{{short description|American actor}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Jim Fitzpatrick | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|8|28}} | birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, United States | years_active = 1972-present | occupation = Actor, screenwriter, producer, director | spouse = Jodi Knotts (1990-present) | children = 2 }}
'''Jim Fitzpatrick''' (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Jim Fitzpatrick|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1311815/Jim-Fitzpatrick}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He has appeared in over 65 feature films and television series. He also is the founder and president of '''Five Star Studios''' (established in 1992) and '''PacAtlantic Pictures, LLC''' (established in 2005).
==Early life== Fitzpatrick is from Seminole, Florida. He began acting at age 13 when he appeared in his first school play, ''A Thousand Clowns'', at Seminole High School in Florida. He accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University, where he was a theater major. While living in Illinois, he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich.
==Athletic career== Fitzpatrick pursued a career in professional football. He was a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1981. Thereafter he played for short stints with the National Football League (NFL) Baltimore Colts, (1982) & Chicago Bears, (1982). He retired from pro football in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL (1983–85).
==Acting career== Before moving to Los Angeles, he landed supporting roles in the feature films ''Cocoon'' and ''D.A.R.Y.L.'' His first television acting credit was on ''Miami Vice''.
==Filmography== * 1979 ''Glory Days'' as Steve Street * 1985 ''Walking the Edge'' as Fat Man's Bodyguard * 1985 ''D.A.R.Y.L.'' as T.A.S.C.O.M. Security Guard * 1985 ''Cocoon'' as Dock Worker * 1986 ''Miami Vice'' as Teddy Lake * 1986 ''Santa Barbara'' as Raz * 1986 ''Band of the Hand'' as Young Street Thug * 1986 ''When the Bough Breaks'' as Reporter #3 * 1987 ''Shelter in the Storm'' as River * 1987 ''The Last Fling'' as Bud * 1987 ''Designing Women'' as Garret Jackson * 1985-1987 ''Days of Our Lives'' (4 episodes) Dr. Robinson * 1986-1988 ''The New Gidget'' (5 episodes) as Tom Wilson * 1989 ''Tour of Duty'' as Captain Pescow * 1989 ''Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North'' as Sergeant Major Collins * 1990 ''Ski Patrol'' as Young Father * 1990 ''Sporting Chance'' as Davis * 1991 ''Anything but Love'' as Detective * 1992 ''Stand by Your Man'' as Kyle * 1993 ''South of Sunset'' as Tony DiNato * 1993 ''Sweating Bullets'' (7 episodes) as "Rip" Chase * 1993 ''Renegade'' as Brett Quinn * 1994 ''The Glass Shield'' as Officer Jim Ryan * 1994 ''Curse of the Starving Class'' as Emerson * 1995-1996 ''All My Children'' (168 episodes) as Pierce Riley * 1997 ''Pacific Blue'' as Captain Frank Hawkins * 1997 ''The Little Ghost'' as Tony * 1998 ''Armageddon'' as Lieutenant Trev Tavis, NORAD Tech. * 1999 ''Delta Force Clear Target'' as Skip Lang * 1997-2001 ''JAG'' as Major Warren / Commander Douglas * 2001 ''U.S. Seals'' as Mike Bradley * 2002 ''Unreel: A Hollywood Story'' as Tommy * 2002 ''100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd'' as Coach Hardgrave * 2002 ''The Agency'' as CIA Agent Gus Allman * 2002 ''ER'' as Lieutenant Colonel McGruen * 2002 ''An American Reunion'' as Jamie * 2003 ''Threat Matrix'' as Robert Burkehart * 2003 ''The District'' (2 episodes) as Weston Buell * 2001-2005 ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' (7 episodes) as Commander Williams * 2004 ''The Code Conspiracy'' as John Davis * 2004 ''Supernatural'' (TV) (Pilot) as Calvin Gordon * 2005 ''Elizabethtown'' as Rusty * 2005 ''Distortion'' as Frank * 2006 ''Blood Ranch'' as "Spider" * 2006 ''The Indian'' as Dr. Vince * 2007 ''Hallow's Point'' as Detective Frank Cates * 2008 ''The Belly of the Beast'' as Adam Simeon * 2010 ''The Adventure Scouts'' as Allen Daniels<ref>{{cite web|title=Film company shoots family-friendly movie in Seminole|url=http://www.tbnweekly.com/pubs/seminole_beacon/content_articles/041807_smb-06.txt|publisher=Seminole Beacon|accessdate=28 April 2013}}</ref> * 2011 ''Dolphin Tale'' as Max * 2013 ''A Fonder Heart'' as Dr. Evans * 2013 ''Eden 2'' as Captain Stevens * 2013 ''Gangster Squad'' as Terry McMurray * 2016 ''Divorce Texas Style'' as Ozzie Partington * 2017 ''Do You See Me'' as Detective Jimmy Nichols * 2019 ''Time Off'' as Bernie * 2020 ''Mind Games'' as Roger * 2021 ''Bloodsport Generations'' as Uncle Duck * 2021 ''Last of the Grads'' as Mr Bradley * 2022 ''Shark Waters'' as Poppy * 2023 ''Soulmates'' as Rudy Galiano * 2025 ''Off Rip'' as Father Jim
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0280541|Jim Fitzpatrick}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080626023725/http://pacatlanticpictures.com/ PacAtlantic Pictures]
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