Robert Patrick Biography
Summary
"Robert Patrick" (born November 5, 1958) is a Saturn Award-winning American film and television actor. His best known roles include John Doggett in "The X-Files", Ray Cash in "Walk the Line", Colonel Thomas Ryan in "The Unit" and the T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", a character that became a staple of popular culture. Other acting credits include "Cop Land", "Die Hard 2", "Spy Kids", "The Marine", "The Faculty" and "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" as well as recurring roles in the TV series "The Sopranos" and "The Outer Limits".
Biography
Early life
Patrick, the oldest of five siblings, was born "Robert Patrick, Jr." in Marietta, Georgia, the son of Nadine and Robert Patrick, a banker. He spent his early life in Bay Village, a small suburb of Cleveland, 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 and other objects by sampling them through physical contact; his character fought against Schwarzenegger's now 'good' T-101. He again assumed the role of the T-1000 for four other projects. 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. The third in which Patrick portrayed the T-1000 was in the recorded film clip portions of the "T2 3-D: Battle Across Time" Universal Studios attraction. Most recently, he portrayed the T-1000 in a Direct TV commercial using a helicopter scene from Terminator 2.
In 2000, Patrick appeared in several episodes of "The Sopranos" as, David Scatino, 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", which also marked his first role as a protagonist. In 2004, he made a guest appearance in the pilot episodes (Parts 1 and 2) for Sci-Fi Channel's original series "Stargate Atlantis", 'Rising', as the military component commander of the Atlantis expedition, Col. Marshall Sumner.
More recently, in 2005's Academy Award-winning "Walk the Line", and in the TV miniseries "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" (which also included an homage to The Terminator) as Rome, the villain. He also appeared in "We Are Marshall" as Marshall University head coach Rick Tolley, who lost his life when Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed 4,219 feet short of Huntington Tri-State Airport's runway in 1970. His credits also include a cameo role in a single episode of "Lost", as well as playing Master Piandao in an episode of "Avatar: the Last Airbender".
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 two children, a son, Samuel, and a daughter, Austin. Almost every year, he does the Love Ride, a charity motorcycle ride held annually in Southern California. He is the current president of Chapter 101 of the Boozefighters motorcycle club.
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 infringement
"Eye of the Eagle" (1986) ... as Johnny Ransom
"Equalizer 2000" (1986) ... as Deke
"Future Hunters" (1986) ... as Slade
"Killer Instinct" (1987) ... as Johnny Ransom
"Die Hard 2" (1990) ... as O'Reilly
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991) ... as T-1000
"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 Koga Shuko aka Guisman
"Hong Kong '97" (1994) ... as Reginald Cameron
'Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are' (1994) ... as the father
"The Cool Surface" (1994) ... as Jarvis Scott
"Zero Tolerance" (1995) ... as Jeff Douglas
"The Outer Limits": 'Quality of Mercy (1995) - Major John Skokes
"The Dig" (1995) ... as Cmdr. Boston Low (voice)
"The Outer Limits": 'The Light Brigade' (1996) - Major John Skokes
"Striptease" (1996) ... as Darrell Grant
"Cop Land" (1997) ... as Jack Duffy
"The Vivero Letter" (1998)
"The Faculty" (1998) ... as Coach Joe Willis
"Perfect Assassins" (1998) (TV) ... as Leo Benita
"From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money" (1999) ... as Buck
"Rogue Force" (1999) ... as Rogue Swat Team Leader
"The Sopranos" (2000) ... as David Scatino
"Spy Kids" (2001) ... as Mr. Lisp
"The X-Files" (2000–02) ... as John Doggett
"D-Tox" (2002) ... as Noah
"Pavement" (2002) ... as Samuel Brown
"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" (2003) ... as Ray Carter
"Stargate Atlantis" (2004) ... as Colonel Marshall Sumner
"Ladder 49" (2004) as Lenny Richter
"1st to Die" (2004) as Nick Jenkins - Based on the Women's Murder Club book by James Patterson
"Elvis" (2005) ... as Vernon Presley
"Lost" (2005) Outlaws ... as Hibbs
"Supercross" (2005) ... as Earl Cole
"Walk the Line" (2005) ... as Ray Cash
"Law and Order SVU" (2005) (Episode 'Demons') ... as Ray Schenkel
"Firewall" (2006) ... as Gary Mitchell
"The Marine" (2006) ... as Rome
"Flags of Our Fathers" (2006) ... as Colonel Chandler Johnson
"The Outfit" (2006) ... as Deuce Williams
"The Unit" (Television series, 2006- present) ... as Colonel Tom Ryan
"We Are Marshall" (2006) ... as Head Coach Rick Tolley (uncredited)
"Bridge To Terabithia" (2007) ... as Jack Aarons
"Fly Me to the Moon" (2007) ... as Louie
"Balls of Fury" (2007) ... as Sgt. Pete Daytona
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" (2007) ... as Piandao
"Women's Murder Club" (2007) ... unaired pilot; dropped from cast before ABC aired the series
"Strange Wilderness" (2008) ... as Gus Hayden
"Lonely Street" (2008) ... as Mr. Aaron
"Autopsy" (2008) ... as TBA
External links infringement
(Robert Patrick bio) at CBS, "The Unit"
Credit
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