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Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom '' The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as adult
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. After making his acting debut in the ''
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'' episode " The Couch", he has since appeared in a variety of television series, such as ''
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'', '' Community'', '' Two and a Half Men'', ''
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'', '' Reno 911!'', ''
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'', '' Archer'', ''
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'', '' Justified'', ''
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'', and ''
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'', portraying Principal Ralph Durbin in ''
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'' (2018–2021) and Matthew the Raven in the TV series ''
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'' (2022–present). Oswalt is also known for voicing Remy in the Pixar film '' Ratatouille'' (2007), Max in the Illumination film '' The Secret Life of Pets 2'' (2019) (replacing
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from
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), and M.O.D.O.K in the 2021
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series of the same name. Other notable film credits include '' Man on the Moon'' (1999), '' Zoolander'' (2001), '' Blade: Trinity'' (2004), ''
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'' (2008), ''
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'' (2009), ''
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'' (2011), ''
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'' (2014), and '' The Circle'' (2017). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
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, Oswalt guest starred as the Koenigs on '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2014–2020) and voiced Pip the Troll in '' Eternals'' (2021). He also made a notable appearance on the web series, '' Best of the Worst'' in 2019. In his work as a stand-up comedian, Oswalt has appeared in six stand-up specials and also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a
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for his Netflix special ''Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping'' (2016).


Early life

Oswalt was born on January 27, 1969, in
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, the son of Carla and Larry J. Oswalt, a career United States Marine Corps officer. He was named after General
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. Oswalt is of Italian, Irish,
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descent. He has one younger brother, Matt Oswalt, a comedy writer best known for writing and starring in the YouTube web series ''Puddin. While he was a military brat, his family lived in Ohio and in Tustin, California, before settling in
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, Virginia. He is a 1987 graduate of
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in
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, Virginia. He later graduated from The College of William & Mary where he majored in English and was initiated into the Alpha Theta chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.


Career

Oswalt began performing
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on July 18, 1988. After writing for '' MADtv'' and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for
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, he went on to garner notable roles in films and television shows with his film debut coming in the 1996 military comedy film '' Down Periscope'' alongside Kelsey Grammer. His television debut was on the ''
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'' episode " The Couch". His most prominent and longest running role was as Spence Olchin on '' The King of Queens''. His first starring film role was as the voice of Remy, the lead character in the 2007 Academy Award-winning Pixar film '' Ratatouille''. He has also appeared in smaller roles in such films as '' Magnolia'' and ''
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''. Oswalt wrote the comic book story "JLA: Welcome to the Working Week", a backup story in ''
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'' #600; a story for ''Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon Noir #01'' and a story for ''Masks: Too Hot for TV''. Expanding his voice artist repertoire, he began voicing the villainous character Tobey on PBS Kids GO! series '' WordGirl'' in 2007. He also appeared on the '' Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner''. He appeared on the ''
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'' in August 2007. That same year, he appeared on an episode of '' SpongeBob SquarePants'', " The Original Fry Cook", as Jim. Oswalt moderated a reunion panel of the ''
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'' cast at the San Diego Comic-Con International in 2008. Oswalt played Paul Aufiero, the leading role in Robert D. Siegel's 2009 directorial debut, ''
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''. He was set to star in a 2010 Broadway revival of ''
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''. The show was postponed, then eventually canceled, when
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left the production after the director denied her request to replace Oswalt due to his lack of stage experience. He starred in the Showtime drama ''
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'' as Neil, an employee of Four Winds Landscaping. He also provided the voice of Thrasher, a robot protagonist from the Cartoon Network show ''
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''. Oswalt emceed the 2010 BookExpo America, promoting his then-upcoming book ''Zombie Spaceship Wasteland'' and introducing the evening's panelists: Christopher Hitchens, William Gibson, and Sara Gruen. Oswalt released ''Zombie Spaceship Wasteland'' in 2011. Oswalt played the role of Hurlan Heartshe in the 2011 surrealist comedy miniseries '' The Heart, She Holler'' on
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's late-night programming block,
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. Oswalt appeared in the 2011 film ''
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''. Oswalt played Matt Freehauf in
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's 2011 black comedy '' Young Adult''. He played Billy Stanhope, ex-best friend of Ashton Kutcher's Walden Schmidt on '' Two and a Half Men'' in 2012. As of September 2013, Oswalt narrates the TV series '' The Goldbergs''. He also had a recurring role as Constable Bob Sweeney in the fourth season of the FX series '' Justified''. Patton played the role of Agent Koenig on the TV series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' He later appeared in separate episodes as brothers Eric and Billy Koenig. He continued to appear in the second season as Billy and a third brother named Sam. In season four, he also played a fourth brother, Thurston. Oswalt's memoir ''Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film'' was published by Simon & Schuster in 2015. He also voiced the male version of Jesse in '' Minecraft: Story Mode'', which was released in October 2015. Oswalt played Max in the reboot of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', as the son of
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's character
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. The program premiered on Netflix in 2017. Also in 2017, lifelong film fan Oswalt provided the voice of horror icon Boris Karloff in several episodes of film critic
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’s podcast ''You Must Remember This,'' for the season entitled “Bela and Boris.” Oswalt had a voice-over role in science fiction comedy film '' Sorry to Bother You'', which was released in theaters on July 6, 2018. Oswalt replaced
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in the 2019 film '' The Secret Life of Pets 2'', as the voice of main character Max. In addition, he reprised his role as Professor Dementor in the Disney Channel Original Movie ''
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'', a live action adaptation of the 2002-2007 animated series. On April 15, 2019, Oswalt joined a host of other writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of
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. Oswalt's stand-up comedy covers topics ranging from pop culture frivolity, such as comic book supervillains and 1980s glam metal, to deeper social issues like American excess,
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,
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, and religion. He also discusses his
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in his stand-up. He recorded his third comedy album at the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. on February 28, 2009. It premiered on Comedy Central as ''Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong'' on August 23, 2009, and was released on DVD August 25, 2009. An animated video of Patton's take on New Song's Christmas Shoes was posted on YouTube in November 2009. The track does not appear on any albums. The audio is claimed to be recorded at
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in Washington DC. Oswalt's album ''Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour'' was released on September 19, 2011. The extended and uncensored DVD of this special was released in April 2012, a few days after its television premiere on Comedy Central. Oswalt's comedy special ''
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'' was to be released on January 16, 2014, via online movie streaming website Epix, but was pushed back by the company for unknown reasons. However, it did premiere on Comedy Central on April 6, 2014, and became available for purchase on April 8, 2014, in both DVD and CD format. Oswalt's comedy special ''Talking for Clapping'' was released on Netflix on April 22, 2016. For the album, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a
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. Oswalt's comedy special ''Annihilation'' was released on Netflix on October 17, 2017. In an episode of ''Hiking with Kevin Nealon'' on YouTube, posted November 14, 2019, Oswalt confirmed a new special, ''I Love Everything'', recorded three weeks prior to the recording of the hike. It is currently airing on Netflix and was nominated for another Primetime Emmy Award. He was featured in an ad campaign for Caesars Sportsbook in 2021, playing a character named Carl.


Personal life

Oswalt married true crime writer and journalist
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on September 24, 2005. They had one daughter together, Alice, born in April 2009. McNamara died in her sleep in the family's Los Angeles, California home on April 21, 2016. Her death was attributed to a combination of a previously undiagnosed heart condition and complications from ingested medications ( Adderall, Xanax, and Fentanyl). The season-three finale of '' The Goldbergs'' was dedicated to her memory. On August 1, 2016, Oswalt announced that he had been working to complete McNamara's unfinished nonfiction book about the Golden State Killer. In September 2017, Oswalt announced that the book, titled ''
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'', was scheduled for release on February 27, 2018, and was subsequently available for preorders. Less than two months after the book's release, on April 25, 2018, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department announced they had made an arrest in the Golden State Killer case. Oswalt posted a brief video to
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, saying: "I think you got him, Michelle." He also posted on Twitter that same day, saying that he hoped to visit the suspect if he was indeed the Golden State Killer, "not to gloat or gawk - to ask him the questions that cNamarawanted answered in her 'Letter to an Old Man'" at the end of her book. Oswalt is a longtime comic book fan, which he has discussed in his stand up as well as writing a few issues for comics. In July 2017 he and actress Meredith Salenger were confirmed to be engaged. They were married in November 2017. In 2013, he teamed up with
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, spoke out against chaining pet dogs, and sent a letter to the mayor and members of the city council of
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urging them to ban the practice. Oswalt is an outspoken
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and has referred to his atheism in his comedy specials: ''No Reason to Complain'', ''Feelin' Kinda Patton'', ''My Weakness Is Strong'', and ''Finest Hour''. Oswalt's influences include Jonathan Winters, Richard Pryor,
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, Blaine Capatch,
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, Bill Hicks, Bobcat Goldthwait, Sam Kinison, Steve Martin, and
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Oswalt endorsed Barack Obama for re-election as president in
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. Oswalt was an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump. In January 2019, following an intense Twitter feud with a Trump supporter, he donated $2,000 to the man's GoFundMe fund created to help cover his medical expenses.


Discography


Comedy albums


Comedy specials

EPs * '' Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton'' (2005) with
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* ''Melvins/Patton Oswalt'' split 7 (2006) with
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'' * ''Comedians of Comedy Tour'' (2006) * '' The Pennsylvania Macaroni Company'' (2006) with
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, Maria Bamford, and Eugene Mirman * ''
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'' (2008) - available during the WFMU pledge drive Compilation album appearances *
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's Un-Cabaret – ''The Un & Only'' (2002) * Beth Lapides's Un-Cabaret – ''The Good, The Bad, and the Drugly'' (2006) * '' Comedy Death-Ray'' (2007)


Filmography


Film


Television


Video games


Music videos


Web series


Theme park attractions


Awards and nominations


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Miscellaneous awards


Bibliography


Autobiography

* ''Zombie Spaceship Wasteland'' (
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, 2011) * ''Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film'' ( Simon & Schuster, 2015)


Non-fiction

* ''The Overrated Book'' (co-author with Henry H. Owings, Last Gasp (publisher), San Francisco, 2006) * ''The Rock Bible: Unholy Scripture for Fans & Bands'' (co-author with Henry H. Owings, Quirk Books, Philadelphia, 2008) * *


Comics

* ''JLA: Welcome to the Working Week'' ( DC Comics, 2003) * '' The Goon: Noir'' (co-author with Thomas Lennon, Steve Niles, and Eric Powell, Dark Horse Comics, 2007) * '' Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror 13'' ( Bongo Comics, 2007) * '' Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga'' (foreword, DC Comics, 2008) * ''
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: Float Out'' (Dark Horse Comics, 2010) * ''Better Days and Other Stories'' (co-author with Will Conrad, Dark Horse Comics, 2011) * ''Sky Cake!'' (co-author with Kona Morris,
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, Chris Henry. Godless Comics, 2012) * ''M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games'' (co-writer with Jordan Blum. Marvel Comics, Dec 2020) * ''Minor Threats'' (co-writer with Jordan Blum. Dark Horse Comics, 2022)


References


External links

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Patton Oswalt
at Comedy Central
Audio interview on The Sound of Young America from PRI.
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The Sound of Young America ''Bullseye with Jesse Thorn'' (formerly ''The Sound of Young America'') is a public radio program and podcast based in Los Angeles, California, and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). The weekly show is currently heard on over 50 public r ...
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