# Patrick St. Esprit

Patrick St. Esprit (born May 18, 1954) is an American character actor, best known for playing tough, authoritative roles such as Romulus Thread in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Elliot Oswald in Sons of Anarchy and LAPD Commander Robert Hicks in S.W.A.T.

## Partial filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1986 | Fire in the Night | Mike Swanson |
| 1997 | The Protector | Security Guard |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | Austin's Father |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | General in hall |
| 2003 | King of the Ants | Sgt. Moorse |
| 2005 | Crash Landing | Pilot Craig |
| 2006 | United 93 | Major Kevin Nasypany |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Moustache |
| 2010 | Chain letter | Dean Jones |
| 2010 | Green Zone | Military Intel 2 Star (Hayes) |
| 2011 | Super 8 | Weapons Commander |
| 2012 | Blue Lagoon: The Awakening | Jack McMullen |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Commander Romulus Thread |
| 2013 | The Last of Robin Hood | Herb Aadland |
| 2014 | Draft Day | Tom Michaels |
| 2015 | Truth | General Buck Standt |
| 2016 | Independence Day: Resurgence | Secretary of Defense Reese Tanner |
| 2016 | I Am Wrath | Joe Meserve |
| 2016 | War Dogs | Captain Phillip Santos |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | DS Allan |
| 2018 | Acts of Violence | Hemland |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Police Squad! | Buddy Briggs | Episode: "Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)" |
| 1985 | Knight Rider | Tommy-Lee Burgess | Episode: "Knight by a Nose" |
| 1990 | Matlock | Rick Allen | Episode: "The Witness" |
| 1991 | Hunter | Jack Coldfax | Episode: "All that Glitters" |
| 1993 | Raven | Junior Allen (uncredited) | Episode: "Death Games" |
| 1993–2001 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Lester Rawlins / Quint / Brad Furnell / Darby & Jack Garret | 5 episodes |
| 1994 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Carl | Episode: "Ladies Night" |
| 2002 | Angel | Jenoff | Episode: "Double or Nothing" |
| 2003 | George Lopez | Special Agent Saunders | Episode: "Dubya Dad and Dating" |
| 2004 | Monk | Lody | Episode: "Monk Goes to Jail" |
| 1999–2005 | JAG | Colonel | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Desperate Housewives | Detective Berry | Episode: "Distant Past" |
| 2007–2010 | Saving Grace | Leo Hanadarko | |
| 2008 | Criminal Minds | Sheriff Merrill Dobson | Episode: "The Angel Maker" |
| 2008–2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Elliott Oswald | |
| 2009 | NCIS | Ship Commander | Episode: "South by Southwest" |
| 2010 | Castle | Special Agent Forrest | Episode: "Sucker Punch" |
| 2010 | House | Keith Tannenbaum | Episode: "5 to 9" |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Frank Lockhardt | Episode: "The Red Ponies" |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | Hugh Killian | 4 episodes |
| 2011–2017 | NCIS: Los Angeles | LAPD Lieutenant Roger Bates | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | CSI: NY | Gerald Branson | Episode: "Brooklyn 'Til I Die" |
| 2012 | Body of Proof | Leonard Waxman | Episode: "Falling for You" |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Detective Artie McMurphy | Episode: "Welcome to the Dollhouse" |
| 2013 | Scandal | Peter Foster | Episode: "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington" |
| 2013 | Revolution | Commander Ramsey | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Vice Admiral Graham Rhodes | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Homeland | Aaron | Episode: "The Drone Queen" |
| 2015–2016 | Narcos | Colonel Louis Wysession | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Killing Reagan | Alexander Haig | TV movie |
| 2016 | The Last Ship | Colonel Witt | 2 episodes |
| 2017–present | S.W.A.T. | LAPD Commander Robert Hicks | Recurring (season 1) Regular (season 2 – present) |
| 2018 | Unsolved | Chief William Bratton | 3 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Battlefield 4 | Captain Roland Garrison | |