Robert Patrick

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Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is an American film and television actor.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Patrick was born in Marietta, Georgia. He was a track and field and Football athlete at Bowling Green State University. His brother Richard Patrick is the lead singer of the band Filter.

[edit] 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.

In 2000, Patrick appeared in several episodes of The Sopranos as a store owner struggling with gambling debts owed to DiMeo Crime Family soldier Richie Aprile. 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. While many fans were apprehensive about the last two years of the show, most were satisfied with Patrick's performance.^{[citation needed]}

More recently, in 2005's 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.

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

[edit] 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), a son (Samuel). Almost every year, he does the Love Ride, an annual motorbike race that raises money for charities.

[edit] 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 (TV series) (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 Mr. Jesse Aarons, Sr.

[edit] External links

• Robert Patrick Bio at CBS - The Unit
• Robert Patrick at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Patrick Official website