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 directtovideo television movies and had a short appearance in Die Hard 2 1990 His breakthrough role came as the liquidmetal shapeshifting T1000 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 XFiles 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 8100 service members and military families He is a passionate HarleyDavidson enthusiast and is coowner of HarleyDavidson of Santa Clarita He currently resides in Los Angeles California with his wife Barbara and their two children
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