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Patton Oswalt is an American actor known for his work in film and television. He is recognized for his comedic roles and contributions to entertainment across various media platforms.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Money Shot Vol. 5
- Comedy Bang! Bang! the Podcast
- World of Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 5
- From the World of Minor Threats
- Firefly
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Film & TV
Acting · Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Oswalt first began performing standup comedy in the late 1980s. After spending two seasons writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO, he began performing in films and television shows including his film debut Down Periscope (1996) and The King of Queens (1998 - 2007). A…
Known for
- The Dink2026
- GOAT — Dennis Cooper (voice)2026
- Buddy — Strappy (voice)2026
- Patton Oswalt: Tea & Scotch — Self2026
- Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Comedian2026
- Strip Law — (voice)2026
- Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast — Self2026
- Absolute Dominion — Fix Huntley2025
- Chain Reactions — Self2025
- American Comic — Himself2025
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1969
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 133,454
- Total plays
- 5,157,073
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Born January 27th, 1969 in Sterling, Virginia, Patton Oswalt started headlining comedy clubs in 1996. A noted comedian, actor, and writer (Patton has written for MadTV), he has had roles both in film and on the small screen, such as Magnolia and the sitcom King of Queens. Oswalt's style of stand-up comedy is often described as acerbic and sarcastic, and it covers a great deal of subject matter. Topics range from pop culture frivolity such as comic book supervillains and 1980s hair metal to deep
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,989x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,992x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,183x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,171x
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Quotes
- “In this age of cynicism, bipartisanship and personal cowardice, it's refreshing to find a group of people willing to die for what they believe.”
- “The angry "@" tweets from my hammer toed followers opened my eyes. "Pedo-phobe" shaming hurts us all. I am a PROUD pedophile!”
- “My dong is super-friendly and loves getting rubbed by children. #CareerEndingTwitterTypos”
- “If they've really caught the #GoldenStateKiller, I hope I get to visit him. Not to gloat or gawk — to ask him the questions that @TrueCrimeDiary wanted answered in her “Letter To An Old Man” at the end of #IllBeGoneInTheDark.”
- “If the standard for being impeached is "getting a blowjob" or "covering up a burglary", then shouldn't Bush have been executed by now?”
- “I was thinking the other day about a time machine... and the first thing I thought of doing if I actually had a time machine, is that I would go back in time to about 1993 or '94, and kill George Lucas with a shovel.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Patton Peter Oswalt , ( 1969-01-27 ) January 27, 1969 (age 57) , Portsmouth, Virginia , U.S.
- Alma mater
- College of William & Mary ( BA )
- Occupations
- Stand-up comedian actor
- Spouses
- Michelle McNamara ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 24, 2005</span>"}]]}'>2005 ; died April 21, 2016</span>"}]]}'>2016 ) Meredith Salenger ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. November 4, 2017</span>"}]]}'>2017 )
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Medium
- Stand-up television film
- Genres
- Observational comedy black comedy insult comedy sarcasm satire deadpan
- Subjects
- American culture American politics human behavior pop culture current events religion
- Website
- www .pattonoswalt .com
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–2023) as adult Adam F. Goldberg. After making his acting debut in the Seinfeld episode "The Couch", he has appeared in a variety of television series, such as Parks and Recreation, Community, Two and a Half Men, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Drunk History, Reno 911!, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Archer, Veep, Justified, Kim Possible, WordGirl, Modern Family, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and We Bare Bears. He portrayed Principal Ralph Durbin in A.P. Bio (2018–2021) and voiced Matthew the Raven in the TV series The Sandman (2022–2025).
Oswalt has voiced Remy in the animated film Ratatouille (2007), various characters in the animated series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), Max in the animated film The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) where he replaced Louis C.K., Jesse (male) in the game Minecraft: Story Mode, and M.O.D.O.K in the 2021 animated series of the same name. Other film credits include Man on the Moon (1999), Zoolander (2001), Blade: Trinity (2004), All Roads Lead Home (2008), Big Fan (2009), A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), 22 Jump Street (2014), and The Circle (2017). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) multimedia franchise, Oswalt guest starred as the Koenigs on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2020) and voiced Pip the Troll in Eternals (2021). He was also in the web series Best of the Worst in 2019. As a stand-up comedian, Oswalt has appeared in six stand-up specials and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the album of his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016).
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