Jim Fitzpatrick
James Armando Fitzpatrick was born in Omaha, Nebraska but returned to Clearwater Beach, Florida at three months of age where his parents (Jim Sr. and Cookie) are from and began his acting career on the stage at the tender age of 13 when he appeared in his first school play, "A Thousand Clowns," at Seminole (Florida) High School. Jim accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University as a theater major where he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. He put aside an acting career to play professional football, however, starting in 1981 with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL (Canadian Football league) followed by short stints with the Chicago Bears ('82) and the Baltimore Colts('82). His football career ended when he retired in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL ('83-'85).
Acted in
Shark Waters
2022
as Jose
Last of the Grads
2021
as Mr. Bradley
Mind Games
2021
as Roger
All Square
2018
as Drinking Gambler
Do You See Me
2017
as Jimmy Nichols
Dolphin Tale
2011
as Max Connellan
Adventure Scouts
2010
as Allen Daniels
The Belly of the Beast
2008
as Adam Simeon
Blood Ranch
2006
as Spider
Elizabethtown
2005
as Rusty
Threat Matrix
2003
as Camp Pendleton Security Chief Robert Burkehart
An American Reunion
2003
as Jamie Tesch
The Code Conspiracy
2002
as John Davis
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Commander Williams
The District
2000
as Captain Weston Buell
U.S. Seals
2000
as Mike Bradley
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
1999
Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target
1998
as Skip Lang
Armageddon
1998
as NORAD Technician
Little Ghost
1997
as Tony
Pacific Blue
1996
as Frank Hawkins
JAG
1995
as Lt. Cmdr. Murray Douglas
ER
1994
as Lt. Col. McGreun
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
as Emerson (as James Fitzpatrick)
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
1993
as The Detective
Renegade
1992
as Brett Quinn
Ski Patrol
1990
as Young Father
Anything But Love
1989
Phantom of the Ritz
1988
as Corey Beeson
Tour of Duty
1987
as Captain Pescow
When the Bough Breaks
1986
as Reporter #3
Band of the Hand
1986
as Young Street Gangster (uncredited)
Cocoon
1985
as Dock Worker
Walking the Edge
1985
as Fat Man's Body Guard
Miami Vice
1984
Ragtime
1981
as Bail Clerk (uncredited)
Glory Days
as Steve Street
The Walk-Ons
as Coach Davis