Patton Oswalt
Born: 1969-01-27 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Oswalt first began performing standup comedy in the late 1980s. After spending two seasons writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO, he began performing in films and television shows including his film debut Down Periscope (1996) and The King of Queens (1998 - 2007). A rare starring film role was the voice of Remy in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007). Oswalt has appeared in dozens of other films and television series, primarily comedies, including many voice roles. Oswalt was married to writer Michelle Eileen McNamara on September 24, 2005 until her death in 2016. Their daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, was born on April 15, 2009. He has been married to actress Meredith Salenger since 2017.
Filmography
2026
- Buddy as Strappy (voice)
- GOAT as Dennis Cooper (voice)
- Strip Law as (voice)
- The Dink as Skip 'Piggy' Pigliani
- Ray Gunn as Hologram (voice)
- Among Us as White (voice)
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! as Self - Comedian
- 5 Things with Jay Mewes as Self - Guest
- Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast as Self
- Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
- Goodbye, Monster as Dad
- Patton Oswalt: Tea & Scotch as Self
- In a Holidaze
2025
- Hollywood Squares as Self
- The Bad Guys: The Series as Mr. Wigglesworth (voice)
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actor and Comedian
- Suits LA as Patton Oswalt
- The Abandons as Mayor Victor Nibley
- Deathstalker as Doodad (voice)
- Breakdown: 1975 as Self
- Chain Reactions as Self
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Halloween as Self - Contestant
- Absolute Dominion as Fix Huntley
- Eddie Pepitone: The Collapse ... (Executive Producer)
- American Comic as Himself
2024
- After Midnight as Self - Guest
- Grimsburg as Slasher (voice)
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Dr. Hubert Wartzki
- Manhunt as Det. Lafayette Baker
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. as Self
- Adam Ray Is Dr. Phil UNLEASHED as Self
- The 1% Club as Self - Host
- Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt as Self
- Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames as Self
- Sardinia ... (Executive Producer)
- Shadowland as Self (archive footage)
2023
- 80 for Brady as Brisket
- Shatter Belt as Dervey Ryan
- A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened as Self
- Heroes of the Golden Mask as Aesop (voice)
- Unicorn Boy as King Uniturius (voice)
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Doug
- The Sandman as Matthew the Raven (voice)
- Celebrity Jeopardy! as Self - Contestant
- Gaslit as Chuck Colson
- StoryBots: Answer Time as Super Snowy Icy Cone Guy
- Dark Side of Comedy as Self
- Minions & More 2 as Max (voice)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Max "Tv's Son of Tv's Frank"
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Heckler
- George Carlin's American Dream as Self
- I Love My Dad as Chuck
- MEAD as MEAD (voice)
- Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters as Self
- Patton Oswalt: We All Scream as Self
2021
- The Ghost and Molly McGee as Mayor Brunson (voice)
- Hacks as Patton Oswalt
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- Inside Job as TSA Guard (voice)
- Eternals as Pip the Troll (voice)
- Teenage Euthanasia
- Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. as George Tarleton / M.O.D.O.K. (voice)
- The Sparks Brothers as Self
- The Spine of Night as Pyrantin (voice)
- Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon as Ron
- Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated as Self
- Penguin Town as Self
- The Super Bob Einstein Movie as Self
- 52 - A Tale of Loneliness as 52
2020
- Star Trek: Picard as Spot 73 (voice)
- Space Force as Captain Lancaster
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Phone a Friend
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Vizzini
- Reno 911! as Max Logan (voice)
- We Bare Bears: The Movie as Nom Nom (voice)
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark as Self - Michelle's Husband
- For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close as Lash LaRue
- Best of Stand-Up 2020 as Self
- A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Moderator / Villager
- Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything as Self
- In Deep With Ryan Lochte as Narrator
- The Priest as Father Shauna
2019
- The Boys as Patton Oswalt (uncredited)
- The Tamron Hall Show as Self - Guest
- What We Do in the Shadows as Patton Oswalt
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
- The Secret Life of Pets 2 as Max (voice)
- Bless the Harts as Vohnnie Ray Power
- You're Not a Monster as Invisible Man
- Kim Possible as Professor Dementor
- Dads as Self
- Super Gidget as Max (voice)
- Adams as Roger
2018
- The Conners as Don Blansky
- A.P. Bio as Principal Ralph Durbin
- Somebody Feed Phil as Self
- Teen Titans Go! To the Movies as Atom (voice)
- Minecraft: Story Mode as Jesse (male voice)
- Sorry to Bother You as Mr. _______'s White Voice (voice)
- Spy Kids: Mission Critical
- Blark and Son as Mr. Beal (voice)
- Please Stand By as Officer Frank
- The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! as Powdered MilkMan
- Nostalgia as Kathleen's Father
- Unlovable ... (Associate Producer)
- Monster Challenge as Self
- We Brought Back MST3K as Self
- Sex Madness Revealed as Jimmy Morris
2017
- Big Hero 6 The Series as Mr. Sparkle (voice)
- Marvel's Spider-Man as Uncle Ben (voice)
- Will & Grace as Danley Walker
- Santa Clarita Diet as Dr. Hasmedi
- HAPPY! as Happy (voice)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Max (TV's Son of TV's Frank)
- The History of Comedy as Self
- The Circle as Tom Stenton
- Dimension 404 as Uncle Dusty
- I Love You, America as Self
- Gilbert as Self
- Click, Clack, Moo: Christmas at the Farm as Appliance Al (voice)
- Patton Oswalt: Annihilation as Self
2016
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
- To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- Justice League Action as Space Cabbie (voice)
- Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ as Derek Young
- HarmonQuest as Sand Pole
- Lady Dynamite as Patton Cop
- Keeping Up with the Joneses as Bruce Springstein / Scorpion
- The Confirmation as Drake
- Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Merv Griffin
- Zoolander: Super Model as Dr. Botoxo (voice)
- Nerdland as Elliot (voice)
- Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously as Self
- Laurie Kilmartin: 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad as Self
- Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping as Self
- Space Cop as Space Police Chief
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- We Bare Bears as Nom Nom / Additional Voices (voice)
- The Adventures of Puss in Boots as Francisco (voice)
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as J. Castleman
- Difficult People as Kenny Jurgens
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket as Jimmy Ron Cricket (voice)
- Battle Creek as Mayor Hardy
- Freaks of Nature as Stuart Miller
- Dude Bro Party Massacre III as Chief
- Jordan, Jesse, Go!: Live as Self
- Call Me Lucky as Self
- Chronic-Con, Episode 420: A New Dope as Self
- The Loneliest Stoplight as Narrator (voice)
- Old/New as Narrator
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- BoJack Horseman as Pinky Penguin / Gary / Maggot Funeral Director (voice)
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 22 Jump Street as MC State History Professor (uncredited)
- TripTank as Pegasus (voice)
- Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! as Self
- Harmontown as Self
- Jason Nash Is Married as Producer
- We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss as Lemonade Stand Dad
- Out of Print as Self
- Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time as Self
- Sex and Broadcasting as Self
- Lemonade War as Jerry
2013
- Rick and Morty as Beta 7 (voice)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Fire Marshall Boone
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Eric Koenig
- The Goldbergs as Adam Goldberg (voice)
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- Drunk History as Mac Brazel
- Maron as Himself
- Mighty Med as Ed / The Extrminator
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Todd Maher
- Odd Thomas as Ozzie P. Boone
- The Jeselnik Offensive as Self
- The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
- Sunday ... (Thanks)
- Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical as Self
2012
- Gravity Falls as Franz (voice)
- Veep as Teddy Sykes
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as Self
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World as Roache
- WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power
- Nature Calls as Randy Stevens
- The Bitter Buddha as Self
- Viva Lucha Libre as Self
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Moody Foodie (voice)
- Portlandia as Thor83
- Billy on the Street as Self
- Young Adult as Matt Freehauf
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas as Mall Santa
- The Heart, She Holler as Hurlan
- Who the F#ck Is Chip Seinfeld? as Self
- Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts as Self
- Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour as Self
2010
- Conan as Self
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Quibble Pants (voice)
- Justified as Bob Sweeney
- Raising Hope as Rubin
- Caprica as Baxter Sarno
- Neighbors from Hell as Pazuzu
- Robotomy
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Dr. Demento
- Fantasia in Best Show Minor
- Blood Into Wine as Self
- Beautiful Darling as Andy Warhol (voice) / Truman Capote (voice)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Modern Family as Ducky
- Parks and Recreation as Garth Blundin
- Archer as Alan Shapiro (voice)
- Community as Male Nurse Jackie
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Dollhouse as Joel Mynor
- United States of Tara as Neil
- Bored to Death as Howard Baker
- The Informant! as Ed Herbst
- Observe and Report as Toast A Bun Manager
- AL’S BRAIN: A 3-D Journey through the Human Brain with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic as Co-Worker
- Big Fan as Paul Aufiero
- Funny People: Live as Self
- Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong as Self
2008
- Lewis Black's Root of All Evil as Self
- All Roads Lead Home as Milo
- History of the Joke as Self
- Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
- Largo as Self
2007
- Burn Notice as Calvin Schmidt
- WordGirl as Tobey McCalister III (voice)
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Beaver Boys Doctor
- Ratatouille as Remy (voice)
- Reaper as Leon
- The Sarah Silverman Program as Vincent Van Guy
- Flight of the Conchords as Elton John Impersonator
- Yo Gabba Gabba!
- Wrong Turn 2: Dead End as Tommy (voice)
- Human Giant as Let's Go Fan
- Sex and Death 101 as Fred
- Balls of Fury as Hammer
- Your Friend the Rat as Remy (voice)
- Reno 911!: Miami as Jeff Spoder
- Super High Me as Self
- The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour as Self
- Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav as Self
- Heckler as Self
- Patton Oswalt: Werewolves and Lollipops as Self
- The Sophisticated Misfit as Self
2006
- Failure to Launch as Techie Guy
- Live at Gotham as Self
- Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner as Self - Roaster
- Amazing Screw-On Head
- The Amazing Screw-On Head as Mr. Groin (voice)
- The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey as Self
- Last Laugh '06 as Self
2005
- American Dad! as Cinema Ticket Man (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self - Guest
- Squidbillies as Talking Squid (voice)
- Too Late with Adam Carolla
- The Annie Awards as Self - Host
- Comedians of Comedy as Self
- Cake Boy as Cake Pervert
- The Comedians of Comedy as Self
- Last Laugh '05 as Self
2004
- The Batman as Cosmo Krank (voice)
- Veronica Mars as Penn Epner
- The Venture Bros. as Wonderboy (voice)
- Best Week Ever
- Tom Goes to the Mayor as Zynx (voice)
- Blade: Trinity as Hedges
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Video Store Clerk on Phone (uncredited)
- Starsky & Hutch as Disco DJ
- Taxi as Clerk at Inpound Office
- Toro and Moro as Jerry
- See This Movie as Felix
- Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Two and a Half Men as Billy Stanhope
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Reno 911! as Boozehammer of Galen
- Comedy Central Roasts as Self
- Calendar Girls as Larry
2002
- Kim Possible as Professor Dementor (voice)
- Run Ronnie Run as Dozer - Editor #1
- Zig Zag as Shelly
2001
- The Fairly OddParents as Crimson Chin Writer
- Zoolander as Monkey Photographer
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Harry Baskin
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Ezekial (voice)
- Static Shock as Specs (voice)
- Desperate But Not Serious as Auteur #1
1999
- Family Guy as Tyler (voice)
- Futurama as Unattractive Giant Monster (voice)
- Batman Beyond as Eldon Michaels (voice)
- SpongeBob SquarePants as Jim (voice)
- Home Movies
- Magnolia as Delmer Darion
- Man on the Moon as Blue Collar Guy
- The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller as Self
1998
- Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- The King of Queens as Spence Olchin
- Comedy Central Presents as Self
- HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Patton Oswalt
1997
- Emeril Live
- The Weird Al Show as Seymour
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Down Periscope as Stingray Radioman
- Full Frontal Comedy as self
- Pulp Comics as Patton Oswalt
1995
- NewsRadio as Guy
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as Patton (voice)
- Mr. Show with Bob and David as Man in Restaurant
- MADtv as Crip in Wheelchair
1994
- HBO Comedy Half Hour as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1989
- The Simpsons as Bart's Guilt (voice)
- Seinfeld as Clerk
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Max / TV's Son of TV's Frank