Character actor Philip Baker Hall

Hot granddaddy who played the private investigator in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and countless other roles. He also starred with Gwyneth in "Hard Eight."

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• He's Bookman from Seinfeld. He's also in Boogie Nights.

• Gwyneth played a down on her luck hooker in "Hard Eight."

• LOVE him as "The Colonel" in Boogie Nights!

• Personally, I love him as Charles Busch's constipated husband in Die Mommy Die!

• Also great as Jimmy Gator in Magnolia.

  Anonymous

• His acting style is naturalistic but he'd be very dull if he played the lead.

• Hugely talented, he worked in 2 (I think) Paul Thomas Anderson movies (Hard Eight and Magnolia) and he was absolutely mesmerizing.

  Anonymous

• R6 He was the lead in Hard Eight and I could not take my eyes off him. Very charismatic character actor! Hard Eight is one of those hidden gems movies from PTA - great great movie, if you like character driven stories. Goopy, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson were in it too and they were all AMAZING!

  Anonymous