# Jay Patterson

Jay Patterson (born August 22, 1954) is an American actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1984.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | W.E. Simmons | |
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Brother Constance | |
| 1985 | Alamo Bay | Texas Voice #1 | |
| 1987 | Street Smart | Leonard Pike | |
| 1987 | Nadine | Dwight Estes | |
| 1988 | D.O.A. | Graham Corey | |
| 1989 | Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White | Henry Luce | TV movie |
| 1989 | Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy | Gene | TV movie |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Charles Pennington | |
| 1991 | McBain | Dr. Dalton | |
| 1992 | Double Jeopardy | Assistant District Attorney | TV movie |
| 1993 | Romeo Is Bleeding | Mona's Lawyer | |
| 1993 | Nurses on the Line: The Clash of Flight 7 | Graham | TV movie |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Jocko | |
| 1995 | Excessive Force II: Force on Force | Detective Wayne O'Conner | |
| 1997 | American Perfekt | Bernie | |
| 1998 | Hard Rain | Mr. Wellman | |
| 1998 | City of Angels | Air Traffic Controller | |
| 1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills | Dr. Grossman | |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Geologist | |
| 2002 | A Gentleman's Game | Golf Pro | |
| 2004 | Pet the Goat | Luntz | Video Short film |
| 2005 | Love, Ludlow | Storkelson | |
| 2005 | The Exonerated | Cop #2 | TV movie |
| 2006 | Send in the Clown | Ron Watson | |
| 2006 | Brother's Shadow | Alaskan Parole Officer | |
| 2006 | Death of a President | Sam McCarthy | |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Senator | |
| 2007 | Gracie | Boardmember Rice | |
| 2007 | Purple Violets | Book Editor | |
| 2007 | The Babysitters | Ira | |
| 2008 | Soldier's Heart | Commercial Director | |
| 2008 | My Sassy Girl | Roger Bellow | |
| 2010 | My Own Love Song | Neighbor | |
| 2010 | Nice Guy Johnny | Dr. Meadows | |
| 2013 | Isn't It Delicious | Dr. Buckley | |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Dr. Harper | |
| 2014 | Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power | McShane | |
| 2014 | Mary and Louise | Roguish Gentleman #4 | Short film |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Karl Jackson | |
| 2016 | Nine Lives | Benson | |
| 2016 | Norman | Amos Chertoff | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Billie Joe Higgins | Episode: "Glades" |
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Edward Pierce | Episode: "Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom" |
| 1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Al Sheen | Episode: "The Man Who Wasn't There" |
| 1988 | The Equalizer | Jay Trescott | Episode: "The Last Campaign" |
| 1990-2003 | Law & Order | Maxie, Charles Heckstrom, Conn. ADA Jack O'Connell & Hoexter | 4 episodes |
| 1991 | All My Children | Bert Darlow | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | L.A. Law | Mr. Colquit | Episode: "Testing, Testing, 1... 2... 3... 4..." |
| 1994 | Home and Away | Dylan Parrish | 7 episodes |
| 1994 | NYPD Blue | Tim Miller | Episode: "Trials and Tribulations" |
| 1994 | The Boys Are Back | Mr. Rathke | Episode: "Fred Runs Away" |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Noah Farmer | Episode: "The Dream Team" |
| 1997 | Promised Land | Stan Borgstrom | Episode: "St. Russell" |
| 2000 | Now and Again | Man in Library | Episode: "There Are No Words" |
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | Russell Tate | Episode: "Monica's Bad Day" |
| 2002 | One Life to Live | Motel Clerk | Episode: #1.8699 |
| 2004 | Third Watch | Andy Fryer | Episode: "Purgatory" |
| 2004-2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Benton Williams and Terrence Boyd | 2 episodes |
| 2008-2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Federal Judge Williams Evans, Judge Evans & Lt. James Reed | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Dennis Driscoll | Episode: "Whistle Blower" |
| 2014 | The Louise Log | The Pitbull | Episode: "How to Go Rogue" |
| 2016 | Crisis in Six Scenes | Anchorman #1 | Episode: #1.1 |
| 2022 | Leverage Redemption | General Lionel Frick | Episode #2.5: "The Walk in the Woods Job" |

### Videogames

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2009 | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned | David 'Dave' Grossman |
| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption | The Local Population |
| 2018 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | The Local Pedestrian Population |