Philip Hall

Co-starred with Ben Kingsley in the mafia comedy thriller, "You Kill Me" directed by John Dahl

Appeared in the David Fincher directed, "Zodiac" based on the real life serial killer

Cast opposite Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear in "The Matador"

Starred in "The Amityville Horror," a remake of the 1979 film about a family that is terrorized after moving into a home that was the site of a mass-murder

Appeared in "Dogville," directed by Lars von Trier

Cast opposite Topher Grace and Dennis Quaid in the comedy "In Good Company" directed by Paul Weitz

Cast in the comedy "Bruce Almighty"

Portrayed Sen. Everett Dirksen in the made-for-tv feature "Path To War"

Acted the part of General Lawrence H Hodges in William Friedkin's "Rules of Engagement", about the trial of an army officer accused of inciting a riot killing many people in a third world country

Co-starred in Off-Broadway revival of "American Buffalo" with William H Macy

Played Joan Allen's father in "The Contender"

Portrayed a Catholic priest with a secret in "Lost Souls", starring Wynona Ryder and Ben Chaplin; feature directing debut for cinematographer Janusz Kaminski

Cast as "60 Minutes" producer Don Hewitt in Michael Mann's highly-praised look at tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigard in "The Insider"

Had supporting roles as a Fascist industrialist in Tim Robbins' "Cradle Will Rock" and as a detective in "The Talented Mr Ripley"

Reteamed with Paul Thomas Anderson to play a game show host in "Magnolia"

Appeared as a network executive in Peter Weir's "The Truman Show"

Played the sheriff in Gus Van Sant's remake of "Psycho"

Appeared in Anderson's "Boogie Nights" as a businessman who tries to warn producer Burt Reynolds about the impending video revolution

Had recurring role as Judge Joseph Vinocour in three episodes of "The Practice" and played Judge Canker in an episode the following season (but same year)

Garnered acclaim for his starring performance as Sydney, a paternalistic professional gambler, in "Hard Eight/Sydney", Paul Thomas Anderson's feature debut as writer-director

Returned to the boards as Chertikov, a leading follower of Tolstoy, opposite Julie Harris as Tolstoy's estranged wife in a State University of New York at Purchase production of Leon Katz's "Sonya"

Had high-profile supporting role as Big Junior, the dying father of Nicolas Cage's ruthless Little Junior, in the remake of "Kiss of Death"

Starred as Max, the tyrannical father of an oddball clan, in a Los Angeles stage production of Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming"

Starred as Sydney in neophyte writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's short film "Cigarettes and Coffee" in a part written specifically for him; short eventually expanded into the feature, "Sydney/Hard Eight"; had originally met Anderson (then a production assistant) while the two were working on a PBS special on political correctness ("Campus Culture Wars: Five Stories About PC", 1993)

Portrayed Lt Bookman, the library cop who confronts Jerry with the fact that he's had a copy of Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" since 1971, in NBC's "Seinfeld"

Played the recurring role of Ed Meyers during the final season of the long-running CBS primetime soap "Falcon Crest"

Appeared as Dr Harrison in three-part episode of "Family Ties" (NBC), centering around Steven's heart surgery

Had small role as Sydney in Martin Brest's "Midnight Run"

Debut as a TV series regular, playing Superintendent James Malone in the short-lived prison drama "Mariah" (ABC)

Gained critical acclaim portraying Nixon in Robert Altman's film version of "Secret Honor"; also designed costumes; first starring role in a feature

Starred on the NYC stage as President Richard Nixon in "Secret Honor", a one-man show which he had debuted at the L.A. Actors Theatre

Co-wrote (with James Shepard) and co-directed (with Andrew Fye) "The Far Other Side of a Very Thin Line", performed at L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum

TV miniseries acting debut, "The Bastard" (syndicated)

Acted in the telefilm pilot for NBC's "Man From Atlantis", a sci-fi adventure series starring Patrick Duffy

TV-movie debut, "Mayday at 40,000 Feet!" (CBS)

Moved to Los Angeles, where he became involved soon after in the L.A. Actors Theatre

Feature film debut, "Cowards"

Acted in NYC stage production of "In White America"

Appeared as the Leader in "Donogo" at the Greenwich Mews Theatre, NYC

Entered US Army after college

Raised in Ohio