Robert Patrick
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 5, 1958 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Marietta, Georgia, USA
- Credits
- 184
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
The Walking Dead
2010TV
Mays / Mays' Brother, Mays 1 (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991Movie
T-1000
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
O'Reilly
Bridge to Terabithia
2007Movie
Jack Aarons
Lost
2004TV
Hibbs
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005TV
Master Piandao (voice)
Filmography
Terminator, des machines et des hommes... et une femme
2026Movie
Himself
Diamond
2026Movie
Main Power Broker
Mermaid
2026Movie
Ron Bocca
Peacemaker: The Official Podcast with James Gunn
2025TV
Self
FEEL
2025Movie
Sitter 13
Good Men
2024Movie
Self
Hounds of War
2024Movie
Colonel Hart
Chuck Zito: An American Story
2024Movie
Self
Shelter in Solitude
2023Movie
Dwayne
Krapopolis
2023TV
Fatherinlawus (voice)
Dark Asset
2023Movie
Dr. Cain
Royal Crackers
2023TV
Agent Gubbins (voice)
The Night Agent
2023TV
Hawkins
1923
2022TV
Sheriff McDowell
Tulsa King
2022TV
Jeremiah Dunmire
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022TV
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Reacher
2022TV
Shane Langston
Peacemaker
2022TV
August 'Auggie' Smith / White Dragon, August 'Auggie' Smith / Blue Dragon
Rushed
2021Movie
Jim O'Brien
The Protégé
2021Movie
Billy Boy
No Man of God
2021Movie
Roger Depue
What Josiah Saw
2021Movie
Josiah Graham
A Place Among the Dead
2020Movie
RP
Troubled Waters
2020Movie
Sterling French
Honest Thief
2020Movie
Samuel Baker
Perry Mason
2020TV
Herman Baggerly
Talking Sopranos
2020TV
Self
Back Roads
2019Movie
Chief Mansour
The Rising Hawk
2019Movie
Zakhar Berkut
Jarhead: Law of Return
2019Movie
Senator Jackson
The Laundromat
2019Movie
Captain Paris
The Poison Rose
2019Movie
Chief Walsh
Tone-Deaf
2019Movie
Harvey
SGT. Will Gardner
2019Movie
Tony
Mayans M.C.
2018TV
Les Packer
Edge of Fear
2018Movie
Jack Pryor
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017Movie
Self
Lore
2017TV
Reverend Eliakim Phelps
Last Rampage
2017Movie
Gary Tison
Eloise
2016Movie
Doctor H.H. Greiss
Street Level
2016Movie
Giuseppe
Goliath
2016TV
Coach (Billy's Father)
MacGyver
2016TV
Ian Cain
Ride with Norman Reedus
2016TV
Self
21 Days Under the Sky
2016Movie
Narrator
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015Movie
Self - Presenter
Scorpion - Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll
2015Movie
Cabe Gallo
Hellions
2015Movie
Corman
Hollywood Adventures
2015Movie
Studio Guard #1
Tell
2014Movie
Ashton
The Road Within
2014Movie
Robert
Kill the Messenger
2014Movie
Ronny Quail
Scorpion
2014TV
Cabe Gallo
Lost After Dark
2014Movie
Mr. C.
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014Movie
Self
Ask Me Anything
2014Movie
Doug Kampenfelt
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014Movie
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014TV
Jacob Fuller
Endless Love
2014Movie
Harry Elliot
Lovelace
2013Movie
John J. Boreman
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013Movie
Jimbo Caldwell
Identity Thief
2013Movie
Skiptracer
Gangster Squad
2013Movie
Max Kennard
Last Resort
2012TV
Master Chief Joseph Prosser
Trouble with the Curve
2012Movie
Vince
Safe House
2012Movie
Daniel Kiefe
Halloween Wars
2011TV
Self - Guest Judge
Red Faction: Origins
2011Movie
Alec
The John Cena Experience
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
Good Day for It
2011Movie
Luke Cain
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
2011Movie
Walter Hatch
D-Minus
2011Movie
Chris
Mafia
2011Movie
Detective Jules Dupree
The Wrath of Cain
2010Movie
Warden Dean
The Walking Dead
2010TV
Mays / Mays' Brother, Mays 1 (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Kill Speed
2010Movie
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
2010Movie
Pete
Five Minarets in New York
2010Movie
Becker
Edgar Floats
2010Movie
Nicholas Breakey
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009Movie
Todd Nixon
Community
2009TV
Waldron
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009Movie
Self
Alien Trespass
2009Movie
Vernon
Lonely Street
2009Movie
Mr. Aaron
True Blood
2008TV
Jackson Herveaux
Sons of Anarchy
2008TV
Les Packer
Autopsy
2008Movie
Dr. David Benway
Fly Me to the Moon
2008Movie
Louie (voice)
Strange Wilderness
2008Movie
Gus Hayden
Chuck
2007TV
Col. James Keller
Balls of Fury
2007Movie
Sgt. Pete Daytona
Burn Notice
2007TV
John Barrett
Bridge to Terabithia
2007Movie
Jack Aarons
We Are Marshall
2006Movie
Rick Tolley (uncredited)
Flags of Our Fathers
2006Movie
Colonel Chandler Johnson
The Marine
2006Movie
Rome
Psych
2006TV
Major General Felts
Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol
2006TV
Big Love
2006TV
Bud Maybury
The Unit
2006TV
Tom Ryan
Firewall
2006Movie
Gary Mitchell
The Making of 'The Marine'
2006Movie
Self
Ben 10
2005TV
Phil (voice)
Walk the Line
2005Movie
Ray Cash
Supercross
2005Movie
Earl Cole
Hell's Kitchen
2005TV
Self - Restaurant Patron
Elvis
2005TV
Vernon Presley
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005TV
Master Piandao (voice)
American Dad!
2005TV
Mindhunter (voice)
Ladder 49
2004Movie
Lenny Richter
Lost
2004TV
Hibbs
The Batman
2004TV
Hawkman (voice)
Stargate Atlantis
2004TV
Colonel Marshall Sumner
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western
2004Movie
Himself
Bad Apple
2004Movie
Colonel Tom Ryanmy 'Bells' Bellavita
NCIS
2003TV
Merton Bell
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003Movie
Ray Carter
First to Die
2003Movie
Nicholas Jenks
Pavement
2002Movie
Sam Brown
Ticker
2002Movie
FBI Agent
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002Movie
Det. Russell Stark
Backflash
2002Movie
Ray Bennett
D-Tox
2002Movie
Noah
Texas Rangers
2001Movie
Sgt. John Armstrong
The Hire
2001TV
FBI Agent
Spy Kids
2001Movie
Mr. Lisp
All the Pretty Horses
2000Movie
Cole
Mexico City
2000Movie
Ambassador Mills
The Vivero Letter
2000Movie
James Wheeler
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
2000Movie
Self
Shogun Cop
1999Movie
Detective
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Ray Schenkel
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999Movie
Self
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999Movie
Buck
Batman Beyond
1999TV
Richard Armacost (voice)
The Sopranos
1999TV
David Scatino
A Texas Funeral
1999Movie
Zach
The Faculty
1998Movie
Coach Willis
Renegade Force
1998Movie
Jake McInroy
Perfect Assassins
1998Movie
Leo Benita
Ambushed
1998Movie
Shannon Herrold
Tactical Assault
1998Movie
Colonel Lee Banning
Rag and Bone
1998Movie
Sgt. Daniel Ryan
Sink Or Swim
1997Movie
Goatee
The Legend of Calamity Jane
1997TV
John Wesley Hardin (voice)
Cop Land
1997Movie
Jack Rucker
Asylum
1997Movie
Nicholas Tordone
The Angry Beavers
1997TV
Rosewood
1997Movie
Lover
The Only Thrill
1997Movie
Colonel Tom Ryan McHenry
Superman: The Animated Series
1996TV
LeBeau (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996TV
Race Bannon (voice)
Striptease
1996Movie
Darrell Grant
Terminator: Battle Across Time
1996Movie
T-1000
Decoy
1995Movie
Travis
Dumb and Dumber
1995TV
Cop (voice), Bee Guard (voice)
Last Gasp
1995Movie
Leslie Chase
Body Language
1995Movie
Delbert Radley
The Outer Limits
1995TV
Major John Skokes
Hong Kong 97
1994Movie
Reginald Cameron
Double Dragon
1994Movie
Kongo Shuko
Zero Tolerance
1994Movie
Jeff Douglas
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994Movie
Self
The Cool Surface
1994Movie
Jarvis Scott
Body Shot
1994Movie
Mickey Dane
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993TV
Dr. Greenbox (voice)
The X-Files
1993TV
John Doggett
Last Action Hero
1993Movie
T-1000
Fire in the Sky
1993Movie
Mike Rodgers
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993Movie
Self
Wayne's World
1992Movie
Bad Cop / T-1000
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
1991Movie
Self
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991Movie
T-1000
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
O'Reilly
The New Lassie
1989TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Lothar
Hollywood Boulevard II
1989Movie
Cameraman
Future Hunters
1988Movie
Slade
Warlords from Hell
1988Movie
Killer Instinct
1988Movie
Johnny Ransom
Equalizer 2000
1988Movie
Deke
Eye of the Eagle
1987Movie
Johnny Ransom
Hal
Movie
Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2
Movie
Dallas Cambridge