Patrick Kilpatrick
Author, Actor, Artistic Director
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One of the finest screen/television character actors of his generation, playing against a spectrum of Hollywood’s leading action heroes, Patrick Kilpatrick’s entertainment career has spanned nearly 200 films and hit television shows as lead actor, producer and screenwriter – from Steven Spielberg’s ‘Minority Report’ with Tom Cruise to James Cameron’s ‘Dark Angel’ with Jessica Alba, 24 with Kiefer Sutherland, to Antoine Fuqua’s ‘The Replacement Killers’ with Chow Yun-fat, and Chuck Russell’s ‘Eraser’ with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He has appeared in over 80 beloved series – all ‘CSI’ and ‘NCIS’ franchises, ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Criminal Minds’, ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ among them.
Between international film and television appearances Kilpatrick has been a scriptwriter, producer consultant and producer on a multitude of projects.
Kilpatrick is president and CEO of Uncommon Dialogue Films, Inc. (UDF) – a full-service script, casting, film and media service company. UDF’s latest commission has been to write and produce a vast Asian-themed project – now in pre-production. Most recently, UDF received funding for a splashy contemporary crime project scripted by Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick’s upcoming films include ‘Catalyst’ and ‘Night Walk’ – as well as a full slate of UDF projects in advanced development.
His action film appearances embrace a multitude of genres and an international Who’s Who of directors, writers, production talent and leading men and women of the last quarter century. Last Man Standing (1996 – Walter Hill), opposite Bruce Willis, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995- Geoff Murphy), opposite Steven Segal, The Presidio (1988) – Peter Hyams), opposite Sean Connery and Mark Harmon, two award-winning westerns opposite Tom Selleck, Last Stand at Saber River (1997 – Elmore Leonard) and Crossfire Trail (2001), one western opposite Sam Elliot and Kate Capshaw, HBO’s Premiere Films adaptation of Louis L’Amour‘s The Quick and the Dead (1987), and the ever-popular action mainstay Death Warrant (1990) opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme, as ‘The Sandman’. He has even done battle with the largest mammal on earth in Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997).
Beginning as a writer for every magazine and ad agency in New York – TIME, LIFE, PEOPLE, PLAYBOY, INTERVIEW – while bodyguarding Jefferson Airplane, The Beach Boys, Jethro Tull, The Grateful Dead, Procol Harem, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Rod Stewart, Humble Pie, Jeff Beck … to performing in the largest production in Public Broadcasting History – ‘Roanoak’, Broadway/off-Broadway and regional theater acting and directing, to the Los Angeles Theater Center with John Goodman and Academy Award-winning British director Tony Richardson in Shakespeare’s ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’ to the apex of global Hollywood, Kilpatrick has traveled well through media and showbiz.
His memoir Dying For Living: Sins & Confession of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot Vol. 1 – Upbringing published by Boulevard Books (NYC), launched at the National Press Club and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Dying for Living: Wasted Talent in the Valley of Debacle Vol. 2 – Showbiz is set for publication 2021.
His works are available in digital, hardcover, softcover, and audio version on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, autographed copies via PatrickKilpatrick.com and at the numerous signings throughout America and particularly Los Angeles – updated listings on PatrickKilpatrick.com.
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