25 Facts About Patrick Bateman

Patrick Bateman is a fictional character created by novelist Bret Easton Ellis.

Patrick Bateman is the villain protagonist and narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho and is portrayed by Christian Bale in the 2000 film adaptation.

Patrick Bateman is a wealthy and materialistic yuppie and Wall Street investment banker who leads a secret life as a serial killer.

Patrick Bateman has briefly appeared in other Ellis novels and their film and theatrical adaptations.

Patrick Bateman's parents have a house on Long Island, and he mentions a summer house in Newport.

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Patrick Bateman's parents divorced sometime earlier, while his mother became sick and now resides at a sanatorium.

Patrick Bateman is assumed to be dead as he is mentioned only in the past tense during the novel.

Patrick Bateman graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Business School, and moved to New York City.

Patrick Bateman realizes that the punishment and notoriety he desires will be forever out of his reach, and that he is trapped inside a meaningless existence: "This is not an exit".

Patrick Bateman is engaged to an equally wealthy, shallow woman named Evelyn Williams.

Patrick Bateman has a mistress on the side named Courtney Lawrence, the girlfriend of a colleague he hates and has regular liaisons with prostitutes and women he encounters at clubs, many of whom end up being his victims.

Patrick Bateman feels that she is the only person in his life who is not completely shallow, so he cannot bring himself to seduce or kill her.

Patrick Bateman casually acknowledges her as "Jean, my secretary who is in love with me" and introduces her in the narration as someone whom he "will probably end up married to someday".

Patrick Bateman kills many of his victims because they make him feel inadequate, usually by having better taste than he does.

Patrick Bateman often expresses doubts regarding his own sanity and he has periodic attacks of psychosis, during which he hallucinates.

Patrick Bateman takes psychotropics, like Xanax, to control these emotions.

Patrick Bateman publicly espouses a philosophy of tolerance, equality, and "traditional moral values" because he thinks it will make him more likeable, but is in fact virulently racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic.

Patrick Bateman's apartment is firmly controlled in terms of look and taste, with the latest music, food, and art.

Patrick Bateman kills more or less indiscriminately, with no preferred type of victim and no consistent or preferred method of killing.

Patrick Bateman kills men because they upset or annoy him or make him feel inferior.

Patrick Bateman made his first appearance in Ellis's 1987 novel The Rules of Attraction ; no indication is given that he is a serial killer.

Patrick Bateman makes a short appearance in Ellis's 1998 novel Glamorama, with "strange stains" on the lapel of his Armani suit.

Patrick Bateman appeared in the American Psycho 2000 e-mails, which were written as an advertisement campaign for the movie.

Patrick Bateman appeared in Ellis's 2005 novel Lunar Park, in which the fictionalized Bret Easton Ellis confesses that writing American Psycho felt like channelling the words of a violent spirit rather than writing anything himself.

Patrick Bateman was portrayed by Dechen Thurman, a brother of Uma Thurman, in the 2000 documentary This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis.

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