Patton Peter Oswalt
(born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, voiceover artist and actor.
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Personal life
Oswalt was born in
Portsmouth,
Virginia, to Carla and Larry J. Oswalt. He grew up in
Sterling, Virginia and is a 1987 graduate of
Broad Run High School in
Ashburn, Virginia. He attended the
College of William and Mary, where he majored in English and was initiated into the Alpha Theta Chapter of the
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity.
Oswalt married writer Michelle McNamara, on September 24, 2005.
[1] Their daughter, Alicia Rigney Oswalt, was born in April 2009.
[2]
Career
Oswalt first began performing standup comedy in the late 1980s or early 1990s, by his own reckoning.
[3]
After writing for
MADtv
and starring in his own 1997 comedy special for
HBO, he went on to garner notable roles in films and television shows. His most prominent and long-running role was as
Spence Olchin on
The King of Queens
. His first starring film role was as the voice of Rémy, the lead character in the 2007
Pixar film
Ratatouille
. He has also appeared in smaller roles in such films as
Magnolia
and
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
. He lent his voice as in the
video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
as a caller on the WTCR show "The Tight End Zone", and was the voice of a caller on "Chatterbox" on LCFR in the
PlayStation Portable game
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
. He was also the voice of a reporter on "New World Order", a radio show on VCPR in
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
.
Oswalt wrote the comic book
JLA: Welcome to the Working Week
, a backup story in
Batman
#600, a story for
Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon Noir #01
and a story for
Masks: Too Hot for TV
. Expanding his voice artist repertoire, he began voicing the villainous character "Tobey" on
PBS Kids GO! series
WordGirl
in 2007.
In July 2006, Oswalt's comic script
Fruit Pies!
was turned into a short film available at
YouTube and
MySpace. He also appeared on the
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner. In August 2007, he appeared on the
Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav. In 2007, he appeared on an episode of
SpongeBob SquarePants
, "
The Original Fry Cook", as Jim. He also appears as Carl, the Corndog Hut's mascot in
American Hi-Fi's music video for "Another Perfect Day". He also appears in an Episode of
Static Shock
. On June 27, 2007, Oswalt was a special guest on the
Emeril Live
program on the
Food Network to promote
Ratatouille
.
Stand-up comedy
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Oswalt's stand-up comedy covers topics ranging from
pop culture frivolity such as
comic book supervillains and 1980s
glam metal to deeper societal issues like American excess, materialism,
Mesopotamian cuneiform script, foreign policy and religion.
In 2004, Oswalt released a comedy album entitled
Feelin' Kinda Patton
and later that year a longer, unedited version of the same performance entitled
222
, both through the
United Musicians collective, and a stand-up special
No Reason to Complain
. He is also on a split
EP called
Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton
with
Zach Galifianakis and is featured on two
Un-Cabaret compilations, "The Un & Only" and "The Good, the Bad and the Drugly". On July 10, 2007, Patton released his second CD
Werewolves and Lollipops
on
Sub Pop records.
In 2004, Oswalt put together the
Comedians of Comedy tour, comprised of modern alt-comics
Zach Galifinakis,
Brian Posehn and
Maria Bamford. The tour performed at smaller, more intimate
indie rock venues instead of traditional (and expensive) comedy clubs. The Fall 2004 tour was documented in a 2005 film of the same name, and was followed by a six-episode
Comedy Central series based on the Summer 2005 tour. This tour featured special guest appearances from comedians such as
Blaine Capatch,
David Cross, Bobby Tisdale and
Todd Barry. Subsequent incarnations of the tour have included
Eugene Mirman and Morgan Murphy.
Oswalt appeared as a lawyer in
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
. At the 2008
BlizzCon, he provided the stand-up comedy for the ending ceremony.
On February 28, 2009, Patton recorded his third comedy album at the Lisner Auditorium in Washington D.C. It premiered on Comedy Central as
Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong
on August 23, 2009, and will be released on DVD August 25, 2009.
[4]
Discography
Albums
- Feelin' Kinda Patton
(2004)
- 222 (Live & Uncut)
(2004) [5]
- Werewolves and Lollipops
(2007)
- My Weakness Is Strong!
(2009)
EPs
- Patton vs. Alcohol vs. Zach vs. Patton
(2005) with Zach Galifianakis [6]
- ''Melvins/Patton Oswalt split 7" (2006) with The Melvins [7]
- ''Comedians of Comedy Tour 3"CD (2006)
- The Pennsylvania Macaroni Company
(2006) with Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, and Eugene Mirman [8]
- Frankensteins and Gumdrops
(2008) Available during the WFMU pledge drive
Compilation Album Appearances
- Beth Lapides' Un-Cabaret - (2006)
- Beth Lapides' Un-Cabaret - (2002)
- ''Comedy Death-Ray (album) (2007) [9]
DVDs
- No Reason to Complain
(DVD) (2004)
DVD Appearances
- ''Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 DVD (2004) [10]
- ''The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey (2005)
- ''The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubadour (2007)
- Super High Me DVD (2007)
TV
Stand-up specials
- HBO Half Hour Comedy Hour
(1997)
- Comedy Central Presents
(1999)
- No Reason to Complain
(2004)
- My Weakness is Strong
(2009)
TV appearances
- '' The Weird Al Show
- ''Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
- ''The History Channel's History of the Joke
- ''The King of Queens
- ''Reno 911!
- ''Tom Goes To The Mayor
- ''Human Giant
- ''NewsRadio
- ''Reaper (TV Series)
- Seinfeld
- ''VH1's Best Week Ever
- The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
(2006)
- The Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav
(2007)
- ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
- ''Melbourne International Comedy Festival Great Debate (2008)
- United States of Tara
(2009)
- Flight of the Conchords
(2009)
- Dollhouse
(2009)
- Iron Chef America
- Caprica
Voice acting appearances
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- ''The Fairly OddParents (Cameo at the end of 'Big Superhero Wish')
- ''Kim Possible
- ''Squidbillies
- ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
- ''Home Movies (TV series)
- ''The Batman (TV series) as Toymaker/Cosmo Krank
- ''American Dad
- ''WordGirl (as Tobey McCallister III)
Films
- Down Periscope
(brief cameo) (1996)
- Man on the Moon
(brief cameo) (1999)
- Magnolia
(1999)
- Zoolander
(brief cameo) (2001)
- ZigZag
(2002)
- Calendar Girls
(brief cameo) (2003)
- Taxi
(2004)
- Blade: Trinity
(2004)
- Starsky and Hutch
(2004)
- Failure to Launch
(2006)
- Reno 911!: Miami
(2007)
- Wrong Turn 2 (voice)
(2007)
- Ratatouille (voice of Remy the rat)
(2007)
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
(2007)
- Balls of Fury
(2007)
- Super High Me
(brief cameo) (2007)
- Sex and Death 101
(2008)
- All Roads Lead Home
(2008)
- Observe and Report
(2009)
- Big Fan
(2009)
References
- Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt
- http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=67077201&blogId=484952135
- He relates this in 2009's ''Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong''.
- The date of the DVD release was mentioned during commercial breaks the night of the special's Comedy Central premiere on August 23, 2009.
- Chunklet
- Chunklet
- Chunklet
- Chunklet
- Amazon.com: Comedy Death Ray: Music: Various Artists
- Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 by Various Artists