Patrick Fugit

Patrick Raymond Fugit (; born October 27, 1982) is an American actor. His breakout role was William Miller in the comedy-drama film Almost Famous, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Fugit has also had starring roles in the films Spun (2002), White Oleander (2002), Saved! (2004), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009), We Bought a Zoo (2011), and Thanks for Sharing (2012). He had supporting roles in Gone Girl (2014) and First Man (2018). Fugit had the lead role in the psychological horror film My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020), which he also produced.

Fugit played the lead role of Kyle Barnes on the Cinemax horror series Outcast (2016–2018). He also had a main role as Pat Montgomery on the HBO Max miniseries Love & Death (2023).

Fugit performed the role of Owen Moore in the 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II.

Early life Fugit was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and lived briefly in Danbury, New Hampshire. His mother, Jan Clark-Fugit, is a dance teacher, and his father, Bruce Fugit, is an electrical engineer. Fugit has been a skateboarder since he was fifteen.

Fugit played an aspiring comic book artist in White Oleander (2002) and a naive drug addict in the dark comedy Spun (2003).

His next film, Saved! (2004), was a satirical look at the religious right in high schools. Fugit's character was originally a surfer, but it changed into a skateboarder due to his skateboarding experience.

Fugit starred in The Amateurs and played Evra Von in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009).

In 2011, Fugit was cast in We Bought A Zoo, another Cameron Crowe film.

In 2016, he joined the cast of Cinemax's television series Outcast. He stated he enjoyed playing a father but worried that not being one in real life at the time might make him seem awkward.

In 2020, Fugit was cast in a lead role on ABC's pilot for Thirtysomething(else), a sequel to Thirtysomething; however, the pilot was scrapped by ABC later that same year.

Personal life Fugit and his best friend, David Fetzer, formed a folk rock band, Mushman, in which Fugit played the guitar and sometimes sang. Fetzer died in 2012. Fugit studies flamenco guitar, which he played on the Cavedoll song "Mayday" and the Mushman song "Brennan's Theme" for the ending scene in Wristcutters: A Love Story.

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Fugit says he was "the weird kid" in school because he learned ballet as his mother was a ballet teacher and because he was not Mormon but attended a predominantly Mormon school. thumb Fugit has a child with his long-term partner, actress Jennifer Del Rosario. Outcast