Who plays Jimmy Cicero Kalinowski in The Bear's final season?

Oliver Platt plays Jimmy “Cicero” Kalinowski in The Bear’s final season. Jimmy, commonly called Uncle Jimmy, is a Berzatto family friend, investor and one of the people with a major financial stake in the restaurant.

Cicero’s connection to the family goes back to Carmy, Sugar and Mikey’s father. He was once close to the Berzatto family and became a practical source of money and blunt advice when Mikey’s sandwich shop struggled. After Carmy transforms The Beef into The Bear, Cicero remains involved because his investment ties the restaurant’s artistic ambitions to its financial survival.

Oliver Platt gives the character a mixture of impatience, affection and dry humor. Jimmy can sound cynical about the restaurant’s expensive choices, but his criticism is also rooted in concern about the family and the business. In the final season, financial problems push him into an especially consequential role as the restaurant’s future becomes uncertain.

The character is easy to confuse with other older male guest stars, particularly Bob Odenkirk’s Uncle Lee or Brian Koppelman’s Uncle Computer. They are separate characters, while Jimmy “Cicero” Kalinowski is played by Oliver Platt.