Will Patton was born on June 14, 1954 in Charleston, South Carolina. He is an American actor.

Patton first appeared on film in the short underground film Minus Zero(1979). He also appeared in King Blank and Variety (both 1983) and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Patton was cast in his first big-budget film, Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985), where he played a brutish boyfriend with a thing for leather and chains.

His best portrayal of a villain can be found in the Gene Hackman-starring thriller No Way Out (1987). Several of the independent films in which Patton has appeared have gotten good reviews at film festivals, notably The Spitfire Grill (1996).

He also starred in The Postman (1997), Armageddon (1998), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and Remember the Titans (2000).

Filmography

• The Canyon (2008)
• Lucky Days (2008)
• Dog Days of Summer (2007)
• A Mighty Heart (2007)
• The List (2007)
• "Numb3rs" (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
• Road House 2: Last Call (2006)
• The Way (2006)
• "Into the West" (2005)
• The Last Ride (2004)
• The Punisher (2004)
• Family Sins (2004)
• "The Agency" (4 episodes, 2002)
• The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
• The Agency (2001)
• Remember the Titans (2000)
• Trixie (2000)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Jesus' Son (1999)
• Entrapment (1999)
• Breakfast of Champions (1999)
• I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
• Armageddon (1998)
• O.K. Garage (1998)
• The Postman (1997)
• This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
• Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
• "The Protector" (1997)
• Fled (1996)
• The Spitfire Grill (1996)
• Plain Pleasures (1996)
• Copycat (1995)
• "VR.5" (5 episodes, 1995)
• The Puppet Masters (1994)
• The Client (1994)
• Midnight Edition (1994)
• Judicial Consent (1994)
• Natural Causes (1994)
• Tollbooth (1994)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• Taking the Heat (1993)
• A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992)
• In the Deep Woods (1992)
• In the Soup (1992)
• The Paint Job (1992)
• Lincoln and the War Within (1992)
• Cold Heaven (1991)
• The Rapture (1991)
• Bright Angel (1991)
• Deadly Desire (1991)
• Dillinger (1991)
• A Shock to the System (1990)
• Everybody Wins (1990)
• Signs of Life (1989)
• Stars and Bars (1988)
• Wildfire (1988)
• No Way Out (1987)
• A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
• Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
• "The Equalizer" (1 episode, 1985)
• After Hours (1985)
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
• The Beniker Gang (1985)
• "Search for Tomorrow" (1951)
• Chinese Boxes (1984)
• Silkwood (1983)
• King Blank (1983)
• Variety (1983)
• "Ryan's Hope" (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
• "CBS Library" (1 episode, 1982)
• Kent State (1981)

Awards

• OBIE Award Performance "What Did He See?" 1988 - 89
• OBIE Award Performance "Fool for Love" 1983 - 84
• Special OBIE Award "Tourists and Refugees No. 2" 1980 - 81