Biography

DGA Commercial Director with over 200 commercials for mainly Fortune 100 Companies.

Worked in NYC as a Creative Director for five of the top ten advertising agencies -- Saatchi & Saatchi, Y&R, McCann-Erickson, JWT, DMB&B. Started his own agency, RocketScience in 1994 (art director, copywriter, producer).

Sixth Degree Black Belt/Master in TaeKwonDo. Studied under Grand Master S Henry Cho in NYC. Grand Master Cho had the first commercial TaeKwonDo school in the United States. After becoming a black belt Pat taught for Grand Master Cho at the NYC dojang.

After seeing Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman" Pat decided he had to learn to Tango. After a year of lessons he won a ballroom Pro-Am Competition performing an Argentine Tango with his teacher.

Was a member of NYC HOG (Harley Owners Group) and once served as the Director of the Palm Springs HOG group. Rode with the Patriot Guard on both the East and West coasts.

Now that I've done a suspense thriller (an old style horror film) next Halloween I can go as myself.

The biggest difference I find working as an actor with other actors and being a director of the scene is that as an actor I'm in the moment. Feeling what makes it work. Sharing the actual human experiences. As a director, I'm a voyeur at arm's-length.

God's joke is making you the smartest person in the room. His bigger joke is making you think you are.

When you audition, there are ten thousand reasons why you won't get the role and one reason why you will. No one knows what the one reason is.

The greatest thing about acting when you're old is it's not a young person's business. If the part calls for a 70 year old, they're looking for a 70 year old. They don't hire a 28 year old because they make less money.