George Plimpton

Known for

Acting

Born

March 18, 1927

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

September 26, 2003 (aged 76)

Biography

George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Plimpton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Best known work

Good Will Hunting

1997

The Simpsons

1989

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

ER

1994

Just Visiting

2001

EDtv

1999

Just Cause

1995

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990

Saturday Night Live

1975

Nixon

1995

Filmography

2021
The Capote Tapes
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2012
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Soul Power
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Shortcut to Happiness
as Self
2006
Factory Girl
as Himself
2006
Infamous
Book
2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonTV
as Self - writer (2 episodes)
2003
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
as Critic
2001
Bullet in the Brain
as Narrator
2001
A Nero Wolfe MysteryTV
as Winterhoff (2 episodes), as Cook (1 episode), as Lamont Otis (1 episode), as John Barrett (2 episodes), as Mr. Parker (2 episodes), as Nathaniel Parker (1 episode), as General Carpenter (1 episode)
2001
Just Visiting
as Dr. Brady
2001
Sam the Man
as Self
2000
DeadlineTV
as Bar Patron (1 episode)
1999
EDtv
as Panel Member
1998
The Last Days of Disco
as Clubgoer
1997
Good Will Hunting
as Psychologist
1997
Just Shoot Me!TV
as George Plimpton (1 episode)
1996
When We Were Kings
as Self
1996
The WestTV
as Self (voice) (1 episode)
1996
E! True Hollywood StoryTV
1995
Nixon
as President's Lawyer
1995
The Single GuyTV
as George Plimpton (1 episode)
1995
Central Park WestTV
1995
Just Cause
as Elder Phillips