Robert Patrick
Acting • Born 1958-11-05
Biography
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 (2014–2018), where he played Cabe Gallo, the former federal agent who recruits and oversees the show’s team of geniuses. Patrick also appeared in Peacemaker in 2022, a DC Comics–based series created by James Gunn, portraying Auggie Smith, a radical, authoritarian figure tied to Peacemaker’s past and ideology, a role that highlighted a darker and more unsettling side of his screen persona. Outside of acting, Patrick is a longtime supporter of the U.S. military and the USO, a commitment shaped by his family history. The grandson of an Army veteran who served in World Wars I and II and the Korean War, he has participated in multiple USO tours since 2008, traveling to seven countries and regularly visiting military hospitals. He is also a dedicated Harley-Davidson enthusiast and co-owner of Harley-Davidson of Santa Clarita, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Barbara, and their two children.
Filmography
182 credits
Walk the Line
Movie • 2005
Ray Cash
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Movie • 1991
T-1000
Bridge to Terabithia
Movie • 2007
Jack Aarons
Die Hard 2
Movie • 1990
O'Reilly
Cop Land
Movie • 1997
Jack Rucker
Spy Kids
Movie • 2001
Mr. Lisp
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Movie • 2009
Todd Nixon
Double Dragon
Movie • 1994
Kongo Shuko
Flags of Our Fathers
Movie • 2006
Colonel Chandler Johnson
Ladder 49
Movie • 2004
Lenny Richter
All the Pretty Horses
Movie • 2000
Cole
Decoy
Movie • 1995
Travis
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Movie • 1999
Buck
Wayne's World
Movie • 1992
Bad Cop / T-1000
The Marine
Movie • 2006
Rome
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Movie • 2003
Ray Carter
The Faculty
Movie • 1998
Coach Joe Willis
Balls of Fury
Movie • 2007
Sgt. Pete Daytona
Firewall
Movie • 2006
Gary Mitchell
Striptease
Movie • 1996
Darrell Grant
Texas Rangers
Movie • 2001
Sgt. John Armstrong
Fly Me to the Moon
Movie • 2008
Louie (voice)
Strange Wilderness
Movie • 2008
Gus Hayden
Tactical Assault
Movie • 1998
Colonel Lee Banning
Good Day for It
Movie • 2011
Luke Cain
Fire in the Sky
Movie • 1993
Mike Rodgers
Renegade Force
Movie • 1998
Jake McInroy
The Wrath of Cain
Movie • 2010
Warden Dean
Alien Trespass
Movie • 2009
Vernon
Autopsy
Movie • 2008
Dr. David Benway
Red Faction: Origins
Movie • 2011
Alec
Body Language
Movie • 1995
Delbert Radley
Kill Speed
Movie • 2010
Supercross
Movie • 2005
Earl Cole
Pavement
Movie • 2002
Sam Brown
A Texas Funeral
Movie • 1999
Zach
Five Minarets in New York
Movie • 2010
Becker
Bad Apple
Movie • 2004
Colonel Tom Ryanmy 'Bells' Bellavita
Gangster Squad
Movie • 2013
Max Kennard
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Movie • 2011
Walter Hatch
Future Hunters
Movie • 1986
Slade
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Movie • 2013
Jimbo Caldwell
Safe House
Movie • 2012
Daniel Kiefe
Backflash
Movie • 2002
Ray Bennett
Lovelace
Movie • 2013
John J. Boreman
Trouble with the Curve
Movie • 2012
Vince
Identity Thief
Movie • 2013
Skiptracer
Eye of the Eagle
Movie • 1987
Johnny Ransom
Ambushed
Movie • 1998
Shannon Herrold
Zero Tolerance
Movie • 1994
Jeff Douglas
Street Level
Movie • 2016
Giuseppe
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
Movie • 2010
Pete
Hong Kong 97
Movie • 1994
Reginald Cameron
The Making of 'The Marine'
Movie • 2006
Self
Dark Asset
Movie • 2023
Dr. Cain
Asylum
Movie • 1997
Nicholas Tordone
Hollywood Adventures
Movie • 2015
Studio Guard #1
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Movie • 2009
Self
Warlords from Hell
Movie • 1988
Endless Love
Movie • 2014
Harry Elliot
Last Gasp
Movie • 1995
Leslie Chase
Shelter in Solitude
Movie • 2023
Dwayne
The Road Within
Movie • 2014
Robert
Perfect Assassins
Movie • 1998
Leo Benita
Kill the Messenger
Movie • 2014
Ronny Quail
The Only Thrill
Movie • 1997
Colonel Tom Ryan McHenry
Body Shot
Movie • 1994
Mickey Dane
Equalizer 2000
Movie • 1988
Deke
Mexico City
Movie • 2000
Ambassador Mills
Ask Me Anything
Movie • 2014
Doug Kampenfelt
The Cool Surface
Movie • 1994
Jarvis Scott
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Movie • 2014
Self
Angels Don't Sleep Here
Movie • 2002
Det. Russell Stark
The Vivero Letter
Movie • 2000
James Wheeler
Lost After Dark
Movie • 2014
Mr. C.
Tell
Movie • 2014
Ashton
Killer Instinct
Movie • 1988
Johnny Ransom
First to Die
Movie • 2003
Nicholas Jenks
Hellions
Movie • 2015
Corman
Troubled Waters
Movie • 2020
Sterling French
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Movie • 2015
Self - Presenter
Ticker
Movie • 2002
FBI Agent
Sink Or Swim
Movie • 1997
Goatee
D-Minus
Movie • 2011
Chris
Hollywood Boulevard II
Movie • 1991
Cameraman
Last Rampage
Movie • 2017
Gary Tison
Hounds of War
Movie • 2024
Colonel Hart
Mafia
Movie • 2011
Detective Jules Dupree
We Are Marshall
Movie • 2006
Rick Tolley (uncredited)
D-Tox
Movie • 2002
Noah
Eloise
Movie • 2016
Doctor H.H. Greiss
Rag and Bone
Movie • 1998
Sgt. Daniel Ryan
Back Roads
Movie • 2019
Chief Mansour
Rosewood
Movie • 1997
Lover
Last Action Hero
Movie • 1993
T-1000
Tone-Deaf
Movie • 2019
Harvey
The Poison Rose
Movie • 2019
Chief Walsh
Edge of Fear
Movie • 2018
Jack Pryor
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Movie • 2017
Self
The Laundromat
Movie • 2019
Captain Paris
SGT. Will Gardner
Movie • 2019
Tony
Honest Thief
Movie • 2020
Samuel Baker
The Rising Hawk
Movie • 2019
Zakhar Berkut
21 Days Under the Sky
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Jarhead: Law of Return
Movie • 2019
Senator Jackson
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Movie • 1999
Self
Lonely Street
Movie • 2009
Mr. Aaron
What Josiah Saw
Movie • 2021
Josiah Graham
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
Movie • 2000
Self
The Protégé
Movie • 2021
Billy Boy
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Movie • 1991
Self
No Man of God
Movie • 2021
Roger Depue
Rushed
Movie • 2021
Jim O'Brien
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
Movie • 1993
Self
Edgar Floats
Movie • 2010
Nicholas Breakey
A Place Among the Dead
Movie • 2020
RP
Good Men
Movie • 2024
Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Movie • 1994
Self
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Movie • 2024
Self
Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2
Movie
Dallas Cambridge
Mermaid
Movie • 2025
Ron Bocca
FEEL
Movie • 2025
Sitter 13
The Broken Movie
Movie • 2006
cop
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
Movie • 2014
Diamond
Movie
Shogun Cop
Movie • 1999
Detective
The John Cena Experience
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Nine Inch Nails: Broken
Movie • 1993
Cop (uncredited)
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Richard Armacost (voice)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV • 2005
Master Piandao (voice)
Chuck
TV • 2007
Col. James Keller
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Mindhunter (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV • 1996
Race Bannon (voice)
The Batman
TV • 2004
Hawkman (voice)
The Unit
TV • 2006
Tom Ryan
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Lothar
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Ray Schenkel
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Ian Cain
The Angry Beavers
TV • 1997
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
LeBeau (voice)
Lost
TV • 2004
Hibbs
Ben 10
TV • 2005
Phil (voice)
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
Mays / Mays' Brother
The New Lassie
TV • 1989
Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol
TV • 2006
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Major John Skokes
The Night Agent
TV • 2023
Hawkins
Last Resort
TV • 2012
Master Chief Joseph Prosser
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self - Restaurant Patron
Stargate Atlantis
TV • 2004
Colonel Marshall Sumner
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
TV • 2014
Jacob Fuller
Scorpion
TV • 2014
Cabe Gallo
Community
TV • 2009
Waldron
Elvis
TV • 2005
Vernon Presley
Psych
TV • 2006
Major General Felts
True Blood
TV • 2008
Jackson Herveaux
Goliath
TV • 2016
Coach (Billy's Father)
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
John Barrett
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
David Scatino
The Hire
TV • 2001
FBI Agent
Sons of Anarchy
TV • 2008
Les Packer
Halloween Wars
TV • 2011
Self - Guest Judge
The Legend of Calamity Jane
TV • 1997
John Wesley Hardin (voice)
Lore
TV • 2017
Reverend Eliakim Phelps
Reacher
TV • 2022
Shane Langston
Royal Crackers
TV • 2023
Agent Gubbins (voice)
NCIS
TV • 2003
Merton Bell
Mayans M.C.
TV • 2018
Les Packer
1923
TV • 2022
Sheriff McDowell
Perry Mason
TV • 2020
Herman Baggerly
The X-Files
TV • 1993
John Doggett
Peacemaker
TV • 2022
August 'Auggie' Smith / White Dragon
Talking Sopranos
TV • 2020
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV • 2022
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
Mays 1 (Archive Footage) (uncredited)
Big Love
TV • 2006
Bud Maybury
Krapopolis
TV • 2023
Fatherinlawus (voice)
Peacemaker
TV • 2022
August 'Auggie' Smith / Blue Dragon
Ride with Norman Reedus
TV • 2016
Self
Tulsa King
TV • 2022
Jeremiah Dunmire
Dumb and Dumber
TV • 1995
Cop (voice)
Dumb and Dumber
TV • 1995
Bee Guard (voice)