Name	Jason Patric
Height	5' 10"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	17 June 1966
Place of Birth	Queens New York USA
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Growing up in a showbiz family, Jason Patric decided to follow in his parents’ footsteps to pursue a career in acting after receiving exposure as a production assistant for a movie version of his father’s award-wining play, That Championship Season, when he was 16. Shying away from the idea of favoritism due to his family name, he dropped the name Miller and made his entrance in the business at age 19 with a remarkable role as Gary Charters in the ABC drama Toughlove, for director Glenn Jordan. He soon moved on to the big screen when director Alan Johnson had the newcomer play roller-skating hunk Jason in the disappointing sci-fi movie Solarbabies (1986), starring Richard Jordan. It was the thriller The Lost Boys (1987), where he starred as Michael Emerson, an alienated teenager involved with a group of rock ‘n’ roll vampires, that won Patric his first notice.

His escalating star was further established in the following years. In 1988, he was seen playing the bizarre costarring role of an antiwar Russian soldier in Afghanistan in the undervalue The Beast of War, as the title character in a 25-minute TV movie titled Teach 109 (1990), starred opposite Robin Wright Penn in the drama film Denial (1990), and played the supporting role of Lord George Gordon Byron in the John Hurt and Raul Julia vehicle Frankenstein Unbound (1990).

This dark-haired, gloomy, apparently humorless performer offered a notable performance as former boxer Kevin ‘Kid’ Collins in James Foley’s After Dark, My Sweet (1990), for which he earned positive reviews. He gave another strong performance in the following year when he was cast as a drug-addicted cop in the gritty thriller Rush, opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh. The powerful actor added to his success a 1994 Western Heritage award for his brilliant starring turn as 1st Lt. Charles B. Gatewood, an officer who ushers the title character (Wes Studi) to a meeting with a US General, in the history film Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), opposite Hollywood A-list actors Gene Hackman and Matt Damon.

After a one-episode hosting gig for “Saturday Night Live” (1994), Patric undertook the title role in director John Duigan’s film adaptation of John Ehle novel,The Journey of August King (1995), opposite Thandie Newton and Larry Drake. He then teamed up with filmmaker Barry Levinson to play the authorial stand-in Lorenzo ‘Shakes’ Carcaterra in Sleepers (1996). The biopic film also starred Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Minnie Driver and Dustin Hoffman. Patric was then cast opposite Sandra Bullock in the second sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) and was on top billing with actors Irène Jacob and Thomas Lockyer in the crime-thriller Incognito (1997), helmed by John Badham.

In 1998, Patric’s acting ability was once again showcased when he portrayed misogynistic spinster Cary in a black comedy by Neil LaBute, Your Friends & Neighbors. Due to his outstanding performance, he was handed a Las Vegas Film Critics Society award for Best Supporting Actor. Aside from acting, the film also marked Patric’s first venture into producing (Patric formed a production company named Fleece Productions).

Patric returned to filmmaking in 2001 with a small role in the fantasy film The Devil and Daniel Webster, starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin and I Know What You Did Last Summer star Jennifer Love Hewitt, and followed that up with a feature role in the drama 3 Days of Rain (2002). He was then seen costarring with Dan Leis in the thriller Narc (2002). In 2003, he spent his time working on stage alongside Ashley Judd, Ned Beatty and Margo Martindale in a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Patric was later cast opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Quaid in the war movie The Alamo (2004) and played a role in Matt Williams’ Walker (2005).

40-year-old Patric will soon appear as Ned Scott in the all-star cast The Good Shepherd (2006), helmed by actor/director Robert De Niro. Among his costars are Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin and Billy Crudup. Furthermore, he is set to play Jay in the upcoming comedy/romance Expired (2006), for director-writer Cecilia Miniucchi.