Patrick Gallagher (born February 21, 1968) is a

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actor. He is most famous for his

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role in ''

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''. He received a BAFTA Award for Performer in a Supporting Role nomination for his work in ''

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''.

Personal life

Gallagher was born in

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, Canada, and grew up in

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, British Columbia. Born to an

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father and a

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mother, Gallagher holds dual American and Canadian citizenship.

Career

Gallagher is known for his television roles as Joe Finn in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'', the alcohol salesman in ''Entourage (U.S. TV series), Entourage'', Leon in ''The Line (TV series), The Line'', Farhod the Fierce in ''Pair of Kings'', and Characters of Glee#Ken Tanaka, Ken Tanaka in ''Glee (TV series), Glee'', and his film roles as Awkward Davies in ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' and Gary the bartender in ''Sideways''. He played

in ''

'' and its sequels, Chow in ''True Blood'', Colquitt in ''Final Destination 3'', Anderson in ''Severed: Forest of the Dead'', and the head of security, Hugo, in the short-lived series ''Endgame (TV series), Endgame''. Gallagher made guest appearances in ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'', ''Smallville'', ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'', ''Intelligence (Canadian TV series), Intelligence'', ''NCIS: Los Angeles'', ''Fuller House (TV series), Fuller House'' and ''Psych'' in addition to ''Hell's Kitchen (U.S. TV series), Hell's Kitchen'' as a guest for the 100th dinner service. He landed the recurring role of a prison guard on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC soap opera ''General Hospital''. He voiced Khotun Khan in ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Patrick 1968 births Living people American male actors of Chinese descent American male film actors American male television actors American people of Chinese descent American people of Irish descent Canadian male actors of Chinese descent Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male video game actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian people of Irish descent Male actors from British Columbia People from New Westminster