Patrick Kilpatrick


Robert Donald Kilpatrick Jr., better known as Patrick Kilpatrick, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, journalist, international entertainment speaker and teacher. He has appeared in over 180 films and television series.

Early life

Kilpatrick was born in Orange, Virginia, the son of Robert Donald Kilpatrick Sr. and Elle Fay Hines Kilpatrick. His ancestors are Scottish, Irish, and English, having come to the U.S. as early as 1640, and he has relatives who fought in both the American Revolution and for the Confederacy in the Civil War. His father was a World War II "Beach Jumper", a predecessor to the modern U.S. Navy Seals, who received a Silver Star and Purple Heart in the Pacific and was a winner of the National Collegiate Baseball Championship for the University of Richmond.
When Kilpatrick was six, the family moved to Connecticut from Virginia, where his father began his career as an insurance executive. Kilpatrick Sr founded Cigna Corporation later in life, and died on January 27, 1997 at the age of 72. His mother was a girls' physical education instructor at The Gilbert School in Connecticut. The family returned to Virginia in the early 1970s. After nearly dying in a car crash at the age of 17 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 BA in English/ History/ Teaching and attended New York University's Professional Film and Television Graduate Program.

Career

Film & Television

Kilpatrick's entertainment career has spanned more than 180 films and television shows as lead actor, producer, screenwriter, director and acting coach/entertainment teacher. Most commonly playing the role as a villain, Kilpatrick jokes, “I’ve been killed, beaten-up or jailed by nearly every leading actor on earth and in outer space.“
His action film villain appearances include '  , ' ;  ' opposite Bruce Willis; ' opposite Tom Cruise; ' opposite Steven Seagal; ' ; two award-winning westerns opposite Tom Selleck, '  and ' ; one western ' ; and the ever-popular action mainstay ' as “The Sandman”, opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme. Kilpatrick also starred with the largest mammal on earth in '.
In one 18-month period Kilpatrick reportedly acted in five major studio films and two independent films while doing 27 television guest star spots on 18 different shows. Other appearances include films such as ; 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up ; ' ; ' ; ' ; The Zombinator ;  Nicolas Roeg's film ' ; and the PBS miniseries ' which became the largest production in the history of PBS.
Television appearances include Dark Angel with Jessica Alba; ' ; Walker, Texas Ranger ; Babylon 5 ; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Sergeant O'Connor for 9 episodes from 1996 to 1997; ER ; The X-Files ; General Hospital ;  ' ; 24 ; ' and Chuck. In 1995, he co-starred in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Initiations", in the 2000 episode "Drive |Drive" and in 1998 episode entitled "The Siege of AR-558 |The Siege of AR-558". In January 2019, he began filming '.

Stage

Kilpatrick had a theatrical run at Los Angeles Theater Center for Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, acted Off-Broadway in Hanoi Hilton at the Harold Clurman Theater, Linda Her and The Fairy Garden at the Second Stage, and in regional theater, Requiem for a Heavyweight.
He 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. Assistant directed Broadway with The Golden Age and Entertaining Mr. Sloane,, West End of London assistant directing Death Trap.

Author

In 2018, Kilpatrick released a memoir, , published by Boulevard Books 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.
Kilpatrick's follow-up, Dying for living: Wasted Talent in the Valley of Debacle, was set for publication at the end of 2019.

Other ventures

Awards