Patrick Fabian

A working actor for over 20 years whose jobs have taken him all over the country and the world, Patrick's credits include playing with everyone from 'Angela Lansbury' (qv) to Xena.Hailing from Central Pennsylvania and armed with a BFA in Performance from Penn State University, Patrick went west to earn an MFA in Performance from Cal State Long Beach University. A few years later of waiting tables, Shakespeare Festival LA awarded him his Actor's Equity Card and a shampoo commercial gave him his SAG-AFTRA Card and he was off.Television has been the bulk of his career and he has guest-starred on almost everything: _Scandal (2012)_ (qv), _Friends (1994)_ (qv), _NCIS (2003)_ (qv), _Will & Grace (1998)_ (qv), _Hot in Cleveland (2010)_ (qv), _Grey's Anatomy (2005)_ (qv), _Star Trek: Voyager (1995)_ (qv), _CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)_ (qv), _CSI: Miami (2002)_ (qv), _CSI: NY (2004)_ (qv), _The Mentalist (2008)_ (qv), _Desperate Housewives (2004)_ (qv), _Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)_ (qv), _Criminal Minds (2005)_ (qv), _Bones (2005)_ (qv), _Ugly Betty (2006)_ (qv), _Reba (2001)_ (qv), _Pushing Daisies (2007)_ (qv), _According to Jim (2001)_ (qv), _Drop Dead Diva (2009)_ (qv), _Private Practice (2007)_ (qv), _Better Call Saul (2015)_ (qv), _Longmire (2012)_ (qv), _Castle (2009)_ (qv) and _Burn Notice (2007)_ (qv) for starters.Recurring roles include _Big Love (2006)_ (qv), _Veronica Mars (2004)_ (qv), _Joan of Arcadia (2003)_ (qv), _Providence (1999)_ (qv), _24 (2001)_ (qv), _Time of Your Life (1999)_ (qv), _Working Class (2011)_ (qv), _The Education of Max Bickford (2001)_ (qv), _Valentine (2008)_ (qv) and HBO's The 'News' (qv)room (2012). Patrick is fondly remembered as Professor Lasky from _Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993)_ (qv)._The Last Exorcism (2010)_ (qv) was a small $1.3 million horror film which went on to gross over $70 million worldwide and starred Patrick as the male lead. Fans loved his portrayal of the flawed exorcist Rev. Cotton Marcus and he was awarded Best Actor at the prestigious Sitges Catalonian International Film Festival in 2010. Other films include _Jimmy (2013)_ (qv), _Must Love Dogs (2005)_ (qv), _Tales of Everyday Magic (2012)_ (qv). _Bad Ass (2012)_ (qv), _Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (2012)_ (qv), _Pig (2011)_ (qv), _My Greatest Teacher (2012)_ (qv), _The Good Mother (1988)_ (qv), _Underdog Kids (2015)_ (qv), _Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014)_ (qv) and _My Eleventh (2014)_ (qv).On the Disney & ABC Family channels, Patrick has been a go-to bad guy playing the evil Thantos in Disney Channel's _Twitches (2005)_ (qv) and _Twitches Too (2007)_ (qv) and the only man hunting reindeer in the Christmas movies _Snow (2004)_ (qv) and _Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008)_ (qv). The latest was the Disney Channel Movie _Cloud 9 (2014)_ (qv) with Patrick playing Dove Cameron's father.On stage, Patrick has worked with some of best playwrights and directors around. He toured America with 'John Guare' (qv)'s "Six Degrees of Separation," directed by 'Jerry Zaks' (qv); 'Eric Bogosian' (qv)'s "Humpty Dumpty" directed by 'Jo Bonney' (qv) at The McCarter Center in Princeton and 'Nicky Silver' (qv)'s "The Food Chain," directed by 'Robert Falls' (qv) at the Westside Theatre in NYC.A converted Californian, Patrick is married to writer/director 'Mandy Fabian' (qv). They live in Los Angeles where they raise their two daughters and two dogs.::'Patrick Fabian' (qv)