“Palmer captures Bobby by curling his shoulders down and caving in his stomach. He moves with strangled strength, slumping tight against a wall to avoid Teach or twitching with craven nervousness as he strains to earn — and hold — Donny’s attention. Life has kicked a stupendous amount of shit out of Bobby, and Palmer lets it register. Palmer’s coup is letting Teach and Donny wonder whether he’s a desperate minion, a traitor or a fuckup.” - Seven Days, Vermont’s Independent Voice
American Buffalo by David Mamet
at Dorset Theater Festival
“The excellent cast is anchored by a strong and subtle performance by Oliver Palmer as Coleman. Coleman is a violent man, but Palmer reveals his confusion and grief in a way that doesn't excuse but does explain him. Palmer calibrates Coleman's mood swings perfectly, and he is a superb listener, which particularly matters here. (As it happens, I have seen a few shows recently that have scenes where the listening is as important as the talking, if not more so. The listeners' ability to listen, to really be there, varied, but the two best were Palmer and Glenn Close. That's damn good company to be in.)” - Show Showdown
Holy Ghosts by Romulus Linney
at Theatre East
“Treat Williams is Teach, Oliver Palmer is Bobby and Stephen Adly Guirgis is Donny…Still, it is Oliver Palmer’s authentic and sympathetic Bobby, also not too bright, desperately striving for acceptance, that becomes pivotal. The interaction between Guirgis’ Donny and Palmer’s Bobby created an emotional depth that gave the performance’s final moments real emotional wallop.” - Rutland Herald
American Buffalo by David Mamet
at Dorset Theater Festival
About
Oliver Palmer is a New York based actor-writer. He is featured in Warner Bros. ‘The Bride!’ directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal opposite Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley, as well as numerous TV shows such as ‘Godfather of Harlem’, ‘FBI: Most Wanted’, ‘Blue Bloods’ and others. He made his regional theater debut in ‘American Buffalo’ with Treat Williams and Stephen Adly Guirgis and recently his off broadway debut at the Vineyard Theatre in Tori Sampson’s ‘This Land Was Made’.
Originally from Owensboro, Kentucky, Oliver is an impassioned storyteller dedicated to sharing southern stories through multiple mediums. Passions include horseback riding, backpacking, and barbecue.
As a screenwriter, his feature screenplay "Ain't it Though" was nominated for best feature at Film Invasion LA, his short film "Narrow Path" which he wrote, directed and starred in won first place at the Berlin Indie Film Festival and was selected for the American Golden Picture awards, and his short screenplay “German Ridge” was a finalist at the Sedona International Film Festival, a quarter finalist at the Renoe-Tahoe Screenplay Contest, and was selected at the Oregon Short Film festival and the Deep in the Heart film festival. “German Ridge” was filmed in 2024 on 16 mm film with Andre Bato Productions and won Best Drama Short at the Waco Independent Film Festival, where Oliver was also nominated for Best Dramatic Performance.
Palmer is a graduate of NYU Tisch, the Stella Adler Studio and the Experimental Theater Wing and a proud member of Theatre East, Smith Street Stage, and LABryinth's Intensive Ensemble.
