George Plimpton - Actor Profile

George Plimpton

36Movies
10.0 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2021 The Capote Tapes Self (voice) (archive footage) ★ 5.9 FLOP
2015 Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead Self - Actor (archive footage) ★ 6.6 HIT
2012 Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself Himself (archive footage) ★ 7.7 HIT
2009 Soul Power Self (archive footage) ★ 6.4 FLOP
2007 Shortcut to Happiness Self ★ 5.6 FLOP
2006 Factory Girl Himself ★ 6.0 FLOP
2003 Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. Critic ★ 6.3 FLOP
2001 Bullet In The Brain Narrator ★ 5.8 FLOP
2001 Just Visiting Dr. Brady ★ 4.7 FLOP
2001 Sam the Man Self ★ 2.3 FLOP
1999 EDtv Panel Member ★ 6.0 FLOP
1998 The Last Days of Disco Clubgoer ★ 6.2 FLOP
1997 Good Will Hunting Psychologist ★ 8.2 HIT
1996 When We Were Kings Self ★ 7.5 HIT
1995 Nixon President's Lawyer ★ 6.9 HIT
1995 Just Cause Elder Phillips ★ 6.3 FLOP
1992 The Donner Party voice ★ 6.8 HIT
1991 Little Man Tate Winston F. Buckner ★ 6.5 HIT
1991 L.A. Story Straight Weatherman ★ 6.5 HIT
1991 Coney Island (voice) ★ 6.0 FLOP
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities Well Wisher ★ 5.6 FLOP
1989 A Fool and His Money Gott ★ 4.3 FLOP
1986 Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton Himself (Host) ★ 1.0 FLOP
1985 Volunteers Lawrence Bourne Jr. ★ 5.5 FLOP
1984 Garbo Talks Self (uncredited) ★ 6.2 FLOP
1984 Good Morning, Mr. Orwell Self - Host ★ 8.1 HIT
1981 Reds Horace Whigham ★ 6.9 HIT
1979 Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration Narrator ★ 1.0 FLOP
1978 If Ever I See You Again Lawrence ★ 10.0 HIT
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover Quentin Reynolds ★ 4.9 FLOP
1970 Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo Narrator ★ 0.0 FLOP
1970 Rio Lobo George, Whitey's 4th Henchman ★ 6.5 HIT
1968 The Queen Self ★ 6.2 FLOP
1968 The Detective Reporter (uncredited) ★ 5.9 FLOP
1968 Beyond the Law Mayor ★ 4.8 FLOP
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Bedouin (uncredited) ★ 8.0 HIT