William Patterson "Pat" Skipper (born September 23, 1958) is an American actor.^[1] Skipper is probably best known for his television work on such shows as The X-Files and Boston Legal.^[2][3] On film, he played Carducci in the (1996) action/horror film Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, Mason Strode from Halloween, Seabiscuit's Vet from Seabiscuit (2003), Bob from Fits and Starts, and Agent Ellroy from Chain of Command. He also wrote a book called "The Working Actor" in 2015.

Skipper was born in Lakeland, Florida.^[4] He was educated at Florida State University and Yale University. He is married to composer/arranger Jennifer Hammond. Their twins, Jack and Amelia, were born in 2002.

Filmography

• Wall Street (1987) – Postal Inspector
• Demonstone (1989) – Tony McKee
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) – Hitman
• Predator 2 (1990) – Federal Team #2
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) – Morrissey^[5]
• Demolition Man (1993) - Helicopter Pilot^[6]
• Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996) – Carducci
• Independence Day (1996) – Redneck
• The Pest (1997) – Glen Livitt
• The X Files (1997) – Bill Scully Jr.
• That '70s Show (1999) – Marty Forman
• Chain of Command (2000) – Agent Ellroy
• In the Light of the Moon (2000) – Sheriff Jim Stillwell
• Fits and Starts (2002) – Bob
• Seabiscuit (2003) – Seabiscuit's Vet
• See Arnold Run (2005) – Mike Murphy
• Bones (2006) – Vince McVicar
• Criminal Minds (2007) – Harris Townsend
• Halloween (2007) – Mason Strode
• American Summer (2009) – Frank
• Babylon (2022) – William Randolph Hearst
• Oppenheimer (2023) – Secretary of State James F. Byrnes

Video games

• Cube Blue (2000) – Homer Farrow
• Emergency Room 2 (1999)