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Patton Oswalt

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Patton Oswalt

Born Jan 27, 1969 · 57 years323 titles 154 movies · 169 TV
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Biography

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 rare starring film role was the voice of Remy in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007). Oswalt has appeared in dozens of other films and television series, primarily comedies, including many voice roles. Oswalt was married to writer Michelle Eileen McNamara on September 24, 2005 until her death in 2016. Their daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, was born on April 15, 2009. He has been married to actress Meredith Salenger since 2017.

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Patton Peter Oswalt

Born

Jan 27, 1969

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

318

Acting credits

2

Directing

14

Writing

13

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1989 3 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 4 title(s)

1996 4 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 4 title(s)

1999 8 title(s)

2000 4 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 3 title(s)

2003 6 title(s)

2004 12 title(s)

2005 9 title(s)

2006 7 title(s)

2007 20 title(s)

2008 5 title(s)

2009 15 title(s)

2010 11 title(s)

2011 9 title(s)

2012 9 title(s)

2013 14 title(s)

2014 14 title(s)

2015 15 title(s)

2016 16 title(s)

2017 13 title(s)

2018 14 title(s)

2019 12 title(s)

2020 14 title(s)

2021 14 title(s)

2022 15 title(s)

2023 5 title(s)

2024 11 title(s)

2025 11 title(s)

2026 10 title(s)

Undated 5 title(s)