Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is a Saturn Award-winning American film and television actor. He is best known for his performance as the T-1000, the shape-shifting cyborg and main antagonist of James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Other acting credits include Cop Land, Spy Kids, The Faculty, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as well as a recurring role in the TV series The Sopranos. Patrick has also acted in science fiction-oriented television series, with recurring roles in The Outer Limits and more notably The X-Files, where he starred in arguably his most significant role since Terminator 2 as the skeptical Agent John Doggett. More recently, Patrick portrayed Johnny Cash's abusive father in 2005's Academy Award-winning Walk the Line. He currently appears on CBS's action-drama series The Unit.
Robert Patrick (b. September 27, 1937) is a gay playwright, poet, lyricist, and short story writer and novelist. He was born Robert Patrick O'Connor in Kilgore, Texas.
He reprised his Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) character, the T-1000, for the theme park attraction T2-3D, a short film filmed in a new 3-D process that makes the film really appear to jump out at you.
He appeared in Meat Loaf's "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" music video.
Brother of Richard Patrick (II), lead singer of Filter and former guitarist for Nine Inch Nails.
Two children, daughter Austin, son Samuel.
Has played the same character (T-1000) in three different movies. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Wayne's World (1992) and Last Action Hero (1993).
Son of Robert and Nadine Patrick.
Brother of Richard, Cheri, Karen and Lewis Patrick.
He has the distinction of being the only actor killed on screen by all three of the Planet Hollywood founders: Bruce Willis (in Die Hard 2 (1990)), Sylvester Stallone (in Cop Land (1997)), and most famously by Arnold Schwarzenegger (in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)).
The appearance of character Dale Gribble from the animated series "King of the Hill" (1997) is based on Patrick.
Has played the fathers of both Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash (I): Vernon Presley in Elvis (2005) (TV) and Ray Cash in Walk the Line (2005).
He frequently plays characters who are involved in law enforcement or the military. Among Patrick's roles, he has played 4 different "Colonels".
In the mid to late 1980s lived in the same Los Angeles complex with such neighbors such as Jim Carrey (Bruce Almighty (2003)), Ernie Hudson (Ghost Busters (1984)) and Cynthia Ettinger ("Deadwood" (2004), Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)).
During his first 10 years in the film business in which Patrick was a struggling actor in "B" movies, his pay was so meager that he had to supplement it by bartending at night.
Enjoys riding motorcycles.
Immediately after being cast in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), he took a martial-arts crash course, then began exhaustive strength, endurance, and weapons-training sessions. "For three months," he says, "all I did was sleep, eat, take vitamins, and train.".
Has appeared in two movies with Joaquin Phoenix: Walk the Line (2005) and Ladder 49 (2004).
Majored in accounting while attending Bowling Green State University.
