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 Camerons 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 HBOs 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 Rodriguezs 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 Hurds 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 Brolins 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, Universals 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.

All movies available from Robert Patrick

Movies unavailable from Robert Patrick

Alien Trespass

Vernon

Movie 2009

Kill Speed

Movie 2010

Pavement

Sam Brown

Movie 2002

Bad Apple

Colonel Tom Ryanmy 'Bells' Bellavita

Movie 2004

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

Walter Hatch

Movie 2011

Future Hunters

Slade

Movie 1986

Ambushed

Shannon Herrold

Movie 1998

The Making of 'The Marine'

Self

Movie 2006

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

Self

Movie 2009

Warlords from Hell

Movie 1988

Shelter in Solitude

Dwayne

Movie 2023

The Cool Surface

Jarvis Scott

Movie 1994

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

Self

Movie 2014

The Vivero Letter

James Wheeler

Movie 2000

First to Die

Nicholas Jenks

Movie 2003

Troubled Waters

Sterling French

Movie 2013

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie 2024

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert

Self - Presenter

Movie 2015

Sink or Swim

Goatee

Movie 1997

D-Minus

Chris

Movie 2011

Hollywood Boulevard II

Cameraman

Movie 1991

We Are Marshall

Rick Tolley (uncredited)

Movie 2006

Rag and Bone

Sgt. Daniel Ryan

Movie 1998

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

Self

Movie 2017

The Rising Hawk

Zakhar Berkut

Movie 2019

21 Days Under the Sky

Narrator

Movie 2016

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

Self

Movie 1999

Lonely Street

Mr. Aaron

Movie 2009

The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'

Self

Movie 2000

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

Self

Movie 1991

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

Self

Movie 1993

Edgar Floats

Nicholas Breakey

Movie 2010

A Place Among the Dead

RP

Movie 2020

Good Men

Self

Movie 2024

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Self

Movie 1994

Chuck Zito: An American Story

Self

Movie 2024

Avatar the Last Airbender: Sozin's Comet

Piandao

Movie 2008

Tv series unavailable from Robert Patrick

Batman Beyond

Richard Armacost (voice)

Tv 1999

Duck Dodgers

Tv 2003

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Tv 2005

The Angry Beavers

Tv 1997

Superman: The Animated Series

LeBeau (voice)

Tv 1996

The Walking Dead

Mays / Mays' Brother

Tv 2010

The New Lassie

Tv 1989

Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol

Tv 2006

Hell's Kitchen

Self - Restaurant Patron

Tv 2005

True Blood

Jackson Herveaux

Tv 2008

Goliath

Tv 2016

The Hire

FBI Agent

Tv 2001

Halloween Wars

Self - Guest Judge

Tv 2011

WWE Raw

Tv 1993

Perry Mason

Herman Baggerly

Tv 2020

Talking Sopranos

Self

Tv 2020