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Use mdy dates|date=January 2012Infobox comedian| name = Patton Oswalt| image = Patton Oswalt by Gage Skidmore.jpg| imagesize = 220px| background = actor| caption = Oswalt at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con | pseudonym =| birth_name =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|1|27 || birth_place = Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth , Virginia, U.S.| death_date =| death_place =| medium = Stand-up, television, film| nationality = American| active = 1988present| genre = Observational comedy , surreal humor , black comedy | subject = Pop culture, American culture, Current events| influences = Jonathan Winters , Richard Pryor ,cite web|url= http://aspecialthing.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php? t=1465 |title=aspecialthing.com :: View topic THE AST INTERVIEW: PATTON OSWALT |publisher=Web.archive.org |date= |accessdate=September 24, 2010 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071013165258/ http://aspecialthing.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php? t=1465 |archivedate = October 13, 2007 Emo Philips , Bugs Bunny , Bill Hicks , Blaine Capatch , Bobcat Goldthwait , Jay Leno , Sam Kinison , Steve Martin , http://web.archive.org/web/20071013165258/ http://aspecialthing.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php? t=1465 The AST Interview: Patton Oswalt Louis C.K. cite web|url= http://aspecialthing.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php? t=1465 |title=Patton Oswalt: The AST Interview |publisher=|date=|accessdate=August 19, 2010 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071013165258/ http://aspecialthing.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php? t=1465 |archivedate = October 13, 2007| influenced =| spouse = Michelle Eileen McNamara (2005; 1 daughter)| notable_work = Spence Olchin in The King of Queens Remy in Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille Frat Aliens , and Ezekiel in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Werewolves and Lollipops | signature =| website = http://pattonoswalt.com/ PattonOswalt.com Patton Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice actor. He is best knowncitation needed|date=April 2012 for portraying Spencer Olchin in the popular sitcom The King of Queens , and voicing Remy from the film Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille and Thrasher from the Cartoon Network original series Robotomy .
Early life
Oswalt was born in Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth , Virginia, to Carla and Larry J. Oswalt, a career United States Marine Corps officer. He was named after George S. Patton .cite web|author=Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me& #33; |url= http://www.npr.org/2011/10/15/141370178/comedian-patton-oswalt-plays-not-my-job |title=Comedian Patton Oswalt Plays Not My Job |publisher=NPR |date=2011-10-15 |accessdate=2012-04-02 While a Military brat (U.S. subculture)|military brat , he later lived in Ohio and Tustin, California , before settling in Sterling, Virginia|Sterling , Virginia.cite book | title=Zombie Spaceship Wasteland | author=Oswalt, Patton | year=2011 | publisher=Scribner | page=6 | isbn=978-1-4391-4908-9 He is a 1987 graduate of Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia|Ashburn , Virginia and later attended the College of William and Mary , where he majored in English and was initiated into the Alpha Theta Chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity.
Career
Oswalt first began performing standup comedy in the late 1980s or early 1990s, by his own reckoning.He relates this in 2009's Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong . After writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO , he went on to garner notable roles in films and television shows. His most prominent and long-running role was as Spence Olchin on The King of Queens . His first starring film role was as the voice of Remy, the lead character in the 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille . He has also appeared in smaller roles in such films as Magnolia (movie)|Magnolia and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa . He lent his voice as in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a caller on the WTCR show "The Tight End Zone", and was the voice of a caller on "Chatterbox" on LCFR in the game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories . He was also the voice of a reporter on "New World Order", a radio show on VCPR in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories . He supposedly lent his voice as Randall Tugman in the zombie game Dead Rising 2 , although he denies this. The character Randall Tugman is credited to have been voiced by John Murphy.
Oswalt wrote the comic book story "JLA: Welcome to the Working Week", a backup story in Batman #600; a story for ''Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon Noir #01 and a story for Masks: Too Hot for TV . Expanding his voice artist repertoire, he began voicing the villainous character "Tobey" on PBS Kids GO! series WordGirl in 2007. He also appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner . In August 2007, he appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav . In 2007, he appeared on an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants '', " The Original Fry Cook ", as Jim. He also appears as Carl, the Corndog Hut's mascot in American Hi-Fi 's music video for "Another Perfect Day". He also appears in an episode of Static Shock . On June 27, 2007, Oswalt was a special guest on the Emeril Live program on the Food Network to promote Ratatouille . Other recent appearances include an episode of Venture Bros. where he voiced an aging boy adventurer Robin (comics)|Robin parody. In 2008 Oswalt moderated a reunion panel of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast at the San Diego Comic-Con International .
In 2009, Oswalt played Paul Aufiero, the leading role in Robert D. Siegel 's 2009 directorial debut, Big Fan . He was to star in a 2010 Broadway revival of Lips Together, Teeth Apart .cite web | url = http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135469-Megan-Mullally-and-Patton-Oswalt-Will-Have-Lips-Together-Teeth-Apart-on-Broadway | title = Megan Mullally and Patton Oswalt Will Have Lips Together, Teeth Apart on Broadway | first = Kenneth | last = Jones | date = Dec 22, 2009 | publisher = Playbill .com | accessdate =Mar 10, 2010 However, the show was postponed then eventually canceled due to Megan Mullaly|Megan Mullally's departure from the production when the director denied her request to replace Oswalt due to his lack of stage experience.Healy, Patrick. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/theater/26mullally.html McNally Play Is Postponed After Mullallys Departure" The New York Times , March 25, 2010
He starred in the Showtime drama The United States of Tara as Neil, an employee of Four Winds Landscaping. He also provides the voice of Thrasher, a robot protagonist from the new Cartoon Network show, Robotomy .
In January 2011, Oswalt released his first book, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland .
In November 2011, Oswalt played the role of Hurlan Heartshe in the surrealist comedy miniseries The Heart, She Holler on Cartoon Network 's late-night programming block, Adult Swim . In 2011, Oswalt also played the role of Matt Freehauf in Jason Reitman 's black comedy Young Adult (film)|Young Adult .
Stand-up comedy
Oswalt's stand-up comedy covers topics ranging from pop culture frivolity such as comic book supervillains and 1980s glam metal to deeper social issues like American excess, materialism, foreign policy and religion. He also discusses his atheism in his stand-up. In 2004, Oswalt released a comedy album entitled '' Feelin' Kinda Patton and later that year a longer, unedited version of the same performance entitled 222 (Live & Uncut) , both through the United Musicians collective, and a stand-up special, No Reason to Complain (Patton Oswalt)| No Reason to Complain . He is also on a split Extended play|EP called Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton with Zach Galifianakis and is featured on two Un-Cabaret compilations, "The Un & Only" and "The Good, the Bad and the Drugly". On July 10, 2007, Patton released his second CD Werewolves and Lollipops on Sub Pop records.
In 2004, Oswalt put together the Comedians of Comedy tour, made up of modern alt-comics Zach Galifianakis , Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford . The tour performed at smaller, more intimate indie rock venues instead of traditional (and expensive) comedy club s. The Fall 2004 tour was documented in a 2005 film of the same name, and was followed by a six-episode Comedy Central series based on the Summer 2005 tour. This tour featured special guest appearances from comedians such as Blaine Capatch , David Cross , Rob Gasper, Bobby Tisdale and Todd Barry . Subsequent incarnations of the tour have included Eugene Mirman and Morgan Murphy .
In 2004 Patton's stand up material was featured on Comedy Central's animated series '' Shorties Watchin' Shorties . That same year a stand up DVD called No Reason to Complain was released. Oswalt appeared several times as a "lawyer" on Lewis Black's Root of All Evil . In the episode "Ultimate Fighting vs. Blogging", he argued that the popular influence of the blogging has been evil, and, in his closing argument , he performed a rick roll on the audience. He also provided the stand-up comedy for the closing ceremony.
On February 28, 2009, Patton recorded his third comedy album at the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington D.C. It premiered on Comedy Central as Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong on August 23, 2009, and was released on DVD August 25, 2009.The date of the DVD release was mentioned during commercial breaks the night of the special's Comedy Central premiere on August 23, 2009. The album was nominated for a 52nd Grammy Awards#Comedy|Grammy Award .
Patton's latest album, Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour , was released on September 19, 2011 and is currently #1 on the Billboard chart for Comedy albums, #12 for Independent albums and #71 on the top 200. This album was also nominated for a Grammy Award .
Personal life
Oswalt married writer Michelle Eileen McNamara on September 24, 2005.cite web | title = Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt | publisher = The New York Times | date = September 25, 2005 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9905E2DE1430F936A1575AC0A9639C8B63 | accessdate =July 5, 2007 Their daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, was born on April 15, 2009.cite web |last=Leckart |first=Steven| title= Ratatouille Star Patton Oswalt on Geeks vs. Nerds|url= http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-07/pl_screen|work=Wired |publisher= |date=June 26, 2007 |accessdate=November 25, 2009
Oswalt is an atheist .cite web|author=Koski, Genevieve|title=Interview: Patton Oswalt|url= http://www.avclub.com/articles/patton-oswalt,61121/|work= The A.V. Club |publisher=Onion Inc|date=August 31, 2011|accessdate=September 9, 2011 Patton is a fan of Metalcore music.cite web|author=2 weeks ago |url= http://riffermadness.tumblr.com/post/19360607912/the-only-review-that-matters-patton-oswalt-on-ex-lives |title=Every Time I Die & #124; Ex Lives |publisher=Riffermadness.tumblr.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-02
Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton (2005) with Zach Galifianakis http://www.chunklet.com/store/index.cfm? fuseaction=product.display& product_id=53 Chunklet
Melvins/Patton Oswalt split 7 (2006) with The Melvins http://www.chunklet.com/index.cfm? section=blogs& ID=61 Chunklet
Comedians of Comedy Tour 3"CD (2006)
The Pennsylvania Macaroni Company (2006) with Brian Posehn , Maria Bamford , and Eugene Mirman http://www.chunklet.com/store/index.cfm? fuseaction=product.display& product_id=30 Chunklet
Frankensteins and Gumdrops (2008) Available during the WFMU pledge drive
Compilation album appearances
'' Beth Lapides ' Un-Cabaret http://www.uncabaret.com/CDstuff.html The Un & Only (2002)
'' Beth Lapides ' Un-Cabaret http://www.uncabaret.com/CDstuff.html The Good, The Bad, and the Drugly (2006)
Comedy Death-Ray (album)|Comedy Death-Ray (2007) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UE64T2 Amazon.com: Comedy Death Ray: Music: Various Artists
DVDs
No Reason to Complain (DVD) (2004)
My Weakness Is Strong#Disc 2 (DVD)|My Weakness Is Strong (DVD) (2009)
Finest Hour (DVD) (2012)
DVD appearances
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 DVD (2004) http://wwwp.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi? ALBUMID=1498200 Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
The Comedians of Comedy : Live at the El Rey (2005)
The Comedians of Comedy : Live at the Troubadour (2007)
Super High Me DVD (2007)
Blood into Wine DVD (2010)
TV
Stand-up specials
HBO Half Hour Comedy Hour (1997)
Comedy Central Presents (1999)
No Reason to Complain (2004)
My Weakness is Strong (2009)
Showtime: Finest Hour (2011)
TV appearances
The Weird Al Show
The Fairly OddParents
'' Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
''The History Channel's History of the Joke
The King of Queens (19982007)
Reno 911!
Tom Goes To The Mayor
Human Giant
NewsRadio
Reaper (TV Series)|Reaper
Seinfeld
'' VH1|VH1's Best Week Ever
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (2006)
Nominated Gotham Independent Film Awards 2009>Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Breakthrough Actor
2009
The Informant!
Ed Herbst
2010
Blood Into Wine
Himself
Documentary
2011
Young Adult
Matt Freehauf
Pending Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2011
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Larry Juston
2012
Odd Thomas
Ozzie P. Boone
filming
2012
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Roache
Publications
JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (DC Comics, 2003)
The Overrated Book (co-author with Henry H. Owings , 2006)
The Goon noir (co-author with Thomas Lennon (actor)|Thomas Lennon , Steve Niles and Eric Powell (comics)|Eric Powell , 2007)
The Rock Bible: Unholy Scripture for Fans & Bands (co-author with Henry H. Owings, 2008)
Serenity (film)|Serenity : Float Out ( Dark Horse Comics , 2010)
Zombie Spaceship Wasteland (2011)
References
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External links
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http://pattonoswalt.com/ Official website
myspace|pattonoswalt
IMDb name|652663
http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/o/patton_oswalt.jhtml Patton Oswalt at Comedy Central
http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/07/podcast-tsoya-patton-oswalt.html Brand new audio interview on The Sound of Young America from PRI.
http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/08/podcast-symphony-with-masta-ace-and.html Interview with Oswalt from August 2006 on public radio program The Sound of Young America
http://www.avclub.com/content/node/46062 Random Rules: Patton Oswalt a feature from The A.V. Club
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2007/07/note_books_patt.html Note Books essay on Largehearted Boy
http://www.daytrotter.com/bookery/899/patton-oswalt-recites-a-short-story-explaining-the-stickiness-of-young-love Reading John Collier's "The Chaser" at Daytrotter
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/comic/patton-oswalt/ Interview by "Rotten.com"
http://petesbigmouth.com/audio.html 'Getting Late' interview by Pete Dominick on Sirius Radio
Persondata | NAME = Oswalt, Patton | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Stand-up comedian | DATE OF BIRTH = January 27, 1969 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth , Virginia, US | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Oswalt, Patton Category:1969 births Category:Actors from Virginia Category:American film actors Category:American atheists Category:American stand-up comedians Category:American television actors Category:American television writers Category:American voice actors Category:American video game actors Category:American comics writers Category:The College of William & Mary alumni Category:Living people Category:People from Burbank, California Category:People from Portsmouth, Virginia Category:People from Loudoun County, Virginia Category:Sub Pop artists Category:Warner Bros. Records artists Category:People from Orange County, California Category:Actors from Ohio Category:Actors from California Category:Military brats
