Patrick Fugit

Infobox Actor


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birthname = Patrick Raymond Fugit
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birthplace = Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Patrick Raymond Fugit (born October 27, 1982) is an American actor best known for his performance in the lead role of Cameron Crowe's film "Almost Famous".

Biography

Personal life

Fugit was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Jan, a dance teacher, and Bruce Fugit, an electrical engineer. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1802761715/bio Patrick Fugit Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] He has a younger sister, Jocelyn, and a younger brother, Colin. [http://www.gb2k.net/new_site/?q=node/36] He is of mostly Irish ancestry. [ [http://movies.about.com/od/saved/a/savedpf051704.htm Saved Movie - Patrick Fugit and Heather Matarazzo Interview ] ]

Fugit was diagnosed with ADHD in high school, which lead to issues with teachers and authority figures. [http://movies.about.com/od/saved/a/savedpf051704.htm]

Career

Making his acting debut in a school production while in the seventh grade (he played the shoemaker in "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"), the sandy-haired, brown-eyed young performer pursued an acting career and landed guest roles on episodes of "Promised Land" and "Touched By an Angel" (both from CBS) in 1998. That same year he was a meal for hungry insects in the Fox TV-movie '. Work in the more mild-mannered ' (CBS) followed in 2000.

Later that year, audiences were introduced to this virtual unknown when he capably carried the starring role in "Almost Famous". As William Miller, neophyte Fugit used inexperience to his advantage, with the young rock-fan-turned-reporter's awe at being on tour with a band no doubt mirroring the actor's own wonderment at his debut feature experience. Although his knowledge of 1970s rock music was nil ("I actually thought Led Zeppelin was one person") and the perils of puberty threatened to wreak havoc on the film's continuity (Fugit got significantly taller and his voice much lower while the feature was in production), Crowe's casting choice was vindicated when Fugit's performance was almost universally critically praised.

With a high-profile feature debut to his credit, the young actor found his next roles playing a sweetly geeky, aspiring comic book artist in "White Oleander" (2002) and a naive young drug addict in the indie dark comedy "Spun" (2003). His next film, "Saved!" (2004), is a satirical look at the religious right in high school. Fugit is cast as the cool young pastor's skateboarding son and love interest to a pregnant, once-popular teen (Jena Malone) who must re-evaluate her moral positions. In 2005 he co-starred in "The Amateurs," an independent comedy about a sleepy town that comes together to film a porno, and in 2007 he co-starred with Shannyn Sossamon in the controversial indie film, "".

Interests

Due to the fact that his mother owned a dance studio, Fugit spent several years studying dance. While he focused on ballet, he also spent time studying tap. [ [http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=5962 HARP Magazine ] ]

Fugit has been an avid skateboarder since he was 15. [http://movies.about.com/od/saved/a/savedpf051704.htm] In the film Saved!, the character of Patrick was originally supposed to be a surfer. But when Fugit was cast, the character was changed to a skateboarder due to Fugit's skateboarding experience. [http://movies.about.com/od/saved/a/savedpf051704_2.htm]

Fugit is currently in a band called Mushman. [ [http://www.myspace.com/mushmanstories MySpace.com - Mushman - SALT LAKE CITY, US - Indie / Folk Rock - www.myspace.com/mushmanstories ] ] Fugit is also studying flamenco guitar which he can be heard playing on the Cavedoll song "MAYDAY". [ [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=276369944 - Cavedoll on iTunes - SALT LAKE CITY, US - Indie Rock - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=276369944 ] ]

Filmography

*"Almost Famous" (2000)
*"White Oleander" (2002)
*"Spun" (2002)
*"Saved!" (2004)
*"Dead Birds" (2004)
*"The Amateurs" (2005)
*"Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas" (2006)
*"" (2007)
*"The Good Life" (2007)
*"The Horsemen" (2008)
*"Cirque du Freak" (2009)

Television

*"" (1998)
*"Touched by an Angel" (1998)
*"Mad TV" (2001)
*"ER" (2003)
*"Punk'd" (2004)
*"House" (2006) (Whac-A-Mole)

References

External links

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* [http://www.myspace.com/mushmanstories Mushman on MySpace] Patrick Fugit's band
* [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=276369944 Patrick Fugit playing flamenco guitar with Cavedoll] Patrick Fugit on iTunes
* [http://www.myspace.com/cavedollband Cavedoll on Myspace] Mushman bassist, Camden Chamberlain's band