Patrick Donald Kilpatrick Jr. (born August 20, 1949) is an American actor, film journalist and educator. He has appeared in over 200 films and television series.
Early life Kilpatrick was born in Orange, Virginia, the son of Robert Donald Kilpatrick Sr. and Ellie Faye (born Ellwood Fay) Hines Kilpatrick. His father was a World War II Beach Jumper, who received a Silver Star and Purple Heart in the Pacific.
When Kilpatrick was six, the family moved to Connecticut from Virginia, where his father (formerly a teacher) began his career in insurance underwriting. Kilpatrick Sr. was head of Connecticut General, and was a key figure in the merger that created the Cigna Corporation; he died on January 27, 1997, at age 72. His mother was a public school educator, coach, councilor and psychologist in private practice. The family bought property in Virginia in 1980. After nearly dying in a car crash at the age of 18 on November 17, 1967, he was rehabilitated to the point where he could later perform his own stunts.
Kilpatrick graduated from the University of Richmond in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, History, and Teaching and attended New York University's Professional Film and Television Graduate Program.
Career
Film and television
His action-film villain appearances include Class of 1999 (1990), Showdown (1993), The Replacement Killers (1998), Eraser (1996), Last Man Standing (1996), Minority Report (2002), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Death Warrant (1990), The Presidio (1988), and two Westerns opposite Tom Selleck, Last Stand at Saber River (1997) and Crossfire Trail (2001). Kilpatrick also starred in Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997).
Other appearances include films such as Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995); and the PBS miniseries American Playhouse: Roanoak (1981), which became the largest production in the history of PBS.
Television appearances include Dark Angel; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); Babylon 5 (1995); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Sergeant O'Connor for 9 episodes from 1996 to 1997; ER (1997); JAG (1997 & 2000); The X-Files (2001); General Hospital (2003); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); 24 (2005); Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) and Chuck ("Chuck Versus the Gravitron"). He guess-starred in the Star Trek: Voyager episodes "Initiations" (1995) and "Drive" (2000) and in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Siege of AR-558" (1998).
Stage
Kilpatrick had a theatrical run at Los Angeles Theater Center for Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, acted Off-Broadway in Hanoi Hilton at the Harold Clurman Theater (1984), Linda Her and The Fairy Garden (1984) at the Second Stage, and in regional theater, Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985).
He has directed Off-Broadway and was a founding member of Divine Theater in New York City. His play, Zone of Bells/Room of Seesaws, premiered at the 1984 East Village Arts Festival. He was assistant director on Broadway with The Golden Age (1984) and Entertaining Mr. Sloane, (1984, Cherry Lane Theatre), and on Death Trap (1984) in the West End of London.
Author
In 2018, Kilpatrick released a memoir, Dying for Living: Sins & Confessions of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot Vol. 1 – Upbringing, published by Boulevard Books (NYC) on October 1, 2018, launched October 3, 2018 at National Press Club and Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The book received the "Best of LA" Award 2018 with 5-star reviews.
2021 California gubernatorial recall election In July 2021, Kilpatrick announced that he was running as a candidate in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election as one of nine Democrats attempting to recall California's governor, Gavin Newsom. The 50% threshold to recall Newsom was not reached, and Kilpatrick received 1.2% of the replacement candidate vote. He is currently an independent.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Toxic Avenger Leroy 1985 Insignificance Driver 1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Stone 1987 Russkies Raimy 1988 The Presidio Mark 1989 The Cellar Mance Cashen 1990 Class of 1999 Mr. Bryles 1990 Death Warrant Christian "The Sandman" Naylor 1993 Angel 4: Undercover Hank 1993 Best of the Best II Finch 1993 Showdown Lee 1994 Open Fire Kruger 1995 Scanner Cop II Karl Volkin 1995 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up J.J. 1995 The Granny Father 1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Mercenary 1996 Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus Jaggart 1996 Eraser Haggerty 1996 Last Man Standing Finn 1996 Riot Bryan O'Flaherty 1997 Last Stand at Saber River Austin Dodd 1997 Free Willy 3: The Rescue John Wesley 1998 The Replacement Killers Pryce 1998 Hijack Carl Howard 1999 Palmer's Pick-Up Bo 2000 Luck of the Draw Hit-Man 2001 Crossfire Trail Mike Taggart 2001 The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option Colonel J.C. Brack 2002 Minority Report Officer Geoffrey Knott 2003 Shotgun Elmore 2004 Gamebox 1.0 Ronald Hobbes / Ao Shun 2005 Chasing Ghosts Neil 2007 Already Dead The Detective 2008 Parasomnia Byron Volpe 2009 Never Surrender Seifer 2009 The Confessional Detective Mullens 2012 The Zombinator The Colonel 2012 Wedding Day Jeff 2013 Chavez: Cage of Glory John Stone 2013 Jet Set The Voice 2014 Number Runner Luke Eastman 2014 7 Faces of Jack the Ripper Edmund 2015 The Wrath Paul McKinley 2015 No Way Out Steve Johnson 2016 Beyond the Game Agent Johnsson 2016 Assassin X Claxton 2016 DaZe: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse Dr. Rutherford B. Hogjaw Twaddle 2017 Beyond the Shield Thomas Schaffer 2017 Borstal Governor Heywood 2017 American Violence Charlie Rose 2017 Cops and Robbers Detective Miller 2018 Black Water Ferris 2019 Night Walk Louis 2019 Beyond the Law Terrance 2022 When George Got Murdered Deputy Warden 2022 Borrowed Time III Dr. Paul Harrison Wagner 2022 Lie Hard Mr. Reynolds 2023 Hell's Coming for You Clive Lewis 2023 Nessie Brad
Television Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Edge of Night Ken Bloom 14 episodes 1986 Tales from the Darkside Dr. Philip Carrol Episode: "Strange Love" 1986 American Playhouse Amadas Episode: "Roanoak: Part I" 1986 The Equalizer Webster Episode: "A Community of Civilized Men" 1987 The Quick and the Dead Ute TV film 1987 Cagney & Lacey Eric Episode: "Loves Me Not" 1988 Matlock Prosecutor Episode: "The Reunion" 1989 Something Is Out There Bishop Episode: "A Hearse of Another Color" 1989 Santa Barbara Mickey James 4 episodes 1989–1990 Tour of Duty Duke Fontaine 3 episodes 1994 The Stand Ray Booth 1 episode 1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Lyle Guthrie Episode "Skyjacked"1995 Babylon 5 Robert Carlson Episode: "Convictions" Season 3#ep21996 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Sgt. O'Connor 8 episodes 1997 JAG Kent Episode: "Full Engagement" 1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reese Episode: "The Siege of AR-558" 2000 Charmed Death, One of 4 Horsemen Episode: "Apocalypse Not" 2000 JAG Capt. Lyle Episode: "Surface Warfare" 2001 The X-Files Randall Cooper Episode: "Surekill" 2003 Las Vegas Louis Ambrose Episode: "Decks and Violence" 2005 24 Secret Service Agent Dale Spalding Episode: "Day 4: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM" 2005 Criminal Minds Vincent Perotta Episode: "Natural Born Killer" 2007 Chuck Leader Episode: "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" 2008 Wanna Be Me! John TV film 2009 Cold Case James "Monster" Drew '09 Episode: "Jackals" 2009 CSI: Miami Tony Connor Episode: "In Plane Sight" 2009 Nip/Tuck Denny Kessler Episode: "Alexis Stone II" 2012 Fighter's Chance Referee TV film 2012 Burn Notice Dean Hunter Episode: ""You Can Run" 2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Gary Lee Walt Episode: "The Lost Reindeer" 2015 NCIS: Los Angeles Dallas Adler Episode: "Rage" 2016 NCIS: New Orleans Gordan Bogdan Episode: "Escape Plan" 2020 The Circuit Sheriff Bob Episode: "Ranch Terror"
Video games Year Title Role Notes 1999 Fleet Command Captain Doug Matthews, USN Command Watch Officer
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2019 Dreamachine International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Awardhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453304/awards?ref_=nm_awd 2022 New York International Film Awards Best Ensemble Cast 2022 Actors Awards Best ensemble 2022 Actors Awards Best villain 2022 Annual Actors Award Best Ensemble of the Year 2022 Vegas Movie Awards Best ensemble 2022 New Jersey Film Awards Best Supporting Actor 2022 DTLA Film Festival Best ensemble Cast
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