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Pat Healy

b. 1971

American actor

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Born 1971. Pat Healy is an American actor, writer, television actor, screenwriter, director and film director.

Pat Healy (born September 14, 1971) is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles in Magnolia, Better Call Saul, Great World of Sound, Compliance, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Station 19, in which he was upgraded to the main cast in 2022. He directed his first feature film, Take Me, in 2017.

Life and career Healy was born in Chicago, Illinois, where his career began at the Steppenwolf Theatre. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998, where he quickly landed a memorable supporting role in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia as the pharmacist on the receiving end of Julianne Moore's profane meltdown. He has since appeared in over thirty feature films, including Ghost World, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Rescue Dawn, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Draft Day, Harmony and Me, Dirty Girl, Snow Angels, Undertow, Pearl Harbor, and Home Alone 3.

In 2007, Healy played the lead in Great World of Sound, an independent film directed by Craig Zobel and produced by David Gordon Green. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and Healy was the recipient of the Atlanta Film Festival Best Actor Award. Healy also appeared in Zobel's follow-up, Compliance, as a prank caller that incites a series of disturbing events at a fast food restaurant. He starred in Ti West's horror film The Innkeepers and in Cheap Thrills, alongside Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton and David Koechner. The dark comedy, directed by E.L. Katz, won the Midnight Films Audience Award at South by Southwest in 2013 before its acquisition by Alamo Drafthouse.

On television, Healy has appeared on Six Feet Under, Star Trek: Enterprise, 24, Grey's Anatomy, The Shield, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, NCIS, Cold Case, Charmed, CSI: Miami, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, and The Practice. He had a recurring role as the villain Sugalski on Eagleheart, as well as a celebrity guest appearance in Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.

In 2000, Healy wrote and directed the short film Mullitt, starring himself, Michael Shannon and Henry Gibson. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by HBO. His feature scripts Snow Ponies and Strange Skies landed spots on the Black List in 2006 and 2007, respectively. He has also written three episodes of HBO's In Treatment, Weeks 1–3 of Walter (John Mahoney)'s sessions in Season Two.

Healy's feature directorial debut Take Me premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017. The film was produced by Duplass Brothers Productions and stars Healy alongside Taylor Schilling. It was acquired by The Orchard for a May 2017 release.

In 2022, Healy took over the role of Jeff in the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul from Don Harvey.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Stricken Townie #1 Home Alone 3 Agent Rogers 1999 Treasure Island Clark The Opera Lover Al Magnolia Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid 2000 More Dogs Than Bones Leon The Prime Gig Wendell 2001 Pearl Harbor Newsreel Guy Ghost World John Ellis 2003 I Love Your Work Connor 2004 Undertow Grant the Mechanic 2005 The Aviary Cabbie In Memory of My Father Pat Dirty Ronnie 2006 Rescue Dawn Norman Mr. Fix It Bill Smith 2007 Snow Angels Nursing Home Operator Great World of Sound Martin The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Wilbur Ford The Red Sandwich Christmas Hour 2009 Spooner Carl Harmony and Me Matt 2010 Dirty Girl Billy 2011 The Innkeepers Luke 2012 Compliance Officer Daniels 2013 Cheap Thrills Craig Daniels 2014 Starry Eyes Carl Captain America: The Winter Soldier Hydra scientist #1 Draft Day Jeff Carson 2015 Henry Gamble's Birthday Party Bob Gamble No Way Jose Lawrence Tales of Halloween Forensic Bob Segment: "Bad Seed" Freaks of Nature Zombie Priest 2016 Lend a Hand for Love Clarence Short Carnage Park Wyatt Moss Everlasting Henrique Pandemic Doctor Ward Teenage Cocktail Frank Lustig Rebirth Jesse Poor Boy Vern Rickey 2017 Small Crimes Junior Vassey Take Me Ray Moody Also director The Post Phil Geyelin 2018 American Woman Ray Donnybrook Eldon Dealer Mr. X 2019 Velvet Buzzsaw Man from Perlack Bad Education District Attorney 2020 Dinner in America Norman Run Tom The Pale Door Wylie 2021 We Need to Do Something Robert 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon John Burger TBA Nightwatching TBA Filming

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Who is Pat Healy?

American actor

When was Pat Healy born?

Pat Healy was born on 14 September 1971 in Chicago.

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Pat Healy is an actor, writer, television actor, screenwriter, director and film director.

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Pat Healy is American.

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