Timothy Van Patten (born June 10, 1959) is an American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Deadwood'', '' Ed'', ''

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'', '' The Pacific'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for portraying Mario "Salami" Pettrino on '' The White Shadow''. He also played the villainous teenager Peter Stegman in ''

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'' and Max Keller on '' The Master''.

Personal life

Van Patten was born in

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to Richard Byron Van Patten and his second wife Eleanor della Gatta Van Patten and grew up in

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, New York. He is the half-brother of

Dick Van Patten Richard Vincent Van Patten (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015) was an American actor, comedian, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, whose career spanned seven decades of television. He was best known for his role as patriarch Tom Brad ...

and

Joyce Van Patten Joyce Benignia Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American film and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in films like ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976), ''St. Elmo's Fire'' (1985) (as Mrs. Beamish), and as Rob Schneider's septuagenaria ...

, and the uncle of

Vincent Van Patten Vincent Van Patten (born October 17, 1957) is an American actor, former professional tennis player, and the commentator for the World Poker Tour. Personal life Van Patten was born in Bellerose, New York, as the youngest son of actor Dick Van Pa ...

and

Talia Balsam Talia Balsam (born March 5, 1959) is an American television and film actress. Early life Balsam was born in New York City on March 5, 1959, to actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten. Her ancestry is Russian Jewish (father) and Italian, Dutch, ...

. He graduated from

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in 1977, in the same class as musician

Brian Setzer Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and returned to the music scene in the early 1990s with ...

and football player

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. His daughter is actress

Grace Van Patten Grace Van Patten (born November 21, 1996) is an American actress. She has appeared in two films distributed by Netflix: '' Tramps'' (2016) and ''The Meyerowitz Stories'' (2017), and in Hulu's miniseries ''Nine Perfect Strangers'' (2021) and '' T ...

Career

Awards

In 2001, together with

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, Van Patten won both the

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and

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for Episodic Drama for ''The Sopranos'' episode "

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," directed by

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. In 2004, Van Patten directed an episode called "

Long Term Parking "Long Term Parking" is the 64th episode of the HBO original series ''The Sopranos'' and the 12th of the show's fifth season. Written by Terence Winter and directed by Tim Van Patten, it originally aired on May 23, 2004. Starring * James Gandolf ...

," which won the

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. He has been nominated at the

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s on ten occasions for directing: ''

'' episodes "

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", "

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", "

" and " Members Only", '' The Pacific'' episode "Okinawa", the ''

'' pilot "

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", and ''

'' episodes "

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", "Margate Sands", "Farewell Daddy Blues" and the series finale "

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", winning the award for "To the Lost" in

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Filmography

Television

Producer

Director

Writer

Actor

* '' The White Shadow'' (1978–1981; TV series): played Mario "Salami" Pettrino in 54 episodes * ''

'' (1982 film): played Peter Stegman, the villainous teenager * '' The Master'' (1984; TV series): played Max Keller in 13 episodes * ''Escape from El Diablo'' (1984 film): played Pauli * ''

Zone Troopers ''Zone Troopers'' is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Danny Bilson and starring Tim Thomerson. It was filmed in Italy by Empire Pictures with Charles Band as executive producer. The original music score was composed by Richard Band ...

'' (1985 film): played Joey * ''

The Wrong Guys ''The Wrong Guys'' is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Danny Bilson Plot Thirty years ago Louie Anderson was the leader of a group of Cub Scouts, Den 7: "The Owl Patrol", consisting of himself, neurotic Richard, ladies man Belz, smooth t ...

'' (1988 film): played J.T. * ''

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'' (1988 film): played Father John Durham * '' True Blue'' (1989–1990; TV series): played Sergeant Andy Wojeski in 12 episodes and the TV movie

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Patten, Tim 1959 births Living people 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American people of Dutch descent American male television actors American television directors Edgar Award winners Primetime Emmy Award winners Writers Guild of America Award winners Male actors from New York City Writers from Brooklyn People from Massapequa, New York Television producers from New York City American television writers American male television writers American people of English descent Directors Guild of America Award winners Screenwriters from New York (state) Massapequa High School alumni Van Patten family