Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall

1931-09-10 Toledo, Ohio, USA 107 Credits

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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.

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Dear Chickens

Dear Chickens

2018

as Emil

10.0
Acting

When a stubborn old man and a fretful teenaged girl are forced to share a hospital room, an unexpected friendship forms over their hatred of fake chee...

Person to Person

Person to Person

2017

as Jimmy

5.2
Acting

Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

The Last Word

The Last Word

2017

as Edward

6.6
Acting

A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of find...

Playing It Cool

Playing It Cool

2014

as Granddad

5.9
Acting

A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.

Altman

Altman

2014

as Self

6.5
Acting

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution o...

Clear History

Clear History

2014

as McKenzie

6.0
Acting

Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He ...

Showing Up

Showing Up

2014

as Self

9.2
Acting

An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe ...

Bad Words

Bad Words

2013

as Dr. Bowman

6.4
Acting

Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

Argo

Argo

2012

as CIA Director Stansfield Turner (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter ...

People Like Us

People Like Us

2012

as Ike Rafferty

6.8
Acting

After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must de...

Dog Eat Dog

Dog Eat Dog

2012

as Old Man

10.0
Acting

When Oliver becomes obsessed with a dog at the pound, he finds himself in a desperate rivalry with an unexpected stranger.

Bending The Rules

Bending The Rules

2012

as Herb Gold

5.4
Acting

Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind b...

50/50

50/50

2011

as Alan

7.2
Acting

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Mr. Popper's Penguins

2011

as Franklin

6.0
Acting

Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins...

The Chicago 8

The Chicago 8

2011

as Judge Julius Hoffman

5.6
Acting

Based on actual court transcripts of 8 anti-war protesters on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicag...

All Good Things

All Good Things

2010

as Malvern Bump

6.1
Acting

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murd...

Fired Up!

Fired Up!

2009

as Coach Byrnes

6.1
Acting

Popular high schoolers and best friends Shawn and Nick decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.

The Lodger

The Lodger

2009

as Captain Smith

5.7
Acting

Follows a seasoned detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It appears that...

Wonderful World

Wonderful World

2009

as The Man

5.3
Acting

Ben Singer is a failed children's folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive. F...

Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3

2007

as Capt. William Diel

6.5
Acting

After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous...

The TV Set

The TV Set

2007

as Vernon Maxwell

6.0
Acting

As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network e...

Zodiac

Zodiac

2007

as Sherwood Morrill

7.5
Acting

The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

You Kill Me

You Kill Me

2007

as Roman Krzeminski

6.1
Acting

While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return ...

The Shaggy Dog

The Shaggy Dog

2006

as Lance Strictland

4.9
Acting

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris

2006

as Arthur Schulte

5.9
Acting

Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean ...

Islander

Islander

2006

as Popper

6.0
Acting

After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast b...

The Zodiac

The Zodiac

2005

as Frank Perkins

5.5
Acting

An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims mor...

The Matador

The Matador

2005

as Mr. Randy

6.3
Acting

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a my...

The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror

2005

as Father Callaway

6.1
Acting

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sl...

Duck

Duck

2005

as Arthur Pratt

6.9
Acting

An aging widower and a duck encounter helpful and hostile characters as they search for a place and a reason to live.

A Buck's Worth

A Buck's Worth

2005

Acting

Gun in hand, a homeless man requests a dollar.

In Good Company

In Good Company

2004

as Eugene Kalb

6.0
Acting

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naiv...

A House on a Hill

A House on a Hill

2003

as Harry Mayfield

Acting

A once-successful architect (Philip Baker Hall) has become a grumpy loner, but a young couple plead with him to come out of retirement to rebuild his ...

Die, Mommie, Die!

Die, Mommie, Die!

2003

as Sol Sussman

6.6
Acting

Angela Arden is a washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marr...

Path to War

Path to War

2003

as Everett Dirksen

6.7
Acting

A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside t...

Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty

2003

as Jack Baylor

6.7
Acting

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bru...

Dogville

Dogville

2003

as Tom Edison Sr.

7.8
Acting

When beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and...

A Gentleman's Game

A Gentleman's Game

2002

as Charlie Logan

4.8
Acting

A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

2002

as Defense Secretary Becker

6.4
Acting

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia a...

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

2000

as Aristotle Onassis

Acting

Told in flashbacks as Jackie reflects on her life, mini is divided in two parts: Life as a Kennedy and life after Camelot.

Lost Souls

Lost Souls

2000

as Father James

5.0
Acting

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected...

The Contender

The Contender

2000

as Oscar Billings

6.7
Acting

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. W...

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

2000

as Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges

6.2
Acting

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

Psycho Path

Psycho Path

2000

as Self - Actor / Sheriff Chambers

6.7
Acting

Documentary on the making of Gus Van Sant's "Psycho."

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

That Moment: Magnolia Diary

2000

as Self

7.6
Acting

A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magn...

Altman on His Own Terms

Altman on His Own Terms

2000

as Self

Acting

A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. The genius director who shook the cinema industry w...

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999

as Alvin MacCarron

7.2
Acting

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U...

Magnolia

Magnolia

1999

as Jimmy Gator

7.7
Acting

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy geniu...

Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

1999

as Gray Mathers

6.5
Acting

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

The Insider

The Insider

1999

as Don Hewitt

7.5
Acting

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Let the Devil Wear Black

Let the Devil Wear Black

1999

as Sol Hirsch

4.1
Acting

A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.

Implicated

Implicated

1999

as Mr. Sawyer

3.0
Acting

In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother,...

Psycho

Psycho

1998

as Sheriff Chambers

5.1
Acting

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

1998

as Mark Silverberg (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert 'Bobby' Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday ...

Rush Hour

Rush Hour

1998

as Captain Diel

7.0
Acting

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Dete...

Judas Kiss

Judas Kiss

1998

as Pobby Malavero

5.7
Acting

The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998

as Network Executive

8.1
Acting

Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, ...

Witness to the Mob

Witness to the Mob

1998

as Toddo Aurello

7.1
Acting

Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's b...

Sour Grapes

Sour Grapes

1998

as Mr. Bell

5.6
Acting

The bond between cousins is tested when one wins a fortune with the other's money at Atlantic City.

Tempting Fate

Tempting Fate

1998

as Dr. Bardwell

6.3
Acting

A man who is still mourning the death of the woman he loves, meets a man who says he created a machine that can bring anyone to a parallel world. He g...

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

1997

as Floyd Gondolli

7.6
Acting

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his cra...

Air Force One

Air Force One

1997

as Attorney General Ward

6.5
Acting

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossibl...

Buddy

Buddy

1997

as Minister

4.8
Acting

An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.

Hit Me

Hit Me

1996

as Lenny Ish

5.6
Acting

A bellhop living with his mentally impaired brother becomes involved with an unbalanced woman and a scheme to steal guests' valuables.

The Rock

The Rock

1996

as Chief Justice (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

Hard Eight

Hard Eight

1996

as Sydney

6.9
Acting

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

The Little Death

The Little Death

1996

as Detective Snyder

4.2
Acting

A photographer obsessed with a wealthy man's beautiful wife kills her jealous husband in self-defense. The deceased man's down-and-out musician son so...

Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

1996

as Sidney Hughes

6.2
Acting

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Ro...

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

1995

as Big Junior Brown

5.7
Acting

Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened....

Without Warning

Without Warning

1994

as Dr. Kurt Lowden

6.7
Acting

A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems nat...

Roswell

Roswell

1994

as Roswell General

6.0
Acting

Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth ...

M.A.N.T.I.S.

M.A.N.T.I.S.

1994

as 'Smitty'

4.5
Acting

A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N....

Cigarettes & Coffee

Cigarettes & Coffee

1993

as Sydney

6.7
Acting

Cigarettes & Coffee tells the story of five people's lives all interconnected through a $20 bill.

Live Wire

Live Wire

1992

as Senator Thyme

5.3
Acting

Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within t...

Stormy Weathers

Stormy Weathers

1992

as Dr. Comden

4.7
Acting

Shepherd is the detective hired by an aristocratic Italian to locate a relative and thereby solve an ancient inheritance problem. As she sinks into th...

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

1992

as Sam Gochenour

5.8
Acting

Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on J...

Blue Desert

Blue Desert

1991

as Joe

4.0
Acting

After surviving rape, comic-book artist Lisa Roberts moves from New York City to small town in Arizona. But there's danger in small towns too.

Incident at Dark River

Incident at Dark River

1989

as Dr. Leo Manus

Acting

When Tim McFall's young daughter dies as the result of toxic waste dumped in the local river, he tries to shut down the company and everybody turns ag...

An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man

1989

as Judge Kenneth Lavet

6.1
Acting

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a maj...

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

1989

as Judge Blumenfeld

8.4
Acting

Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help...

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

1989

as Police Commissioner

6.6
Acting

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

How I Got Into College

How I Got Into College

1989

as Dean Patterson

5.9
Acting

High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a ...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

1989

as IRS Boss

7.0
Acting

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about ev...

Goddess of Love

Goddess of Love

1988

as Detective Charles

4.0
Acting

The god Zeus sends Venus, the goddess of love, to Earth to find her own true love.

Midnight Run

Midnight Run

1988

as Sidney, Chicago mobster

7.2
Acting

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I....

Three O'Clock High

Three O'Clock High

1987

as Detective Mulvahill

6.8
Acting

Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Reve...

The Spirit

The Spirit

1987

as Sevrin

4.6
Acting

A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.

Who Is Julia?

Who Is Julia?

1986

as Dean May

7.2
Acting

A strikingly beautiful and wealthy woman is hit by a truck and is all smashed up and nearly killed. At nearly the same time, a very plain looking lowe...

Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

1986

as Colonial Airlines Executive (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Secret Honor

Secret Honor

1984

as Richard Milhous Nixon

6.9
Acting

In his New Jersey study, Richard Nixon retraces the missteps of his political career, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for Watergate an...

Games Mother Never Taught You

Games Mother Never Taught You

1982

as Lester Greene

Acting

Hard-working career wife Laura becomes the first female executive in an all-male office and is dismayed to find she now has to learn the rules of the ...

Dream on!

1981

Acting

Dream On! takes real risks with cinema as form...manifesting a kind of narrative-collage. The film's action follows a group of young actors as they st...

This House Possessed

This House Possessed

1981

as Clerk

5.7
Acting

A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, th...

The Man with Bogart's Face

The Man with Bogart's Face

1980

as Dr. Inman

6.3
Acting

In this send-up of the Humphrey Bogart detective films of the 1940s, a man idolizes Bogart so much that he has his features altered to look exactly li...

The Night the Bridge Fell Down

The Night the Bridge Fell Down

1980

as Warren Meech

6.1
Acting

A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins collapsing at both ends. Not only that, but there's a gun-wielding bank robber usin...

The Last Reunion

The Last Reunion

1980

as Mike Sills

4.9
Acting

Several members of a platoon of American soldiers not only kill a Japanese general, but also rape and murder the man's wife. The couple's son, Kimon, ...

Samurai

Samurai

1979

as Prof. Owens

Acting

Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to des...

Terror Out of the Sky

Terror Out of the Sky

1978

as Starrett

4.8
Acting

TV sequel to "The Savage Bees" featuring more rampaging insects. This time a marching band and a school bus get in the path of the bees.

The Bastard

The Bastard

1978

as Shopkeeper

5.0
Acting

Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath o...

Coma

Coma

1978

as Doctor (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

A young female doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple oper...

Kill Me If You Can

Kill Me If You Can

1977

as Phillips

Acting

The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed.

The Hostage Heart

The Hostage Heart

1977

as Dr. Harvey Fees

Acting

When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and dr...

Mayday at 40,000 Feet

Mayday at 40,000 Feet

1977

as Reporter

6.4
Acting

The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a hea...

The Last Survivors

The Last Survivors

1975

4.7
Acting

When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an ap...

Throw Out the Anchor

1974

as Ryan

4.7
Acting

A comedy about an unemployed widower who heads to Florida with his children for a vacation on a houseboat. When he gets there there is no houseboat

Zabriskie Point

Zabriskie Point

1970

as Diner Owner (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the author...

Love-In '72

Love-In '72

1970

as Father Reis

10.0
Acting

A man must decide whether to flee the U.S. draft and go to Canada or stay or go fight for his country in Vietnam.