Patrick Fugit

Patrick Fugit at a performance of Departure for the Moon in October 2018

Patrick Raymond Fugit (born October 27, 1982 in Salt Lake City , Utah ) is an American actor .

Life

Fugit is partly of Irish descent. His mother worked as a dance teacher, she ran the dance school The Ballet School in Salt Lake City . At the age of eleven, Fugit enrolled in an acting education program at the University of Utah , which he continued in high school.

Fugit made his debut in the television horror film Marabunta - Killer Ants Attack (1998), during this time he was also seen in two episodes of the television series A Touch of Heaven . In the music film Almost Famous (2000), which was awarded a total of over 100 prizes and nominations, he played the leading role of the young journalist William Miller alongside Kate Hudson , Frances McDormand and Zooey Deschanel . For this role he won the Chicago Film Critics Association Award and was nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award , the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award , the MTV Movie Award to, Online Film Critics Society , the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Young Artist Award nominations .

Fugit starred in the drug grotesque Spun (2002) alongside Mickey Rourke and Brittany Murphy , in the comedy Saved! - The High School Missionaries (2004) alongside Jena Malone and Macaulay Culkin .

Filmography (selection)

• 1997–1998: A Touch of Heaven ( Touched by an Angel , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1998: Marabunta - killer ants attack ( Legion of Fire: Killer Ants ! , TV movie)
• 2000: Almost Famous - Almost Famous (Almost Famous)
• 2002: Spun
• 2002: White Oleander (White Oleander)
• 2003: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2004: Saved! - The High School Missionaries (Saved!)
• 2004: Dead Birds
• 2005: Dirty Movie (The Moguls)
• 2006: Wristcutters: A Love Story
• 2006: Dr. House ( House , TV series, episode 3x08)
• 2009: Horsemen
• 2009: Midnight Circus - Welcome to the World of Vampires (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant)
• 2011: We Bought a Zoo (We Bought a Zoo)
• 2012: Thanks for Sharing - Addicted to Sex (Thanks for Sharing)
• 2014: Gone Girl (Gone Girl)
• 2015: The Strongest Man
• since 2016: Outcast (TV series)
• 2018: Departure to the Moon (First Man)
• 2019: Robert the Bruce
• 2019: Treadstone (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2020: My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To

Web links

Commons : Patrick Fugit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Patrick Fugit in the Internet Movie Database (English)