Biography
Patrick Fischler (born December 29, 1969) is an American character actor known for his roles as Jimmy Barrett on the drama series Mad Men, Dharma Initiative worker Phil on the drama series Lost and Detective Kenny No-Gun on the police drama Southland. He has more than sixty film and television credits, including the films Mulholland Drive (2001), Ghost World (2001), Old School (2003), The Black Dahlia (2006), and Dinner for Schmucks (2010).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Getting LOST
2024
as Self
A documentary revisiting the global television phenomenon LOST. Featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as members of the loyal fan base ...
American Fiction
2023
as Mandel
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypoc...
The Mill
2023
as Neighbor (voice)
A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as...
Fair Play
2023
as Robert Bynes
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent enga...
Night Shift
2023
as Warner
A young woman working her first night shift at a remote motel begins to suspect that she is being followed by a dangerous character from her past. As ...
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
2019
as Beckmann
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer...
Bedtime Story
2018
as Melvin
A cash-strapped literary agent hatches a plan to turn a lousy writer into a bestselling author.
Under the Silver Lake
2018
as Comic Fan
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next...
Tell It Martin
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Director
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Ang...
Her Last Will
2016
as Gill Cotton
Desperate for money, a former con woman agrees to drive an old woman insane so her children can inherit her fortune.
Her Last Will
2016
Story, Producer
Desperate for money, a former con woman agrees to drive an old woman insane so her children can inherit her fortune.
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Communist Writer
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
The Diabolical
2015
as Austin
When a single mother and her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and intense presence in their quiet suburban home, she turns ...
The Pact II
2014
as FBI Agent Ballard
The sequel is set just weeks after Annie Barlow's deadly confrontation with the Judas Killer. In this elevated sequel, we meet June, a woman whose car...
Big Sur
2013
as Lew Welch / Dave Wain
Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.
Haunted Trumpet
2013
2 Guns
2013
as Dr. Ken
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- ...
The Test
2013
The Test is the story of a couple at a crucial moment in their relationship. At first glance Margot and George seem like a fun loving couple taking a ...
One for the Money
2012
as Vinnie Plum
An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former ...
County
2012
as Hendricks
The lives of a group of young doctors, nurses, and administrators working at an underfunded Los Angeles county hospital.
Red State
2011
as Agent Hammond
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more si...
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011
as Paul Larkin
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by A...
Dinner for Schmucks
2010
as Vincenzo
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim pla...
Miss Nobody
2010
as Pierre JeJeune
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.
Garden Party
2008
as Anthony
Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent? Welcome to the Garden Party. At the center o...
Finding Amanda
2008
as Kevin - TV Executive
A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.
The Great Buck Howard
2008
as Michael Perry
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician stru...
Live!
2007
as Trevor
A mockumentary following an ambitious TV network executive trying to produce a controversial reality show where contestants play Russian Roulette.
Three Days to Vegas
2007
as Kenneth
Four grumpy old men go on a road trip from their retired life in Florida to the excitement of Las Vegas in order to stop one of their daughters from m...
The Black Dahlia
2006
as Deputy DA Ellis Loew
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer ...
Him and Us
2006
as Dr. Parker
Idiocracy
2006
as Yuppie Husband
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and s...
The Seat Filler
2004
as Irwin
Derrick is a struggling law student who takes a job as an awards show seat filler to make ends meet. One day, he is seated next to the beautiful pop s...
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004
as Waiter
A small-town girl wins a date with a Hollywood star through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl...
Something's Gotta Give
2003
as Stage Manager
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the H...
Old School
2003
as Michael
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Full Frontal
2002
as Harvey, probably's Assistant
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
Gilda Radner: It's Always Something
2002
as Eugene Levy
Biopic about the late "Saturday Night Live" star Gilda Radner. Gilda tells her own story, beginning with her childhood as a chubby girl who loved to p...
Ghost World
2001
as Masterpiece Video Clerk
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric...
Mulholland Drive
2001
as Dan
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two s...
The Week That Girl Died
1998
as Ralph
The lives of three lifelong buddies in a small New England fishing town will never be the same after The Week That Girl Died, a touching romantic come...
Twister
1996
as The Communicator
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaki...
Swimming with Sharks
1994
as Moe
Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a do...
The Shadow
1994
as Sailor
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom u...
Speed
1994
as Friend of Executive
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they...