Patrick Connolly Bergin was born on 4 February 1951 and is an Irish actor and singer.
16 Facts About Patrick Bergin
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Patrick Bergin's father, Paddy Bergin, was a Labour Party politician who once studied to be a priest with the Holy Ghost Fathers in Blackrock, Ireland.
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Patrick Bergin left Dublin for London in 1973, and by the time he was 17 he was in London running a theatre company.
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Patrick Bergin worked on building sites and at a library.
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Patrick Bergin studied at night and completed an education degree from North London Polytechnic.
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Patrick Bergin was an English teacher for several years, then formed his own theatrical company because "no one else would have him".
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In 1980, Patrick Bergin decided to pursue acting full-time and found work in repertory theatre.
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Patrick Bergin played the explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton in Mountains of the Moon and followed this with diverse acting roles, including a trilogy of Yeats plays; Morphine and Dolly Mixtures, for which he won a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor; Durango, based on John B Keane's novel; hosting TnaG's Suilin Draiochta; and narrating Patrick Cassidy's Famine Remembrance.
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Patrick Bergin played the menacing husband of Julia Roberts' character in the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy.
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Patrick Bergin is known for his role as Irish terrorist Kevin O'Donnell in the film adaptation of Tom Clancy's Patriot Games.
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Patrick Bergin described 1996 as the lowest point in his career, a time when he rarely received any calls for film roles.
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Patrick Bergin joined the BBC soap opera EastEnders towards the end of 2017, departing in March 2018.
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Patrick Bergin appeared in the video of DJ Steve Mac's song "Paddy's Revenge".
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Patrick Bergin was onstage singing the Leonard Cohen song "Anthem" as Pope Francis, on his visit to Ireland, arrived in Croke Park for the Festival of Families as part of the World Meeting of Families 2018.
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In 1993, Patrick Bergin bought an old church in County Tipperary and converted it into a poetry centre.
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At a wedding in the early 1980s, Patrick Bergin met his future wife, Paula Frazier.