Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is a Saturn Award-winning American film and television actor. He has a considerable cult following amongst moviegoers.

Biography

Early life

Patrick was born in Marietta, Georgia and spent his early life in Ohio. He was a track and field and football athlete at Bowling Green State University, although he dropped out before graduating.

Career

Patrick shot to fame by starring opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He played the T-1000, a seemingly unstoppable Terminator that assumed human form, It was made of a substance that could mimic the appearance of humans by sampling them through physical contact; his character fought against Schwarzenegger's now "good" T-800. He again assumed the role of the T-1000 for two cameos. In Wayne's World, the T-1000 stops Wayne in the Mirthmobile while on the way to win back his girlfriend. Displaying a photo of John Connor, the T-1000 implores "Have you seen this boy?" to a horrified Wayne, who speeds away screaming. Patrick also played the T-1000 in a brief appearance in the big-budget action film spoof Last Action Hero: the T-1000 is seen exiting the Los Angeles police department at the same time as Basic Instinct's Catherine Tramell.

In 2000, Patrick appeared in several episodes of The Sopranos as a store owner struggling with gambling debts owed to DiMeo Crime Family capo Richie Aprile, and to Tony Soprano. Patrick also became well-known on the small screen in his role as Agent John Doggett from 2000 to 2002 in the final two seasons of The X-Files.

More recently, in 2005's Academy Award-winning Walk the Line, and in the TV Mini-series Elvis, Robert Patrick played the role of the father of Johnny Cash and of Elvis Presley, respectively. He currently has a regular role on The Unit, and is scheduled to finish filming Lonely Street, a comedy caper where his role is that of a certain Mr. Aaron, a mysterious celebrity thought to have faked his own death and who is none other than Elvis Presley. In October 2006, he starred in the WWE Films production, The Marine, as Rome, the villain. He was a casted member in "We Are Marshall" as the Marshall University head coach Rick Tolley, who lost his life in the historic plane crash. His credits also include a cameo role in a single episode of Lost.

Patrick is the narrator for the Spike TV show, Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol.

He has also appeared in Meat Loaf's Objects in the Rear View Mirror music video with Will Estes.

Personal life

Patrick is married to actress Barbara Patrick who appeared with him in some of his films such as Zero Tolerance and as Barbara Doggett in two episodes of The X-Files. He has a daughter (Austin) and a son (Samuel). Almost every year, he does the Love Ride, a charity motorcycle ride held annually in Southern California.

Robert is also the brother of Richard Patrick, former guitarist of Nine Inch Nails and lead singer of the rock bands Filter and Army Of Anyone.

Filmography

• Die Hard 2 (1990) … as O'Reilly
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) … as T-1000
• Broken (1992) … as police officer (Uncredited)
• Wayne's World (1992) … as Bad Cop (The T-1000)
• Fire in the Sky (1993) … as Mike Rogers
• Last Action Hero (1993) … as T-1000 (Cameo)
• Double Dragon (1994) … as Kogo Shuko aka Guisman
• The Cool Surface (1994) … as Jarvis Scott
• The Dig (1995) … as Cmdr. Boston Low (voice)
• The Outer Limits: "The Light Brigade" (1996)
• Striptease (1996) … as Darrell Grant
• Cop Land (1997) … as Jack Duffy
• The Vivero Letter (1998)
• The Faculty (1998) as Coach Joe Willis
• From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) as Buck
• Spy Kids (2001) … as Mr. Lisp
• The X-Files (2000–02) … as John Doggett
• D-Tox (2002) … as Noah
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) … as Ray Carter
• Stargate Atlantis (2004) … as Colonel Marshall Sumner
• Ladder 49 (2004) … as Lenny Richter
• Lost (2005) Outlaws... as Hibbs
• Supercross (2005) … as Earl Cole
• Walk the Line (2005) … as Ray Cash
• Firewall (2006) … as Gary Mitchell
• The Marine (2006) … as Rome
• Flags of our Fathers (2006) … as Colonel Chandler Johnson
• The Unit (2006) … as Colonel Tom Ryan
• We Are Marshall (2006) ... as Rick Tolley
• Lonely Street (2006) … as Mr. Aaron
• Bridge To Terabithia (2007) … as Jack Aarons

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