Dan Patrick
Actor
Biography
Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), known professionally as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio. He hosts The Dan Patrick Show broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks and streaming on Peacock. He co-hosted NBC's Football Night in America and serves as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter.
Before working with ESPN, Patrick was known by his surname, "Dan Pugh", as an on-air personality with the album rock-formatted WVUD and then, WTUE in Dayton, Ohio (1979–1983). Patrick was then a sports reporter for CNN (1983–89), where his assignments included the World Series, NBA Finals and Winter Olympics. From 1989–1995, Patrick did a daily sports segment for Bob and Brian, a syndicated Wisconsin-area morning show, and in the early 1990s, he did sports updates for the Columbus, Ohio, Rock Station WLVQ and appeared on the morning show "Wags and Elliot."
Filmography
Grown Ups
as Norby The Ride Guy 2010
Just Go with It
as Tanner Patrick 2011
Grown Ups 2
as Gym Teacher 2013
Blended
as Dick 2014
The Longest Yard
as Officer Jack Pugh 2005
Hustle
as Dan Patrick 2022
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as NY Cop 2007
Jack and Jill
as Dan Patrick 2011
That's My Boy
as Randall Morgan 2012
The House Bunny
as Cop 2008
The Waterboy
as Dan Patrick 1998
Hubie Halloween
as School Principal 2020
The Do-Over
as Auto Store Lou 2016
The Ridiculous 6
as Abe Lincoln 2015
The Benchwarmers
as Poker Guy #2 A.K.A. O'Malley 2006
Happy Gilmore 2
as Pat Daniels 2025