24 Facts About Robert Patrick

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Robert Hammond Patrick was born on November 5,1958 and is an American actor.

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Robert Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked his interest in acting, and entered film in 1986.

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Robert Patrick was born in Marietta, Georgia, on November 5,1958, and raised there, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts, Dayton, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Bay Village, Ohio.

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Robert Patrick is the eldest of five children born to Nadine and Robert M Patrick, and is of Scots-Irish and English descent.

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Robert Patrick did not start to pursue an acting career until his mid-twenties.

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Robert Patrick graduated from Farmington High School in Farmington, Michigan in 1977.

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Robert Patrick was a track and field and football athlete at Bowling Green State University.

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Robert Patrick dropped out before graduating when he found an interest in drama and acting.

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Robert Patrick played leading roles in pictures such as Eye of the Eagle, Equalizer 2000 or Future Hunters.

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Robert Patrick later commented that his experience with Santiago had been his "film school".

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Robert Patrick was "broke" at the time, living in a cheap apartment with his girlfriend, Barbara, whom he married during shooting.

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Robert Patrick has credited the film with starting his career.

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In 2000, Robert Patrick appeared in three episodes of The Sopranos as David "Davey" Scatino, a store owner struggling with gambling debts owed to Richie Aprile and Tony Soprano.

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Robert Patrick accepted the role, since he had worked with the same crew on The Outer Limits, a series which he appeared in during the early 1990s.

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Robert Patrick played Johnny Cash's father, Ray Cash, in the film Walk the Line and Elvis's father, Vernon Presley in the miniseries Elvis.

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Robert Patrick had a regular role on The Unit, and played Elvis Presley in Lonely Street.

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Robert Patrick appeared in We Are Marshall as Marshall University head coach Rick Tolley, who lost his life when Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed in 1970.

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Robert Patrick's credits include a guest starring role in the Lost episode "Outlaws", as well as a recurring role as the voice of Master Piandao in season 3 of the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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Robert Patrick played a supporting role in Firewall, a 2006 action film starring Harrison Ford.

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Robert Patrick played a supporting character in Identity Thief.

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Robert Patrick played Agent Cabe Gallo on the CBS drama series Scorpion from 2014 to 2018.

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On March 28,2017, Robert Patrick was cast in Amazon Video horror anthology series Lore, which is based on the award-winning and critically acclaimed podcast of the same name.

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In 2021, Robert Patrick starred in Rushed, co-produced by Lars von Trier's Zentropa Entertainment, and written by Siobhan Fallon Hogan.

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Robert Patrick is a member of the Boozefighters motorcycle club.