{{Short description|American actor (born 1968)}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Mathew St. Patrick | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|17}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1996–present }}
'''Mathew St. Patrick''' (born March 17, 1968)<ref name=classmates>{{cite web| url=http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Scotland-School-for-Veterans-Children/259875?page=18| title=Scotland School for Veterans' Children Yearbook| year=1986| via=Classmates.com| access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref> is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Keith Charles on the HBO drama series ''Six Feet Under'' (2001−05). Previously, Patrick appeared as Marcus Taggert in ''General Hospital'' (1997) and Adrian Sword in ''All My Children'' (1998−2000), both soap operas. St. Patrick also had a leading role as Detective Kenneth Marjorino in the series ''Reunion'' (2005−06). His film roles include ''War'' (2007) and ''Alien Raiders'' (2008).
==Early life== St. Patrick was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Curtis St. Patrick, a hot dog vendor, and Brenda (née Queen), who taught grade school.<ref name="gianoulis">{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/mathew-saint-patrick|title=St. Patrick, Mathew|last=Gianoulis|first=Tina|website=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref> He was on the varsity track team of Olney High School,<ref name=Espinoza>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20137140,00.html| title=Ready, Set...Glow!| last2=Lynch| first2=Jason| date=May 27, 2002| last3=Scott| first3=Sophronia| last1=Espinoza| first1=Galina| magazine=People| access-date=February 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415215235/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20137140,00.html|archive-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> but graduated in 1986 from Scotland School for Veterans' Children in Scotland, Pennsylvania, the last remaining school for children of military veterans in the United States.<ref name=classmates/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_11622389| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140225003530/http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_11622389| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 25, 2014| title=Scotland school last of its kind| last=Rauhut| first=Marcus| year=2009| newspaper=Public Opinion| location=Chambersburg, PA| access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref>
After graduating from high school, St. Patrick lived in New York and then for eight years in the Chicago, Illinois area (Carol Stream, Illinois) where he worked various jobs: delivery salesman for Coca-Cola in St. Charles, Illinois, at UPS, a furniture store delivery driver (Zierks Furnishings) in St. Charles, Illinois, driving an 18-wheeled flatbed truck for Quikrete of Chicago, and for the Union Pacific Railroad loading and unloading new cars and trucks at West Chicago Yard.<ref name=Elgin>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAydvmxTuGE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/EAydvmxTuGE |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live| title=Actor Mathew St. Patrick visits Elgin, Illinois| date=July 30, 2012| work=Elgin Spirit| access-date=February 24, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Acting career== In 1994, St. Patrick moved to Los Angeles, California to begin his acting career.<ref name=Elgin/> In Los Angeles, he first worked as a personal trainer<ref name=Espinoza/> then in 1996 joined the West Coast Theater Ensemble.<ref name=Elgin/> After acting in his first stage production, ''Full Court Press'', an agent noticed him and cast St. Patrick in the latter's film debut, ''Steel Sharks'' (1997), playing a Navy serviceman.<ref name="gianoulis"/>
St. Patrick was cast as Detective Marcus Taggert on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' in 1997, replacing Réal Andrews in the role.<ref name="groves">{{cite news|last=Groves|first=Seli|date=May 25, 1997|title=Speaking Of Soaps|page=24|newspaper=The Beaver County Times}}</ref> However, his time in the role was brief, and Andrews returned as Marcus in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Toby|date=January 2, 1998|title=Soap Bubbles|newspaper=Rome News-Tribune}}</ref> St. Patrick was not satisfied with Marcus' character, describing him as "one-dimensional."<ref name="lemon">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Mathew+St.+Patrick%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA128|pages=83−87; 128|last=Lemon|first=Brendan|date=March 2003|magazine=Out|publisher=Hare Publishing|title=St. Patrick's day}}</ref> He joined another soap opera, ''All My Children'', as police lieutenant Adrian Sword, appearing in the series until 2000.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 30, 2000|title=Celebrity Mailbag|page=D8|newspaper=Toledo Blade}}</ref> For his performance as Adrian, St. Patrick received two NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series, in 1999 and 2000.<ref name="gianoulis"/>
He made guest appearances on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'',<ref name="groves"/> ''Diagnosis: Murder'', ''NYPD Blue'',<ref name="gianoulis" /> and ''Crossing Jordan''.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 13, 2005|title=Best Bets|page=2|newspaper=Warsaw Times-Union}}</ref> St. Patrick landed the role of Keith Charles in the HBO series ''Six Feet Under'' in 2001, portraying a cop in a relationship with David Fisher (Michael C. Hall).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Mathew-St-Patrick-of-Six-Feet-Under/8668.html|title=Mathew St. Patrick of Six Feet Under|last=Davis|first=Andrew|date=June 22, 2005|website=Windy City Times|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Daniel|first=Jeff|date=October 23, 2002|title=In movies and on TV, staying quiet about race can speak volumes|page=10|newspaper=Bartow Press}}</ref> Alongside his ''Six Feet Under'' cast members, St. Patrick was nominated five consecutive times for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2001−05), winning the award in 2002 and 2003.<ref name="gianoulis"/> St. Patrick continued playing Keith until the series ended in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/22/arts/television/and-they-all-died-happily-ever-after-sort-of.html|title=And They All Died Happily Ever After, Sort Of|last=Heffernan|first=Virginia|date=August 22, 2005|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 29, 2022|author-link=Virginia Heffernan}}</ref>
St. Patrick starred as Detective Marjorino in the Fox drama series ''Reunion'', which ran from 2005 to 2006.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyEPeFB8DzAC&dq=%22Mathew+St.+Patrick%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA116|page=116|title=TV Year: The Prime Time 2005-2006|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|date=2007|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|isbn=9781557836847|author-link=John Kenneth Muir}}</ref> Additionally, he played an FBI agent in the film ''War'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/mathew-st-patrick-p360583|title=Mathew St. Patrick|last=Southern|first=Nathan|website=AllMovie|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref> and Seth in the science fiction horror film ''Alien Raiders'' (2008).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TYl0EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mathew+St.+Patrick%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA301|page=301|title=A Scary Little Christmas: A History of Yuletide Horror Films, 1972-2020|last=DuPée|first=Matthew C.|date=June 7, 2022|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9781476645407}}</ref> St. Patrick voiced an EMT in the "Mr. Mathers" skit featured on Eminem's album ''Relapse'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/eminem-inside-comeback-wbna30889466|title=Eminem: Inside the comeback|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|date=May 22, 2009|website=USA Today|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref> He was the first voice of Skulker on ''Danny Phantom'' (2004), but was later replaced in the role by Kevin Michael Richardson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Mathew-St-Patrick/|title=Mathew St Patrick (visual voices guide)|website=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref> St. Patrick did voice work in the preschool series ''Higglytown Heroes'' (2005−06).<ref name="fromm">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/reunions-mathew-st-patrick/|title=''Reunion'' s Mathew St. Patrick|last=Fromm|first=Emily|date=November 10, 2005|website=People|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref>
Following the end of ''Six Feet Under'', most of St. Patrick's roles on television have been minor characters. He appeared in the pilot of the TV series ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (2013) and guest starred on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2006), ''Private Practice'' (2009) and ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2017). St. Patrick had a recurring role during the final season of the FX drama series ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2014), as Moses Cartwright.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/sons-of-anarchy-mathew-st-patrick-1085290/|title=Six Feet Under's Mathew St. Patrick Joins Sons of Anarchy's Final Season|last=Surette|first=Tom|date=August 5, 2014|website=TV Guide|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== St. Patrick has a son<ref name="fromm"/> and reads the Bible regularly.<ref name="lemon"/>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1996 || ''NYPD Blue'' || Rickie || Episode: "Unembraceable You" |- | 1996 || ''Moesha'' || Trainer || Episode: "The List" |- | 1997 || ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' || Basketball Official || Episode: "Straight Shooter" |- | 1997 || ''Steel Sharks'' || Mattox || |- | 1997 || ''Diagnosis Murder'' || Howie Lanier || Episode: "Slam Dunk Dead" |- | 1998 || ''NYPD Blue'' || Marvin || Episode: "You're Under a Rasta" |- | 1998 || ''Surface to Air'' || Quinland || |- | 1998 || ''Mike Hammer, Private Eye'' || Marcus Aurelis Sterling || 2 episodes |- | 1998–2000 || ''All My Children'' || Adrian Sword || 63 episodes<br />Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series <small>(2000–01)</small> |- | 2001–2005 || ''Six Feet Under'' || Keith Charles || 63 episodes<br />Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series <small>(2003–04)</small><br />Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series <small>(2002, 2005–06)</small> |- | 2004 || ''Danny Phantom'' || Skulker|| Voice role, 3 episodes; after St. Patrick's departure from the series, Skulker was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson for the remainder of the series. |- | 2004 || ''Crossing Jordan'' || William Avery || Episode: "Justice Delayed" |- | 2005–2006 || ''Higglytown Heroes'' || Policeman Hero || 2 episodes |- | 2005–2006 || ''Reunion'' || Detective Kenneth Marjorino || 13 episodes |- | 2006 || ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' || Roddy Franklin || Episode: "Class" |- | 2007 || ''War'' || Wick || |- | 2008 || ''Sleepwalking'' || Detective #1 || |- | 2008 || ''Ball Don't Lie'' || Louis Accord || |- | 2008 || ''Alien Raiders'' || Seth Steadman || |- | 2009 || ''Private Practice'' || Malcolm || Episode: "What You Do for Love" |- | 2009 || ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' || Bobby J. Jenlow || Episode: "Identity" |- | 2009–2010 || ''Saving Grace'' || Tom Harris || 2 episodes |- | 2013 || ''NCIS'' || Metro Detective Bill Shard || Episode: "Prime Suspect" |- | 2014 || ''Sons of Anarchy'' || Moses Cartwright || 3 episodes |- | 2015 || ''Eddie and the Aviator'' || The Aviator || |- | 2017 || ''Hawaii Five-0'' || John Berris || Episode: "Ka Laina Ma Ke One" |- | 2017 || ''Extinction'' || Agent Davidson || |- | 2018 || ''Doe'' || Carl || |- | 2019 || ''Ice Cream in the Cupboard'' || Dr. Derek Crowder || |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0820783|name=Mathew St. Patrick}} *[http://www.hbo.com/sixfeetunder/ Six Feet Under] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830013539/http://www.hbo.com/sixfeetunder/ |date=2009-08-30 }} - Official website *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070111161837/http://abc.go.com/daytime/allmychildren/ All My Children] - Official website
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