Richard Fitzpatrick
Acting
- Born:
- 1947-01-01
- Place of birth:
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Richard Fitzpatrick (born January 1, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor who has worked professionally for more than forty years, making his debut in the Canadian television series Police Surgeon (1974). A member of both ACTRA and SAG-AFTRA, he is a prolific character actor who frequently portrays authority figures such as police officers, military personnel, officials, priests, and doctors across approximately 200 film and television credits. He is happily married and has one son, Alex. His most notable film credits include Timmy in Good Will Hunting (1997, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams), The Chief in The Boondock Saints (1999) and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009), Rob Stevens in The Recruit (2003, starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell), Deputy Commissioner Wagner in 16 Blocks (2006), Michael Rochford in Breach (2007, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger), Seamus Muldoon in Survival of the Dead (2009), a Police Chief in The Boondock Saints II (2009), and the Rectory Priest in Spotlight (2015). Other credits include Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), Flash of Genius (2008), Duct Tape Forever (2002), Talk to Me (2007), and Bottom Feeder (2007). On television, Fitzpatrick is best known for his role as Jonas Stanhope in the Stephen King miniseries Storm of the Century (1999, 3 episodes), a guest appearance as Charles Wesley Gotts in The X-Files (1998), Lieutenant Craft in American Gothic (2016), James Kirkham in Murdoch Mysteries (2010), and roles in Dark Matter (2017), Private Eyes (2017), Ransom (2017), Suits (2014), Warehouse 13 (2014), Goosebumps (1996), Glory & Honor (1998), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998), Double Jeopardy (1996), and Clarence (1990). He also voiced Spin in the animated series Bolts & Blip (2010, 26 episodes) and appeared in The Reagans (2003) as Ben Weldon and Dick (1999) as John Erlichman.
Known For
Filmography
An Ice Wine Christmas
The Clue to Love
Frankie Drake Mysteries
Flint
Ransom
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
Private Eyes
Spotlight
Dark Matter
The Day Santa Didn't Come
Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy
A Very Merry Mix-Up
12 Dates of Christmas
Against the Wall
Suits
November Christmas
Bolts and Blip
Survival of the Dead
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Warehouse 13
Flash of Genius
Bitten
Bridal Fever
Time Bomb
The Russell Girl
Murdoch Mysteries
Sticks & Stones
The Tower
Talk to Me
More of Me
Bottom Feeder
Breach
It's a Boy Girl Thing
16 Blocks
Crazy for Christmas
The River King
Left Behind: World at War
Mayday
Our Fathers
Maxwell Saves the Day
Heritage Minutes: Vimy Ridge
ReGenesis
Perfect Strangers
Kevin Hill
Coast to Coast
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
This Is Wonderland
The Reagans
The Pentagon Papers
The Music Man
The Recruit
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
The Glow
Duct Tape Forever
Guilt by Association
The Day Reagan Was Shot
The Lone Gunmen
What Makes a Family
The Stalking of Laurie Show
Santa Who?
Custody of the Heart
New Blood
A Touch of Hope
Strange Justice
Dick
War of 1812
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Deep in My Heart
Storm of the Century
The Boondock Saints
Little Men
The Defenders: Taking the First
Highlander: The Raven
Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Glory & Honor
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Good Will Hunting
Murder at 1600
In Love and War
Giant Mine
Trilogy of Terror II
We the Jury
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Jungle Boy
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
When the Bullet Hits the Bone
Homecoming
A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story
Double Jeopardy
Two If by Sea
Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy II
A Holiday to Remember
Goosebumps
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull
Spenser: A Savage Place
Expect No Mercy
The Killing Machine
No Exit
Butterbox Babies
Johnny and Clyde
Due South
Getting Gotti
Bermuda Grace
The X-Files
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Heritage Minutes
Clarence
Kaleidoscope
Divided Loyalties
Glory! Glory!
Millennium
Physical Evidence
War of the Worlds
Hot Paint
Pretty Kill
Street Justice
The High Price of Passion
Wild Horse Hank
The World Beyond
Starship Invasions