Jason Patric

Jason Patric (born June 17, 1966) is an American film, television and stage actor. He may be best known for his roles in the films The Lost Boys, Sleepers, Your Friends & Neighbors, Narc, The Losers and Speed 2: Cruise Control. His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller. Patric is the maternal grandson of Jackie Gleason.

Early life

Patric was born as John Anthony Miller, Jr.^{[citation needed]} in Queens, New York to Academy Award-nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller; 1939–2001), and Linda Mae Gleason, daughter of actor/comedian Jackie Gleason.^[1] His half-brother is actor Joshua John Miller. The family is of Irish Catholic descent.

Growing up in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, he attended the all-boys Salesian Roman Catholic Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, New Jersey, and Saint Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica, California.^[1] He appeared in high school productions of Dracula and Grease.

Career

After graduation, he was cast in the television drama Toughlove. The following year, Patric was cast in Solarbabies alongside Peter DeLuise, Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas, James LeGros and Adrian Pasdar. Within a few years, Patric would reunite with Gertz and Dern in The Lost Boys and After Dark, My Sweet, respectively. He co-starred with George Dzundza and Stephen Baldwin in The Beast.

In 1993, he starred alongside Wes Studi and Matt Damon as 1st Lt. Charles B. Gatewood in the movie Geronimo: An American Legend.^[2]

His scenes in The Thin Red Line were cut before the film's release. He appeared in the Alec Baldwin film The Devil and Daniel Webster, which was shot in 2001, and released in late 2007 as Shortcut to Happiness, but turned down the lead role in The Firm (1993), which went to Tom Cruise. Patric garnered excellent reviews for his performance as an undercover narcotics officer in Narc (2002).

In 2005, Patric appeared on Broadway as "Brick" in a revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, opposite starred Ashley Judd, Ned Beatty and Margo Martindale.^[3]

He next appeared on Broadway opposite Brian Cox, Chris Noth, Kiefer Sutherland and Jim Gaffigan in a revival of That Championship Season, which began previews on February 9, 2011 and closed on May 29, 2011.^[4] The play (written by Jason Miller) first debuted in 1972, and won, among other awards, the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award.

Personal life

Patric began dating actress Julia Roberts days after she canceled her wedding to Kiefer Sutherland in June 1991.^[5] They dated for two years, after which he dated supermodel Christy Turlington (from 1994–2000).

Arrest

In 2004, Patric was arrested on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest in Austin, Texas, and was involved in a physical confrontation with the arresting officer. Patric claimed the charges were false and that the officer assaulted him.^{[citation needed]} The prosecuting attorney's office later dropped the charges, which included assault on a police officer. He subsequently sued the arresting officer for violating his civil rights, but the federal jury ruled in the officer's favor.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

• 1998: Won, "Best Supporting Actor" - Your Friends & Neighbors

Online Film Critics Society Awards

• 1999: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Your Friends & Neighbors

PRISM Awards

• 2003: Nominated, "Best Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film" - Narc

Golden Raspberry Award

• 1998: Nominated, "Worst Screen Couple" - Speed 2: Cruise Control (shared w/Sandra Bullock)

Satellite Award

• 1999: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Motion Picture" - Your Friends & Neighbors

Stockholm International Film Festival

• 2007: Won, "Best Actor" - Expired

Western Heritage Awards

• 1994: Won, "Best Theatrical Motion Picture" - Geronimo: An American Legend

References

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External links

• Jason Patric at the Internet Movie Database
• Jason Patric at the Internet Broadway Database