Will Patton Biography

Will Patton
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Will Patton
Patton on the set of The List
Born	William Curtis Patton June 14, 1954 (1954-06-14) (age 54) Charleston, South Carolina

William Curtis "Will" Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor.

Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest son of a Lutheran minister. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and The Actors Studio and won two Obie Awards for best actor for his performances in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love and the Public Theatre production of What Did He See?. He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of General Bethlehem in The Postman. He also portrayed Coach Bill Yoast in Remember the Titans. Patton recently provided the voice for the audio version of The Assault on Reason by Al Gore.

1 Filmography
- 1.1 Films
- 1.2 Television
2 Voice work
3 External links

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1981	Kent State	Peter	Tv moive
1983	Variety	Mark
	King Blank	Bar Customer
	Silkwood	Joe
1985	The Equalizer	Officer Nick Braxton
	The Beniker Gang	Forest Ranger
	Desperately Seeking Susan	Wayne Nolan
	After Hours	Horst
1986	Chinese Boxes	Lang Marsh
1986	Belizaire the Cajun	Matthew Perry
1987	A Gathering of Old Men	Lou Dimes
1987	No Way Out	Scott Pritchard
1988	Wildfire	Mike
1988	Stars and Bars	Duane Gage
1989	Signs of Life'	Owen's Father
1991	Everybody Wins	Jerry
1991	A Shock to the System	Lt. Laker
1991	Dillinger	Melvin Purvis	Made for TV movie
	Deadly Desire	Giles Menteer	Made for TV movie
	Bright Angel	Woody	(uncredited)
	The Rapture	Deputy Foster
	Cold Heaven	Father Niles
1992	The Paint Job	Wesley
	Lincoln and the War Within		Made for TV movie
	In the Soup	Skippy
	In the Deep Woods	Eric Gaines	Made for TV movie
	A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story	Frank Maxwell	Made for TV movie
1993	Midnight Edition	Jack Travers
	Taking the Heat	Hadley	Made for tv movie
	Romeo Is Bleeding	Martie
1994	Tollbooth	Dash Pepper
	Natural Causes	Michael Murphy
	Judicial Consent	Alan Warwick
	The Client	Sergeant Hardy
	The Puppet Masters	Dr. Graves
1995	Copycat	Nicoletti
1996	Plain Pleasures
	The Spitfire Grill	Nahum Goddard
	Fled	Det. Matthew 'Gib' Gibson
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Lloyd Abbott
	This World, Then the Fireworks	Lt. Morgan
	The Postman	General Bethlehem
1998	O.K. Garage	Sean
	Armageddon	Charles 'Chick' Chapple
	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Preacher
1999	Breakfast of Champions	Moe the Truck Driver
	Entrapment	Hector Cruz
	Jesus' Son	John Smith
2000	Gone in Sixty Seconds	Atley Jackson
	Trixie	W. 'Red' Rafferty
	Remember the Titans	Coach Bill Yoast
2002	The Mothman Prophecies	Gordon Smallwood
2004	Family Sins	Philip Rothman	Made for TV Movie
	The Punisher	Quentin Glass
	The Last Ride	Aaron Purnell	Made for TV Movie
2006	Road House 2: Last Call	Nate Tanner
2007	Code Name: The Cleaner	Riley
	A Mighty Heart	Special Agent Randall Bennett
	The List	Michael Harriston
	Dog Days of Summer	Eli Cottonmouth
2008	Wendy and Lucy	Mechanic
	American Violet	Sam Conroy
	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Old Man Dobyne
	Lucky Days	J.C.
2009	The Canyon	Henry	Upcomming
	Waking Madison		TBA
	Princess Ka'iulani	Sanford B. Dole
	The 4th Kind		TBA

Television

Year	TV Series	Role	Episodes	Other notes
1982-1983	Ryan's Hope	Ox Knowles	2
1984-1985	Search for Tomorrow	Kentucky Bluebird
1995-1997	VR.5	Dr.Frank Morgan	5
1997	The Protector
2001-2003	The Agency	Jackson Haisley	44
2005	Into the West	James Fletcher		Miniseries
2006-2007	Numb3rs	Det. Gary Walker	4