Robert Patrick

Born: 1958-11-05 in Marietta, Georgia, USA

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2023

The Night Agent as Hawkins
Krapopolis as Fatherinlawus (voice)
Royal Crackers as Agent Gubbins (voice)
Dark Asset as Dr. Cain
Shelter in Solitude as Dwayne

2022

Reacher as Shane Langston
Tulsa King as Jeremiah Dunmire
Peacemaker as August 'Auggie' Smith / White Dragon
1923 as Sheriff McDowell
LIGHT & MAGIC as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021

The Protégé as Billy Boy
No Man of God as Roger Depue
What Josiah Saw as Josiah Graham
Rushed as Jim O'Brien

2020

Perry Mason as Herman Baggerly
Talking Sopranos as Self
Honest Thief as Samuel Baker
A Place Among the Dead as RP
Troubled Waters as Sterling French

2019

The Laundromat as Captain Paris
The Poison Rose as Chief Walsh
Jarhead: Law of Return as Senator Jackson
The Rising Hawk as Zakhar Berkut
Tone-Deaf as Harvey
SGT. Will Gardner as Tony
Back Roads as Chief Mansour

2018

Mayans M.C. as Les Packer
Edge of Fear as Jack Pryor

2017

Lore as Reverend Eliakim Phelps
Last Rampage as Gary Tison
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self

2016

MacGyver as Ian Cain
Goliath as Coach (Billy's Father)
Ride with Norman Reedus as Self
Eloise as Doctor H.H. Greiss
Street Level as Giuseppe
21 Days Under the Sky as Narrator

2015

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert as Self - Presenter
Scorpion - Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll as Cabe Gallo
Hollywood Adventures as Studio Guard #1
Hellions as Corman

2014

Scorpion as Cabe Gallo
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as Jacob Fuller
Endless Love as Harry Elliot
Kill the Messenger as Ronny Quail
Ask Me Anything as Doug Kampenfelt
The Road Within as Robert
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey as Self
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
Lost After Dark as Mr. C.
Tell as Ashton

2013

Gangster Squad as Max Kennard
Identity Thief as Skiptracer
Lovelace as John J. Boreman
Jayne Mansfield's Car as Jimbo Caldwell

2012

Safe House as Daniel Kiefe
Last Resort as Master Chief Joseph Prosser
Trouble with the Curve as Vince

2011

Halloween Wars as Self - Guest Judge
S.W.A.T.: Firefight as Walter Hatch
Red Faction: Origins as Alec
The John Cena Experience as Self (archive footage)
Mafia as Detective Jules Dupree
Good Day for It as Luke Cain
D-Minus as Chris

2010

The Walking Dead as Mays / Mays' Brother
Five Minarets in New York as Becker
Kill Speed
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond as Pete
Edgar Floats as Nicholas Breakey
The Wrath of Cain as Warden Dean

2009

Community as Waldron
The Men Who Stare at Goats as Todd Nixon
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
Alien Trespass as Vernon
Lonely Street as Mr. Aaron

2008

Sons of Anarchy as Les Packer
True Blood as Jackson Herveaux
Fly Me to the Moon as Louie (voice)
Strange Wilderness as Gus Hayden
Autopsy as Dr. David Benway

2007

Chuck as Col. James Keller
Burn Notice as John Barrett
Bridge to Terabithia as Jack Aarons
Balls of Fury as Sgt. Pete Daytona

2006

Psych as Major General Felts
The Unit as Tom Ryan
Big Love as Bud Maybury
Flags of Our Fathers as Colonel Chandler Johnson
We Are Marshall as Rick Tolley (uncredited)
Firewall as Gary Mitchell
The Marine as Rome
The Making of 'The Marine' as Self
Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol

2005

American Dad! as Mindhunter (voice)
Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
Avatar: The Last Airbender as Master Piandao (voice)
Ben 10 as Phil (voice)
Walk the Line as Ray Cash
Elvis as Vernon Presley
Supercross as Earl Cole

2004

Lost as Hibbs
The Batman as Hawkman (voice)
Stargate Atlantis as Colonel Marshall Sumner
Ladder 49 as Lenny Richter
Bad Apple as Colonel Tom Ryanmy 'Bells' Bellavita
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western as Himself

2003

NCIS as Merton Bell
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Ray Carter
First to Die as Nicholas Jenks

2002

D-Tox as Noah
Angels Don't Sleep Here as Det. Russell Stark
Pavement as Sam Brown
Ticker as FBI Agent
Backflash as Ray Bennett

2001

Spy Kids as Mr. Lisp
The Hire as FBI Agent
Texas Rangers as Sgt. John Armstrong

2000

All the Pretty Horses as Cole
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' as Self
Mexico City as Ambassador Mills
The Vivero Letter as James Wheeler

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ray Schenkel
The Sopranos as David Scatino
Batman Beyond as Richard Armacost (voice)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money as Buck
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
A Texas Funeral as Zach
Shogun Cop as Detective

1998

The Faculty as Coach Willis
Rag and Bone as Sgt. Daniel Ryan
Ambushed as Shannon Herrold
Renegade Force as Jake McInroy
Tactical Assault as Colonel Lee Banning
Perfect Assassins as Leo Benita

1997

The Angry Beavers
Cop Land as Jack Rucker
The Legend of Calamity Jane as John Wesley Hardin (voice)
Rosewood as Lover
Sink Or Swim as Goatee
The Only Thrill as Colonel Tom Ryan McHenry
Asylum as Nicholas Tordone

1996

Superman: The Animated Series as LeBeau (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Race Bannon (voice)
Striptease as Darrell Grant
Within the Rock ... (Producer)
Terminator: Battle Across Time as T-1000

1995

The Outer Limits as Major John Skokes
Dumb and Dumber as Cop (voice)
Last Gasp as Leslie Chase
Body Language as Delbert Radley
Decoy as Travis

1994

Double Dragon as Kongo Shuko
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
The Cool Surface as Jarvis Scott
Zero Tolerance as Jeff Douglas
Body Shot as Mickey Dane
Hong Kong 97 as Reginald Cameron

1993

The X-Files as John Doggett
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Dr. Greenbox (voice)
Last Action Hero as T-1000
Fire in the Sky as Mike Rodgers
T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self

1992

Wayne's World as Bad Cop / T-1000

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day as T-1000
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self

1990

Die Hard 2 as O'Reilly

1989

1988

Future Hunters as Slade
Killer Instinct as Johnny Ransom
Equalizer 2000 as Deke
Warlords from Hell

1987

Eye of the Eagle as Johnny Ransom