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.
as Colonel Hart
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Dwayne
as Dr. Cain
as Agent Gubbins (voice)
as Hawkins
as Sheriff McDowell
as Shane Langston
as August 'Auggie' Smith / White Dragon
as Jim O'Brien
as Billy Boy
as Roger Depue
as Josiah Graham
as RP
as Samuel Baker
as Herman Baggerly
as Chief Mansour
as Zakhar Berkut
as Senator Jackson
as Captain Paris
as Chief Walsh
as Harvey
as Tony
as Jack Pryor
as Les Packer
as Self
as Gary Tison
as Reverend Eliakim Phelps
as Doctor H.H. Greiss
as Giuseppe
as Narrator
as Ian Cain
as Self - Presenter
as Corman
as Studio Guard #1
as Ashton
as Robert
as Ronny Quail
as Mr. C.
as Himself
as Doug Kampenfelt
as Harry Elliot
as Agent Cabe Gallo
as Jacob Fuller
as Sterling French
as John J. Boreman
as Jimbo Caldwell
as Skiptracer
as Max Kennard
as Vince
as Daniel Kiefe
as Master Chief Joseph Prosser
as Alec
as Luke Cain
as Walter Hatch
as Chris
as Detective Jules Dupree
as Self - Guest Judge
as Warden Dean
as Pete
as Becker
as Nicholas Breakey
as Mays / Mays' Brother
as Todd Nixon
as Vernon
as Mr. Aaron
as Waldron
as Dr. David Benway
as Louie (voice)
as Gus Hayden
as Jackson Herveaux
as Les Packer
as Sgt. Pete Daytona
as Jack Aarons
as Col. James Keller
as John Barrett
as Rick Tolley (uncredited)
as Colonel Chandler Johnson
as Rome
as Gary Mitchell
as Self
as Major General Felts
as Tom Ryan
as Ray Cash
as Earl Cole
as Phil (voice)
as Self - Restaurant Patron
as Vernon Presley
as Mindhunter (voice)
as Lenny Richter
as Colonel Tom Ryanmy 'Bells' Bellavita
as Hibbs
as Hawkman (voice)
as Colonel Marshall Sumner
as Ray Carter
as Nicholas Jenks
as Colonel Merton Bell
as Sam Brown
as FBI Agent
as Det. Russell Stark
as Ray Bennett
as Noah
as Sgt. John Armstrong
as Mr. Lisp
as FBI Agent
as Cole
as Ambassador Mills
as James Wheeler
as Self
as Zach
as Ray Schenkel
as Richard Armacost (voice)
as David Scatino
as Coach Joe Willis
as Jake McInroy
as Leo Benita
as Shannon Herrold
as Colonel Lee Banning
as Sgt. Daniel Ryan
as Goatee
as Jack Rucker
as Nicholas Tordone
as Lover
as Colonel Tom Ryan McHenry
as John Wesley Hardin (voice)
as Darrell Grant
as LeBeau (voice)
as Race Bannon (voice)
as Travis
as Leslie Chase
as Delbert Radley
as Major John Skokes
as Reginald Cameron
as Kongo Shuko
as Jeff Douglas
as Jarvis Scott
as Mickey Dane
as T-1000
as Mike Rodgers
as Self
as John Doggett
as Bad Cop / T-1000
as T-1000
as Cameraman
as O'Reilly
as Lothar
as Johnny Ransom
as Deke
as Johnny Ransom
as Slade
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer