Biography

Will Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, Bill Patton, is a playwright, acting/directing instructor, and Lutheran minister. Patton attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has won two OBIE awards for Best Actor -- for the off-Broadway plays "Fool for Love" (by Sam Shepard) and the Public Theatre production of "What Did He See?" (by Richard Foreman).

Actor

You Can't Win(2026)as Foot and A Half George

Train Dreams(2025)as Narrator

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2(2024)

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1(2024)as Owen Kittredge

Outer Range(2022)as Wayne Tillerson

Soundtrack

Outer Range(2022)

Self

Behind the Storm: The Making of the Scent of Rain and Lightning(2016)

The Presence of Joseph Chaikin(2011)as Self

MindFlux(2010)as Self

The Making of 'Dog Days of Summer'(2009)as Self

Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II(2003)as Self

Archive Footage

MTV 80s - Top 50 1985 Vs 1989!(2022)as Wayne Nolan

The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition(2020)as Self

Conan(2010)as Weaver

Aerosmith: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing(1998)as Chick

Sex Violence & Values: Changing Images(1986)as Kidnapper

Known for

The Postman1997 · Actor No Way Out1987 · Actor Armageddon1998 · Actor The Mothman Prophecies2002 · Actor

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Alan Cumming and Will Patton in The Good Wife (2009)

Bruce Willis and Will Patton in Armageddon (1998)

Kevin Costner, George Dzundza, and Will Patton in No Way Out (1987)

Will Patton and Steven Yeun in Minari (2020)

Credit Score: Will Patton

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Minari

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Fri Feb 12 2021

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Minari	7.50	2021	•	7.4	1	6	125603
2	Remember the Titans	6.50	2000	•	7.8	0	0	249719
3	Yellowstone	6.00	2018		8.6	0	1	310067
4	After Hours	5.00	1985	•	7.6	0	1	98006
5	No Way Out	4.88	1987	•	7.1	0	0	55363
6	Train Dreams	3.75	2025	•	7.5	0	4	104332
7	The Postman	3.25	1997	•	6.1	0	0	83321
8	The Fourth Kind	3.09	2009	•	5.9	0	0	86163
9	Armageddon	3.00	1998	•	6.7	0	4	479290
10	The Punisher	2.50	2004	•	6.4	0	0	180479