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Born: June 14, 1954
Hometown: Charleston, SC
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BIO & CREDITS:
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Will Patton has worked extensively in theatre and film. He was seen starring in such features as The Mothman Prophecies and Remember the Titans. His other feature credits include Armageddon, Gone In 60 Seconds, Entrapment, and The Postman as well as Trixie, Breakfast Of Champions and Jesus's Son. Patton was directed by Martin Scorsese in After Hours and by Nicholas Roeg in Cold Heaven. He has starred in several independent films that have enjoyed success at the major film festivals. Some of them include The Rapture, In The Soup, The Paint Job, Toll Booth, and The Spitfire Grill, which won the Audience Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. In 1998, Patton won the award for Best Actor at the Newport International Film Festival for his work in OK Garage. Patton has blended appearances in these smaller pictures with major studio releases such as Inventing The Abbotts, The Client, Fled, Copycat, Desperately Seeking Susan, A Shock To The System, Everybody Wins, and No Way Out. Patton also starred for two seasons in the highly acclaimed television series, "The Agency" on CBS.
No stranger to the theater, Patton played the leading role in Sam Shepard's "A Lie Of The Mind;" and his performances in Richard Foreman's "What Did He See" and Mr. Shephard's "Fool For Love" earned him two prestigious Obie Awards for Best Actor. He starred in the world premiere of Don DeLillo's play "Valparaiso" at the ART in Boston and was also seen heading an ensemble cast in Denis Johnson's play "Shoppers Carried By Escalators Into The Flames" at the Vineyard Theatre in New York.