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Patrick Fugit

Highest Rated: 98% My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)

Lowest Rated: 17% Horsemen (2009)

Birthday: Oct 27, 1982

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Patrick Fugit was an American actor whose eternally boyish looks and willingness to take on any part, no matter how strange, made him a recognizable face in film and television throughout the 21st century. Born on October 27, 1982 in Salt Lake City, UT, Fugit began acting professionally when he was still a teenager, making his screen debut with a small arc on the religious drama series "Touched By an Angel" (CBS, 1994-2003). However, his film debut would be the role that ended up defining his career: Fugit was only seventeen when he was cast in the lead role of Cameron Crowe's autobiographical comedic drama "Almost Famous" (2000). In the film, Fugit played William Miller, an aspiring rock journalist in the early 70s who ditches his senior year of high school to go on tour with the (fictional) hard rock band Stillwater and write about the experience for Rolling Stone magazine, much to the consternation of his overprotective academic mother (Frances McDormand). "Almost Famous" was a modest hit at the box office, but was praised by critics, earned Crowe an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and made Fugit one of the most in-demand young actors in Hollywood practically overnight. For his next role, Fugit stepped outside of his comfort zone, playing a naive speed addict named Frisbee in the stylish, kinetic indie drama "Spun" (2002). After a small featured role on "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009), Fugit returned to the indie film world, taking on the role of a skateboarding son of a pastor in the Catholic school satire "Saved!" (2004), and a young man who commits suicide only to find himself in a strange purgatory that's just slightly worse than real life in the bizarre black comedy "Wristcutters: A Love Story" (2006). Fugit largely focused on TV for a while, most notably making an appearance on "House" (FOX, 2004-2012), before landing his biggest movie role in years, playing a somewhat dimwitted detective in David Fincher's adaptation of "Gone Girl" (2014). For his next project, Fugit returned to TV, playing a man struggling with a bad case of demonic possession in small town West Virginia, in Robert Kirkman and Paul Azteca's supernatural horror series "Outsider" (Cinemax, 2016-). Fugit next landed a supporting role in "First Man" (2018), director Damien Chazelle's biopic of astronaut Neil Armstrong, starring Ryan Gosling.

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Highest rated movies

98% 60% My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To Watchlist 93% 58% Queen of Earth Watchlist 91% 92% Almost Famous Watchlist
88% 87% Gone Girl
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87% 68% First Man Watchlist
69% 81% White Oleander
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66% 82% Wristcutters: A Love Story
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64% 71% We Bought a Zoo
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61% 60% Cinema Verite
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61% 78% Saved!
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
98% 60% My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To Dwight (Character),
Producer
- 2020
43% 60% Robert the Bruce Will (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Name Without a Place Samuel Sussicran (Character) - 2019
87% 68% First Man Elliot See (Character) $44.8M 2018
No Score Yet 31% The List Alex (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Looking for David Unknown (Character) - 2016
93% 58% Queen of Earth Rich (Character) $78.4K 2015
30% 50% The Strongest Man Guru Fred (Character) - 2015
88% 87% Gone Girl Det. Jim Gilpin (Character) $167.8M 2014
50% 42% Thanks for Sharing Danny (Character) $1.1M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Must Come Down Producer - 2012
61% 60% Cinema Verite Alan Raymond (Character) - 2011
64% 71% We Bought a Zoo Robin Jones (Character) $75.6M 2011
37% 42% Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Evra the Snake Boy (Character) $13.8M 2009
17% 25% Horsemen Corey (Character) - 2009
33% 52% The Good Life Andrew (Character) - 2007
66% 82% Wristcutters: A Love Story Zia (Character) $231.5K 2006
50% 54% Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas Bickford Shmeckler (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moguls Emmett (Character) $15.1K 2005
60% 40% Dead Birds Sam (Character) - 2004
61% 78% Saved! Patrick (Character) $459.4K 2004
36% 75% Spun Frisbee (Character) $410.2K 2002
69% 81% White Oleander Paul Trout (Character) $16.3M 2002
91% 92% Almost Famous William Miller (Character) $32.5M 2000
No Score Yet 20% Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! Scott Blount (Character) - 1998

TV

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63% 88% Love & Death Pat Montgomery (Character) 2023
81% 83% Outcast Kyle Barnes (Character) 2016-2017
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Full Circle Unknown (Character) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Full Circle Unknown (Character) 2015
90% 95% House Jack Walters (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 85% ER Sean Simmons (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Promised Land Unknown (Guest Star) 1998