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Jay Patterson

Actor

Jay Patterson

Born August 22, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA34 films

Jay Patterson (born August 22, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1984.

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City of Angels posterFirst watchCity of Angels19986.8as Air Traffic ControllerWhen a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence…View film

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Ted 2 poster6.3Ted 22015Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster6.7Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1990A Million Ways to Die in the West poster6.1A Million Ways to Die in the West2014My Sassy Girl poster6.8My Sassy Girl2008Nine Lives poster5.8Nine Lives2016A Civil Action poster6.5A Civil Action1998Nobody's Fool poster6.9Nobody's Fool1994Hard Rain poster5.9Hard Rain1998

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. 2025Power ChildDaniel Crop
  2. 2016Nine LivesBenson
  3. 2015Ted 2Karl Jackson
  4. 2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestDoctor Harper
  5. 2010Nice Guy JohnnyDr. Meadows
  6. 2010My Own Love SongNeighbor Man
  7. 2008My Sassy GirlRoger Bellow
  8. 2008The BabysittersIra
  9. 2007Purple VioletsMichael's Agent
  10. 2006Death of a PresidentSam McCarthy
  11. 2006All the King's MenSenator
  12. 2006Brother's ShadowParole Officer
  13. 2006The ExoneratedCop
  14. 2006Love, LudlowStorkelson
  15. 2002A Gentleman's GameRaymond Mann
  16. 1998A Civil ActionGeologist
  17. 1998Slums of Beverly HillsDr. Grossman
  18. 1998City of AngelsAir Traffic Controller
  19. 1998Hard RainMr Wellman
  20. 1997American PerfektBernie
  21. 1995Excessive Force II: Force on ForceDetective Wayne O'Conner
  22. 1994Nobody's FoolJocko
  23. 1993Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
  24. 1993Romeo Is BleedingMona's Lawyer (uncredited)
  25. 1992Double JeopardyAssistant District Attorney
  26. 1991McBainDr. Dalton
  27. 1990Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesCharles Pennington
  28. 1989Margaret Bourke-WhiteHenry Luce
  29. 1988D.O.A.Graham Corey
  30. 1987NadineDwight Estes
  31. 1987Street SmartLeonard Pike
  32. 1985Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in FreedomEdward Pierce
  33. 1985Heaven Help UsBrother Constance
  34. 1984Places in the HeartW.E. Simmons