Patrick was born and grew up in the Los Angeles waterfront town of San Pedro, California to parents of Croation and Irish descent. Pat's father, being a lifeguard, put him on the beach for much of the first part of his life, enjoying the ocean and everything that went with it. Mother and father both with artistic backgrounds in painting, writing and music induced the same appetites in their son as ...
show all Patrick was born and grew up in the Los Angeles waterfront town of San Pedro, California to parents of Croation and Irish descent. Pat's father, being a lifeguard, put him on the beach for much of the first part of his life, enjoying the ocean and everything that went with it. Mother and father both with artistic backgrounds in painting, writing and music induced the same appetites in their son as well as athletics.
In college he found himself playing football for the U.S.C. Trojans. Well, not really playing for them, more like sitting on the bench. About this time he was approached by Calvin Klein and accepted the offer to strike a few poses in their jean campaigns. Modeling is not something that goes over too well in waterfront towns like San Pedro or college football teams so he hid the adventure from everyone until, of course, the adds came out.
Pat left the team and after some time decided modeling really wasn't his thing either. Wondering what to do with his life his girlfriend at the time suggested acting, and after his first day in his new acting class he knew he found what he wanted the rest of his life to be about.
Early in his career he received guest-starring roles on "Who's the Boss" with Tony Danza and "Silk Stalkings" with Rob Estes. Some time after he tested for "Days of our Lives" and won the role of "Austin Reed", a boxer/musician. Patrick won the Soap Opera Digest award for best new actor and spent the next three years at NBC. Toward the end of his contract he opted not to stay in daytime. Being one of the most visible faces from the "soapies" he caught the attention of CAA and Spelling Ent., which led to a season on "Melrose Place". His next big break was landing the part of Zander Barkalow in Paul Verhoven's " Starship Troopers". Since then Pat's done a host of independent films including the Sundance contestant "Wicked" with Julia Stiles and Frank Darabont's "Black Cat Run".
In his free time Patrick is proud to be a student of the great Susan Batson, trying to get his next belt in Krav Maga, and rocking out with his band "the Sleeping Masses" up, down, and all around L.A.. His secret love is writing music.
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