Patrick Kilpatrick (born August 20, 1949),[1] is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, journalist, international entertainment speaker and teacher. He has appeared in over 200 films and television series.[2][3]

Patrick Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick in 2018
Born
Robert Donald Kilpatrick, Jr.

(1949-08-20) August 20, 1949 (age 74)
EducationUniversity of Richmond
New York University
Occupation(s)Actor, director, screenwriter, producer, journalist
Years active1985–present
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Marylyn Martin
    (m. 1973; div. 1974)
  • Pnina Anza
    (m. 1978; div. 1979)
  • Kerrie-Smith
    (m. 1986; div. 1996)
    Heidi Bright
    (m. 2021)
Children2
Websitewww.patrickkilpatrick.com

Kilpatrick ran for Governor of California in the 2021 recall election as a Democrat.[4]

Early life edit

Kilpatrick was born in Orange, Virginia, the son of Robert Donald Kilpatrick Sr. and Ellie Faye (born Ellwood Fay) Hines Kilpatrick. His ancestors are Scottish, Scots-Irish, a bit of Welsh, and English, having come to the U.S. as early as 1620, and he has relatives who fought in both the American Revolution and for the Confederacy in the Civil War. His father was a World War II "Beach Jumper", a predecessor to the modern U.S. Navy Seals, who received a Silver Star and Purple Heart in the Pacific and was a winner of the National Collegiate Baseball Championship for the University of Richmond.[5]

When Kilpatrick was six, the family moved to Connecticut from Virginia, where his father (formerly a teacher) began his career in insurance underwriting.[5] Kilpatrick Sr. was head of Connecticut General, and was a key figure in the merger that created the Cigna Corporation; he died on January 27, 1997, at age 72.[5] His mother was a public school educator, coach, councilor and psychologist in private practice. The family bought property in Virginia in 1980. After nearly dying in a car crash at the age of 17 on November 17, 1967, he was rehabilitated to the point where he could later perform his own stunts.

Kilpatrick graduated from the University of Richmond in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, History, and Teaching and attended New York University's Professional Film and Television Graduate Program.

Career edit

Film and television edit

Kilpatrick's entertainment career has spanned more than 180 films and television shows as lead actor, producer, screenwriter, director and acting coach/entertainment teacher. Most commonly playing the role of a villain, Kilpatrick has joked, "I’ve been killed, beaten-up or jailed by nearly every leading actor on earth and in outer space."[citation needed]

His action-film villain appearances include Class of 1999 (1990), Showdown (1993), The Replacement Killers  (1998), Eraser (1996), Last Man Standing (1996), Minority Report (2002), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Death Warrant (film) (1990),The Presidio (1988), and two Westerns opposite Tom Selleck, Last Stand at Saber River (1997)  and Crossfire Trail (2001). Kilpatrick also starred in Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997).

Other appearances include films such as Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995), and the PBS miniseries American Playhouse: Roanoak (1981), which became the largest production in the history of PBS.[citation needed]

Television appearances include Dark Angel; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); Babylon 5 (1995); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Sergeant O'Connor for 9 episodes from 1996 to 1997; ER (1997); JAG (1997 & 2000); The X-Files (2001); General Hospital (2003); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); 24 (2005); Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) and Chuck ("Chuck Versus the Gravitron"). He guess-starred in the Star Trek: Voyager episodes "Initiations" (1995) and "Drive" (2000) and in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Siege of AR-558" (1998).

Stage edit

Kilpatrick had a theatrical run at Los Angeles Theater Center for Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, acted Off-Broadway in Hanoi Hilton at the Harold Clurman Theater (1984), Linda Her and The Fairy Garden (1984) at the Second Stage, and in regional theater, Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985).

He has directed Off-Broadway and was a founding member of Divine Theater in New York City. His play, Zone of Bells/Room of Seesaws, premiered at the 1984 East Village Arts Festival. He was assistant director on Broadway with The Golden Age (1984) and Entertaining Mr. Sloane, (1984, Cherry Lane Theatre), and on Death Trap (1984) in the West End of London.

Author edit

In 2018, Kilpatrick released a memoir, Dying for living: Sins & Confessions of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot Vol. 1 – Upbringing, published by Boulevard Books (NYC)[6][7] on October 1, 2018, launched October 3, 2018 at National Press Club and Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The book received the "Best of LA" Award 2018 with 5-star reviews.[citation needed]

Kilpatrick's follow-up, Dying for living: Wasted Talent in the Valley of Debacle (Vol. 2 - Showbiz), was set for publication at the end of 2019.[citation needed]

2021 California gubernatorial recall election edit

In July 2021, Kilpatrick announced that he was running as a candidate in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election as one of nine Democrats attempting to recall California's governor, Gavin Newsom.[8][9] The 50% threshold to recall Newsom was not reached, and Kilpatrick received 1.2% of the replacement candidate vote.

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
1984 The Toxic Avenger Leroy
1985 Insignificance Driver
1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Stone
1987 Russkies Raimy
1988 The Presidio Mark
1989 The Cellar Mance Cashen
1990 Class of 1999 Mr. Bryles
1990 Death Warrant Christian "The Sandman" Naylor
1993 Best of the Best II Finch
1993 Showdown Lee
1994 Angel 4: Undercover Hank
1994 Open Fire Kruger
1995 Scanner Cop II Karl Volkin
1995 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up J.J.
1995 The Granny Father
1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Mercenary
1996 Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus Jaggart
1996 Eraser Haggerty
1996 Last Man Standing Finn
1996 Riot Bryan O'Flaherty
1997 Last Stand at Saber River Austin Dodd
1997 Free Willy 3: The Rescue John Wesley
1998 The Replacement Killers Pryce
1998 Hijack Carl Howard
1999 Palmer's Pick-Up Bo
2000 Luck of the Draw Hit-Man
2001 Crossfire Trail Mike Taggart
2001 The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option Colonel J. C. Brack
2002 Minority Report Knott
2003 Shotgun Elmore
2004 Gamebox 1.0 Ronald Hobbes / Ao Shun
2005 Chasing Ghosts Neil
2007 Already Dead The Detective
2008 Parasomnia Byron Volpe
2009 Never Surrender Seifer
2009 The Confessional Detective Mullens
2012 The Zombinator The Colonel
2012 Wedding Day Jeff
2013 Chavez: Cage of Glory John Stone
2013 Jet Set The Voice
2014 Number Runner Luke Eastman
2014 7 Faces of Jack the Ripper Edmund
2015 The Wrath Paul McKinley
2015 No Way Out Steve Johnson
2016 Beyond the Game Agent Johnsson
2016 Assassin X Claxton
2016 DaZe: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse Dr. Rutherford B. Hogjaw Twaddle
2017 Beyond the Shield Thomas Schaffer
2017 Borstal Governor Heywood
2017 American Violence Charlie Rose
2017 Cops and Robbers Detective Miller
2018 Black Water Ferris
2019 Night Walk Louis
2019 Beyond the Law Terrance
2022 When George Got Murdered Deputy Warden
2022 Borrowed Time III Dr. Paul Harrison Wagner
2022 Lie Hard Mr. Reynolds
2023 Hell's Coming for You Clive Lewis
2023 Nessie Brad

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
1984 The Edge of Night Ken Bloom 14 episodes
1986 Tales from the Darkside Dr. Philip Carrol Episode: "Strange Love"
1986 American Playhouse Amadas Episode: "Roanoak: Part I"
1986 The Equalizer Webster Episode: "A Community of Civilized Men"
1987 The Quick and the Dead Ute TV film
1987 Cagney & Lacey Eric Episode: "Loves Me Not"
1988 Matlock Prosecutor Episode: "The Reunion"
1989 Something Is Out There Bishop Episode: "A Hearse of Another Color"
1989 Santa Barbara Mickey James 4 episodes
1989–1990 Tour of Duty Duke Fontaine 3 episodes
2000 Charmed Death (One of 4 horsemen) Episode: "Apocalypse Not"
2001 The X Files Randall Cooper Episode: "Sure kill"
2008 Wanna Be Me! John TV film
2009 Cold Case James 'Monster' Drew '09 Episode: "Jackals"
2009 CSI: Miami Tony Connor Episode: "In Plane Sight"
2009 Nip/Tuck Denny Kessler Episode: "Alexis Stone II"
2012 Fighter's Chance Referee TV film
2012 Burn Notice Dean Hunter Episode: ""You Can Run"
2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Gary Lee Walt Episode: "The Lost Reindeer"
2015 NCIS: Los Angeles Dallas Adler Episode: "Rage"
2016 NCIS: New Orleans Gordan Bogdan Episode: "Escape Plan"
2020 The Circuit Sheriff Bob Episode: "Ranch Terror"

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2019 Dreamachine International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award [10] Won
2022 New York International Film Awards Best Ensemble Cast (shared with Alan Delabie, Eric Roberts, Costas Mandylor, Matthias Hues, Christina Okolo, Mark Stas, Tessa Kassa, Merrick McCartha, Louis Mandylor)
Borrowed Time III
Won[10]
2022 Actors Awards Best ensemble (shared with Alan Delabie, Eric Roberts, Costas Mandylor, Matthias Hues, Christina Okolo, Mark Stas, Tessa Kassa, Merrick McCartha, Louis Mandylor)
Borrowed Time III
Won[10]
2022 Actors Awards Best villain
Borrowed Time III
Won[10]
2022 Annual Actors Award Best Ensemble of the Year (shared with Alan Delabie, (Eric Roberts, Costas Mandylor, Matthias Hues)
Borrowed Time III
Nominated[10]
2022 Vegas Movie Awards Best ensemble (shared with Alan Delabie, Eric Roberts, Costas Mandylor, Matthias Hues, Christina Okolo, Mark Stas, Tessa Kassa, Merrick McCartha, Louis Mandylor)
Borrowed Time III
Won[10]
2022 New Jersey Film Awards Best Supporting Actor
Borrowed Time III
Won[10]
2022 DTLA Film Festival Best ensemble Cast (shared with David Bianchi, Joni Bovil, Darin Cooper, Steve Eastin, Noel Gugliemi, Umar Khan, Melanie Liburd, Jermaine Love, Enrico Natale, Michael Roark)
Catalyst
Won[10]

References edit

  1. ^ Kilpatrick, Patrick (18 July 2013). "An Interview With Patrick Kilpatrick". javanan.com. Interviewed by Farah Shokouhi.
  2. ^ Kilpatrick, Patrick (2010). "Exclusive Interview with Veteran Actor Patrick Kilpatrick". Interviewed by Joe Sabatino. Retrieved March 6, 2014.[verification needed]
  3. ^ Kilpatrick, Patrick (2013). "LIVE Interview with Patrick Kilpatrick". MediaNiteRadio – via blogtalkradio.com.[verification needed]
  4. ^ Hirneisen, Madison (2021-07-22). "State certifies candidates in recall election". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  5. ^ a b c Treaster, Joseph B. (28 January 1997). "Robert D. Kilpatrick, 72, Former Insurance Executive". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. ^ Shields, Judy. "Actor Patrick Kilpatrick Signs Dying for Living: Sins & Confessions of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot at Barnes and Noble Burbank Town Center". Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  7. ^ "All New Patrick Kilpatrick Interview". 20 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  8. ^ Kilpatrick, Patrick. "Patrick Kilpatrick to Run for Governor of California". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  9. ^ "Here's the final list of recall candidates vying to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom". The Mercury News. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453304/awards?ref_=nm_awd[user-generated source]

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