Jim Fitzpatrick (actor)

Fitzpatrick is from Seminole, Florida. He began acting at age 13 when he appeared in his first school play, A Thousand Clowns, at Seminole High School in Florida. He accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University, where he was a theater major. While living in Illinois, he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. ==Athletic career==

Fitzpatrick pursued a career in professional football. He was a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1981. Thereafter he played for short stints with the National Football League (NFL) Baltimore Colts, (1982) & Chicago Bears, (1982). He retired from pro football in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL (1983–85). ==Acting career==

Before moving to Los Angeles, he landed supporting roles in the feature films Cocoon and D.A.R.Y.L. His first television acting credit was on Miami Vice. ==Filmography==

• 1979 Glory Days as Steve Street • 1985 Walking the Edge as Fat Man's Bodyguard • 1985 D.A.R.Y.L. as T.A.S.C.O.M. Security Guard • 1985 Cocoon as Dock Worker • 1986 Miami Vice as Teddy Lake • 1986 Santa Barbara as Raz • 1986 Band of the Hand as Young Street Thug • 1986 When the Bough Breaks as Reporter #3 • 1987 Shelter in the Storm as River • 1987 The Last Fling as Bud • 1987 Designing Women as Garret Jackson • 1985-1987 Days of Our Lives (4 episodes) Dr. Robinson • 1986-1988 The New Gidget (5 episodes) as Tom Wilson • 1989 Tour of Duty as Captain Pescow • 1989 Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North as Sergeant Major Collins • 1990 Ski Patrol as Young Father • 1990 Sporting Chance as Davis • 1991 Anything but Love as Detective • 1992 Stand by Your Man as Kyle • 1993 South of Sunset as Tony DiNato • 1993 Sweating Bullets (7 episodes) as "Rip" Chase • 1993 Renegade as Brett Quinn • 1994 The Glass Shield as Officer Jim Ryan • 1994 Curse of the Starving Class as Emerson • 1995-1996 All My Children (168 episodes) as Pierce Riley • 1997 Pacific Blue as Captain Frank Hawkins • 1997 The Little Ghost as Tony • 1998 Armageddon as Lieutenant Trev Tavis, NORAD Tech. • 1999 Delta Force Clear Target as Skip Lang • 1997-2001 JAG as Major Warren / Commander Douglas • 2001 U.S. Seals as Mike Bradley • 2002 Unreel: A Hollywood Story as Tommy • 2002 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd as Coach Hardgrave • 2002 The Agency as CIA Agent Gus Allman • 2002 ER as Lieutenant Colonel McGruen • 2002 An American Reunion as Jamie • 2003 Threat Matrix as Robert Burkehart • 2003 The District (2 episodes) as Weston Buell • 2001-2005 Star Trek: Enterprise (7 episodes) as Commander Williams • 2004 The Code Conspiracy as John Davis • 2004 Supernatural (TV) (Pilot) as Calvin Gordon • 2005 Elizabethtown as Rusty • 2005 Distortion as Frank • 2006 Blood Ranch as "Spider" • 2006 The Indian as Dr. Vince • 2007 ''Hallow's Point'' as Detective Frank Cates • 2008 The Belly of the Beast as Adam Simeon • 2010 The Adventure Scouts as Allen Daniels • 2011 Dolphin Tale as Max • 2013 A Fonder Heart as Dr. Evans • 2013 Eden 2 as Captain Stevens • 2013 Gangster Squad as Terry McMurray • 2016 Divorce Texas Style as Ozzie Partington • 2017 Do You See Me as Detective Jimmy Nichols • 2019 Time Off as Bernie • 2020 Mind Games as Roger • 2021 Bloodsport Generations as Uncle Duck • 2021 Last of the Grads as Mr Bradley • 2022 Shark Waters as Poppy • 2023 Soulmates as Rudy Galiano • 2025 Off Rip as Father Jim ==References==