1. Patrick Fischler was born on December 29,1969 and is an American character actor known for his roles as Jimmy Barrett on the drama series Mad Men, Dharma Initiative worker Phil on the drama series Lost, and Detective Kenny No-Gun on the police drama Southland.
Patrick Fischler played the recurring roles of Stu on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jake Steiner on Grey's Anatomy, Ken on Veep, Gabriel on Californication, A Elliott Stemple on Suits, Dr Davis Bannercheck on Silicon Valley, Wade Shelton on Shameless, Isaac Heller on Once Upon a Time, Duncan Todd on Twin Peaks, Dan Rifkin on Defending Jacob, and Lon O'Neil on Barry.
The Santa Monica restaurant Patrick Fischler's Roadhouse was started by his father and is named for him.
An agent saw Patrick Fischler perform at a Neurotic Young Urbanites production, then arranged for him to attend an audition for the 1994 action film Speed, Patrick Fischler's first film acting job.
In 1998, Patrick Fischler starred in the independent film The Week That Girl Died, a romantic comedy about three long-time friends in a small New England fishing town.
Patrick Fischler appeared in David Lynch's 2001 psychological thriller Mulholland Drive as a man describing a nightmare he had.
Patrick Fischler appeared in the films Twister, Ghost World, and Old School.
Patrick Fischler auditioned for the role of insult comic Jimmy Barrett on the AMC drama series Mad Men, of which he was a fan.
Alex Witchel, a writer from The New York Times Magazine who sat in on Patrick Fischler's audition, said he was "breathtakingly good".
Patrick Fischler received a great deal of exposure and increase in name recognition after his role on Mad Men.
Patrick Fischler was cast in Lost immediately after the pilot for Southland was filmed and worked on both shows over the course of six months.
Patrick Fischler said the Lost producers were "incredibly accommodating" to his schedule.
When he auditioned for the role, Patrick Fischler did not know the storyline would move from the present to the past, and did not learn this until he was handed his first script.
Patrick Fischler appeared in the 2010 comedy film Dinner for Schmucks as Vincenzo, one of the guests at a dinner where rich people bring eccentric guests and compete for who can bring the biggest loser.
Patrick Fischler appeared in Red State as ATF Agent Hammond in 2011.
In January 2012, Patrick Fischler appeared in One for the Money, a crime thriller film adapted from the 1994 novel of the same name by Janet Evanovich, the first in a series featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.
Patrick Fischler portrayed Vinnie Plum, a bail bondsman and Stephanie Plum's cousin.
Patrick Fischler portrayed poet Lew Welch in the 2013 Michael Polish film Big Sur, based on the autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac.
Patrick Fischler played the antagonistic Author in the second half of the fourth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time.