Patton Oswalt
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40 years old
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA
United States
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Patton Oswalt's Comedian Bio
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| Bio | 7/18/88: Started stand-up. Washington, D.C. Frowns. Met Capatch, Chappelle.....6/5/92: Moved to San Francisco. Less frowns. Holy City Zoo, Cobb’s. Coffee, books and drugs. Met Posehn, Gould, Cross, Behrendt, Garofalo.....12/20/92: First TV stand-up. Hawaii. John Byner. Bad suit. Hair gel.....9/21/94: First acting gig. Seinfeld. Two lines.....5/5/95: Move to L.A. First staff writing gig. MAD TV. Frowns. At night: Luna Park, Diamond Club, Largo. Meet Aukerman, Porter, Odenkirk, The D and Silverman.....10/17/97: First HBO Special. Cursing.....4/7/99: 1st Comedy Central 1/2 Hour Special. Godawful.....4/29 - 5/1: 1st ever COMEDIANS OF COMEDY TOUR w/ me & Zach Galifianakis.....6/29/04: First album. FEELIN’ KINDA PATTON.....9/19/04: 1st Comedy Central 1 Hour Special: No Reason to Complain. Very happy.....7/10/07: 2nd
album -- WEREWOLVES AND LOLLIPOPS on SubPop...2/28/09: 3rd album/DVD -- MY WEAKNESS IS STRONG on Warner Bros./Comedy Central...8/25/09 (1 Hour Special airs 8/23/09) | | Website | pattonoswalt.com | | Influences | BEFORE I WAS A COMEDIAN: Jonathan Winters, WDCA sportscaster Glen Brenner, Bill Cosby (WHY IS THERE AIR? and MY BROTHER RUSSELL) George Carlin (OCCUPATION: FOOLE and CLASS CLOWN) Richard Pryor (ARE YOU SERIOUS? and SUPERNIGGER) Steve Martin (WILD AND CRAZY GUY).....AFTER I STARTED COMEDY: All of my friends | | Albums | FEELIN’ KINDA PATTON / "222" / PATTON VS. ALCOHOL VS. ZACH VS. PATTON (EP) / THE PENNSYLVANIA MACARONI COMPANY (EP) / WEREWOLVES AND LOLLIPOPS / FRANKENSTEINS AND GUMDROPS (EP) |
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Patton Oswalt's Interests
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| General | Ancient guns | | Music | 10cc, Aimee Mann, Alarm Clocks, BACK FROM THE GRAVE comps, GIRLS IN THE GARAGE comps, NUGGETS and PEBBLES comps, Band of Horses, Beastie Boys, Belle & Sebastian, Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, Led Zeppelin, Fantomas, flamin' groovies, Erik Satie, The Go-Go's, The Coup, Gnarls Barkley, Holly Golightly, Ted Hawkins, TV on the Radio, Peter Gabriel, Jimmy Scott, Raveonettes, RJD2, The Kinks, Frankie Laine, Le Tigre, Merle Haggard, Michael Penn, M. Ward, Shocking Blue, Marvin Gaye, My Favorite, Three Dog Night, Camera Obscura, every single song on Rod Stewart's EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY and Lush's SPOOKY, The Smiths, Stylistics, Supergrass, New Pornographers, Caleb, Pixies, Prince Paul, Prince, Waylon Jennings, Webb Brothers, Wire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo | | Movies | 3:10 TO YUMA (1957 and 2007), AALTRA, AFTERLIFE, ALIEN, THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT, AMERICAN MOVIE, BAADASSSSS!, BAD COMPANY (1972), BAD SANTA, BANK DICK, BARBAROSA, BE WITH ME, THE BIG COMBO, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, BLADE RUNNER, BLAST OF SILENCE, BLUE COLLAR, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE BROOD, BRUTE FORCE, Budd Boetticher's RANOWN cycle, THE CANDIDATE, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, CAT PEOPLE (1942), CHARLEY VARRICK, CHILDREN OF MEN, CHOPPER, CITY OF GOD, THE CONQUERER WORM, THE CONVERSATION, CRANK, CRIME WAVE (1954), CURE, CURSE OF THE DEMON, THE DARK CORNER, DAY OF THE JACKAL, DEATHDREAM, DEEP BLUE SEA, DETOUR, DR. STRANGELOVE, DUMA, THE DUNGEON MASTERS, ED WOOD, ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE, ELEMENT OF CRIME, EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, EYES WITHOUT A FACE, FARGO, FAT CITY, FLOATING WEEDS, FOOT FIST WAY, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, FREEBIE AND THE BEAN, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, GHOST DOG, GOD TOLD ME TO, GOLDFINGER, GOODFELLAS, GROUNDHOG DAY, HARD EIGHT, HEART OF THE GAME, HONEYMOON KILLERS, THE HURT LOCKER, I AM CUBA, I WAKE UP SCREAMING, IKIRU, IN CHINA THEY EAT DOGS, THE IRON GIANT, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, JAWS, KINGPIN, KISS KISS BANG BANG, LATE SHOW, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, LIVES OF OTHERS, MACBETH (Polanski), MALTESE FALCON, MAN'S CASTLE, THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES, MARTIN, McCABE & MRS. MILLER, MIDNIGHT RUN, MS. 45, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, NEAR DARK, THE NICKEL RIDE, ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS, PAPER MOON, PHANTOM LADY, PRIME CUT, PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, RABID, John Grisham's THE RAINMAKER, RATATOUILLE, RAVENOUS, REPO MAN, THE ROAD WARRIOR, RONIN, SALESMAN, SERIE NOIRE, SEVEN, SHERMAN'S MARCH, SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT, STATION AGENT, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, SUPERBAD, T-MEN, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, TAMPOPO, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THEATRE OF BLOOD, THIEF, TOY STORY 2, THE TRIAL, LE TROU, UNBREAKABLE, UTU, VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS, THE VISITOR, THE WICKER MAN (1971), WILD THINGS, WINGS OF DESIRE, WORLD'S GREATEST SINNER, THE WRESTLER (2008) | | Television | 30 ROCK, ANDY GRIFFITH, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, BARNEY MILLER, BREAKING BAD, DEADWOOD, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, FRONTLINE, LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, THE OFFICE, P.O.V., THE SHIELD, SOUTH PARK, SUBTERRANEAN, TOP CHEF, WIDE ANGLE, THE WIRE | | Books | Anything by: Alan Moore, Cormac McCarthy, Shirley Jackson, Michael Shea, Heather Havrilesky, Mark Steyn, Charles Willeford, Harlan Ellison, Arthur Machen, Wallace Stevens, Jim Goad, Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark, Simon Rich, James Ellroy, Garret Keizer, Brian K. Vaughn, Dostoevsky, Willa Cather, Fritz Lieber, David Foster Wallace, Peter Richmond, Alain de Botton, Sarah Thyre, Cintra Wilson, William Maxwell, Thomas Cahill, all the writing on TrueCrimeDiary.com | | Heroes | Ben Franklin, Jonathan Winters, Nellie Bly, Hoke Moseley, this karate instructor I saw on YouTube who punched a pimp, Gale Sayers, my dad |
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Patton Oswalt's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Sterling, Virginia | | Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes |
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