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Will Patton
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| Will Patton | |
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 Patton on the set of The List |
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| Born | William Curtis Patton June 14, 1954 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981—present |
William Curtis "Will" Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor.
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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 Sixty 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 | Brooklyn's Finest | Lt. Bill Hobarts | |
| Barbarian Princess | Sanford B. Dole | ||
| Looking at Animals | Raymond | ||
| The Canyon | Henry | ||
| The Fourth Kind | Sheriff August | ||
| Waking Madison | completed | ||
| 2010 | Meek's Cutoff | filming | |
| Knucklehead | filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
Voice work
Audiobooks
- Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson (2009)
- Swan Peak by James Lee Burke (2008)
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac (2007)
- The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke (2007)
- Fine Just The Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3 by Annie Proulx (2008)
- Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (2007)
- Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke (2007)
- Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (2006)
- Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke (2006)
- Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke (2006)
- Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke (2006)
- The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson (2006)
- To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway (2006)
- A Dave Robicheaux Audio Collection by James Lee Burke (2006)
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt (2006)
- In the Moon of Red Ponies by James Lee Burke (2004)
- Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke (2004)
- White Doves at Morning by James Lee Burke (2003)
- Bitterroot by James Lee Burke (2001)
- Cadillac Jukebox by James Lee Burke (2001)
- Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke (2000)
- Boone's Lick by Larry McMurtry (2000)
- Burning Angel by James Lee Burke (1999)
- Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke (1999)
- Heartwood by James Lee Burke (1999)
- Primal Fear by William Diehl (1999)
- Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke (1999)
- A Stained White Radiance by James Lee Burke (1998)
- Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke (1998)
- The Sea-Wolf by Jack London (1997)
- Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry (1996)
- The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy (1995)
- The Fermata by Nicholson Baker (1995)
- Gump & Co. by Winston Groom (1995)
- Gone South by Robert R. McCammon (1994)