Robert Hammond Patrick was born on November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, raised there and Boston, Mass., Dayton, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. The eldest of five children. He attended the Bowling Green State University in Ohio, but dropped out after he took a drama course and became interested in acting. After leaving college, he took a job as a house painter and continued as such until a boating accident in Lake Erie in 1984. He swam for three hours in order to save the others still stranded on the accident site, while he nearly drowned in his attempt. After the accident, he moved from Ohio to Los Angeles, California. He worked in a bar to supplement his income and even lived in his own car. Patrick starred in various direct-to-video television movies, and had a short appearance in Die Hard 2 (1990). His breakthrough role came as the liquid-metal, shape-shifting T-1000 in James Cameron's blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After that, he landed roles in various feature films such as Last Action Hero (1993), Fire in the Sky (1993) and Striptease (1996). His performance in Fire in the Sky caught the attention of Chris Carter, creator of the television series The X-Files (1993). After David Duchovny distanced himself from the series during its seventh season, Patrick was cast as FBI Special Agent John Doggett. On the small screen, Robert was a series regular on Season Six of HBO's True Blood (2008) and also appeared in the final season. He had a memorable role in the final season of Sons of Anarchy (2008), did a cameo role on the sitcom Community (2009), and had a supporting role in Season One on Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014) for the El Rey Network. In Spring 2017, it was announced that Robert would have a featured role in Gale Anne Hurd's highly anticipated Amazon series Lore (2017), based on the popular horror podcast. Recent film credits include Universal Pictures' Identity Thief (2013) with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman, Warner Brothers' Gangster Squad (2013) in which he played Josh Brolin's squad member going up against Sean Penn as Mickey Cohan, Trouble with the Curve (2012) opposite Clint Eastwood, Lovelace (2013) opposite Sharon Stone and Amanda Seyfried, Universal's remake of Endless Love (2014) with Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde, Focus Features' Kill the Messenger (2014) opposite Jeremy Renner, and The Road Within (2014) with Kyra Sedgwick and Zoë Kravitz. In addition to his acting success, Patrick is a lifelong supporter of the military and the USO. The grandson of an Army veteran who served during World Wars I and II and the Korean War, Patrick grew up with a profound respect for troops. Devoted to giving back, he regularly goes on USO hospital visits and has participated in four USO tours in seven countries since 2008, visiting more than 8,100 service members and military families. He is a passionate Harley-Davidson enthusiast and is co-owner of Harley-Davidson of Santa Clarita. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Barbara and their two children.
Movie | Hounds of War | Colonel Hart | 2024-08-29 |
Movie | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-04-23 |
Series | Royal Crackers | Agent Gubbins (voice) | 2023-04-02 |
Series | The Night Agent | Hawkins | 2023-03-23 |
Movie | Dark Asset | Dr. Cain | 2023-09-22 |
Movie | Shelter in Solitude | Dwayne | 2023-10-06 |
Series | Peacemaker | August 'Auggie' Smith / White Dragon | 2022-01-13 |
Series | Reacher | Shane Langston | 2022-02-03 |
Series | 1923 | Sheriff McDowell | 2022-12-18 |
Movie | What Josiah Saw | Josiah Graham | 2021-08-13 |
Movie | No Man of God | Roger Depue | 2021-08-19 |
Movie | The Tale of Dubious Angel | Leeland Murphy | 2021-10-29 |
Movie | The Protégé | Billy Boy | 2021-08-19 |
Movie | Rushed | Jim O'Brien | 2021-08-27 |
Series | Perry Mason | Herman Baggerly | 2020-06-21 |
Movie | Honest Thief | Samuel Baker | 2020-09-03 |
Movie | A Place Among the Dead | RP | 2020-11-09 |
Movie | Tone-Deaf | Harvey | 2019-03-10 |
Movie | The Poison Rose | Chief Walsh | 2019-05-23 |
Movie | SGT. Will Gardner | Tony | 2019-01-11 |
Movie | The Laundromat | Captain Paris | 2019-09-27 |
Movie | The Rising Hawk | Zakhar Berkut | 2019-10-10 |
Movie | Jarhead: Law of Return | Senator Jackson | 2019-10-01 |
Movie | Back Roads | Chief Mansour | 2019-11-15 |
Movie | Edge of Fear | Jack Pryor | 2018-08-01 |
Series | Mayans M.C. | Les Packer | 2018-09-04 |
Movie | Last Rampage | Gary Tison | 2017-09-22 |
Series | Lore | Reverend Eliakim Phelps | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | T2: Reprogramming The Terminator | Self | 2017-11-23 |
Movie | 21 Days Under the Sky | Narrator | 2016-05-03 |
Series | MacGyver | Ian Cain | 2016-09-23 |
Movie | Street Level | Giuseppe | 2016-11-08 |
Series | Goliath | Unknown | 2016-10-13 |
Movie | Eloise | Doctor H.H. Greiss | 2016-12-30 |
Movie | Hellions | Corman | 2015-09-25 |
Movie | Hollywood Adventures | Studio Guard #1 | 2015-06-26 |
Movie | Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert | Self - Presenter | 2015-12-06 |
Movie | Ask Me Anything | Doug Kampenfelt | 2014-04-19 |
Series | From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | Jacob Fuller | 2014-03-11 |
Movie | Endless Love | Harry Elliot | 2014-02-12 |
Movie | Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014-06-15 |
Movie | Lost After Dark | Mr. C. | 2014-09-19 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Self (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Tell | Ashton | 2014-12-04 |
Movie | The Road Within | Robert | 2014-10-24 |
Series | Scorpion | Agent Cabe Gallo | 2014-09-22 |
Movie | Kill the Messenger | Ronny Quail | 2014-10-09 |
Movie | Gangster Squad | Max Kennard | 2013-01-09 |
Movie | Identity Thief | Skiptracer | 2013-02-07 |
Movie | Troubled Waters | Sterling French | 2013-10-01 |
Movie | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Jimbo Caldwell | 2013-07-25 |
Movie | Lovelace | John J. Boreman | 2013-08-08 |
Movie | Safe House | Daniel Kiefe | 2012-02-08 |
Series | Last Resort | Master Chief Joseph Prosser | 2012-09-27 |
Movie | Trouble with the Curve | Vince | 2012-09-21 |
Movie | D-Minus | Chris | 2011-02-01 |
Movie | Mafia | Detective Jules Dupree | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | S.W.A.T.: Firefight | Walter Hatch | 2011-03-01 |
Movie | Good Day for It | Luke Cain | 2011-04-08 |
Series | Halloween Wars | Self - Guest Judge | 2011-10-02 |
Movie | Red Faction: Origins | Alec | 2011-06-04 |
Movie | Five Minarets in New York | Becker | 2010-03-09 |
Movie | The Black Waters of Echo's Pond | Pete | 2010-04-09 |
Movie | Edgar Floats | Nicholas Breakey | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Kill Speed | Unknown | 2010-07-02 |
Movie | The Wrath of Cain | Warden Dean | 2010-11-16 |
Series | The Walking Dead | Mays / Mays' Brother | 2010-10-31 |
Movie | Lonely Street | Mr. Aaron | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Alien Trespass | Vernon | 2009-04-03 |
Movie | Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil | Self | 2009-07-26 |
Movie | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Todd Nixon | 2009-10-17 |
Series | Community | Waldron | 2009-09-17 |
Movie | Strange Wilderness | Gus Hayden | 2008-02-01 |
Movie | Les petites étrangères | 2008-06-09 | |
Movie | Fly Me to the Moon | Louie (voice) | 2008-08-15 |
Series | True Blood | Jackson Herveaux | 2008-09-07 |
Series | Sons of Anarchy | Les Packer | 2008-09-03 |
Movie | Autopsy | Dr. David Benway | 2008-08-24 |
Movie | Bridge to Terabithia | Jack Aarons | 2007-02-15 |
Series | Burn Notice | John Barrett | 2007-06-28 |
Series | Chuck | Col. James Keller | 2007-09-24 |
Movie | Balls of Fury | Sgt. Pete Daytona | 2007-08-29 |
Series | The Unit | Tom Ryan | 2006-03-07 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Marine' | Self | 2006-01-01 |
Series | Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol | 2006-05-27 | |
Movie | Firewall | Gary Mitchell | 2006-02-08 |
Movie | The Marine | Rome | 2006-10-13 |
Series | Psych | Major General Felts | 2006-07-07 |
Movie | We Are Marshall | Rick Tolley (uncredited) | 2006-12-12 |
Movie | Flags of Our Fathers | Colonel Chandler Johnson | 2006-10-18 |
Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Unknown | 2005-02-21 |
Series | American Dad! | Mindhunter (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Series | Elvis | Vernon Presley | 2005-05-08 |
Series | Hell's Kitchen | Self - Restaurant Patron | 2005-05-30 |
Series | Ben 10 | Phil (voice) | 2005-12-27 |
Movie | Walk the Line | Ray Cash | 2005-09-13 |
Movie | Supercross | Earl Cole | 2005-08-16 |
Movie | Bad Apple | Colonel Tom Ryanmy 'Bells' Bellavita | 2004-02-16 |
Movie | Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western | Self | 2004-01-01 |
Series | Stargate Atlantis | Colonel Marshall Sumner | 2004-07-15 |
Movie | Ladder 49 | Lenny Richter | 2004-10-01 |
Series | The Batman | Hawkman (voice) | 2004-09-11 |
Series | Lost | Hibbs | 2004-09-22 |
Movie | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Ray Carter | 2003-06-25 |
Movie | First to Die | Nicholas Jenks | 2003-02-23 |
Series | Duck Dodgers | Unknown | 2003-08-23 |
Series | NCIS | Colonel Merton Bell | 2003-09-23 |
Movie | D-Tox | Noah | 2002-01-04 |
Movie | Backflash | Ray Bennett | 2002-01-22 |
Movie | Pavement | Sam Brown | 2002-12-13 |
Movie | Angels Don't Sleep Here | Det. Russell Stark | 2002-04-02 |
Movie | Ticker | FBI Agent | 2002-11-12 |
Movie | Spy Kids | Mr. Lisp | 2001-03-18 |
Movie | Texas Rangers | Sgt. John Armstrong | 2001-11-30 |
Series | The Hire | FBI Agent | 2001-04-26 |
Movie | The Vivero Letter | James Wheeler | 2000-10-28 |
Movie | The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' | Self | 2000-08-29 |
Movie | Mexico City | Ambassador Mills | 2000-11-01 |
Movie | All the Pretty Horses | Cole | 2000-12-11 |
Series | Batman Beyond | Richard Armacost (voice) | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | A Texas Funeral | Zach | 1999-01-01 |
Series | The Sopranos | David Scatino | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money | Buck | 1999-03-16 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ray Schenkel | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Self | 1999-06-15 |
Movie | Ambushed | Shannon Herrold | 1998-06-20 |
Movie | Rag and Bone | Sgt. Daniel Ryan | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Tactical Assault | Colonel Lee Banning | 1998-04-07 |
Movie | Perfect Assassins | Leo Benita | 1998-11-13 |
Movie | The Faculty | Coach Joe Willis | 1998-12-25 |
Movie | Renegade Force | Jake McInroy | 1998-12-14 |
Series | The Angry Beavers | Unknown | 1997-04-19 |
Movie | Rosewood | Lover | 1997-02-21 |
Movie | Asylum | Nicholas Tordone | 1997-05-09 |
Movie | The Only Thrill | Colonel Tom Ryan McHenry | 1997-01-04 |
Movie | Cop Land | Jack Rucker | 1997-08-15 |
Movie | Sink or Swim | Goatee | 1997-09-19 |
Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | John Wesley Hardin (voice) | 1997-09-14 |
Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Race Bannon (voice) | 1996-08-26 |
Movie | Striptease | Darrell Grant | 1996-06-28 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | LeBeau (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Major John Skokes | 1995-03-26 |
Movie | Body Language | Delbert Radley | 1995-07-22 |
Movie | Last Gasp | Leslie Chase | 1995-08-30 |
Movie | Decoy | Travis | 1995-12-19 |
Movie | Zero Tolerance | Jeff Douglas | 1994-06-09 |
Movie | Body Shot | Mickey Dane | 1994-03-09 |
Movie | The Cool Surface | Jarvis Scott | 1994-04-05 |
Movie | Double Dragon | Kongo Shuko | 1994-11-04 |
Movie | Hong Kong 97 | Reginald Cameron | 1994-11-09 |
Movie | T2: More Than Meets the Eye | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | WWE Raw | Unknown | 1993-01-11 |
Movie | Fire in the Sky | Mike Rodgers | 1993-03-12 |
Series | The X-Files | John Doggett | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Last Action Hero | T-1000 | 1993-06-18 |
Movie | Wayne's World | Bad Cop / T-1000 | 1992-02-14 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard II | Cameraman | 1991-01-30 |
Movie | The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' | Self | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | T-1000 | 1991-07-03 |
Movie | Die Hard 2 | O'Reilly | 1990-07-03 |
Movie | Resident Alien | Playwright | 1990-09-14 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Lothar | 1989-06-10 |
Series | The New Lassie | Unknown | 1989-09-08 |
Movie | Equalizer 2000 | Deke | 1988-01-04 |
Movie | Warlords from Hell | Unknown | 1988-07-20 |
Movie | Killer Instinct | Johnny Ransom | 1988-05-01 |
Movie | Eye of the Eagle | Johnny Ransom | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Future Hunters | Slade | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Tonka | Cavalryman (uncredited) | 1958-12-25 |