Oliver Platt Is The Guy

About this episode

Oliver Platt discusses his diverse acting career and personal experiences.

My guest this week is the actor Oliver Platt. You know him from The Bear, Chicago Med, The Three Musketeers, Beethoven, The West Wing, Frost/Nixon — honestly, the list goes on forever. He’s one of those rare actors who somehow exists in every lane at once: beloved by movie people, television people, theater people, and apparently menswear guys too. We talk about growing up as the son of a diplomat, moving from Hong Kong to Japan to Washington D.C., discovering acting as a survival mechanism, early days in New York with Stanley Tucci and Hank Azaria, body image, GLP-1s, Paul Smith, Japanese denim, heritage workwear, and why sometimes you need to “give yourself the fuzzies.”

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Kirkland

Guest: Oliver Platt

Topics covered

• acting
• body image
• menswear
• heritage workwear
• personal growth
• cultural influences

Keywords

• Oliver Platt
• acting
• menswear
• body image
• heritage workwear
• GLP-1s
• cultural influences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paul Smith

Products: GLP-1s

Books & works: The Bear, Chicago Med, The Three Musketeers, Beethoven, The West Wing, Frost/Nixon

Places: Hong Kong, Japan, Washington D.C.

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