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Famous As: Actor
Date of Birth: June 14, 1954
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina,USA
Nationality: American

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Will Patton

Patton on the set of The List
Born William Rankin Patton
June 14, 1954 (1954-06-14) (age 55)
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 1981—present

William Rankin "Will" Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor.1

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Early life

Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest son of a Lutheran minister. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and The Actors' Studio.

Career

Patton won two Obie Awards for best actor for his performances in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love and the Public Theatre production of What Did He See?. He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of General Bethlehem in The Postman. He also portrayed coach Bill Yoast in Remember the Titans and FBI agent Melvin Purvis in the 1991 made-for-TV movie Dillinger. Patton provided the voice for the audio version of The Assault on Reason by Al Gore, as well as the role of Alan Wilson on the TV show 24. Patton plays the character of Sam Conroy in the film American Violet.

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1981 Kent State Peter Television film
1983 Variety Mark
King Blank Bar Customer
Silkwood Joe
1985 The Equalizer Officer Nick Braxton
The Beniker Gang Forest Ranger
Desperately Seeking Susan Wayne Nolan
After Hours Horst
1986 Chinese Boxes Lang Marsh
Belizaire the Cajun Matthew Perry
1987 A Gathering of Old Men Lou Dimes
No Way Out Scott Pritchard
1988 Wildfire Mike
Stars and Bars Duane Gage
1989 Signs of Life Owen's Father
1991 Everybody Wins Jerry
A Shock to the System Lt. Laker
1991 Dillinger Melvin Purvis Made for TV movie
Deadly Desire Giles Menteer Made for TV movie
Bright Angel Woody uncredited
The Rapture Deputy Foster
Cold Heaven Father Niles
1992 The Paint Job Wesley
Lincoln and the War Within Made for TV movie
In the Soup Skippy
In the Deep Woods Eric Gaines Made for TV movie
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story Frank Maxwell Made for TV movie
1993 Midnight Edition Jack Travers
Taking the Heat Hadley Made for TV movie
Romeo Is Bleeding Martie
1994 Tollbooth Dash Pepper
Natural Causes Michael Murphy
Judicial Consent Alan Warwick
The Client Sergeant Hardy
The Puppet Masters Dr. Graves
1995 Copycat Nicoletti
1996 Plain Pleasures
The Spitfire Grill Nahum Goddard
Fled Det. Matthew 'Gib' Gibson
1997 Inventing the Abbotts Lloyd Abbott
This World, Then the Fireworks Lt. Morgan
The Postman General Bethlehem Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1998 O.K. Garage Sean
Armageddon Charles 'Chick' Chapple
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Preacher
1999 Breakfast of Champions Moe the Truck Driver
Entrapment Hector Cruz
Jesus' Son John Smith
2000 Gone in 60 Seconds Atley Jackson
Trixie W. 'Red' Rafferty
Remember the Titans Coach Bill Yoast
2002 The Mothman Prophecies Gordon Smallwood
2004 Family Sins Philip Rothman Made for TV Movie
The Punisher Quentin Glass
The Last Ride Aaron Purnell Made for TV Movie
2006 Road House 2: Last Call Nate Tanner
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner Riley
A Mighty Heart Special Agent Randall Bennett
The List Michael Harriston
Dog Days of Summer Eli Cottonmouth
2008 Wendy and Lucy Mechanic
American Violet Sam Conroy
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Old Man Dobyne
Lucky Days J.C.
2009 Barbarian Princess Sanford B. Dole
Looking at Animals Raymond
The Canyon Henry
The Fourth Kind Sheriff August
Waking Madison completed
2010 Brooklyn's Finest Lt. Bill Hobarts
Meek's Cutoff filming
Knucklehead filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1982-1983 Ryan's Hope Ox Knowles 2
1984-1985 Search for Tomorrow Kentucky Bluebird
1995 VR.5 Dr. Frank Morgan 5
1997 The Protector
2001-2003 The Agency Jackson Haisley 44
2005 Into the West James Fletcher Miniseries
2006-2007 Numb3rs Det. Gary Walker 4
2009 24 Alan Wilson 5
2010 CSI Craig Haliday

Voice work

Audiobooks

References

  1. ^ "Biography for Will Patton". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001599/bio. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 

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