Patrick Fischler

Patrick Fischler (born December 29, 1969) is an American character actor known for his roles as Jimmy Barrett on the drama series Mad Men, Dharma Initiative worker Phil on the drama series Lost, and Detective Kenny No-Gun on the police drama Southland. He also played the recurring roles of Stu on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jake Steiner on Grey's Anatomy, Ken on Veep, Gabriel on Californication, A. Elliott Stemple on Suits, Dr. Davis Bannercheck on Silicon Valley, Wade Shelton on Shameless, Isaac Heller on Once Upon a Time, Duncan Todd on Twin Peaks, Dan Rifkin on Defending Jacob, and Lon O'Neil on Barry. He has more than sixty film and television credits, including the films Mulholland Drive, Ghost World (2001), Old School (2003), The Black Dahlia (2006), Dinner for Schmucks (2010), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and American Fiction (2023).

In 2011, Fischler portrayed real-life gangster Mickey Cohen in the video game L.A. Noire using facial performance-capture technology to convert performances in the game's graphics. In 2012, he appeared in One for the Money, a crime thriller adapted from Janet Evanovich's novel of the same name. In 2013, he played gangster Meyer Lansky in scenes with Cohen's character in the TNT miniseries Mob City.

The Santa Monica restaurant Patrick's Roadhouse was started by his father and is named for him.

Early life Fischler was born in Los Angeles, California, on December 29, 1969. His father, Bill, bought a restaurant on the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California, when Fischler was five years old, and named it "Patrick's Roadhouse" after him. The restaurant is a hot spot for celebrities Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Penn, and Goldie Hawn. After graduating from high school, Fischler attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts; there, he met and started dating his future wife, actress Lauren Bowles, half-sister of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Fischler appeared in David Lynch's 2001 psychological thriller Mulholland Drive as a man describing a nightmare he had. 2002, he appeared in the television film Gilda Radner: It's Always Something, a biopic about comedian Gilda Radner; he portrayed Eugene Levy. He appeared in the films Twister (1996), Ghost World (2001), and Old School (2003). and portrayed Ellis Loew in Brian De Palma's 2006 crime film The Black Dahlia. The character was referred to in the film as "Jewboy"; film reviewer Stephen Cole called his role "a caricature as coarsely antisemitic as any sequence in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ." Fischler appeared as a guest star in television shows Angel, Star Trek: Enterprise, Girlfriends, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY. The character, Jimmy Barrett, appears in television ads for a client of the advertising company within the show, and his wife Bobbie sleeps with protagonist Don Draper. Series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner cast Fischler because he felt the actor had a "New York quality" that he wanted the character to have. Weiner said of him: "Patrick has this tremendous edge. There was something very old-fashioned about the way he dealt with the character."

Starting in 2009, Fischler became a recurring cast member on both the ABC drama series Lost and the NBC police drama Southland. He was cast in Lost immediately after the pilot for Southland was filmed and worked on both shows over the course of six months. To do so, he constantly flew back and forth between Hawaii, where Lost is filmed, and Los Angeles, where Southland is filmed, while simultaneously dealing with his wife's pregnancy. Fischler also portrayed the real-life gangster Mickey Cohen in the video game L.A. Noire, which was released in May 2011. The game uses a facial performance-capture technology called MotionScan to record the performances of actors, then convert them to the graphics of the game. The game's casting directors worked on Mad Men and specifically approached Fischler for the Cohen character, and he accepted because he likes the film noir genre. Fischler said of the experience: "You really get to act in those scenes cause they’re capturing every moment on your face. A slight smile. A small frown. Everything."

Fischler appeared in Red State as ATF Agent Hammond in 2011.

In January 2012, Fischler appeared in One for the Money, a crime thriller film adapted from the 1994 novel of the same name by Janet Evanovich, the first in a series featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. He portrayed Vinnie Plum, a bail bondsman and Stephanie Plum's cousin. He portrayed poet Lew Welch in the 2013 Michael Polish film Big Sur, based on the autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac. He played the antagonistic Author in the second half of the fourth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. In 2016, he appeared in The Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar!

Personal life Fischler and Lauren Bowles were married in 2004. They have a daughter, born in 2009.

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Knots Landing Office Worker #2 Episode: "Blind Side"1993 Love & War Delivery Boy Episode: "The Big Lie" Flying Blind Steve Episode: "The People That Time Forgot" The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Guard Episode: "Crystal Hawks" 1994 Sister, Sister Lenny Episode: "Free Billy" 1995 Double Rush Anthony Episode: "The Show We Wrote the Day We Found Out We Were Going on Opposite Roseanne" 1996, 2001 NYPD Blue Johnny DuMont / Ken Thornton 2 episodes 1996–2001 Nash Bridges Pepe Recurring role; 11 episodes 1997 The Pretender Toby Episode: "Exposed" 2001 18 Wheels of Justice Andrew 'Andy' Jacobs Episode: "Past Imperfect"2002 Off Centre Donald Episode: "Marathon Man" Charmed Foreman Episode: "Trial by Magic" Gilda Radner: It's Always Something Eugene Levy TV movie Judging Amy Phil Brown Episode: "Thursday's Child"2003 Birds of Prey Dr. Will Kroner Episode: "Feat of Clay" Angel Ted Episode: "The Magic Bullet" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mr. Lee / Wolfie Episode: "Fur and Loathing" Line of Fire James Henkel Episode: "Undercover Angel" 2004–2007 Girlfriends Clark 3 episodes2004 ER Chamber Tech Episode: "Blood Relations" My Wife and Kids Director Episode: "Hand Model" The West Wing Walter Sprout Episode: "Impact Winter"2005 Monk Eddie Episode: "Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra" CSI: NY Brent the Screenwriter Episode: "The Fall" Star Trek: Enterprise Mercer Episode: "Demons" CSI: Miami Vince Nolan 2 episodes E-Ring Mark Sinclair Episode: "Cemetery Wind: Part 1"2006 Four Kings Server Phil Episode: "Night of the Iguana" The New Adventures of Old Christine David Episode: "Open Water" Him and Us Dr. Parker TV movie 2007 What About Brian? Schmitty 2 episodes Drive Brad 2 episodes According to Jim Darryl Episode: "Any Man of Mine" Veronica Mars Russell Marchant Episode: "Weevils Wobble But They Don't Go Down" Moonlight Alan Episode: "B.C." Bones Gil Bates Episode: "The Boy in the Time Capsule"2008 NCIS George Stenner Episode: "In the Zone" The Middleman Dr. Rollin Newleaf Episode: "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum" Burn Notice Jimmy Episode: "Breaking and Entering" Mad Men Jimmy Barrett Recurring role; 4 episodes Cold Case Monty Moran '53 Episode: "Pin Up Girl" Pushing Daisies The Waffle Nazi Episode: "Comfort Food" 2009 Lost Phil Recurring role; 9 episodes 2009–2010 Southland Detective Kenny 'No-Gun' Recurring role; 8 episodes2010 Dark Blue Ray Blake Episode: "Brother's Keeper" Weeds Don, the hotel manager Episode: "A Yippity Sippity" Lie to Me Olson Episode: "Darkness and Light" The Whole Truth Medical Examiner Episode: "When Cougars Attack" Chase Ed Castwick Episode: "The Longest Night" Law & Order: LA Josh Solomon Episode: "Ballona Creek"2011 Criminal Minds Jack Fahey Episode: "Lauren" Franklin & Bash John Stills Episode: "Big Fish" Curb Your Enthusiasm Stu Episode: "The Smiley Face" Grimm Billy Capra Episode: "Lonelyhearts" 2012 County Hendricks TV movie Body of Proof Joey Jablonsky Episode: "Occupational Hazards" Grey's Anatomy Jake Steiner Episode: "Migration" The Finder Jason Stefanian Episode: "The Boy with the Bucket" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Gene Brightman Episode: "Strange Beauty" Veep Ken Episode: "Baseball" Scandal Arthur 'Artie' Hornbacher Episode: "Hunting Season" Castle Leo Episode: "After Hours" 2012–2013 Californication Gabriel 4 episodes2013 Hawaii Five-0 Ryan Webb Episode: "Hana I Wa'la" Newsreaders Bram Strunk Episode: "CCSI/Boston" The Mentalist Gary Beinhart Episode: "Red Velvet Cupcakes" Mob City Meyer Lansky Episode: "Stay Down" 2014 Maron Ted Curtis Episode: "Radio Cowboy" 2014–2015 Married Jay 2 episodes 2014–2016 Suits A. Elliott Stemple 2 episodes2015 Battle Creek Attorney Milner Episode: "The Hand-Off" Silicon Valley Dr. Davis Bannercheck 3 episodes Grandfathered Frederick Episode: "Deadbeat" Shameless Wade Shelton 2 episodes 2015–2017 Once Upon a Time Isaac Heller Recurring role; 8 episodes 2016 Fresh Off the Boat Mr. Jaffey Episode: "Rent Day"2017 Rosewood Chuck Furwell Episode: "White Matter and the Ways Back" Code Black CDC DD Gareth Reddick 2 episodes Doubt ADA Alan Markes 4 episodes Scorpion Kapper Episode: "Strife on Mars" Twin Peaks Duncan Todd 6 episodes Kingdom Dan 3 episodes DiceToby2 episodes2017–2019 Happy! Smoothie Main cast; 16 episodes2018 Timeless Joseph Pope Episode: "The Salem Witch Hunt"2020 Defending Jacob Dan Rifkin 4 episodes The Right StuffBob Gilruth8 episodes2021 9-1-1 Hollis Harcourt Episode: "Treasure Hunt" United States of Al Clint Episode: "Blackout / Parchawi" Brand New Cherry Flavor Alvin Sender 2 episodes Impeachment: American Crime Story Sidney Blumenthal 4 episodes2022 The Rookie Mr. Karga Episode: "The Knock" NCIS: Hawaiʻi Glenn Smith Episode: "Broken" American Gigolo Theodore Banks 2 episodes A Friend of the Family Garth Pincock Miniseries2023 Quantum LeapDr. MuellerEpisode: "Ben, Interrupted" Barry Lon O'Neil 3 episodes The Lincoln Lawyer Jacob Zimmer 2 episodes Billions Ern Quinn Episode: "DMV" 2024 NCIS: Origins Cliff Wheeler Recurring2026 Paradise Henry Miller Recurring Cape Fear Dr. Lee Recurring

Video games