Hollywood star Oliver Platt looks almost unrecognisable during rare public outing in New York

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Hollywood star Oliver Platt was seen on a rare outing over the weekend in New York.
Although the actor continues to star on television on the hit series Chicago Med, the 65-year-old keeps a low profile away from the screen, looking almost unrecognisable when not in character as Dr Daniel Charles.
On Saturday, Platt was photographed looking thinner than usual as he made his way around the West Village in Manhattan.
For his brisk walk, the actor wore a grey collared shirt, navy shorts, white crew socks and black leather sneakers.
Platt may not be in the public eye as much, but he is still very present in the acting world.
The actor is still in demand not only starring on Chicago Med and occasionally crossing over to its sister shows Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., but he also stars in the award-winning drama The Bear.
Luckily for Platt, the series starring Jeremy Allen White films on the same Chicago lot as Chicago Med, so he just has to make his way from one trailer to another.
'It was the craziest thing. Literally, [the script] just landed in my lap. I work on Chicago Med in Chicago and all of a sudden I was sent this script that was shot in Chicago,' Platt said in an interview with Gold Derby last year.
'It literally shot on the same freaking lot. A couple of times in the second season, I would start the day as a kindly psychiatrist and then step down from one trailer, walk about 200 yards, and become a sketchy, mysterious neighbourhood character with a heart of gold, shall we say,' he laughs about his shady character on The Bear, Cicero aka Uncle Jimmy.
'It's kind of fun, actually. And who should be so lucky? I'm the luckiest guy in showbiz,' he said.
Platt's appearance on the weekend is a far cry from the star fans knew in the 90s who starred on big-screen winners such as Lake Placid, The Three Musketeers and Flatliners.
The latter is psychological thriller about a group of medical students who would experiment by stopping their heartbeat to prove there is life after death. The drama also starred Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Kiefer Sutherland.
Platt went on to achieve success on the small screen too, receiving a total of five Primetime Emmy Supporting Actor nominations over the years for his work on Nip/Tuck, Huff and The West Wing.