
Philip Baker Hall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 10, 1931
- Died
- June 12, 2022
- Birthplace
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
- The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story 2026
as Jimmy Gator (Magnolia archive footage)

Dear Chickens 2018
as Emil

Person to Person 2017
as Jimmy

The Last Word 2017
as Edward

Playing It Cool 2014
as Granddad

Altman 2014
as Self

Bad Words 2014
as Dr. Bowman

Showing Up 2014
as Self

Clear History 2013
as McKenzie

Argo 2012
as CIA Director Stansfield Turner (uncredited)

People Like Us 2012
as Ike Rafferty

Dog Eat Dog 2012
as Old Man

Bending The Rules 2012
as Herb Gold

50/50 2011
as Alan

Mr. Popper's Penguins 2011
as Franklin

The Chicago 8 2011
as Judge Julius Hoffman

All Good Things 2010
as Malvern Bump

Fired Up! 2009
as Coach Byrnes

The Lodger 2009
as Captain Smith

Wonderful World 2009
as The Man

Rush Hour 3 2007
as Capt. William Diel

The TV Set 2007
as Vernon Maxwell

Zodiac 2007
as Sherwood Morrill

You Kill Me 2007
as Roman Krzeminski

The Shaggy Dog 2006
as Lance Strictland

Islander 2006
as Popper

Mrs. Harris 2005
as Arthur Schulte

The Zodiac 2005
as Frank Perkins

The Matador 2005
as Mr. Randy

The Amityville Horror 2005
as Father Callaway

Duck 2005
as Arthur Pratt

A Buck's Worth 2005
Actor

In Good Company 2004
as Eugene Kalb

A House on a Hill 2003
as Harry Mayfield

Die, Mommie, Die! 2003
as Sol Sussman

Path to War 2003
as Everett Dirksen

Bruce Almighty 2003
as Jack Baylor

Dogville 2003
as Tom Edison Sr.

A Gentleman's Game 2002
as Charlie Logan

The Sum of All Fears 2002
as Defense Secretary Becker

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis 2000
as Aristotle Onassis

The Contender 2000
as Oscar Billings

Lost Souls 2000
as Father James

Rules of Engagement 2000
as Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges

Altman on His Own Terms 2000
as Self

That Moment: Magnolia Diary 2000
as Self

The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
as Alvin MacCarron

Magnolia 1999
as Jimmy Gator

Cradle Will Rock 1999
as Gray Mathers

The Insider 1999
as Don Hewitt

Psycho Path 1999
as Self - Actor / Sheriff Chambers

Implicated 1999
as Mr. Sawyer

Let the Devil Wear Black 1999
as Sol Hirsch

Psycho 1998
as Sheriff Chambers

Enemy of the State 1998
as Mark Silverberg (uncredited)

Rush Hour 1998
as Captain Diel

Judas Kiss 1998
as Pobby Malavero

The Truman Show 1998
as Network Executive

Witness to the Mob 1998
as Toddo Aurello

Sour Grapes 1998
as Mr. Bell

Tempting Fate 1998
as Dr. Bardwell

Boogie Nights 1997
as Floyd Gondolli

Air Force One 1997
as Attorney General Ward

Buddy 1997
as Minister

Hard Eight 1997
as Sydney

Hit Me 1996
as Lenny Ish

The Rock 1996
as Chief Justice (uncredited)

The Little Death 1996
as Detective Snyder

Eye for an Eye 1996
as Sidney Hughes

Kiss of Death 1995
as Big Junior Brown

Without Warning 1994
as Dr. Kurt Lowden

Roswell 1994
as Roswell General

M.A.N.T.I.S. 1994
as 'Smitty'

Cigarettes & Coffee 1993
as Sydney

Live Wire 1992
as Senator Thyme

Stormy Weathers 1992
as Dr. Comden

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 1992
as Sam Gochenour

Blue Desert 1991
as Joe

Incident at Dark River 1989
as Dr. Leo Manus

An Innocent Man 1989
as Judge Kenneth Lavet

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story 1989
as Judge Blumenfeld

Ghostbusters II 1989
as Police Commissioner

How I Got Into College 1989
as Dean Patterson

Say Anything... 1989
as IRS Boss

Goddess of Love 1988
as Detective Charles

Midnight Run 1988
as Sidney

Three O'Clock High 1987
as Detective Mulvahill

The Spirit 1987
as Sevrin

Who Is Julia? 1986
as Dean May

Nothing in Common 1986
as Colonial Airlines Executive (uncredited)

Secret Honor 1984
as Richard Milhous Nixon

Games Mother Never Taught You 1982
as Lester Greene
- Dream on!
Dream on! 1981
Actor

This House Possessed 1981
as Clerk

The Man with Bogart's Face 1980
as Dr. Inman

The Night the Bridge Fell Down 1980
as Warren Meech

The Last Reunion 1980
as Mike Sills

Samurai 1979
as Prof. Owens

Terror Out of the Sky 1978
as Starrett

Coma 1978
as Doctor (uncredited)

Kill Me If You Can 1977
as Phillips

The Hostage Heart 1977
as Dr. Harvey Fees

Mayday at 40,000 Feet 1977
as Reporter

The Last Survivors 1975
Actor
- Throw Out the Anchor
Throw Out the Anchor 1974
as Ryan

Zabriskie Point 1970
as Diner Owner (uncredited)

Love-In '72 1970
as Father Reis
Credits from TMDB.