Robert Patrick
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Robert Patrick

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Biography

Robert Hammond Patrick is an American actor best known for portraying intense antagonists and authority figures. He broke out in 1991 with his iconic performance as the T-1000 in James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, where his cold, physical presence turned the character into one of cinema’s most enduring villains.

Following Terminator 2, Patrick became a fixture across film and television, with notable roles in Fire in the Sky (1993), Last Action Hero (1993), The Faculty (1998), Walk the Line (2005), and Bridge to Terabithia (2007), as well as The X-Files (2000–2002), where he portrayed FBI Special Agent John Doggett. He later led the military drama The Unit (2006–2009) as Colonel Tom Ryan, the commanding officer overseeing an elite covert operations team, grounding the series with a disciplined, authoritative presence rooted in military realism. He also appeared in Scorpion (2014–2018), where he played Cabe Gallo, the former federal agent who recruits and oversees the show’s team of geniuses.

Patrick also appeared in Peacemaker in 2022, a DC Comics–based series created by James Gunn, portraying Auggie Smith, a radical, authoritarian figure tied to Peacemaker’s past and ideology, a role that highlighted a darker and more unsettling side of his screen persona.

Outside of acting, Patrick is a longtime supporter of the U.S. military and the USO, a commitment shaped by his family history. The grandson of an Army veteran who served in World Wars I and II and the Korean War, he has participated in multiple USO tours since 2008, traveling to seven countries and regularly visiting military hospitals. He is also a dedicated Harley-Davidson enthusiast and co-owner of Harley-Davidson of Santa Clarita, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Barbara, and their two children.

Films Featuring Robert Patrick

Walk the Line

20057.5

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

19918.2

Bridge to Terabithia

20077.3

Die Hard 2

19907.0

Cop Land

19976.8

Spy Kids

20015.8

The Men Who Stare at Goats

20096.0

Double Dragon

19944.6

Flags of Our Fathers

20066.9

Ladder 49

20046.5

All the Pretty Horses

20005.7

Decoy

19954.3

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

19994.6

Wayne's World

19926.7

The Marine

20066.0

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

20035.5

The Faculty

19986.6

Balls of Fury

20075.3

Firewall

20065.8

Striptease

19965.6

Texas Rangers

20016.0

Fly Me to the Moon

20085.0

Strange Wilderness

20084.9

Tactical Assault

19985.3

Good Day for It

20115.5

Fire in the Sky

19936.7

Renegade Force

19985.4

The Wrath of Cain

20105.1

Alien Trespass

20095.1

Autopsy

20084.9

Red Faction: Origins

20115.2

Body Language

19954.5

Kill Speed

20103.9

Supercross

20056.3

Pavement

20026.0

A Texas Funeral

19995.0

Five Minarets in New York

20105.5

Bad Apple

20044.1

Gangster Squad

20136.4

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

20115.7

Future Hunters

19864.5

Jayne Mansfield's Car

20135.7

Backflash

20025.1

Safe House

20126.5

Lovelace

20136.0

Trouble with the Curve

20127.0

Identity Thief

20135.8

Eye of the Eagle

19875.8

Ambushed

19985.1

Zero Tolerance

19945.4

Street Level

20162.0

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

20104.2

Hong Kong 97

19945.5

The Making of 'The Marine'

The Making of 'The Marine'

20066.0

Dark Asset

20235.3

Asylum

19974.9

Hollywood Adventures

20154.5

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

20094.8

Warlords from Hell

19887.5

Endless Love

20146.9

Last Gasp

19954.9

Shelter in Solitude

20236.6

The Road Within

20146.8

Perfect Assassins

19986.3

Kill the Messenger

20146.6

The Only Thrill

19975.0

Body Shot

19943.3

Equalizer 2000

19884.1

Mexico City

20005.2

Ask Me Anything

20145.6

The Cool Surface

19944.0

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

20147.0

Angels Don't Sleep Here

20022.8

The Vivero Letter

20006.3

Lost After Dark

20144.5

Tell

20145.6

Killer Instinct

19885.0

First to Die

20034.5

Hellions

20153.9

Troubled Waters

20202.7

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert

20159.3

Ticker

20026.7

Sink Or Swim

19975.3

D-Minus

D-Minus

2011

Hollywood Boulevard II

19894.4

Last Rampage

20175.4

Hounds of War

20246.3

Mafia

20114.3

We Are Marshall

20066.9

D-Tox

20025.6

Eloise

20165.1

Rag and Bone

19984.0

Back Roads

20195.8

Rosewood

19976.5

Last Action Hero

19936.5

Tone-Deaf

20195.2

The Poison Rose

20194.7

Edge of Fear

20184.7

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

20177.4

The Laundromat

20196.0

SGT. Will Gardner

20194.7

Honest Thief

20206.5

The Rising Hawk

20195.9

21 Days Under the Sky

20166.5

Jarhead: Law of Return

20196.5

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

19997.8

Lonely Street

20094.6

What Josiah Saw

20215.8

The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'

20005.8

The Protégé

20216.6

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

19917.1

No Man of God

20216.6

Rushed

20216.7

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

19936.8

Edgar Floats

2010

A Place Among the Dead

20202.4

Good Men

2024

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

19949.0

Chuck Zito: An American Story

20242.0

Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2

Mermaid

20265.3

FEEL

2025

From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

2014

Diamond

20265.7

Shogun Cop

19999.0

The John Cena Experience

20117.4

Hal

Hal

Scorpion - Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll

2015

Broken

1993