Pat Healy (actor)

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Pat Healy
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Healy in 2012
Born (1971-09-14) September 14, 1971 (age 52)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • director
  • producer
Years active1997–present

Pat Healy (born September 14, 1971) is an American film and television actor, [1] best known for his roles in Better Call Saul, Great World of Sound, Compliance , Killers of the Flower Moon , and Station 19 , in which he was upgraded to the main cast in 2022. He directed his first feature film, Take Me, in 2017.

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Life and career

Healy was born in Chicago, Illinois, where his career began at the Steppenwolf Theatre. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998, where he quickly landed a memorable supporting role in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia as the pharmacist on the receiving end of Julianne Moore's profane meltdown. He has since appeared in over thirty feature films, including Ghost World , The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford , Rescue Dawn , Captain America: The Winter Soldier , Draft Day , Harmony and Me, Dirty Girl , Snow Angels , Undertow , Pearl Harbor , and Home Alone 3 .

In 2007, Healy played the lead in Great World of Sound , an independent film directed by Craig Zobel and produced by David Gordon Green. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and Healy was the recipient of the Atlanta Film Festival Best Actor Award. Healy also appeared in Zobel's follow-up, Compliance , as a prank caller that incites a series of disturbing events at a fast food restaurant. He starred in Ti West's horror film The Innkeepers and in Cheap Thrills , alongside Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton and David Koechner. The dark comedy, directed by E.L. Katz, won the Midnight Films Audience Award at South by Southwest in 2013 before its acquisition by Alamo Drafthouse.

On television, Healy has appeared on Six Feet Under , Star Trek: Enterprise , 24 , Grey's Anatomy , The Shield , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Without a Trace , NCIS , Cold Case , Charmed , CSI: Miami , Chicago Hope , NYPD Blue , and The Practice . He had a recurring role as the villain Sugalski on Eagleheart , as well as a celebrity guest appearance in Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.

In 2000, Healy wrote and directed the short film Mullitt, starring himself, Michael Shannon and Henry Gibson. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by HBO. His feature scripts Snow Ponies and Strange Skies landed spots on the Black List in 2006 and 2007, respectively. He has also written three episodes of HBO's In Treatment , Weeks 1–3 of Walter (John Mahoney)'s sessions in Season Two.

Healy's feature directorial debut Take Me premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017. [2] The film was produced by Duplass Brothers Productions and stars Healy alongside Taylor Schilling. It was acquired by The Orchard for a May 2017 release. [3]

In 2022, Healy took over the role of Jeff in the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul from Don Harvey. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997StrickenTownie #1
1997 Home Alone 3 Agent Rogers
1999 Treasure Island Clark
1999The Opera LoverAl
1999 Magnolia Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid
2000More Dogs Than BonesLeon
2000 The Prime Gig Wendell
2001 Pearl Harbor Newsreel Guy
2001 Ghost World John Ellis
2003 I Love Your Work Connor
2004 Undertow Grant the Mechanic
2005 The Aviary Cabbie
2005 In Memory of My Father Pat
2005 Dirty Ronnie
2006 Rescue Dawn Norman
2006 Mr. Fix It Bill Smith
2007 Snow Angels Nursing Home Operator
2007 Great World of Sound Martin
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Wilbur Ford
2007The Red Sandwich Christmas Hour
2009SpoonerCarl
2009Harmony and MeMatt
2010 Dirty Girl Billy
2011 The Innkeepers Luke
2012 Compliance Officer Daniels
2013 Cheap Thrills Craig Daniels
2014 Starry Eyes Carl
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Hydra scientist #1
2014 Draft Day Jeff Carson
2015 Henry Gamble's Birthday Party Bob Gamble
2015 No Way Jose Lawrence
2015 Tales of Halloween Forensic BobSegment: "Bad Seed"
2015 Freaks of Nature Zombie Priest
2016Lend a Hand for LoveClarenceShort
2016 Carnage Park Wyatt Moss
2016 Everlasting Henrique
2016 Pandemic Doctor Ward
2016 Teenage Cocktail Frank Lustig
2016 Rebirth Jesse
2016 Poor Boy Vern Rickey
2017 Small Crimes Junior Vassey
2017 Take Me Ray MoodyAlso director
2017 The Post Phil Geyelin
2018 American Woman Ray
2018 Donnybrook Eldon
2018DealerMr. X
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw Man from Perlack
2019 Bad Education District Attorney
2020 Dinner in America Norman
2020 Run Tom
2020 The Pale Door [5] Wylie
2021 We Need to Do Something Robert
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon John Burger

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Profiler KyleEpisode: "Double Vision"
1998 The Practice Russell ThurmEpisode: "Swearing In"
1999 Turks Don BraceyEpisode: "Pilot"
1999 NYPD Blue Steve Jung3 episodes
1999 Chicago Hope Asst. Surgeon Ted ManakasEpisode: "Vigilance and Care"
1999 Hefner: Unauthorized Eldon SellersTV movie
2001 Angel Doug SandersEpisode: "Disharmony"
2001 Dead Last Ticket CopEpisode: "He Who Smelt It"
2001 Philly Richie TurnerEpisode: "Truth or Consequence"
2003 CSI: Miami Keith SewellEpisode: "Bunk"
2003 Charmed XavierEpisode: "Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun"
2004 Six Feet Under Byron2 episodes
2004 Cold Case Warden Wilbur 1968Episode: "The House"
2005 NCIS Jonathan HanlanEpisode: "The Meat Puzzle"
2005 Without a Trace Mark RyanEpisode: "Neither Rain Nor Sleet"
2005 Blind Justice Kent NewellEpisode: "Four Feet Under"
2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jared ObstfeldEpisode: "4x4"
2005 Star Trek: Enterprise Alien SlaveEpisode: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"
2005 The Shield Mike FletcherEpisode: "Cut Throat"
2006 Grey's Anatomy Tom Russell2 episodes
2006 Night Stalker Paul KriegerEpisode: "What's the Frequency, Kolchak?"
2006 Las Vegas Barry BaronaEpisode: "Fidelity, Security, Delivery"
2007 24 MarcusEpisode: "Day 6: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m."
2012 Metalocalypse Dr. Richard Reinhold Rnawighiwowpj (voice)Episode: "Motherklok"
2013 Sanjay and Craig Dude / Geography Guy / Zombie (voice)Episode: "Blackout/Family Re-Noodman"
2013–2014 Eagleheart Sugalski6 episodes
2014 How to Get Away with Murder DennisEpisode: "Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me"
2015 Backstrom Leon MundyEpisode: "Takes One to Know One"
2015 Ray Donovan Jeff BarkerEpisode: "Poker"
2016 The Grinder ColemanEpisode: "The Retooling of Dean Sanderson"
2016 Shameless Lester2 episodes
2016 Dice Episode: "Six Grand"
2016 Blunt Talk 3 episodes
2017Under the BedStalkerTV movie
2018 Hap and Leonard Truman Brown4 episodes
2019The Edge of SleepThe Trespasser4 episodes
2020–present Station 19 Michael Dixon21 episodes
2020 Interrogation Robert Sullivan2 episodes
2021 Them Marty Dixon5 episodes
2022 Better Call Saul Jeff [lower-alpha 1] Recurring (season 6); 3 episodes
2022 George & Tammy Don Chapel2 episodes

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Notes

  1. He replaces Don Harvey in this role due to Harvey's previous commitments