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| Patton Oswalt | |
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| Oswalt on stage, 2009 | |
| Born | January 27, 1969 Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Surreal humor, Black comedy |
| Subject(s) | Pop culture, American culture |
| Influences | Jonathan Winters, Richard Pryor, Emo Philips, Louis C.K., Bugs Bunny, Bill Hicks, Blaine Capatch, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jay Leno, Steve Martin[1] |
| Spouse | Michelle Eileen McNamara (2005-)[2] |
| Notable works and roles | Spence Olchin in The King of Queens Remy in Ratatouille Frat Aliens, and Ezekiel in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Werewolves and Lollipops |
| Website | Official website |
Patton Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor.
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Oswalt was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, to Carla and Larry J. Oswalt.[2] He grew up in Sterling, Virginia and is a 1987 graduate of Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary, where he majored in English and was initiated into the Alpha Theta Chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity.
Oswalt married writer Michelle Eileen McNamara on September 24, 2005.[2] Their daughter, Alice Rigney Oswalt, was born in April 2009.[3]
Oswalt first began performing standup comedy in the late 1980s or early 1990s, by his own reckoning.[4]
After writing for MADtv and starring in his own 1996 comedy special for HBO, he went on to garner notable roles in films and television shows. His most prominent and long-running role was as Spence Olchin on The King of Queens. His first starring film role was as the voice of Rémy, the lead character in the 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille. He has also appeared in smaller roles in such films as Magnolia and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. He lent his voice as in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a caller on the WTCR show "The Tight End Zone", and was the voice of a caller on "Chatterbox" on LCFR in the PlayStation Portable game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. He was also the voice of a reporter on "New World Order", a radio show on VCPR in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Oswalt wrote the comic book story "JLA: Welcome to the Working Week", a backup story in Batman #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.
In July 2006, Oswalt's comic script Fruit Pies! was turned into a short film available at YouTube and MySpace. He also appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner. In August 2007, he appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav. In 2007, he appeared on an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Original Fry Cook", as Jim. He also appears as Carl, the Corndog Hut's mascot in American Hi-Fi's music video for "Another Perfect Day". He also appears in an episode of Static Shock. On June 27, 2007, Oswalt was a special guest on the Emeril Live program on the Food Network to promote Ratatouille. Other recent appearances include an episode of Venture Bros. where he voiced an aging boy adventurer Robin parody and a re-occurring role on United States of Tara on Showtime as Neil, an employee of Four Winds Landscaping.
Currently Oswalt is taking on dramatic leads, in Robert D. Siegel's 2009 directorial debut, Big Fan and a 2010 Broadway production of Lips Together, Teeth Apart.[5]
Oswalt's stand-up comedy covers topics ranging from pop culture frivolity such as comic book supervillains and 1980s glam metal to deeper societal issues like American excess, materialism, Mesopotamian cuneiform script, foreign policy and religion. He also discusses his atheism in his stand-up.
In 2004, Oswalt released a comedy album entitled Feelin' Kinda Patton and later that year a longer, unedited version of the same performance entitled 222, both through the United Musicians collective, and a stand-up special, No Reason to Complain. He is also on a split EP called Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton with Zach Galifianakis and is featured on two Un-Cabaret compilations, "The Un & Only" and "The Good, the Bad and the Drugly". On July 10, 2007, Patton released his second CD Werewolves and Lollipops on Sub Pop records.
In 2004, Oswalt put together the Comedians of Comedy tour, made up of modern alt-comics Zach Galifinakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford. The tour performed at smaller, more intimate indie rock venues instead of traditional (and expensive) comedy clubs. The Fall 2004 tour was documented in a 2005 film of the same name, and was followed by a six-episode Comedy Central series based on the Summer 2005 tour. This tour featured special guest appearances from comedians such as Blaine Capatch, David Cross, Bobby Tisdale and Todd Barry. Subsequent incarnations of the tour have included Eugene Mirman and Morgan Murphy.
Oswalt appeared several times as a "lawyer" on Lewis Black's Root of All Evil. In the episode Ultimate Fighting Vs. Blogging, he argued that the popular influence of the blogging has been evil, and, in his closing argument, he performed a rick roll on the audience. He also holds the record for wins on the show.[6] At the 2008 BlizzCon, he provided the stand-up comedy for the closing ceremony.
On February 26, 2009, Patton recorded his third comedy album at the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington D.C. It premiered on Comedy Central as Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong on August 23, 2009, and was released on DVD August 25, 2009.[7] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award.
| Year | Title | Label | Chart Positions[8] | ||||
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| Top 200 | US Comedy | US Digital | US Indie | US Heat | |||
| 2003 | 222 (Live & Uncut) | Chunklet Magazine | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | Feelin' Kinda Patton | United Musicians | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Werewolves and Lollipops | Sub Pop | 137 | 1 | — | 18 | 4 |
| 2009 | My Weakness Is Strong | Warner Bros. | 67 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
   | MySpace Page - Patton Oswalt on MySpace Comedy - Comic Clips, Funny Videos & Jokes |
| | Interview with Oswalt from August 2006 - Podcast: The Symphony with Masta Ace and Patton Oswalt | Maximum Fun |
| | Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt - Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt - New York Times |
| | Random Rules: Patton Oswalt - Random Rules: Patton Oswalt | | A.V. Club |
| | Brand new audio interview on The Sound of Young America from PRI. - Podcast: TSOYA: Patton Oswalt | Maximum Fun |
| | IMPOSE interview - Interview: Patton Oswalt | Impose |
| | Note Books essay on Largehearted Boy - Largehearted Boy: Note Books - Patton Oswalt |
| | Reading John Collier's "The Chaser" at Daytrotter - Patton Oswalt Bookery Jul 24, 2007 |
| | Hustler Interview: Patton Oswalt - HustlerWorld Interview: Patton Oswalt | HUSTLER WORLD |
| | 'Getting Late' interview by Pete Dominick on Sirius Radio - Stand UP! with Pete Dominick |
| | MySpace - Fruit Pies! on MySpace Films - New Films & Documenteries |
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