# Patrick Fabian

Patrick Fabian (nascut el 7 de desembre de 1964) és un actor de cinema, escenari i televisió nord-americà. És més conegut pel seu paper d'advocat Howard Hamlin a Better Call Saul (2015–2022). Els seus papers cinematogràfics inclouen End Game (2006), L'últim exorcisme (2010), Pig (2011) i Jimmy (2013).

## Carrera professional

Patrick Fabian és el fill de Tom i Mary Lou Fabian. Va néixer a Pittsburgh i va créixer a New Cumberland (Pennsilvània). El seu pare treballava per a la Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). Va assistir a la Universitat Estatal Penn i va rebre la seva llicenciatura en Belles Arts en Interpretació. Es va traslladar a Califòrnia, on va obtenir un màster a la Universitat Estatal de Califòrnia a Long Beach.
Un dels primers papers destacats de Fabian va ser el del professor Jeremiah Lasky a Saved by the Bell: The College Years de NBC (1993–1994). Va formar part del repartiment principal de la sèrie de televisió de curta durada Valentine (2008–2009), Working Class (2011), i Special (2019–2021). Ha tingut papers recurrents a Joan of Arcadia, Veronica Mars, Gigantic, i Big Love.
Fabian ha aparegut en diverses pel·lícules com L'últim exorcisme, amb la que va guayar el premi al millor actor al XLIII Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, i ha tingut diverses aparicions com a convidat en programes de televisió d'alt perfil, com ara Will & Grace i Friends. Fabian va ser seleccionat per interpretar Howard Hamlin, un paper principal a la sèrie de televisió AMC, Better Call Saul.
El treball teatral de Fabian a Nova York inclou The Food Chain de Nicky Silver, Humpty Dumpty d’Eric Bogosian, Six Degrees of Separation (gira nacional), i,, i, a Los Angeles, Diva de Howard Gould, i Dinner With Friends de Donald Margulies, també com dues temporades al Shakespeare Festival de LA.

## Vida personal

Fabian ha estat membre de la Junta Directiva Nacional i Local de Los Angeles de SAG-AFTRA, que es troba sota la llista Unite for Strength.
Es va casar amb l'escriptora i còmica Mandy Steckelberg el 2009; la parella té dues filles.
A mitjans de 2022, Fabian va obrir un compte Cameo. Després d'una sol·licitud d'un fan, se li va demanar a Fabian que digués una sèrie de bromes i memes d'Internet de Better Call Saul, un dels quals era: "The One Piece, The One Piece is real!", que es va convertir en un video meme viral d'Internet, intercalat amb personatges de One Piece i Dark Fantasy de Kanye West.

## Filmografia
### Cinema

| Any | Títol | Paper | Notes |
| 1998 | Màfia: Estafa com puguis | Riverdancer | |
| 1998 | Sour Grapes | Palmer | |
| 2004 | Clean | Bobby Franklin | |
| 2004 | Snow | Buck | |
| 2005 | I que li agradin els gossos | Donald | |
| 2006 | End Game | Brian Martin | |
| 2009 | Spring Breakdown | Kevin | |
| 2010 | L'últim exorcisme | Cotton Marcus | |
| 2010 | Land of the Astronauts, TheThe Land of the Astronauts | Russell | |
| 2011 | Pig | Internist | |
| 2012 | Bad Ass | Oficial Malark | |
| 2012 | Tales of Everyday Magic | Ryan Kilgore | |
| 2012 | Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 | James Taggart | |
| 2013 | Jimmy | Lee Mitchell | |
| 2014 | Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses | Officer Malark | |
| 2017 | DriverX | Leonard Moore | |
| 2018 | The Death of Superman | Hank Henshaw | Paper de veu; pel·lícula directa a vídeo |
| 2019 | Reign of the Supermen | Hank Henshaw | Paper de veu; pel·lícula directa a vídeo |
| 2019 | Eat, Brains, Love | Alastaire | |
| 2023 | Snow Falls | River's Dad | |
| 2023 | Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham | Harvey Dent | Paper de veu; pel·lícula directa a vídeo |
| 2023 | The Other Zoey | Matt MacLaren | |
| 2024 | The Way We Speak | Simon Harrington | |

### Televisió

| Any | Títol | Paper | Notes |
| 1992 | Bodies of Evidence | Scott Easton | Episodi: "The Edge" |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | Ron Gerschak | Episodi: "Bad Blood" |
| 1993 | For Love and Glory | N/A | Episodi pilot no emès |
| 1993 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Charlie Dixon | Episodi: "The Little Fish" |
| 1993–1994 | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | Prof. Jeremiah Lasky | Paper recurrent, 8 episodis |
| 1994 | S'ha escrit un crim | Larry Shields | Episodi: "Murder of the Month Club" |
| 1995 | University Hospital | Kurt Palmer | Episodi: "Endings and Beginnings" |
| 1995 | Melrose Place | Lowell | Episodi: "To Live and Die in Malibu" |
| 1996 | Boston Common | Prof. Jack Reed | Episodi: Pilot |
| 1996 | Townies | Danny | Episodi: "Townies" |
| 1997 | Star Trek: Voyager | Taymon | Episodi: "Favorite Son" |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Brandon Joyner | Telefilm |
| 1997 | Millennium | Ratfinkovich | Episodi: "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" |
| 1997 | General Hospital | Ted Murty | |
| 1998 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Rafe | Episodi: "King Con" |
| 1998 | Jenny | Parker | Episodi: "A Girl's Gotta Come Through in a Clutch" |
| 1998 | Timecop | Dean Cooke / Eric Cooke | Episodi: "Lost Voyage" |
| 1998 | Friends | Dan | Episodi: "The One Hundredth" |
| 1999 | Wasteland | N/A | Episodi: "Great Expectations" |
| 1999 | Cupid | Don Quixote | Episodi: "Grand Delusions" |
| 1999 | Two of a Kind | Alex Reardon | Episodi: "My Boyfriend's Back" |
| 1999 | Dharma & Greg | Doug | Episodi: "Looking for the Goodbars" |
| 1999–2000 | Time of Your Life | Spencer Halloway | Paper recurrent, 6 episodis |
| 1999–2002 | Providence | Jerry Kaufman | Paper recurrent, 7 episodis |
| 2000 | Arli$$ | Jacques | Episodi: "Honoring Our Past" |
| 2000 | FreakyLinks | Wayne | Episodi: "Subject: Edith Keeler Must Die" |
| 2001 | Trouble with Normal, TheThe Trouble with Normal | Eric | Episodi: "Manhattan Transference" |
| 2001 | Rude Awakening | Brian | 2 episodis |
| 2001 | Nash Bridges | Ethan | Episodi: "Slam Dunk" |
| 2001 | Education of Max Bickford, TheThe Education of Max Bickford | Josh Howlett | Episodi: "Herding Cats" |
| 2003 | Jack's House | N/A | Telefilm |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | N/A | Episodi: "The Source" |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Rhone Kinsey-Confer | Episodi: "Forever" |
| 2003 | Just Shoot Me! | Martin | Episodi: "A Simple Kiss of Fate" |
| 2003–2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Gavin Price | Paper recurrent, 16 episodis |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan | Buddy Holly / Horned Rimmed Glasses | Episodi: "Is That Plutonium in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?" |
| 2004 | 24 | William Cole | 2 episodis |
| 2004 | Helter Skelter | Jay Sebring | Telefilm |
| 2004 | Summerland | Ian Straub | Episodi: Pilot |
| 2004 | North Shore | Dr. Burtwhistle | Episodi: "Meteor Shower" |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Gary Riesen | Episodi: "Escape" |
| 2004 | Quintuplets | Coach Scales | Episodi: "Teacher's Pet" |
| 2004 | Will & Grace | Alan | Episodi: "Saving Grace, Again: Part 1" |
| 2004 | Snow | Buck Seger | Telefilm |
| 2005 | Blind Justice | Clay Simmons | Episodi: "Four Feet Under" |
| 2005 | Eyes | Doug Taft | Episodi: Pilot |
| 2005 | Everwood | Dr. Henry Validor | Episodi: "Oh, the Places You'll Go" |
| 2005 | CSI: Miami | Ken Gannon | Episodi: "Blood in the Water" |
| 2005 | Reba | Rev. Parks | Episodi: "And God Created Van" |
| 2005 | Twitches | Thantos | Telefilm |
| 2006 | Shark | Dr. Charlie Bender | Episodi: "Dr. Feelbad" |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Fashion TV Anchor | Episodi: "The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe" |
| 2006–2007 | Veronica Mars | Professor Hank Landry | Paper recurrent, 8 episodis |
| 2006–2007 | Close to Home | Mike Bachner / Mrs. Veeder's lawyer | 2 episodis |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies | Mark Chase | Episodi: "Dummy" |
| 2007 | Twitches Too | Thantos | Telefilm |
| 2007 | Viva Laughlin | Steve | Episodi: Pilot |
| 2007 | Bones | Terry Stinson | Episodi: "Boy in the Time Capsule" |
| 2007 | NCIS | Ray Vincent | Episodi: "Corporal Punishment" |
| 2007 | Las Vegas | Ted Leandros | Episodi: "The High Price of Gas" |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | Attorney Stanley Gould | Episodi: "Mad About You" |
| 2008 | Burn Notice | Zeke | Episodi: "Trust Me" |
| 2008 | Cleaner, TheThe Cleaner | Tom D'Agostino | Episodi: "Rebecca" |
| 2008 | Snow 2: Brain Freeze | Buck Seger | Telefilm |
| 2008–2009 | Valentine | Ray Howard / Hephaestus | Paper principal |
| 2009 | Life | Dr. Stanton | Episodi: "Mirror Ball" |
| 2009 | Mentalist, TheThe Mentalist | Rand Faulk | Episodi: "Carnelian, Inc." |
| 2009 | According to Jim | Daniel | Episodi: "The Yoga Bear" |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Kevin Hanson | Episodi: "The Dress" |
| 2009 | Crash | Jonas Dixon | 2 episodis |
| 2009–2010 | Big Love | Ted Price | Paper recurrent, 10 episodis |
| 2010 | Deep End, TheThe Deep End | Attorney | Episodi: Pilot |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Nate | Episodi: "Boston Strangler Redux" |
| 2010 | Svetlana | Pastor | Episodi: "You're Svencome" |
| 2010 | CSI: NY | Charles Richmore | Episodi: "Shop Till You Drop" |
| 2010–2011 | Gigantic | John Moore | Paper recurrent, 13 episodis |
| 2011 | Working Class | Rob Parker | Paper principal, 8 episodis |
| 2011 | Hot in Cleveland | Richard | Episodi: "Unseparated at Birthdates" |
| 2011 | Private Practice | Robert Weston | Episodi: "Breaking the Rules" |
| 2012 | Desperate Housewives | Frank | 2 episodis |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Tony Denis | Episodi: "Kupale" |
| 2012 | Longmire | Dr. Dennis Nunn, DVM | Episodi: "8 Seconds" |
| 2012 | Finder, TheThe Finder | CEO Anderson | Episodi: "Little Green Men" |
| 2012–2013 | Newsroom, TheThe Newsroom | Tony Hart | 2 episodis |
| 2012 | Criminal Minds | Barry Flynn | Episodi: "Magnificent Light" |
| 2013 | Castle | Peter Monroe | Episodi: "Reality Star Struck" |
| 2013 | The Good Mother | Scott | Telefilm |
| 2013 | Scandal | Senator Meyers | Episodi: "Say Hello to My Little Friend" |
| 2014 | Cloud 9 | Richard Morgan | Telefilm |
| 2014 | Franklin & Bash | Paul Levy | Episodi: "Deep Throat" |
| 2014 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Oliver Lebackes | Episodi: "You Be Illin'" |
| 2015–2022 | Better Call Saul | Howard Hamlin | Paper principal |
| 2015 | Scorpion | Captain Stephen Caine | Episodi: "Love Boat" |
| 2016 | Casa Vita | Coach Willis | Television fim |
| 2016 | Grimm | Dr. Eugene Forbes | Episodi: "Skin Deep" |
| 2017 | Elementary | Lars Vestergaard | Episodi: "Dead Man's Tales" |
| 2017, 2021 | Lucifer | Reese Getty | Episodis: "Off The Record", "Partners 'Til the End" |
| 2018 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Senator Gaius Ponarian | Episodi: "Fun & Games" |
| 2018 | Code Black | Owen Edwards | 3 episodis |
| 2019 | Barry | Space Dad | Episodi: "The Power of No" |
| 2019–2021 | Special | Phil | Paper principal |
| 2019 | The Conners | James | Episodi: "Nightmare on Lunch Box Street" |
| 2020 | Carol's Second Act | Dr. Lewis | 4 episodis |
| 2020 | Black Monday | Governor Putnam | 3 episodis |
| 2021 | The Morning Show | Jeff | Episodi: "It's Like the Flu" |
| 2021-2022 | Strange Air | Malcolm Smith (veu) | Podcast |
| 2022 | Gordita Chronicles | Mr. Frank | 4 episodis |
| 2022 | Big Shot | Mark | 3 episodis |
| 2023 | Kung Fu | David Wheeler | 2 episodis |
| 2023 | Moonshine | Dick Lonergan | Episodi: "High Season" |
| 2023 | Cooper's Bar | Peter | Episodi: "The Cast" |
| 2023-2024 | Magnum P.I. | Sam Bedrosian | 2 episodis |

## Referències

* ↑ Hogan, Michael. «'My Mother's Going to Be So Mad': Patrick Fabian Reacts to Howard Hamlin's Big Moment on Better Call Saul». Vanity Fair, 23-05-2022. [Consulta: 30 maig 2022].
* 1 2 Owen, Rob «Tuned In: CMT puts new sitcom to work». Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 28-01-2011.
* 1 2 Vancheri, Barbara «'Last Exorcism' star, Patrick Fabian, pledged allegiance to the Steelers». Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 27-08-2010.
* ↑ Scott, Tony. «Review: 'Saved by the Bell: The College Years'». Variety, 14-09-1993. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016]. «Second episode picks up considerably because of Patrick Fabian, anthropology prof who has Zack’s number.»
* ↑ The CW (July 19, 2008). "Media Rights Capital and the CW Network Announce Premiere Dates and Casting for Original Sunday Night Primetime Programs "In Harm's Way," "Surviving Suburbia," "Valentine" and "Easy Money"". Nota de premsa.
* ↑ CMT (October 18, 2010). "CMT's First Sitcom "Working Class" Starring Melissa Peterman Announces Cast and Begins Production". Nota de premsa.
* 1 2 McAllister, Matt. «Patrick Fabian Interview: Preaching to the Possessed». futuremovies.co.uk, 02-10-2010. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016].
* ↑ Miller, Daniel. «'Last Exorcism' Sequel in the Works with Writer Damien Chazelle (Exclusive)». The Hollywood Reporter, 22-08-2011. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016]. «Exorcism centered on an Evangelical preacher, played by Patrick Fabian, who, after years of performing exorcisms, decides to allow a documentary crew to film the last exorcism he plans to perform...»
* ↑ Papa Noel gana en Sitges, El País, 16 de octubre de 2010, consultado el 17 de octubre del mismo año.
* ↑ Couch, Aaron. «'Better Call Saul': Cast, Timeline Details and New Photos». Variety, 11-07-2014. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016].
* ↑ Friedlander, Whitney. «'Better Call Saul' Cast, Creators Reveal Details of 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff». The Hollywood Reporter, 30-01-2015. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016].
* ↑ Brantley, Ben. «THEATER REVIEW; Love as a Comical Fugue Of Thin, Lonely Voices». The New York Times, 25-08-1995. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016].
* ↑ Weber, Bruce. «THEATER REVIEW; Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?». The New York Times, 03-04-2002. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016].
* ↑ Handel, Jonathan «SAG-AFTRA UFS Group Unveils Candidate List». , 18-07-2013.
* ↑ McNary, Dave «SAG-AFTRA Election Draws Frances Fisher, Diane Ladd, Amy Aquino, Lisa Vidal». Variety, 16-07-2015.
* ↑ Leon, Anya. «Patrick Fabian Welcomes Daughter Delilah Grace». People Babies, 10-08-2012. [Consulta: 2 abril 2016].
* ↑ «Hitched, Hatched, Hired». The Hollywood Reporter, 21-08-2012. [Consulta: 22 juny 2017].
* ↑ Diaz, Ana. «One Piece and Ye's 'Dark Fantasy' are the foundation for this NSFW meme» (en anglès americà). Polygon, 01-09-2022. [Consulta: 14 setembre 2022].
* ↑ «"One Piece esiste!": Howard Hamlin (Better Call Saul) cita l'iconica frase di Barbabianca [VIDEO]» (en italià). www.drcommodore.it, 27-08-2022. [Consulta: 14 setembre 2022].
* ↑ «'Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)». The Hollywood Reporter, 06-12-2022.

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