Richard Fitzpatrick
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Richard Fitzpatrick

Born 1 January 1947 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Richard Fitzpatrick (born January 1, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor who has worked professionally for more than forty years, making his debut in the Canadian television series Police Surgeon (1974). A member of both ACTRA and SAG-AFTRA, he is a prolific character actor who frequently portrays authority figures such as police officers, military personnel, officials, priests, and doctors across approximately 200 film and television credits. He is happily married and has one son, Alex. His most notable film credits include Timmy in Good Will Hunting (1997, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams), The Chief in The Boondock Saints (1999) and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009), Rob Stevens in The Recruit (2003, starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell), Deputy Commissioner Wagner in 16 Blocks (2006), Michael Rochford in Breach (2007, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger), Seamus Muldoon in Survival of the Dead (2009), a Police Chief in The Boondock Saints II (2009), and the Rectory Priest in Spotlight (2015). Other credits include Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), Flash of Genius (2008), Duct Tape Forever (2002), Talk to Me (2007), and Bottom Feeder (2007). On television, Fitzpatrick is best known for his role as Jonas Stanhope in the Stephen King miniseries Storm of the Century (1999, 3 episodes), a guest appearance as Charles Wesley Gotts in The X-Files (1998), Lieutenant Craft in American Gothic (2016), James Kirkham in Murdoch Mysteries (2010), and roles in Dark Matter (2017), Private Eyes (2017), Ransom (2017), Suits (2014), Warehouse 13 (2014), Goosebumps (1996), Glory & Honor (1998), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998), Double Jeopardy (1996), and Clarence (1990). He also voiced Spin in the animated series Bolts & Blip (2010, 26 episodes) and appeared in The Reagans (2003) as Ben Weldon and Dick (1999) as John Erlichman.

Known for

Good Will Hunting
Spotlight
Suits
The X-Files
The Boondock Saints
16 Blocks
The Recruit
It's a Boy Girl Thing
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Dark Matter
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Warehouse 13
An Ice Wine Christmas
The Clue to Love
Flint
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
Spotlight
Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy
The Day Santa Didn't Come
A Very Merry Mix-Up
12 Dates of Christmas
November Christmas
Survival of the Dead
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Bitten
Time Bomb
Flash of Genius
Sticks & Stones
Bridal Fever
The Russell Girl
Bottom Feeder
Talk to Me
Breach
More of Me
16 Blocks
It's a Boy Girl Thing
Heritage Minutes: Vimy Ridge
The River King
Maxwell Saves the Day
Left Behind: World at War
Mayday
Crazy for Christmas
Our Fathers
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Coast to Coast
Perfect Strangers
The Recruit
The Reagans
The Music Man
The Pentagon Papers
Guilt by Association
Duct Tape Forever
The Glow
What Makes a Family
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Custody of the Heart
The Stalking of Laurie Show
Santa Who?
The Boondock Saints
Dick
Deep in My Heart
A Touch of Hope
Strange Justice
New Blood
Glory & Honor
Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head
The Defenders: Taking the First
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Good Will Hunting
Murder at 1600
Trilogy of Terror II
Homecoming
When the Bullet Hits the Bone
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Jungle Boy
Two If by Sea
A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story
In Love and War
Giant Mine
Double Jeopardy
We the Jury
Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy II
Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull
Expect No Mercy
No Exit
Spenser: A Savage Place
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
The Killing Machine
A Holiday to Remember
Johnny and Clyde
Getting Gotti
Bermuda Grace
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Divided Loyalties
Kaleidoscope
Clarence
Millennium
Physical Evidence
Glory! Glory!
Hot Paint
Street Justice
Pretty Kill
The High Price of Passion
Wild Horse Hank
The World Beyond
Starship Invasions
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