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Jim Fitzpatrick
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James Armando Fitzpatrick was born in Omaha, Nebraska but returned to Clearwater Beach, Florida at three months of age where his parents (Jim Sr. and Cookie) are from and began his acting career on the stage at the tender age of 13 when he appeared in his first school play, "A Thousand Clowns," at Seminole (Florida) High School. Jim accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University as a theater major where he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. He put aside an acting career to play professional football, however, starting in 1981 with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL (Canadian Football league) followed by short stints w…
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James Armando Fitzpatrick was born in Omaha, Nebraska but returned to Clearwater Beach, Florida at three months of age where his parents (Jim Sr. and Cookie) are from and began his acting career on the stage at the tender age of 13 when he appeared in his first school play, "A Thousand Clowns," at Seminole (Florida) High School. Jim accepted a football scholarship to Illinois State University as a theater major where he became involved with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company founded by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. He put aside an acting career to play professional football, however, starting in 1981 with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL (Canadian Football league) followed by short stints with the Chicago Bears ('82) and the Baltimore Colts('82). His football career ended when he retired in 1985, after spending three seasons with the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL ('83-'85).
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Jim Fitzpatrick's Filmography
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Shark Waters
as Jose
Last of the Grads
as Mr. Bradley
Mind Games
as Roger
All Square
as Drinking Gambler
Do You See Me
as Jimmy Nichols
Star Trek: Enterprise - Shockwave
as Cmdr. Williams
Dolphin Tale
as Max Connellan
Adventure Scouts
as Allen Daniels
No Poster
The Belly of the Beast
as Adam Simeon
Blood Ranch
as Spider
Elizabethtown
as Rusty
No Poster
An American Reunion
as Jamie Tesch
The Code Conspiracy
as John Davis
U.S. Seals
as Mike Bradley
Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target
as Skip Lang
Armageddon
as NORAD Technician
Little Ghost
as Tony
Curse of the Starving Class
as Emerson (as James Fitzpatrick)
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
as The Detective
Ski Patrol
as Young Father
Phantom of the Ritz
as Corey Beeson
When the Bough Breaks
as Reporter #3
Band of the Hand
as Young Street Gangster (uncredited)
Cocoon
as Dock Worker
Walking the Edge
as Fat Man's Body Guard
Ragtime
as Bail Clerk (uncredited)
No Poster
Glory Days
as Steve Street
No Poster
The Walk-Ons
as Coach Davis