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Will Patton(I)

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IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000701
Will Patton in A Mighty Heart (2007)
The true-crime story of Jack Black, whose 1926 memoir became an unlikely bestseller upon its release and later inspired generations of counter-cultural writing.
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You Can't Win (2026)
91 Videos
99+ Photos
Will Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, Bill Patton, is a playwright, acting/directing instructor, and Lutheran minister. Patton attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has won two OBIE awards for Best Actor -- for the off-Broadway plays "Fool for Love" (by Sam Shepard) and the Public Theatre production of "What Did He See?" (by Richard Foreman).
BornJune 14, 1954
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BornJune 14, 1954
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000701
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 11 nominations total

    Photos104

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    Known for

    Kevin Costner in The Postman (1997)
    The Postman
    6.1
    • General Bethlehem
    • 1997
    Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, and Sean Young in No Way Out (1987)
    No Way Out
    7.1
    • Scott Pritchard
    • 1987
    Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)
    Armageddon
    6.7
    • Chick
    • 1998
    The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
    The Mothman Prophecies
    6.4
    • Gordon Smallwood
    • 2002

    Credits

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    Actor

    • The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
      • Lou Smith
      • Completed
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2026
    • The Magnificent Seven
      • Filming
      • TV Series
    • The Ice at the Bottom of the World
      • Post-production
    • Ruby Road
      • Frank
      • Post-production
    • Will Patton, James Hong, Michael Pitt, Jeremy Allen White, and Julia Garner in You Can't Win (2026)
      You Can't Win
      4.5
      • Foot and A Half George
      • 2026
    • Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams (2025)
      Train Dreams
      7.5
      • Narrator (voice)
      • 2025
    • Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
      Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
      7.0
      • 2024
    • Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
      Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
      6.6
      • Owen Kittredge
      • 2024
    • Outer Range (2022)
      Outer Range
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Wayne Tillerson
      • 2022–2024
    • Janet Planet (2023)
      Janet Planet
      6.1
      • Wayne
      • 2023
    • Rebecca Ferguson and Ashley Zukerman in Silo (2023)
      Silo
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Deputy Sam Marnes
      • 2023
    • Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney in Halloween Ends (2022)
      Halloween Ends
      5.0
      • Frank
      • 2022
    • Yellowstone (2018)
      Yellowstone
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Garrett Randall
      • 2020–2022
    • James Jude Courtney in Halloween Kills (2021)
      Halloween Kills
      5.5
      • Officer Hawkins
      • 2021
    • Safe (2021)
      Safe
      6.8
      Short
      • Francis
      • 2021
    • The Forever Purge (2021)
      The Forever Purge
      5.4
      • Caleb Tucker
      • 2021
    • Jonathan Sadowski, Adan Canto, Alicia Sanz, Chinaza Uche, and Zach Avery in The Devil Below (2021)
      The Devil Below
      4.3
      • Schuttmann
      • 2021
    • If It Bleeds (2020)
      If It Bleeds
      Video
      • Narrator (voice)
      • 2020
    • Jabari Watkins, Lana Rockwell, and Nico Rockwell in Sweet Thing (2020)
      Sweet Thing
      7.0
      • Adam
      • 2020

    Soundtrack

    • Outer Range (2022)
      Outer Range
      7.1
      TV Series
      • performer: "Home Sweet Home"
      • performer: "Home on the Range" (uncredited)
      • 2022–2024

    Videos91

    "You're Done" from Brooklyn's Finest
    Clip 1:03
    "You're Done" from Brooklyn's Finest
    "Let's Just Take a Ride" from Brooklyn's Finest
    Clip 0:53
    "Let's Just Take a Ride" from Brooklyn's Finest
    "Let's Just Take a Ride" from Brooklyn's Finest
    Clip 0:53
    "Let's Just Take a Ride" from Brooklyn's Finest
    "It's Not What You Expect" from Brooklyn's Finest
    Clip 0:40
    "It's Not What You Expect" from Brooklyn's Finest
    "You Need a New House" from Brooklyn's Finest
    Clip 1:20
    "You Need a New House" from Brooklyn's Finest
    "Think You're a Tough Guy?" from Brooklyn's Finest
    Clip 1:04
    "Think You're a Tough Guy?" from Brooklyn's Finest
    "I'm Not a Role Model" from Brooklyn's Finest
    Clip 0:57
    "I'm Not a Role Model" from Brooklyn's Finest

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • William Patton
    • Height
      • 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
    • Born
      • June 14, 1954
      • Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Parents
      • Bill Patton
    • Other works
      Plays Dad in "Shoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames" play by Denis Johnson (Dimson Theater, New York City, New York, USA).
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      When he left the 1984 off-Broadway production of "Fool for Love", he was replaced by his understudy, Bruce Willis.
    • Quotes
      I love things where I can be physical and I so love high stakes, and you usually don't get that unless you're doing a play or an action movie.
    • Trademarks
        Usually plays the right hand man to the leader roles

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