George Plimpton

Acting · Born 1927-03-18 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known for

• The Capote Tapes (2021)
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015)
• Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself (2012)
• Soul Power (2009)
• Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
• Factory Girl (2006)
• Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. (2003)
• Just Visiting (2001)
• Sam the Man (2001)
• Bullet in the Brain (2001)
• EDtv (1999)
• The Last Days of Disco (1998)
• Good Will Hunting (1997)
• When We Were Kings (1996)
• Nixon (1995)
• Just Cause (1995)
• The Donner Party (1992)
• Little Man Tate (1991)
• Coney Island (1991)
• L.A. Story (1991)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
• A Fool and His Money (1989)
• Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton (1986)
• Volunteers (1985)