second Chance (11 episode) as Jimmy Pritchard (75 years old)
2017 Room 104 (1 episode) as Charlie
2008 True Jackson, VP (1 episode) as Mr. Jenkins
1999 The West Wing (2 episode) as Senator Matt Hunt
2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm (2 episode) as Dr. Morrison
1996 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode) as President Dewey
2012 The Newsroom (1 episode) as Bryce Delancy

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