
Robert Patrick
Department: Acting
Biography
Robert Hammond Patrick is an American actor best known for portraying intense antagonists and authority figures. He broke out in 1991 with his iconic performance as the T-1000 in James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, where his cold, physical presence turned the character into one of cinema’s most enduring villains. Following Terminator 2, Patrick became a fixture across film and television, with notable roles in Fire in the Sky (1993), Last Action Hero (1993), The Faculty (1998), Walk the Line (2005), and Bridge to Terabithia (2007), as well as The X-Files (2000–2002), where he portrayed FBI Special Agent John Doggett. He later led the military drama The Unit (2006–2009) as Colonel Tom Ryan, the commanding officer overseeing an elite covert operations team, grounding the series with a disciplined, authoritative presence rooted in military realism. He also appeared in Scorpion (2014–2018), where he played Cabe Gallo, the former federal agent who recruits and oversees the show’s team of geniuses. Patrick also appeared in Peacemaker in 2022, a DC Comics–based series created by James Gunn, portraying Auggie Smith, a radical, authoritarian figure tied to Peacemaker’s past and ideology, a role that highlighted a darker and more unsettling side of his screen persona. Outside of acting, Patrick is a longtime supporter of the U.S. military and the USO, a commitment shaped by his family history. The grandson of an Army veteran who served in World Wars I and II and the Korean War, he has participated in multiple USO tours since 2008, traveling to seven countries and regularly visiting military hospitals. He is also a dedicated Harley-Davidson enthusiast and co-owner of Harley-Davidson of Santa Clarita, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Barbara, and their two children.
Known For

Walk the Line
2005

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991

Bridge to Terabithia
2007

Die Hard 2
1990

Cop Land
1997

Spy Kids
2001

The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009

Double Dragon
1994

Flags of Our Fathers
2006

Ladder 49
2004

All the Pretty Horses
2000

Decoy
1995

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999

Wayne's World
1992

The Marine
2006

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003

The Faculty
1998

Balls of Fury
2007

Firewall
2006

Striptease
1996

Texas Rangers
2001

Fly Me to the Moon
2008

Strange Wilderness
2008

Tactical Assault
1998

Good Day for It
2011

Fire in the Sky
1993

Renegade Force
1998

The Wrath of Cain
2010

Alien Trespass
2009

Autopsy
2008

Red Faction: Origins
2011

Body Language
1995

Kill Speed
2010

Supercross
2005

Pavement
2002

A Texas Funeral
1999

Five Minarets in New York
2010

Bad Apple
2004

Gangster Squad
2013

S.W.A.T.: Firefight
2011

Future Hunters
1986

Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013

Backflash
2002

Safe House
2012

Lovelace
2013

Trouble with the Curve
2012

Identity Thief
2013

Eye of the Eagle
1987

Ambushed
1998

Zero Tolerance
1994

Street Level
2016

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
2010

Hong Kong 97
1994

The Making of 'The Marine'
2006

Dark Asset
2023

Asylum
1997

Hollywood Adventures
2015

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009

Warlords from Hell
1988

Endless Love
2014

Last Gasp
1995

Shelter in Solitude
2023

The Road Within
2014

Perfect Assassins
1998

Kill the Messenger
2014

The Only Thrill
1997

Body Shot
1994

Equalizer 2000
1988

Mexico City
2000

Ask Me Anything
2014

The Cool Surface
1994

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014

Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002

The Vivero Letter
2000

Lost After Dark
2014

Tell
2014

Killer Instinct
1988

First to Die
2003

Hellions
2015

Troubled Waters
2020

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015

Ticker
2002

Sink Or Swim
1997

D-Minus
2011

Hollywood Boulevard II
1991

Last Rampage
2017

Hounds of War
2024

Mafia
2011

We Are Marshall
2006

D-Tox
2002

Eloise
2016

Rag and Bone
1998

Back Roads
2019

Rosewood
1997

Last Action Hero
1993

Tone-Deaf
2019

The Poison Rose
2019

Edge of Fear
2018

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017

The Laundromat
2019

SGT. Will Gardner
2019

Honest Thief
2020

The Rising Hawk
2019

21 Days Under the Sky
2016

Jarhead: Law of Return
2019

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999

Lonely Street
2009

What Josiah Saw
2021

The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
2000

The Protégé
2021

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
1991

No Man of God
2021

Rushed
2021

T2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993

Edgar Floats
2010

A Place Among the Dead
2020

Good Men
2024

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994

Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024

Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2
—

Mermaid
2026

FEEL
2025

The Broken Movie
2006

From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014

Diamond
—

Shogun Cop
1999

The John Cena Experience
2011

Nine Inch Nails: Broken
1993

Batman Beyond
1999

Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005

Chuck
2007

American Dad!
2005

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996

The Batman
2004

The Unit
2006

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

MacGyver
2016

The Angry Beavers
1997

Superman: The Animated Series
1996

Lost
2004

Ben 10
2005

The Walking Dead
2010

The New Lassie
1989

Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol
2006

The Outer Limits
1995

The Night Agent
2023

Last Resort
2012

Hell's Kitchen
2005

Stargate Atlantis
2004

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014

Scorpion
2014

Community
2009

Elvis
2005

Psych
2006

True Blood
2008

Goliath
2016

Burn Notice
2007

The Sopranos
1999

The Hire
2001

Sons of Anarchy
2008

Halloween Wars
2011

The Legend of Calamity Jane
1997

Lore
2017

Reacher
2022

Royal Crackers
2023

NCIS
2003

Mayans M.C.
2018

1923
2022

Perry Mason
2020

The X-Files
1993

Peacemaker
2022

Talking Sopranos
2020

LIGHT & MAGIC
2022

The Walking Dead
2010

Big Love
2006

Krapopolis
2023

Peacemaker
2022

Ride with Norman Reedus
2016

Tulsa King
2022

Dumb and Dumber
1995

Dumb and Dumber
1995

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993

Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn
2025