Patrick Breen
Patrick Breen
As a respected American supporting player in film, television, and theater who occasionally moonlights as a screenwriter, Patrick Breen first culled recognition in the American press in 1991. That spring, the then-30-year-old delivered a bravura performance as an emotionally damaged son in Jon Robin Baitz's disappointing play The Substance of Fire. Breen hit his zenith as a film actor during the mid-'90s, with turns in several memorable (if uneven) Hollywood movies. These included For Love or Money (1993), Barry Sonnenfeld's Get Shorty (1995) and Men in Black (1997), and Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998). Breen's generally nondescript, albeit pleasant, appearance enabled him to fill practically any role, from a doctor (in the Sonnenfeld picture) to Mr. Tweedy (in the Franklin film). Breen first branched off into screenwriting just after the turn of the new millennium, with back-to-back indie features which he both acted in and scripted. The 2000 picture East of A constitutes a slice-of-life drama about a trio of New York City roommates over the course of ten years. Unfortunately, East of A received extremely limited distribution and was reviewed by very few mainstream critics. Its follow-up, the 2002 ensemble comedy Just a Kiss (directed by the character actor and comic Fisher Stevens and starring Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick, and Marisa Tomei) provides a surrealistic exploration of the romantic vicissitudes among a group of swinging singles. That film fared better in terms of pedigree, but demonstrated an extremely unstable overtone, meandering between lighthearted romantic comedy and darker, more cynical black comedy; perhaps as a result, it premiered in 2002 to almost unanimously devastating reviews, opening and closing practically overnight, and effectively turning Breen away from produced screenwriting work for quite some time. In 2004, he returned to A-list acting as a character player in the holiday comedy Christmas with the Kranks, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Patrick Breen:
- Just the Ticket with Andy Garcia , Andie MacDowell , Richard Bradford , Laura Harris , Andre B. Blake , Elizabeth Ashley , Fred Asparagus , Louis Mustillo , Ron Leibman , Chris Lemmon , Don Novello , Abe Vigoda , Bill Irwin , Ronald Guttman , Donna Hanover , Paunita Nichols , Irene Worth , Joe Frazier
- Radio with Cuba Jr. Gooding , Ed Harris , Alfre Woodard , S. Epatha Merkerson , Brent Sexton , Chris Mulkey , Sarah Drew , Riley Smith , Debra Winger , Harold Wayne Jones , Mike Anthony , James Gooden , Rebecca Koon , Tammy Christine Arnold , Mark Robert Ellis , Michael Flippo , Therond Justin Adams , Evan Aldrich , Joseph Barrett , Bert Beatson , Kenneth H. Callender , Megan Coffman , Othello III Coleman , Rev. Eugene Jr. Cryer , Charles Garren , Michael Harding , James Robert "Radio" Kennedy , Michael Kroeker , William E. Lykes , Dorothy McDowell , Deborah McTeer , Jamie Murdaugh , Ty O'Farrell , Benjamin L. Jr. Peters , Kasheem J. Peterson , Kate Powell , Shelley Reid , Bill Roberson , Hi Bedford Roberson , Leonard Wheeler
- For Love or Money with Michael J. Fox , Gabrielle Anwar , Anthony Higgins , Michael Tucker , Bob Balaban , Udo Kier , Dan Hedaya , Fyvush Finkel , Paula Laurence , Isaac Mizrahi , Alvin Alexis , Erick Avari , Cynthia Bailey , Susan Blommaert , Dianne Brill , Louis Cantarini , Al Cerullo , La Chanze , John Cunningham , Francis Dumaurier , Tim Gallin , Daniel Hagen , Richmond Hoxie , Simon Jones , Anne Lange , Salem Ludwig , Ann McDonough , Donna Mitchell , Debra Monk , Suzann O'Neill , Alice Playten , Steven Randazzo , Sandra Reaves-Phillips , Douglas Seale , Bobby Short , Hikari Takano , Veronica Webb , David Lipman , Robert Scott , Beverly Peer , John Lyons , Saverio Guerra , Susan Ringo
- Christmas With the Kranks with Tim Allen , Jamie Lee Curtis , Dan Aykroyd , Erik Per Sullivan , Cheech Marin , Jake Busey , M. Emmet Walsh , Elizabeth Franz , Kevin Chamberlain , Tom Poston , Rene Lavan , Austin Pendleton , Caroline Rhea , Felicity Huffman , John Short , Arden Myrin , Julie Gonzalo , Bonita Friedericy , David Hornsby , David L. Lander , Mark Christopher Lawrence , J.P. Romano , Vernee Watson-Johnson , Doug Cox , Joe Guzaldo , Jan Hoag , Kim Rhodes , Dawn Didawick , Matt Walsh , Patrick O'Connor , Taylor Block , Paul Taylor , Julia Roth , Lyndon Smith , Ryan Pfening , Andrew Daly , Cary Thompson , Eryn Nicole Gonsalves , Chelsea Broussard , Rachel L. Smith , Eric Per Sullivan
- Stark Raving Mad with Seann William Scott , Lou Diamond Phillips , Adam Arkin , Dave Foley , Monet Mazur , Suzy Nakamura , C. Ernst Harth , Jody Racicot , Ryan Robbins , Kavan Smith , Terry Chen , Yee Jee Tso , Reagan Dale Neis , Timm Sharp , Lina Teal , Michael Eklund , Christine Chatelain , Ty Olsson , Phillip Beer , Fred Ewanuick , John Crye , Paul Hungerford , Carl McDonald , Damonde Tschritter , John Beuhler , Michael Roselli , Robert Astles , Stefanie Ford
- Men in Black with Tommy Lee Jones , Will Smith , Linda Fiorentino , Vincent D'Onofrio , Rip Torn , Tony Shalhoub , Becky Ann Baker , Sergio Calderon , Keith Campbell , Willie C. Carpenter , Debbie Lee Carrington , David Cross , Michael Goldfinger , Richard Hamilton , Carl Johnson , Boris Leskin , Peter Linari , Harsh Nayyar , Mike Nussbaum , Ken Thorley , Sean Whalen , Carel Struycken , Tim Blaney , Andy Prosky , Michael Willis , Siobhan Fallon , Charles C. Jr. Stevenson , Jon Gries , John Alexander , Verne Troyer , Steve Rankin , Mark Setrakian , Brad Abrell , Thom Fountain , Alpheus Merchant , Kent Faulcon , Richard Arthur , Bernard Gilkey , Norma Jean Groh , Michael Kaliski , Fredric Lane , Drew Massey , Sean Plummer , Mykal Wayne Williams
- Get Shorty with John Travolta , Gene Hackman , Rene Russo , Danny DeVito , Dennis Farina , Delroy Lindo , James Gandolfini , David Paymer , Bette Midler , Carlease Burke , John Jr. Cothran , Alfred Dennis , Martin Ferrero , Greg Goossen , David Groh , Linda Hart , Bernard Hocke , Ron Karabatsos , Harvey Keitel , Ralph Manza , Zach Phifer , Renee Props , Alex Rocco , Miguel Sandoval , Vito Scotti , Jeffrey J. Stephan , Jacob Vargas , Penny Marshall , Barry Sonnenfeld , Rebeca Arthur , Jack Conley , Jon Gries , Bobby Slayton
- Day One with Brian Dennehy , David Strathairn , Michael Tucker , Hume Cronyn , Richard A. Dysart , Hal Holbrook , Jon Baggaley , David Bolt , Peter Boretski , Lorne Brass , Tom Butler , Bob Clout , Lawrence Z. Dane , Norris Domingue , David Ferry , David Gow , Roland Hewgill , Barnard Hughes , Olek Krupa , Bernie McInerney , John McMartin , Isabelle Mejias , Robert Morelli , Frederick Neumann , Ken Pogue , Gary Reineke , Michael J. Reynolds , George R. Robertson , Alan Scarfe , Tony Shalhoub , Michael Sinelnikoff , Philip Spensley , David Ogden Stiers , Scott Thomson , Anne Twomey , Vlasta Vrana , Timothy Webber , Ron White , Jonathan Wise , Ronald C. Frazier , John Seitz , Joe Cazalet , Stefan Balint , Graham Haley , Francois Klanfer , Terence Labrosse , George Popovich , Dee McCaffrey
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