Philip Baker Hall was equally regarded for his work with Paul Thomas Anderson and Robert Altman, as his guest spots on 'Seinfeld' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'
. The closest thing Hall had to a major breakthrough came in the early Eighties when he was cast as Richard Nixon in, a one-man show about the disgraced president; the original stage play received rave reviews, and Robert Altman adapted it into a film in 1984. Though not a massive commercial success, Hall’s performance was widely praised and helped cement his place as a reliable character actor.
in 2017, Hall offered a succinct description of the kind of roles he excelled in: “Men who are highly stressed, older men, who are at the limit of their tolerance for suffering and stress and pain. I had an affinity for playing those roles.”’s movies after meeting the young filmmaker when he was working as a production assistant on a PBS special. Hall starred in Anderson’s breakthrough short,, as well as classics like.
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