Majored in accounting while attending Bowling Green State University.

Enjoys riding motorcycles.

He appeared in Meat Loaf's "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" music video.

He frequently plays characters who are involved in law enforcement or the military. Among Patrick's roles, he has played 4 different "Colonels".

Has played the fathers of both Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: Vernon Presley in Elvis (2005) (TV) and Ray Cash in Walk the Line (2005).

Brother of Richard Patrick, lead singer of Filter and former guitarist for Nine Inch Nails.

He has the distinction of being the only actor killed on screen by all three of the Planet Hollywood founders: Bruce Willis (in Die Hard 2 (1990)), Sylvester Stallone (in Cop Land (1997)), and most famously by Arnold Schwarzenegger (in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)).

During his first 10 years in the film business in which Patrick was a struggling actor in "B" movies, his pay was so meager that he had to supplement it by bartending at night.

Has appeared in two movies with Joaquin Phoenix: Walk the Line (2005) and Ladder 49 (2004).

Has played the same character (T-1000) in three different movies. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Wayne's World (1992) and Last Action Hero (1993).

He reprised his Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) character, the T-1000, for the theme park attraction T2-3D, a short film filmed in a new 3-D process that makes the film really appear to jump out at you.

Son of Robert and Nadine Patrick.

Brother of Richard, Cheri, Karen and Lewis Patrick.

Immediately after being cast in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), he took a martial-arts crash course, then began exhaustive strength, endurance, and weapons-training sessions. "For three months," he says, "all I did was sleep, eat, take vitamins, and train.".

Two children, daughter Austin, son Samuel.

The appearance of character Dale Gribble from the animated series "King of the Hill" (1997) is based on Patrick.