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 Patton Oswalt has been headlining at comedy clubs all over the United States since 1996, as well as appearing in his own standup specials on Comedy Central and HBO. He was chosen as Entertainment Weekly's "It" comedian in 2002. He is a regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). His other television credits include appearances on Seinfeld (1989) and NewsRadio (1995).As a writer, Oswalt spent two seasons on Mad TV (1995) and has also written for the MTV Music Video Awards. He is currently writing screenplays and has appeared in the feature films Starsky & Hutch (2004), Man on the Moon (1999) and Magnolia (1999).
Bio:
Patton Oswalt has been headlining at comedy clubs all over the United States since 1996, as well as appearing in his own standup specials on Comedy Central and HBO. He was chosen as Entertainment Weekly's "It" comedian in 2002. He is a regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). His other television credits include appearances on Seinfeld (1989) and NewsRadio (1995).As a writer, Oswalt spent two seasons on Mad TV (1995) and has also written for the MTV Music Video Awards. He is currently writing screenplays and has appeared in the feature films Starsky & Hutch (2004), Man on the Moon (1999) and Magnolia (1999).
Tivia:
Two years after the untimely death of his first wife, Michelle McNamara, her nonfiction crime book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List (2018). The introduction and afterword were contributed by author Gillian Flynn and Oswalt respectively.Is a big movie buff, especially of classic and noir films. During a period from the mid to late '90s, he grew addicted to watching films and would go to the theater almost daily. This is chronicled in his book, Silver Screen Fiend.Daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, born April 15, 2009.Graduated from College of William and Mary in Virginia. (1991)Was considered for the role of "Albert Brennaman" in Hitch (2005).His favorite movie is Six Pack (1982).Was inducted into the Harvard Lampoon.Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series category for Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (2017), but lost to John Mulaney for John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018).Graduated from Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia. (1987)Engaged to actress Meredith Salenger [July 2017].Is a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.His father's ancestry is German, English, Irish, and Scottish. His maternal grandfather, Peter Nicholas Runfola, was of Italian/Sicilian descent, and his maternal grandmother, Mary Cecilia Brennan, was of Irish ancestry.Recently found out he's allergic to gluten.Like Frank Conniff, who played his onscreen father in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017), he is a staunch Democrat.His comedy special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016) was released on Netflix. [April 2016]. |
| Name: |
Patton Oswalt |
Type: |
Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Model rank: |
159 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:44:47 |
| Height: |
5' 3?' (1.61 m) |
| Biography: |
Patton Oswalt has been headlining at comedy clubs all over the United States since 1996, as well as appearing in his own standup specials on Comedy Central and HBO. He was chosen as Entertainment Weekly\'s \"It\" comedian in 2002. He is a regula |
| Trivia: |
Two years after the untimely death of his first wife, Michelle McNamara, her nonfiction crime book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List (2018). The introduction and afterword were contributed by author Gillian Flynn and Oswalt respectively.Is a big movie buff, especially of classic and noir films. During a period from the mid to late '90s, he grew addicted to watching films and would go to the theater almost daily. This is chronicled in his book, Silver Screen Fiend.Daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, born April 15, 2009.Graduated from College of William and Mary in Virginia. (1991)Was considered for the role of "Albert Brennaman" in Hitch (2005).His favorite movie is Six Pack (1982).Was inducted into the Harvard Lampoon.Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series category for Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (2017), but lost to John Mulaney for John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018).Graduated from Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia. (1987)Engaged to actress Meredith Salenger [July 2017].Is a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.His father's ancestry is German, English, Irish, and Scottish. His maternal grandfather, Peter Nicholas Runfola, was of Italian/Sicilian descent, and his maternal grandmother, Mary Cecilia Brennan, was of Irish ancestry.Recently found out he's allergic to gluten.Like Frank Conniff, who played his onscreen father in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017), he is a staunch Democrat.His comedy special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016) was released on Netflix. [April 2016]. |
| Trademarks: |
Often plays nerdy characters
Short frame and high-pitched voice
Observational comedy with literary references and colorfully verbose language |
| Quotes: |
Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in because you don't know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck. So you either set it in a zombie apocalypse, a wasteland or a spaceship. I think which one you choose decides the adult you become.
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(2012, on A Very Harold u0026amp; Kumar 3D Christmas) I was in New York doing something. Or maybe it was Chicago. But I got a call asking if I wanted to go to Detroit and film one really fun scene where I was a Santa Claus selling weed. I knew the writers. So I just said yeah. I blew the second 3-D puff of pot smoke in film history. Someone needs to add that to my Wikipedia.
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(2012, on Young Adult) I went in because I'd become friends with Jason [Reitman], and we bonded over the fact that we're such movie buffs and we both own French bulldogs. So he said, "Can you come in and just read this script that we're trying to figure out, as a favor?" He did say there'd be some cold readings with three different actresses who were being considered for the lead, and I was there for each. And he kept asking me to come back, and then they had Charlize [Theron] come in, and she really wanted to do it at that point. He said, "Why don't you come back and read for this role again," and we just clicked. There was something about it, we just started making fun of each other in between the read and just got along, and he's like, "Yeah, that's it. You guys are doing it." I saw how amazing Charlize was just sitting at the table read that that's the first time that I ever hired an acting coach and really started doing the fucking work. That was a huge evolution for me because that was about the time that I was going back to see more Broadway shows, and was really getting into Breaking Bad and watching Bryan Cranston. And I realized all these actors that I really liked are the types where they're like, "Let's just get the highlighter pen and do the fucking work and make this great." That's so much what Charlize was about. "Let's do the work and make it great." So I thought, "I'm going to show up with the work fucking done and ready to go." I have some projects coming up where it's like, "Here's your script; you better go sit down with your coach and be ready." And I'm so glad that Young Adult gave me that experience.
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(2012, on The King Of Queens) I lucked out getting that role. That's where I learned how to act. Hanging out with Kevin James; he's just an amazing comedic actor. Especially in terms of TV acting, which is really hard to pull off in a sitcom format. Also Jerry Stiller, who is such an old pro. He would go over the lines a million times like he thought he wouldn't get it, but then he would nail it every fucking time. That's where I first met Bryan Cranston, who was a regular for a while. And Jere Burns was there. For some reason, they didn't fire me after the second season, when they were thinking about writing my character out because I was just such a shit actor. I just got to go down and watch Kevin doing his scenes and learn that way, and luckily I didn't lose the job.
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(2012, on Zig Zag) I had become friends with David Goyer and he had written all these movies-man, that guy came up through the fucking ranks. You should talk to him sometime. He has the funniest "meeting Steven Segal" story I've ever fucking heard in my life. He has come up through the trenches. When he wrote Blade and finally got some cachet, he auctioned a novel that he wanted to direct called Zig Zag. It's a movie that doesn't quite work. It doesn't come together like it should. But Oliver Platt's performance is fucking awesome. It's one of those great performances in a not-great film. He plays a character called "The Toad" and holy shit, he's so good it literally hurts the movie. Because viewers are like, "Can't we just go watch him?" It's like Martin Short's character in The Big Picture. It's still a pretty good movie, but he's on such another level it makes the rest of the movie seem like a booger. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
His stand up comedy act led to jobs doing short form comedy sketches during Comedy Central commercial breaks to promote upcoming programs.
TV commercial for Nike Shoes (1999)
1994 - Appeared in Margaret Cho's episode of the Comedy Central series &q |
| Spouse: |
Meredith Salenger (November 4, 2017 - present) Michelle McNamara (September 24, 2005 - April 21, 2016) (her death, 1 child) |
| Children: |
Alice Oswalt |
| Parents: |
Larry J. Oswalt
Carla Oswalt |
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