Jim Fitzpatrick
Actor
Biography
James Armando Fitzpatrick was born in Omaha, Nebraska but returned to Clearwater Beach, Florida at three months of age where his parents (Jim Sr. and Cookie) are from and began his acting career on the stage at the tender age of 13 when he appeared in his first school play, "A Thousand Clowns," at Seminole (Florida) High School. Jim accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University as a theater major where he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. He put aside an acting career to play professional football, however, starting in 1981 with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL (Canadian Football league) followed by short stints with the Chicago Bears ('82) and the Baltimore Colts('82). His football career ended when he retired in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL ('83-'85).
As Director
Filmography
Armageddon
as NORAD Technician 1998
Cocoon
as Dock Worker 1985
Elizabethtown
as Rusty 2005
Dolphin Tale
as Max Connellan 2011
Ragtime
as Bail Clerk (uncredited) 1981
Band of the Hand
as Young Street Gangster (uncredited) 1986
Ski Patrol
as Young Father 1990
Shark Waters
as Jose 2022
All Square
as Drinking Gambler 2018
Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target
as Skip Lang 1998
Walking the Edge
as Fat Man's Body Guard 1985
U.S. Seals
as Mike Bradley 2000
Little Ghost
as Tony 1997
Last of the Grads
as Mr. Bradley 2021
Curse of the Starving Class
as Emerson (as James Fitzpatrick) 1994
The Code Conspiracy
as John Davis 2002
Mind Games
as Roger 2021