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| Born | November 5 1958 Marietta, Georgia, United States |
| Years active | 1986 to present |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Patrick (1990 to present) |
Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is a Saturn Award-winning American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his memorable performance as the T-1000, the shape-shifting cyborg and main antagonist of James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgement Day. He reprised the role for cameo appearances in 1992's Wayne's World and 1993's Last Action Hero. This increased profile led to roles in movies such as Cop Land, Spy Kids, The Faculty, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as well as a recurring role in the TV series The Sopranos. Patrick has since acted in science fiction-oriented television series, with recurring roles in The Outer Limits and more notably The X-Files, where he starred in arguably his most significant role since Terminator 2 as the skeptical Agent John Doggett. More recently, Patrick portrayed Johnny Cash's abusive father in 2005's Academy Award-winning Walk the Line. He currently appears on CBS's action-drama series The Unit.
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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.[1][2] 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 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, 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. 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 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.[3] He is the current president of Chapter 101 of the Boozefighters motorcycle club. Photos of his attendance at the 2007 Annual Toy Run in Fort Worth Texas are here: url=http://www.photohara.com/toy.htm 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
- 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
- "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 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
- 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
- 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 Outfit (2006)
- The Unit (Television series, 2006- present) … as Colonel Tom Ryan
- We Are Marshall (2006) … as Head Coach Rick Tolley
- Lonely Street (2006) … as Mr. Aaron
- 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
