Biography
Who is Patton Oswalt?
Early life and education
Patton Peter Oswalt was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, to Carla and Larry J. Oswalt. His father served as a United States Marine Corps officer. He grew up living in Ohio and Tustin, California, before his family settled in Sterling, Virginia. He attended Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia, where he graduated in 1987. During his senior year, he won first place for humorous dramatic interpretation in a forensics meet.
Following high school, Patton attended the College of William and Mary. He majored in English and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1991. He joined the Alpha Theta chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity during his college years. Later in life, the college awarded him an honorary Doctor of Arts in May 2023. During the 1990s, he lived in San Francisco while pursuing his early career in stand-up comedy.
Acting and voice work
Patton began performing stand-up comedy in July 1988. He later made his television debut on an episode of Seinfeld titled The Couch and his film debut in the military comedy Down Periscope. One of his most prominent television roles was playing Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens from 1998 to 2007. He also narrated the sitcom The Goldbergs across ten seasons from 2013 to 2023 and appeared as Agent Koenig in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
As a voice actor, Patton portrayed Remy, the lead character in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille. He also voiced characters in animated series such as BoJack Horseman and provided the voice of Max in The Secret Life of Pets 2. In addition to television and film, he voiced the male version of Jesse in the video game Minecraft: Story Mode.
Writing and comedy specials
Alongside his acting career, Patton has written comic book stories for various publishers. His comic writing credits include JLA: Welcome to the Working Week and a backup story in Batman. He published his memoir titled Silver Screen Fiend through Simon and Schuster in 2015 and released the book Zombie Spaceship Wasteland in 2011.
Patton has released multiple stand-up comedy specials throughout his career. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping.
Family and personal life
Patton has a younger brother named Matt Oswalt, who works as a comedy writer. Patton has been married twice, first to Michelle McNamara and later to Meredith Salenger. He has one child named Alice Oswalt from his family.
Birthday and age
Patton Oswalt was born on January 27, 1969, which makes Patton 57 years old today. That birthday falls under the Aquarius sign. Patton shares the date with 35 other famous people.
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