Robert Patrick
Robert Hammond Patrick was born on November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, raised there and Boston, Mass., Dayton, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. The eldest of five children. He attended the Bowling Green State University in Ohio, but dropped out after he took a drama course and became interested in acting. After leaving college, he took a job as a house painter and continued as such until a boating accident in Lake Erie in 1984. He swam for three hours in order to save the others still stranded on the accident site, while he nearly drowned in his attempt. After the accident, he moved from Ohio to Los Angeles, California. He worked in a bar to supplement his income and even lived in his own car.
Patrick starred in various direct-to-video television movies, and had a short appearance in Die Hard 2 (1990). His breakthrough role came as the liquid-metal, shape-shifting T-1000 in James Cameron's blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After that, he landed roles in various feature films such as Last Action Hero (1993), Fire in the Sky (1993) and Striptease (1996). His performance in Fire in the Sky caught the attention of Chris Carter, creator of the television series The X-Files (1993). After David Duchovny distanced himself from the series during its seventh season, Patrick was cast as FBI Special Agent John Doggett.
On the small screen, Robert was a series regular on Season Six of HBO's True Blood (2008) and also appeared in the final season. He had a memorable role in the final season of Sons of Anarchy (2008), did a cameo role on the sitcom Community (2009), and had a supporting role in Season One on Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014) for the El Rey Network. In Spring 2017, it was announced that Robert would have a featured role in Gale Anne Hurd's highly anticipated Amazon series Lore (2017), based on the popular horror podcast. Recent film credits include Universal Pictures' Identity Thief (2013) with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, Warner Brothers' Gangster Squad (2013) in which he played Josh Brolin's squad member going up against Sean Penn as Mickey Cohan, Trouble with the Curve (2012) opposite Clint Eastwood, Lovelace (2013) opposite Sharon Stone and Amanda Seyfried, Universal's remake of Endless Love (2014) with Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde, Focus Features' Kill the Messenger (2014) opposite Jeremy Renner, and The Road Within (2014) with Kyra Sedgwick and Zoë Kravitz.
In addition to his acting success, Patrick is a lifelong supporter of the military and the USO. The grandson of an Army veteran who served during World Wars I and II and the Korean War, Patrick grew up with a profound respect for troops. Devoted to giving back, he regularly goes on USO hospital visits and has participated in four USO tours in seven countries since 2008, visiting more than 8,100 service members and military families. He is a passionate Harley-Davidson enthusiast and is co-owner of Harley-Davidson of Santa Clarita. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Barbara and their two children.
Patrick starred in various direct-to-video television movies, and had a short appearance in Die Hard 2 (1990). His breakthrough role came as the liquid-metal, shape-shifting T-1000 in James Cameron's blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After that, he landed roles in various feature films such as Last Action Hero (1993), Fire in the Sky (1993) and Striptease (1996). His performance in Fire in the Sky caught the attention of Chris Carter, creator of the television series The X-Files (1993). After David Duchovny distanced himself from the series during its seventh season, Patrick was cast as FBI Special Agent John Doggett.
On the small screen, Robert was a series regular on Season Six of HBO's True Blood (2008) and also appeared in the final season. He had a memorable role in the final season of Sons of Anarchy (2008), did a cameo role on the sitcom Community (2009), and had a supporting role in Season One on Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014) for the El Rey Network. In Spring 2017, it was announced that Robert would have a featured role in Gale Anne Hurd's highly anticipated Amazon series Lore (2017), based on the popular horror podcast. Recent film credits include Universal Pictures' Identity Thief (2013) with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, Warner Brothers' Gangster Squad (2013) in which he played Josh Brolin's squad member going up against Sean Penn as Mickey Cohan, Trouble with the Curve (2012) opposite Clint Eastwood, Lovelace (2013) opposite Sharon Stone and Amanda Seyfried, Universal's remake of Endless Love (2014) with Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde, Focus Features' Kill the Messenger (2014) opposite Jeremy Renner, and The Road Within (2014) with Kyra Sedgwick and Zoë Kravitz.
In addition to his acting success, Patrick is a lifelong supporter of the military and the USO. The grandson of an Army veteran who served during World Wars I and II and the Korean War, Patrick grew up with a profound respect for troops. Devoted to giving back, he regularly goes on USO hospital visits and has participated in four USO tours in seven countries since 2008, visiting more than 8,100 service members and military families. He is a passionate Harley-Davidson enthusiast and is co-owner of Harley-Davidson of Santa Clarita. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Barbara and their two children.
Known for
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Shelter in Solitude
Dark Asset
Royal Crackers
The Night Agent
1923
Reacher
Peacemaker
Rushed
No Man of God
What Josiah Saw
A Place Among the Dead
Honest Thief
Perry Mason
Back Roads
The Rising Hawk
Jarhead: Law of Return
The Laundromat
The Poison Rose
Tone-Deaf
SGT. Will Gardner
Mayans M.C.
Edge of Fear
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Lore
Last Rampage
Eloise
Street Level
Goliath
MacGyver
21 Days Under the Sky
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Hellions
Hollywood Adventures
Tell
The Road Within
Kill the Messenger
Scorpion
Lost After Dark
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Ask Me Anything
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Endless Love
Troubled Waters
Lovelace
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Identity Thief
Gangster Squad
Last Resort
Trouble with the Curve
Safe House
Halloween Wars
Red Faction: Origins
Good Day for It
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Mafia
The Wrath of Cain
The Walking Dead
Kill Speed
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
Five Minarets in New York
Edgar Floats
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Community
Alien Trespass
Lonely Street
True Blood
Sons of Anarchy
Autopsy
Fly Me to the Moon
Les petites étrangères
Strange Wilderness
Chuck
Balls of Fury
Burn Notice
Bridge to Terabithia
Flags of Our Fathers
The Marine
Psych
The Unit
Firewall
Ben 10
Walk the Line
Supercross
Hell's Kitchen
Elvis
Avatar: The Last Airbender
American Dad!
Ladder 49
Lost
The Batman
Stargate Atlantis
Bad Apple
NCIS
Duck Dodgers
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
First to Die
Pavement
Ticker
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Backflash
D-Tox
Texas Rangers
The Hire
Spy Kids
All the Pretty Horses
Mexico City
The Vivero Letter
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
The Sopranos
A Texas Funeral
The Faculty
Renegade Force
Perfect Assassins
Ambushed
Tactical Assault
Rag and Bone
Sink or Swim
The Legend of Calamity Jane
Cop Land
Asylum
The Angry Beavers
Rosewood
The Only Thrill
Superman: The Animated Series
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Striptease
Within the Rock
Decoy
Last Gasp
Body Language
The Outer Limits
Hong Kong 97
Double Dragon
Zero Tolerance
The Cool Surface
Body Shot
The X-Files
Last Action Hero
Fire in the Sky
WWE Raw
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
Wayne's World
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Hollywood Boulevard II
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Die Hard 2
The New Lassie
Tales from the Crypt
Warlords from Hell
Killer Instinct
Equalizer 2000
Eye of the Eagle
Future Hunters