Robert Patrick

About

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...

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Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999NCISSeries • 2003ReacherSeries • 2022American Dad!Series • 2005Tulsa KingSeries • 2022The X-FilesSeries • 1993The Walking DeadSeries • 2010LostSeries • 2004The SopranosSeries • 1999PsychSeries • 2006Sons of AnarchySeries • 2008Stargate AtlantisSeries • 2004CommunitySeries • 2009True BloodSeries • 2008ScorpionSeries • 2014Burn NoticeSeries • 2007MacGyverSeries • 2016PeacemakerSeries • 2022Avatar: The Last AirbenderSeries • 2005ChuckSeries • 2007The Night AgentSeries • 2023The Outer LimitsSeries • 1995The UnitSeries • 2006Big LoveSeries • 2006