Jim Fitzpatrick (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. He has appeared in over 65 feature films and television series. He also is the founder and president of Five Star Studios (established in 1992) and PacAtlantic Pictures, LLC (established in 2005).
Early life
Fitzpatrick is from Seminole, Florida. He began acting at age 13 when he appeared in his first school play, A Thousand Clowns, at Seminole High School in Florida. He accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University, where he was a theater major. While living in Illinois, he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich.
Athletic career
Fitzpatrick pursued a career in professional football. He was a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1981. Thereafter he played for short stints with the National Football League (NFL) Chicago Bears (1982) and the Baltimore Colts (1982). He retired from pro football in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL (1983–85).
Acting career
Before moving to Los Angeles, he landed supporting roles in the feature films Cocoon, D.A.R.Y.L., and Phantom of the Ritz. His first television acting credit was on Miami Vice.
Filmography
1979 Glory Days as Steve Street
1985 Walking the Edge as Fat Man's Bodyguard
1985 D.A.R.Y.L. as T.A.S.C.O.M. Security Guard
1985 Cocoon as Dock Worker
1986 Miami Vice as Teddy Lake
1986 Santa Barbara as Raz
1986 Band of the Hand as Young Street Thug
1986 When the Bough Breaks as Reporter #3
1987 Shelter in the Storm as River
1987 The Last Fling as Bud
1987 Designing Women as Garret Jackson
1985-1987 Days of Our Lives (4 episodes) Dr. Robinson
1986-1988 The New Gidget (5 episodes) as Tom Wilson
1989 Tour of Duty as Captain Pescow
1989 Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North as Sergeant Major Collins
1990 Ski Patrol as Young Father
1990 Sporting Chance as Davis
1991 Anything but Love as Detective
1992 Stand by Your Man as Kyle
1993 South of Sunset as Tony DiNato
1993 Sweating Bullets (7 episodes) as "Rip" Chase
1993 Renegade as Brett Quinn
1994 The Glass Shield as Officer Jim Ryan
1994 Curse of the Starving Class as Emerson
1995-1996 All My Children (168 episodes) as Pierce Riley
1997 Pacific Blue as Captain Frank Hawkins
1997 The Little Ghost as Tony
1998 Armageddon as Lieutenant Trev Tavis, NORAD Tech. 1999 Delta Force Clear Target as Skip Lang 1997-2001 JAG as Major Warren / Commander Douglas 2001 U.S. Seals as Mike Bradley 2002 Unreel: A Hollywood Story as Tommy 2002 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd as Coach Hardgrave 2002 The Agency as CIA Agent Gus Allman 2002 ER as Lieutenant Colonel McGruen 2002 An American Reunion as Jamie 2003 Threat Matrix as Robert Burkehart 2003 The District (2 episodes) as Weston Buell 2001-2005 Star Trek: Enterprise (7 episodes) as Commander Williams 2004 The Code Conspiracy as John Davis 2004 Supernatural (TV) (Pilot) as Calvin Gordon 2005 Elizabethtown as Rusty 2005 Distortion as Frank 2006 Blood Ranch as "Spider" 2006 The Indian as Dr. Vince 2007 Hallow's Point as Detective Frank Cates 2008 The Belly of the Beast as Adam Simeon 2010 The Adventure Scouts as Allen Daniels 2011 Dolphin Tale as Max 2013 A Fonder Heart as Dr. Evans 2013 Eden 2 as Captain Stevens 2013 Gangster Squad as Terry McMurray 2016 Divorce Texas Style as Ozzie Partington 2017 Do You See Me as Detective Jimmy Nichols 2019 Time Off as Bernie 2020 Mind Games as Roger 2021 Bloodsport Generations as Uncle Duck 2021 Last of the Grads as Mr Bradley 2022 Shark Waters as Poppy 2023 Soulmates as Rudy Galiano